Paper Submission

Deadline: All submissions must be received no later than June 1^st, 2008

Qualification Constraints	Technical Areas	Judging Procedures	*Questions*
Electronic Submission Steps	Submission Practicalities	Prizes

The Asilomar Conference Student Paper Contest is designed to highlight the contributions of some of the best students throughout the world.

Qualification constraints:

To qualify for the Student Paper Contest, submitted papers must meet the following guidelines:

The first author on the papers must be a full-time undergraduate or graduate student at the time of submission of the paper.
The first author must have contributed at least 50% to the technical content of the paper.
The first author must be willing to present the paper in person at the conference in either poster or lecture form to be determined later.
Papers must be submitted electronically. No submissions will be accepted by e-mail or regular mail.
Full papers must be submitted by June 1^st in the requested two-column format to the following URL: https://www.cmsworkshops.com/Asilomar/Papers/FindPaperFull.asp Submissions received without the complete paper by June 1^st will be rejected. Student submitters must insure they check the box indicating interesting in being considered for the Student Paper Contest, which certifies that the above conditions are met. Papers must indicate the technical area in which the paper falls selecting ONE from the list below.

Technical Areas: (back to top)

Student submitters must indicate the technical area in which the paper falls by selecting ONE from the list below during the electronic submission process.

A. Communications Systems

B. MIMO Communications and Signal Processing

C. Networking

D. Adaptive Systems and Processing

E. Array Processing and Statistical Signal Processing

F. Biomedical Signal and Image Processing

G. Multirate & Digital Signal Processing

H. Architectures and Implementations

I. Speech, Image, and Video Processing

Submission practicalities: (back to top)

The Student Paper Contest is separate from and held in parallel with the regular paper submission process,
Student authors wishing their papers to be considered for the Student Paper Contest must follow general submission procedures (add link) and meet the June 1st general submission deadline,
In addition to general submission requirements, students must submit their complete five-page paper in two-column IEEE conference format electronically by the general June 1^st submission deadline. (see paper formatting instructions)

Incomplete submissions (i.e., without the complete paper uploaded by the June 1^st deadline) will not be considered for the contest.

Student authors whose papers are selected by the Student Paper Contest committee of judges will be asked to present their papers in a special Poster Session on Sunday afternoon (time: between 5pm and 6.30pm) as well as in the regular session assigned to them through the regular submission process. Hence, the student author of papers selected for the Student Paper Contest will be required to present the paper twice, once in the regular session and once in the special Student Paper Contest poster session. Note that it is possible that student authors might have to present both a lecture version in the regular session and a poster version in the special Student Paper Contest poster session, since the regular session can be either lecture or poster.

Notifications of selection for the Student paper contest will be mailed to the first authors by late August.

Student Paper Contest submission steps: (back to top)

Go to submission site and enter author information, paper title, and abstract;
Fill out completely the Title, Abstract, and author information on the web page;
Select "Apply for Student Paper Contest" checkbox;
Upload extended summary (needed for usual submission evaluation);
Submit requested information (an e-mail confirmation with author/paper ID will be sent upon completion);
Full papers must be submitted by June 1st in the requested two-column format to the following URL: https://www.cmsworkshops.com/Asilomar/Papers/FindPaperFull.asp Submissions received without the complete paper by June 1st will be rejected. Student submitters must insure they check the box indicating interesting in being considered for the Student Paper Contest, which certifies that the above conditions are met. Papers must indicate the technical area in which the paper falls selecting ONE from the list below.

Judging Procedures: (back to top)

The committee will select approximately ten papers for the Student Paper Contest. The first authors of the ten selected papers will receive certificates indicating that their paper was selected for the contest.
Student finalists will be required to confirm their attendance to the Sunday afternoon poster presentation by Sept. 1^st to the Student Paper Contest Chairman (see Chair name and POC info at the bottom of this page).
Student finalists will set up their paper on Sunday afternoon, between 4.30pm to 5pm. A judging committee will review all qualifying papers between 5pm and 6.30pm.
Final selection of first, second and third place winners will be made after the completion of the special Student Paper Contest poster session to be held on Sunday evening.
Papers will be judged 25% on the technical content of the written paper, 25% on the importance of the work, 25% on the student author’s poster presentation at the special Student Paper Contest poster session, and 25% on the student author’s ability to answer questions from the judges on the technical content of the work.

Prizes: (back to top)

First, Second and Third place plaques will be awarded to first author of the winning papers. Additional prizes may be awarded at the judges discretion.
First authors of all papers selected for the contest will receive certificates.

Questions ? (back to top)

All specific questions regarding the Student Paper Contest should be directed to the Technical Chair: Dr. Linda DeBrunner, e-mail: linda.debrunner@eng.fsu.edu, or the Student Paper Contest Chair, Prof. James Stine, ECE Department, Oklahoma State University, e-mail: james.stine@okstate.edu
All technical questions regarding regular paper submission should be directed to the General Chair: Dr. Michael Schulte, e-mail: schulte@engr.wisc.edu
Specific questions regarding the judging procedures should be addressed to the Student Paper Contest Chair, Prof. James Stine, ECE Department, Oklahoma State University, e-mail: james.stine@okstate.edu

Last updated 08/04/08,
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