<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Colleagues:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please accept our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b style=""><font size="4">Call for Nominations - HITC Award for Excellence (Early Career Researcher) - 2024</font></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b style=""><font size="4"><br></font></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><font face="times new roman, serif">The IEEE HITC Award for Excellence in Hyper-Intelligence (Early
Career Researchers) recognizes up to 5 individuals who have made outstanding,
influential and potentially long-lasting contributions in the field of
hyper-intelligent systems. Typically, the candidates are within 5 years of
receiving their PhD degree as of January 01 of the year of the award.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Nominations:</b></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:11pt">A candidate may be nominated by members of the community. An
individual may nominate at most one candidate for this award. Nominations must
be submitted via email to the selection secretary (and CC the committee chair).
The subject of the nomination email should be named as: HITC + Award Category +
Nominee, such as HITC-PhD Dissertation Award-Abbott, HITC-Early Career Award-Obama,
HITC-Middle Career Award-George Washington, HITC-Achievement Award-Macron,
HITC-Industrial Impact Award-Jack. A nomination application (as a single PDF
file) should contain the following details:</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Name/email of the person making the
nomination (self-nominations are not eligible).</span></font></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Name/email of candidate for
whom the award is recommended.</span></font></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US">A statement by the nominator
(maximum of 500 words) as to why the nominee is highly deserving of the award
both on excellence and in relation to IEEE HITC.</span></font></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US">CV of the nominee.</span></font></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Up to three support letters
from persons other than the nominator – these should be collected by the
nominator and included in the nomination. Members of the selection committee cannot
be nominators or referees.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Important Dates:</b></font></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><font face="times new roman, serif" color="#ff0000"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Nomination Deadline: July 15,
2024</span></b></font></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><font face="times new roman, serif" color="#ff0000"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Results Notification: August
31, 2024</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Award Selection Committee:</b></font></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Laurence T. Yang (Chair), St.
Francis Xavier University, Canada (<a href="mailto:ltyang@ieee.org">ltyang@ieee.org</a>)</span></font></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Flavia C. Delicato, Fluminense
Federal University, Brazil (<a href="mailto:felipe@cos.ufrj.br">felipe@cos.ufrj.br</a>)</span></font></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu
Sangyo University, Japan (<a href="mailto:bob@is.kyusan-u.ac.jp">bob@is.kyusan-u.ac.jp</a>)</span></font></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Anna Kobusińska, Poznan
University of Technology, Poland (<a href="mailto:Anna.Kobusinska@cs.put.poznan.pl">Anna.Kobusinska@cs.put.poznan.pl</a>)</span></font></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Klimis Ntalianis, University of
West Attica, Greece (<a href="mailto:kntal@image.ntua.gr">kntal@image.ntua.gr</a>)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Award Selection Secretary:</b></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="times new roman, serif">Zhi Liu, The University of
Electro-Communications, Japan (<a href="mailto:liu@ieee.org">liu@ieee.org</a>)</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>Award & Presentation Note:</b></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><font face="times new roman, serif">
</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><font face="times new roman, serif">Awardees will be presented with a plaque and will be recognized by IEEE
HITC on its website, newsletter, and archives. The awards for 2024 will be
presented at a selected IEEE HITC sponsored conference.</font></span></p></div>