<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><font size="4">Call for Nominations - HITC Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award - 2024</font></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><b style=""><font size="4" style="" face="times new roman, serif"><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"><font face="times new roman, serif">The IEEE HITC Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award is an annual award
to recognize candidates who have recently received a PhD degree for no more
than 2 years and have written an outstanding PhD dissertation in the field of hyper-intelligent systems with applications. This award is established to
encourage doctoral research that combines theory and practice or makes in-depth
technical contributions, having the potential to contribute to the IEEE HITC.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-US"><b><font face="times new roman, serif">Nomination Rules:</font></b></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">A candidate may be nominated by
members of the community.</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">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">An individual may nominate at
most one candidate for this award.</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 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
and a brief summary of the service contributions.</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.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-US"><b><font face="times new roman, serif">Nominations:</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"><font face="times new roman, serif">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.
The subject of the nomination email is: HITC + award category of nomination +
name of applicant. A nomination application (as a single PDF file) must consist
of the following materials:</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">A doctoral dissertation written
by the applicant in any language, no more than 2 years prior to the submission
deadline.</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 summary of the dissertation
in English of up to 2 pages in length written by the PhD candidate,
highlighting the significance of the problem, the technical approach taken, and
the application context and potential.</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">Sample published paper(s) in
English based on the dissertation written primarily by the PhD candidate in
scientific journals, especially IEEE Transactions/Journals.</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">Listing of all publications by
the applicant in the related field.</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">A letter of recommendation from
the applicant’s dissertation advisor that assesses the significance of the
research, attests to the originality of the work, and comments on the
engagement of the applicant in the HITC field.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-US"><b><font face="times new roman, serif">Important Dates:</font></b></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"><b><font face="times new roman, serif">Award Selection Committee:</font></b></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"><b><font face="times new roman, serif">Award Selection Secretary: </font></b></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"><b><font face="times new roman, serif">Award & Presentation Note:</font></b></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>