IEEE Smart Village Next Generation (ISVx) Student Paper Competition 2023

Topic: Poverty Alleviation in Africa by System of Systems Approach – Technologies, Applications, Benefits and Challenges

 

IMPORTANT DATES

Call for submissionsAugust 12, 2023
Extended Submission deadline (firm)September 15, 2023
Author notificationsSeptember 31, 2023
Award ceremonyDuring PAC 2023 (look out for the date on the conference program)

PAPER TEMPLATE

You can prepare your paper in Microsoft Word or LaTeX format. All submissions must follow the IEEE conference template which can be accessed at https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html

CATEGORIES OF PARTICIPATION

  • Category A: Undergraduate and Postgraduate students
  • Category B: High school students

ELIGIBILITY OF PARTICIPATION

All authors must be currently registered at an institution of learning at the time of submitting the paper.

LEVELS OF PARTICIPATION

  • Individual paper
  • Group paper with a maximum of five authors

Length of paper: 5 – 8 pages (double-column according to IEEE conference template)

LINKS FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS

Kindly submit your paper for the contest to Track 9 – ISVx Student Paper using (link will be provided soon).

Note that the link above only accepts PDF documents. Only one submission is required in the case of a group paper. If you are new to EasyChair, you would need to first create an account before making your submission.

PRIZES/AWARDS

The following prizes/awards shall be given to the winners and their host institutions:

1. Undergraduate and Postgraduate Category

First PlaceStudent award: $500 + PlaqueHost institution award: Plaque
Second PlaceStudent award: $300 + PlaqueHost institution award: Plaque
Third PlaceStudent award: $200 + PlaqueHost institution award: Plaque

2. High School Category

First PlaceStudent award: $225 + PlaqueHost institution award: Plaque
Second PlaceStudent award: $200 + PlaqueHost institution award: Plaque
Third PlaceStudent award: $175 + PlaqueHost institution award: Plaque
  • Plaques shall be presented to the winners and their host institution during the conference.
  • Winners are expected to start ISVx-SBs at their institutions of learning where such do not exist already.
  • The first-place winner in Category A will receive travel grant to Kigali.

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