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 submissions | August 12, 2023 |
| Extended Submission deadline (firm) | September 15, 2023 |
| Author notifications | September 31, 2023 |
| Award ceremony | During 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 Place | Student award: $500 + Plaque | Host institution award: Plaque |
| Second Place | Student award: $300 + Plaque | Host institution award: Plaque |
| Third Place | Student award: $200 + Plaque | Host institution award: Plaque |
2. High School Category
| First Place | Student award: $225 + Plaque | Host institution award: Plaque |
| Second Place | Student award: $200 + Plaque | Host institution award: Plaque |
| Third Place | Student award: $175 + Plaque | Host 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.
For further enquiries please contact:
- Mary: omowunmimary@ieee.org
- Desire: desiremussa@gmail.com