Conference on SMC Best Student Paper Award

Description

To recognize the best oral presentation and paper by a student at the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Conference. (Established in 1998)

Prize

$500 and a Plaque. The honorarium is split among multiple student coauthors who also receive a Plaque and a ticket to attend the Awards Banquet at the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics.

Funding

Funded by the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society through an endowment administered by the IEEE Foundation.

Eligibility

The presenter must be a major contributor to both the written paper and the results described in the paper, and a student when the paper was completed.

Basis for Judging

Technical quality, presentation quality, and ability to communicate and respond to questions concerning the topic of the paper.

Presentation

At the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics.


Past Awardees

2023

  • Yasaman Pedari, Danial Waleed, Luis A. Duffaut Espinosa, and Hamid R. Ossareh
    For the outstanding student paper and oral presentation entitled “Robust State Estimation for Satellite Formations in the Presence of Unreliable Measurements” published in the Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics

2022

  • Kenji Naito and Koh Kakusho
    For the outstanding student paper and oral presentation entitled “Segmentation of Indoor Daily Living Environments into Regions Used for Different Purposes” published in the proceedings of the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, October 2022
  • Jos Prinsen, Ethel Pruss, Anita Vrins, Caterina Ceccato, and Maryam Alimardani
    For the outstanding student paper and oral presentation entitled “A Passive Brain-Computer Interface for Monitoring Engagement during Robot-Assisted Language Learning” published in the proceedings of the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, October 2022

2021

  • Louis Petit and Alexis Lussier Desbiens
    For the outstanding student paper and oral presentation entitled “RRT-Rope: A Deterministic Shortening Approach for Fast Near-Optimal Path Planning in Large-Scale Uncluttered 3D Environments” published in the Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, October 2021

2020

  • Jieun Lee 
    For the student paper and oral presentation co-authored with Toshiaki Hirano and Makoto Itoh entitled “Making Passenger Conversation in Partial Driving Automation: Effects of Relationship Between Driver and Passenger on Driver Fatigue and Driving Performance” published in the proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 11-14 October 2020.
  • Marc-Antoine Moinnereau 
    For the outstanding student paper and oral presentation co-authored with Alcyr Oliveira Jr. and Tiago H. Falk entitled “Saccadic Eye Movement Classification Using ExG Sensors into a Virtual Reality Headset” published in the proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 11-14 October 2020.

2019

  • Yuta Takayama, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Tomohiro Fukuda, Hiroshi Miura, and Yukihiro Terada 
    For the student paper and oral presentation co-authored with Yuta Takayama, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Tomohiro Fukuda, and Hiroshi Miura entitled “Soft Wearable Tactile Sensor for Softness Evaluation Through Internal Examination” published in the Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 6-9 October 2019.

2018

  • Vicenç Rubies Royo, Claire Tomlin and Shankar Sastry  
    For the oral presentation and paper entitled: “Haptic Assistance via Inverse Reinforcement Learning,”

2017

  • George D. Montañez
    For the best student paper and oral presentation entitled, “The Famine of Forte: Few Search Problems Greatly Favor Your Algorithm,” published in the proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 5-8 October 2017
  • Sanghyun Cho
    For the best student paper and oral presentation co-authored with Won-Hyong Lee and Jong-Hwan Kim entitled, “Implementation of Human-Robot VQA Interaction System with Dynamic Memory Networks,”published in the proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 5-8 October 2017
  • Won-Hyong Lee
    For the best student paper and oral presentation co-authored with Sanghyun Cho and Jong-Hwan Kim entitled, “Implementation of Human-Robot VQA Interaction System with Dynamic Memory Networks,” published in the proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 5-8 October 2017
  • John-Hwan Kim
    For the best student paper and oral presentation co-authored with Sanghyun Cho and Won-Hyong Lee entitled, “Implementation of Human-Robot VQA Interaction System with Dynamic Memory Networks,” published in the proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 5-8 October 2017

2014

  • Vikram Shenoy Handiru
    “For his presentation of ‘An Iterative Optimization Technique for Robust Channel Selection in Motor Imagery based Brain Computer Interface,’ co-authored with Vinod Achutavarrier Prasad.”
  • Rolf Edwin Klomp
    “For his presentation of ‘Ecological Interface Design: Control Space Robustness in Future Trajectory-based Air Traffic Control Decision Support,’ co-authored with Clark Borst and Gesa Praetorius.”

2013

  • Ken Imai, Toshimitsu Ushioi
    “For the best paper and oral presentation, ‘Effective Combination of Search Policy based on Probability and Entropy for Heterogeneous Mobile Sensors,’ presented at the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Manchester, United Kingdom, 13-16 October 2013.”

2011

  • Neda Eskandari, Meeko M. K. Oishi

2010

  • Joost Venrooij

2007

  • Niki Abolhassani

2005

  • Dimitri Zarzhitsky

2004

  • Thorsten Meinf

2003

  • Sommer Gentry, Miwa Hayashi, Thomas Bourdeaud’huy

2002

  • Thomas Bourdeaud’huy

2001

  • Burak Ozpineci

2000

  • Ying Tang