<div dir="ltr"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="gmail-"><blockquote type="cite" class="gmail-"><div class="gmail-"><div class="gmail-"><p class="MsoNormal"><b class="gmail-">Today is the deadline for </b><b class="gmail-">IEEE Virtual Reality Best
Dissertation Award!</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">The IEEE Visualization and Graphics
Technical Committee and the IEEE VR Steering Committee are
pleased to solicit nominations for the 2017 Best
Dissertation Award in the broad field of Virtual and
Augmented Reality. One award will be given each year, and
the recipient will receive a cash prize of $500 along with
complimentary registration to the IEEE Virtual Reality
Conference, where they will be invited to make a short
presentation.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><i class="gmail-"><u class="gmail-">Submission
Deadline</u></i><u class="gmail-">: </u> May 1, 2017</p><p class="MsoNormal"><i class="gmail-"><u class="gmail-">Results Announced</u></i><u class="gmail-">: </u> March 2018</p>
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</div><p class="MsoNormal"><i class="gmail-"><u class="gmail-">Eligibility</u></i></p><p class="MsoNormal">All dissertations that have been
successfully defended during the <u class="gmail-">two</u> calendar
year period prior to the award deadline are eligible for
consideration (e.g. January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2016 for
the current 2017 award).</p><p class="MsoNormal">Resubmissions of unsuccessful nominations
from prior years are welcome, as long as the dissertation
defense date remains within the period of eligibility. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i class="gmail-">If the dissertation defense
date and the dissertation filing date are sufficiently
different as to create ambiguity in determining the
appropriate start of the period of eligibility for the
dissertation to be considered for this award, the
candidate may elect for their work to be classified as
belonging to the period they prefer; however once defined
this determination cannot be changed, so that no work may
be considered more than twice.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">There is no limit on the number of
nominations that can be made for candidates affiliated with
any single institution or advisor.</p>
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</div><p class="MsoNormal"><i class="gmail-"><u class="gmail-">Submissions</u></i></p><p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:12pt">Nomination materials
should be sent by email to <<span class="gmail-s1"><a href="mailto:vrbestdissn17@gmail.com" class="gmail-">vrbestdissn17@gmail.com</a>> </span>and
must include:</span></p>
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<li class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:symbol">·<span class="gmail-" style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span class="gmail-">The title and abstract of
the dissertation;</span></li>
<li class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:symbol">·<span class="gmail-" style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span class="gmail-">The name of the candidate;</span></li>
<li class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:symbol">·<span class="gmail-" style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span class="gmail-">The name of the
candidate’s primary advisor;</span></li>
<li class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:symbol">·<span class="gmail-" style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span class="gmail-">The name of the
institution where the dissertation was defended;</span></li>
<li class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:symbol">·<span class="gmail-" style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span class="gmail-">The date of the
dissertation defense;</span></li>
<li class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:symbol">·<span class="gmail-" style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span class="gmail-">A 1-2 page summary of the
significance of the dissertation research;</span></li>
<li class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:symbol">·<span class="gmail-" style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span class="gmail-">An electronic copy of the
full dissertation or a pointer to where it can be
obtained;</span></li>
<li class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:symbol">·<span class="gmail-" style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span class="gmail-">One letter of
recommendation, up to 1 page in length, ideally from the
candidate’s primary advisor;</span></li>
<li class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:symbol">·<span class="gmail-" style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span class="gmail-">A list of publications
produced from the dissertation work.</span></li>
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<div class="gmail-"><br class="gmail-"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><i class="gmail-"><u class="gmail-">Evaluation</u></i><u class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-"></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">All nominations will be carefully
reviewed by a committee of experts, selected by a
representative from the IEEE VR Steering Committee. Factors
that will be considered when choosing the winning entry
include: the significance and impact of the technical
contributions of the work, and the clarity with which these
contributions are communicated.</p>
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