Award Opportunities

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March 2011

Award Opportunities

SIGMM Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis in Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications

More info: http://www.sigmm.org/Awards/thesisaward

 Award Description

This award will be presented every year to a researcher whose PhD thesis has made contributions and has the potential of very high impact in multimedia computing, communication and applications. The goal will be to evaluate contributions towards advances in multimedia including multimedia processing, multimedia systems, multimedia network protocols and services, multimedia applications and interfaces. The award will recognize members of the SIGMM community and their research contributions in their PhD theses as well as the potential of impact of their PhD theses in multimedia area. The selection committee will focus on candidates' contributions as judged by innovative ideas and potential impact resulting from their PhD work. The award includes a $500 honorarium, an award certificate of recognition, and an invitation for the recipient to receive the award at a current year's SIGMM-sponsored conference, the ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACM Multimedia). A public citation for the award will be placed on the SIGMM website, in the SIGMM Records e-newletter as well as in the ACM e-newsletter.

Funding

The award honorarium, the award plaque of recognition and travel expenses to the ACM International Conference on Multimedia will be fully sponsored by the SIGMM budget.

Nominations

Nominations will be solicited by April 18, 2011, with decision made by July 30, in time to allow the above recognition and award presentation at ACM Multimedia in that Fall (October/November). The PhD thesis to be nominated for the award must be deposited at the nominee's Academic Institution between January and December of the previous year of nomination. Nominations for the award must include:

  1. A statement summarizing the candidate's PhD thesis contributions and potential impact, and justification of the nomination (two pages maximum);

  2. PhD thesis (upload at: http://sigmm.utdallas.edu:8080/drupal/);

  3. Curriculum Vitae of the nominee;

  4. Three endorsement letters supporting the nomination including the significant PhD thesis contributions of the candidate. Each endorsement should be no longer than 500 words with clear specification of nominee PhD thesis contributions and potential impact on the multimedia field;

  5. A concise statement (one sentence) of the PhD thesis contribution for which the award is being given. This statement will appear on the award certificate and on the website.

The PhD thesis should be uploaded to http://sigmm.utdallas.edu:8080/drupal/. You will receive a Paper ID after the submission. The other materials should be emailed to the committee chair with the title "[YourPaperID] PhD Thesis Award Submission". The nomination rules are:

  1. The nominee can be any member of the scientific community.

  2. The nominator must be a SIGMM member.

  3. No self-nomination is allowed.

 

Selection Committee
Professor Svetha Venkatesh - Chair
Professor Dick Bulterman
Professor Abed El Saddik

SIGMM Award for Outstanding Technical Contributions to Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications

More info: mailto:lienhart@informatik.uni-augsburg.de

2011 Call for Nominations of Multimedia Researchers for the SIGMM Award for Outstanding Technical Contributions to Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications

Deadline for Nominations: May 1, 2011

Submission of Nomination Material to Awards Committee Chair: Rainer Lienhart (lienhart@informatik.uni-augsburg.de)

This award is presented every year to a researcher who has made significant and lasting contributions to multimedia computing, communication and applications. Outstanding technical contributions through research and practice are recognized. Towards this goal, contributions are considered from academia and industry that focus on major advances in multimedia including multimedia processing, multimedia content analysis, multimedia systems, multimedia network protocols and services, and multimedia applications and interfaces. The award recognizes members of the community for long-term technical accomplishments or those who have made a notable impact through a significant technical innovation.

The selection committee focuses on candidates' contributions as judged by innovative ideas, influence in the community, and/or the technical/social impact resulting from their work. The award includes a $1000 honorarium, an award certificate of recognition, and an invitation for the recipient to present a keynote talk at a current year's SIGMM-sponsored conference, the ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACM Multimedia). A public citation for the award will be placed on the SIGMM website.

The award honorarium, the award certificate of recognition and travel expenses to the ACM International Conference on Multimedia is fully sponsored by the SIGMM budget.

Nominations are solicited by May 1, 2011, with decision made by June 30, 2011, in time to allow the above recognition and award presentation at ACM Multimedia 2011. Nominations for the award must include:

  1. A statement summarizing the candidate's accomplishments, description of the significance of the work, and justification of the nomination (two pages maximum);
  2. Curriculum Vitae of the nominee;
  3. Three endorsement letters supporting the nomination including the significant contributions of the candidate. Each endorsement should be no longer than 500 words with clear specification of nominee contributions and impact on the multimedia field;
  4. A concise statement (one sentence) of the achievement(s) for which the award is being given. This statement will appear on the award certificate and on the website.

The nomination rules are:

  1. The nominee can be any member of the scientific community.
  2. The nominator must be a SIGMM member.
  3. No self-nomination is allowed.
  4. Nominations that do not result in an award can be resubmitted.
  5. The SIGMM elected officers as well as members of the Awards Selection Committee are not eligible.
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