STI International PhD of the Year 2010 Nominations

At the core of the second day of this event, the PhD of the Year session will announce the 3 finalists of this competition for the year of 2010. The winner will give an inspiring presentation of his/her present and future research.

The PhD of the Year competition will be organized according to the following procedure:

• STI Members submit proposals for the PhD of the Year no later than March, 15 2010. Every STI member organization is allowed to propose at most 2 persons for the STI PhD of the Year 2010. Entitled to be proposed are PhD candidates who defended their PhD thesis in 2009. Proposals should include a letter of endorsement of the proposer, a short scientific CV of the nominee, and an abstract of his/her work of maximally 1000 words. Applications should be submitted as PDF documents per email to [elena.simperl at aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de].

• The reviewing committee evaluates the proposals and recommends 5 of them to the STI Board no later than April 16, 2010.

• The STI Board selects three finalists no later than May 3, 2010.

• The finalists and the winner are announced at the Symposium.

Important Dates
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March 15, 2010: Applications due
April 16, 2010: Evaluation by reviewing committee
May 3, 2010: STI Board decision
May 26, 2010: PhD of the Year session at the STI Symposium

(Time: 23:59 pm GMT-10 (Hawaii))

Submission Information

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STI Members submit proposals for the PhD of the Year no later than March, 15 2010. Every STI member organization is allowed to propose at most 2 persons for the STI PhD of the Year 2010. Entitled to be proposed are PhD candidates who defended their PhD thesis in 2009. Proposals should include a letter of endorsement of the proposer, a short scientific CV of the nominee, and an abstract of his/her work of maximally 1000 words. Applications should be submitted as PDF documents per email to [elena.simperl at aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de].

For further questions related to the competition please send an email to Elena Simperl at [elena.simperl at aifb.uni-karlruhe.de].