From dralansherman@starpower.net Tue Feb 6 15:10:25 2007 Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 11:37:38 -0500 From: Dr. Alan T. Sherman To: CSEE ALL Subject: [csee-faculty-lecturer] CSEE Research Review - Student Award Submissions [ Part 1, Text/PLAIN 96 lines. ] [ Unable to print this part. ] For students submitting reports for possible awards (best research in 2006-7 by undergraduate, MS, PhD student), in addition to the electronic submissions, please also hand in a hardcopy of the report to Dr. Alan Sherman. _____ UMBC CSEE Research Review: Call for Faculty Talks, Student Research Papers, and Student Posters Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland, Baltimore County www.csee.umbc.edu/events/researchreview Friday, May 4, 2007 Technology Center, South Campus The Event A presentation of selected research accomplishments from 2006–2007 by UMBC faculty and students in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. For faculty, researchers, students, and visitors. An annual event. There will be a single track combining computer science, electrical engineering, and computer engineering. What to Submit * Faculty Talks. We seek UMBC CSEE faculty to present their best research accomplishments from 2006–7. There will be six faculty talks, each 20 minutes long. The talks should describe recent concrete research accomplishments, not on-going research directions, understandable to most CSEE faculty. Submit your name, lab, talk title and informative abstract in ascii (about 250 words). * Graduate Student Research Prizes and Talks. We invite UMBC CSEE undergraduate and graduate students to have their research considered for the prizes ($100 each) of Best Undergraduate research, Best MS Research, and Best PhD Research. Winners will present their research in 20-minute talks. Submit name, lab, title, informative abstract, and technical report or thesis, approved by your research advisor, and a letter of support from your advisor. Also submit hardcopy of the report. To qualify, the work must have been carried out primarily in the 2006–7 academic year. Prizes will be awarded primarily on the basis of scientific merit (significance, originality, nontriviality, correctness) and to a lesser extent on effective writing (clarity, proper English usage), with some preference in close cases given to students awarded degrees in 2006–7. * Student Research Posters and Prizes. We seek UMBC CSEE undergraduate and graduate students to present their best research accomplishments from 2006–7 in posters. Submit name, lab, poster title and informative abstract in ascii (about 250 words) approved by your research advisor. Prizes ($50 each) to best three posters, voted by attendees on basis of scientific merit and effective presentation. Deadlines (email all submissions to organizer) February 15 (4pm) – Faculty talks and best student research submissions due. March 1 – Main program and research awards announced. March 15 (4pm) – Poster submissions due. April 1 – – Poster session announced. Organizer: Dr. Alan T. Sherman, dralansherman@starpower.net