IEEE Australia Council Student Paper Prize 2009

Open only to IEEE Student Members in an Australian Section. The papers may be on any engineering subject in the field of interest of IEEE (within the scope of IEEE transactions). Eligibility of papers in the AC-SPC shall be determined according to the following rules:

• The student must be the first author and principal contributor of the paper.
• The Number of authors for one paper is limited to 3. The last author can be a supervisor, providing his role has been advisory. The other authors must be students. Please give an indication of the estimated contributions of the co-authors in %.
• The paper can belong to one of the following categories:
- Papers never published elsewhere
- Paper submitted to an IEEE conference in 2009
- Paper submitted to an IEEE journal in 2009
• The type and acceptance status of the paper must be clearly declared (e.g. submitted on [date of submission], accepted for publication on [date of acceptance]).
• The first author must be Student Members of the IEEE
• The entry is accompanied by the attached (signed) declaration.

Two prizes for the UG SPC and for the PG SPC will be awarded as follows:

(1) Undergraduate Contest
Deadline: 30th November 2009
Prizes:
1st Prize: AUD300.00 (+ certificate)
2nd Prize: AUD100.00 (+ certificate)


(2) Postgraduate Contest
Deadline: 20th January 2010
Prizes:
1st Prize: AUD500.00 (+ certificate)
2nd Prize: AUD200.00 (+ certificate)

In the case of co-authored papers, the prize money shall be divided equally among the student authors. If only the first author is an IEEE student member, the winners check will be sent to the first author only and only his/her name will be printed in the certificate.

For more information, see the attached AC Paper rules
http://www.ieeevic.org/docs/AC_StudentPaperContest_2009.pdf