The first phase of the IEEE Region 8 Student Paper Contest – selection of the best five papers for Oral Finals – finished beginning of March 2014. During the I phase the International Jury:
Prof. Samir Shaheen, Egypt,
Prof. Andrzej Pacut, Poland,
Prof. Carlos Lopez-Barrio, Spain,
Prof. Mohamad Awad, Lebanon,
anonymous graded all papers. The contributions were graded as follows:
45 points maximum for the technical and engineering content,
Jury selected the following five papers (in alphabetical order of the first author’s first name) for the SPC 2014 Oral Finals:
Nasser Al Rayhi (90756837), Rashid Al Tuniji (92885686), Shaimaa Al Hefaity (90823344)
“Enhanced Indoor Navigation and Tracking Using Support Vector Machine and Internal Mobile Phone Sensors”, Khalifa University of Science Technology and Research (KUSTAR), Sharjah- United Arab Emirates;
Nick Janssen (92546522): “Analysis and Design of Complex Structures with an Eigencurrent Expansion Method”, Technical University Eindhoven, Netherlands;
Nicolas Van der Noot (92784951), Allan Barrea (92891793): “Zero-Moment Point on a Bipedal Robot under Bio-Inspired Walking Control”, Catholique University of Louvain (Jt.CAS-004/ED-015), Benelux
Sava Grkovic (92891029): “Small Balanced Antennas for Bluetooth Applications”, University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro;
Slobodan Mitrovic (92860979): “Homometric Sets in Diameter-two and Outerplanar Graphs”,
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
The first phase of the IEEE R8 SPC – selection of the best five papers for Oral Finals – finished March 8, 2014.
IEEE Region 8 SPC 2014 – II phase results
ORAL FINALS, SELECTION OF WINNERS AND WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT
Second phase of the Region 8 SPC 2014 – Oral Finals – was organized in Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday April 14, 2014, during the MELECON 2014 IEEE Conference (www.melecon2014.org).
SPC finalists obtained up to 30 points maximum, depending on the quality of the paper presentations and given answers. Oral Finals session was well attended. The papers Power Point introductions were well prepared and presented (all within permitted 15 minutes). There were quite a number of questions, both from Jury members and from audience. The finalists’ answers were very good.
Nasser Al Rayhi (90756837), Oral Finalist from Khalifa University of Science Technology and Research Student Branch, Sharjah – United Arab Emirate, did not participate in the competition.
When session finished, Jury had a private discussion and awarded three prizes, from the IEEE Life Member Fund, to:
I prize: Diploma and 800 USD (cash award amount):
Slobodan Mitrovic (92860979): “Homometric Sets in Diameter-two and Outerplanar Graphs”,
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
EPFL Student Branch, from which the I prize winner of the SPC 2014 came from, will receive the Region 8 “Dick Poortvliet Award”, an amount of USD 250;
II prize: Diploma and 500 USD (cash award amount):
Nick Janssen (92546522): “Analysis and Design of Complex Structures with an Eigencurrent Expansion Method”, Technical University Eindhoven, Netherlands;
III prize: Diploma and 200 USD (cash award amount):
Nicolas Van der Noot (92784951), Allan Barrea (92891793): “Zero-Moment Point on a Bipedal Robot under Bio-Inspired Walking Control”, Catholique University of Louvain (Jt.CAS-004/ED-015), Benelux
The official recognition of the winners, finalists and SPC Jury was organized during the MELECON 2014 Gala Dinner, April 14, 2014. IEEE Region 8 Director Martin Bastiaans and SPC 2014 Coordinator George Paunovic introduced all the SPC finalists, members of the Jury and pronounced three winners. All finalists also obtained certificates that their papers were selected within the five best SPC 2014 papers.
The conference was very successfully and efficiently organized in downtown Beirut in a comfortable hotel with the modern conference center. Let me especially emphasize that the SPC participants and members of the Jury received complete free registration, as well as warm and friendly hospitality.
All finalists papers were included in MELECON 2014 Proceedings and in IEEE Explore digital library.
After sending the SPC final results to IEEE services, the official prizes (diploma and money) are to be sent by IEEE Services to winners within the next period.
