Call for application of award

The prestigious IEEE ITSS Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award is given annually for the best dissertations in any ITS areas that are innovative and relevant to practice. This award is established to encourage doctoral research that combines theory and practice, makes indepth technical contributions, or is interdisciplinary in nature, having the potential to contribute to the ITSS and broaden the ITS topic areas from either the methodological or application perspectives. Applicant should pass his/her doctoral degree defense within the period no more than 18 months prior to the date of application (15 June 2013). Applicant must be a member or student member of IEEE ITSS by the date of application. The first place prize winners will receive awards of USD 1,000. The second place prize winner will receive USD 500. Award selections will be announced October 2013 at the ITSC 2013 conference in Hague, Netherland, where the recipients will be asked to give brief presentations of their work. Awardees work will be featured in ITSS Transactions, ITS Magazine, and ITS Newsletter, when appropriate. A dedicated selection committee will evaluate all qualified applications for the IEEE ITS Best Ph.D. Dissertation Awards and make selections. Please email single-package application before 15 June 2013 to ITSS Vice President of Membership: jason.geng@ieee.org.