Student Paper Contest 2011 - Results

During the IEEE Region 8 Student Paper Contest 2011 the International Jury anonymously graded all accepted papers. Within that phase, the contributions were graded as follows:

- Written paper:

  • 45 points maximum for the technical and engineering content
  • 24 points maximum for the paper content presentation

- Oral presentation:

  • 30 points maximum could be additionally given to selected finalists

The Jury of the IEEE Region 8 Student Paper Contest 2011 has selected the following five papers (in alphabetical order of the first author's first name) for the oral finals...

  • Amel Ksibi, Nizar Elleuch, Anis Benammar: "Semi-Automatic Soft Collaborative Annotation for Semantic Video Indexing", National School of Engineers of Sfax (ENIS) SB, Tunisia Section
  • Hossein Hajimirsadeghi: "Conceptual Imitation Learning Based on Functional Effects of Action", School of Electrical and Computer Engineering SB, University of Tehran, Iran Section
  • Jaymin Mankowitz, Andrew Paverd: "Mobile Device-Based Cellular Network Coverage Analysis Using Crowd Sourcing", University of the Witwatersrand SB, Johannesburg, South Africa Section
  • Ralph Tanbourgi: "Resolving the Connectivity-Throughput trade-off in Random Networks", Karlsruhe Institute of Technology SB, Germany Section
  • Shailesh Kulkarni, Patrick Reynaert, Cicero Vaucher Domine Leenaerts, Maarten Tytgat: "Design of a Ka- band Upconverter for Satellite Communication", Katholieke Universiteit Leuven SB, Benelux Section

Оral finals will be organized in Lisbon, Portugal, April 27, 2011, during the IEEE Region 8 EUROCON 2011 Conference. Instructions to the finalists will be sent shortly.

The jury consisted of the following members:

  • Prof. George Paunovic, Serbia - Chair, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
  • Prof. Ali El-Mousa, Jordan
  • Prof. Andrzej Pacut, Poland
  • Prof. Carlos Lopez-Barrio, Spain
  • Prof. Manuel de Medeiros Silva, Portugal

We thank to all students who participated with 32 papers (29 accepted and graded) in the IEEE Region 8 SPC 2011. This year we had contestants from 17 Sections and 22 Student Branches/Institutions:

  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven SB, Benelux Section
  • Université Catholique de Louvain SB, Louvain-la-neuve, Benelux Section
  • University of the Witwatersrand SB, Johannesburg, South Africa Section
  • University of Cape Town SB, South Africa Section
  • School of Electrical and Computer Engineering SB, University of Tehran, Iran Section
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology SB, Germany Section
  • National School of Engineers of Sfax (ENIS) SB, Tunisia Section
  • Queen Mary University of London SB, UKRI Section
  • University of Maribor, University of Ljubljana SB, Slovenia Section
  • Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania Section
  • Graz University of Technology SB, Austria Section
  • Democritus University of Thrace SB, Greece Section
  • University of Patras SB, Greece Section
  • Cairo University SB, Egypt Section
  • Belarusian State University SB, Belarus Section
  • American University of Sharjah SB, United Arab Emirates Section
  • Manipal University Dubai SB, United Arab Emirates Section
  • The Petroleum Institute SB, Abu Dhaby, United Arab Emirates Section
  • Strossmayer University of Osijek SB, Croatia Section
  • Czech Technical University Prague, Czechoslovakia Section
  • University of Malta SB, Malta Section
  • KTH Royal Institute of Technology SB, Sweden Section

 

Prof. George Paunovic
IEEE R8 Student Paper Contest 2011 coordinator

 

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