Awards and Scholarship

Awards and Scholarship

SICE Annual Conference Award
Description:
To recognize excellent presenters who submit high quality papers and present them in English at the SICE Annual Conference.
Award:
Winner of each category: 100,000 Japanese yen and Certificate and medal
Categories:
1. SICE Annual Conference Young Author's Award:
2. SICE Annual Conference International Award:
Note: Application to both categories by one paper is acceptable.
Author must be less than 35 years of age at the time of application for the Annual Conference Young Author's Award. The winner of Conference (Young Author's/International) Award will lose the winning qualification of SICE Young Authors Awards described later.
Application:
The application is submitted using the form at web page on-line. The web page has already colsed.
The deadline of the application was [May 26, 2008].
Basis of Judgment:
Quality of the paper (originality, impact) and the technical presentation.
The Award Selection Committee will select 5 finalists for Young Author's Award and 6 finalists for International Award based on the final manuscripts, and the finalists will be noticed before the conference. One Young Author's Award winner and one or two International Award winners will be selected during the conference based on the presentations as well as the quality of the papers.
Presentation:
The winners will be awarded at the Closing Session, and the prize consists of a certificate and a monetary award. All other finalists receive certificates.
Finalist:
Finalists of the awards have been decided. (updated 2008.7.30)
- The lists of the finalists

SICE Young Authors Awards

Description:
To recognize outstanding young individuals who submit high quality paper in the activities of SICE (symposium, lecture meeting, etc.).
Award:
50,000 Japanese yen + Certificate and medal
Categories:
1. SICE Young Authors Awards for Basic Research (under 30 years of age):
2. SICE Young Authors Awards for Practical Application (under 35 years of age)
Eligibility:
Must be a member of SICE and must be less than 30 years of age at the time of application for the Awards for Basic Research, and less than 35 years of age for the Awards for Practical Application. Winner of this award cannot receive this award repeatedly.
Application:
Application:
The application is submitted using the form at web page on-line. The web page has aleady closed.
The deadline of the application was [May 26, 2008].
Basis of Judgment:
Technical contributions through presentation of new idea, improvement of theories, exceptional achievement by application to the plants or products within the SICE Field of Interest. Possibility of development will be evaluated as well as the achievements.
Presentation:
The winners will be awarded at the general assembly of SICE on February 27, 2009.

Finalist:
Finalists of the awards have been decided. (updated 2008.7.30)
- The lists of the finalists

Interactive Organized Session Award

Description:
To recognize excellent organizer and presenters who make high quality discussion in interactive sessions at the SICE Annual Conference.
Categories:
1. Interactive Organized Session Organizer Award:
Basis of Judgment: Quality of the discussion in the interactive session.
2. Interactive Organized Session Paper Award:
Basis of Judgment: Quality of the paper and presentation in the interactive session.
Application:
The application is not required. All organizer and presenters of Interactive Organized Session will be evaluated at the SICE Annual Conference.
Presentation:
The winners will be awarded at the Closing Session, and the prize consists of a certificate and a monetary award. All other finalists receive certificates.

SICE International Scholarship
SICE has recently established SICE INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP commemorating its 30th anniversary in 1991. This scholarship is to help those foreign researchers who are young, have potential ability to contribute to the field of Instrument and Control Engineering, and come to Japan to present their papers.

The International Affairs Committee of SICE herewith announces this scholarship, and encourages your application. The application is limited to:

(1) those who are under 40 years old at the moment of application, and
(2) those who come to Japan from abroad to attend SICE2008 and present their papers, and
(3) those who have sufficient achievements in their fields.

The International Affairs Committee of SICE will select some candidates from applicants and recommend them to the SICE Headquarter, where the winner is decided. 100,000 in Japanese yen will be granted to the winner.

Those who would like to apply for this SICE International Scholarship are requested to fill in the APPLICATION FORM FOR SICE INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP in web page on-line. The web page has aleady closed. The deadline for the application was May 23, 2008.

2008 candidates are as follows;

Mr.Calisi, Daniele "Sapienza" University of Rome

Mr. Gamrad, Dennis University of Duisburg-Essen

Dr. Mohamed, Haider Abbas F. University of Malaya

Mr. Pei, Ruilin University of Cambridge

Mr. Steiner, Gerald Graz University of Technology

They can receive the scholarship after presenting their paper(s) by themselves.

Professor Satoshi Tadokoro
Chairman of the International Affairs Committee

Student Travel Grant Award (STGA)
(The deadline for application was Mar. 11, 2008. The winners will be anounced at the SICE2008 farewell party held on Aug. 22, 2008)

The SICE Annual Conference 2008 (SICE2008) offers the Student Travel Grant Award (STGA) for the foreign researchers, in addition to the SICE international scholarship. The applicants are limited to:

(1) those who are undergraduate/graduate students at the moment of application, and
(2) those who come to Japan from abroad to attend SICE2008 and present their papers, and
(3) those who have sufficient achievements in their fields.

The SICE2008 committee will select 20 students. All the winner will be granted 50,000 Japanese yen. The application should be conducted via the web site when submitting an extended abstract.

Although one can apply both the SICE international scholarship and STGA, the SICE international scholarship winner will be excluded from the STGA candidates.

Mr.Calisi, Daniele	"Sapienza" University of Rome
Mr. Gamrad, Dennis	University of Duisburg-Essen
Dr. Mohamed, Haider Abbas F.	University of Malaya
Mr. Pei, Ruilin	University of Cambridge
Mr. Steiner, Gerald	Graz University of Technology