[Infovis] [VPG] Best dissertation nomination deadline approaching

[Dr. L. Miguel Encarnacao]

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DEADLINE: *June 14th 2019*

The IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee (*VGTC
<http://vgtc.org/>*) sponsors the annual Best Doctoral Dissertation Award
program to recognize outstanding academic research and development in
visualization and visual analytics. The dissertations must address a topic
relevant to visualization or visual analytics. The competition will be
administrated by the IEEE Visualization Pioneers Group (*VPG
<http://vgtc.org/content/ieee-vgtc-visualization-pioneers-group>*) under
the auspices of IEEE VGTC. The IEEE VGTC VPG Doctoral Dissertation Award is
presented annually at the IEEE VPG Reception held at the *IEEE VIS
<http://ieeevis.org/>* conference.

ELIGIBILITY

All English language dissertations that have been successfully defended
between August 15 two years before the award and August 15 of the year of
the competition are eligible (e.g. between August 15, 2017 and August 15,
2019 are eligible for the 2019 competition).

SUBMISSION LIMITATION

There is no limitation on the number of nominations that may be made by a
university.

SELECTION PROCEDURE

Five IEEE VPG members will form a review committee to thoroughly review and
assess the dissertation submissions. The committee will judge the
dissertations based on their intellectual merit, technical depth, and
presentation quality. The selection committee will recommend the winning
dissertation to the IEEE VGTC chair by October 1.

AWARD

The winner of the IEEE VGTC VPG Doctoral Dissertation Award will receive
not only a monetary prize, but also a chance to describe the impact of the
winning dissertation in an invited article that may be published in IEEE
Computer Graphics and Applications (CG&A) <http://www.computer.org/cga>.
Professor Jim Foley of Georgia Tech and the editor of the CG&A Dissertation
Impact Department will make the final determination about whether the
article will be published. The CG&A Dissertation Impact Department
recognizes the best and brightest dissertation work nominated by different
visualization, computer graphics, and virtual reality technical communities
from around the world.

Thesis Advisor(s) of the winning entrant will chair the following year’s
Dissertation Review Committee, with full support from the VPG OC to handle
details such as publicity and administration.

SUBMISSION DETAILS

The student’s advisor should email the nomination package to
*vpg_awards at vgtc.org
<vpg_awards at vgtc.org>*. The package must include:

   1. A nomination letter written by the student’s advisor, which includes:
      - the name, email address, and phone number of the advisor,
      - the name and email address of the candidate, and
      - a one-page summary of the significance of the dissertation
      (references to papers should be provided on an extra sheet)
   2. A copy of the dissertation.

Optional additional letters of recommendation can be attached to the
submission.


On behalf of the VPG operating committee,


Dr. L. Miguel Encarnação
Innovation Management Executive & Consultant
Professor of Practice, Business Analytics & Computer Science
Tippie College of Business & College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
The University of Iowa
*"The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers. (Richard Hamming)"*