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IEEE TEMS TC on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies
(DLT:
https://www.ieee-tems.org/tc-blockchain-dlt/
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is now accepting nominations for the following award categories.
https://www.ieee-tems.org/tc-blockchain-dlt-awards/
*AWARD CATEGORIES*
*Research Achievement Awards*
*Technical Achievement Award*
The IEEE TEMS TC on Blockchain and DLT’s Technical Achievement
Award
recognizes a researcher from either academia or industry who has
demonstrated significant and sustained contributions to blockchain
and DLT,
as evidenced by the impact of his/her research throughout the
individual’s
career. Measures of impact extend beyond number of publications,
granted
patents, and citations, and should include evidence of real-world
impact of
the blockchain and DLT community, as well as the broader society.
The nominee must be a member of both this TC and IEEE TEMS at the
time of
nomination.
Award recipient will receive a plaque and a citation.
*Mid-Career Award*
The IEEE TEMS TC on Blockchain and DLT’s Mid-Career Award
recognizes a
mid-career researcher from either academia or industry who has
demonstrated
outstanding contributions to blockchain and DLT.
Emphasis will be given to the significance and impacts of the
research work
led by the nominee, for example in terms of publications on
blockchain and
DLT in premier conferences and/or journals, and/or grant patents
relating
to blockchain and DLT, consistently for a period of at least ten
(10) years.
The nominee must be a member of both this TC and IEEE TEMS at the
time of
nomination.
Award recipient will receive a plaque and a citation.
*Early-Career Award*
The IEEE TEMS TC on Blockchain and DLT’s Early-Career Award
recognizes a
mid-career researcher from either academia or industry who has
demonstrated
outstanding contributions to blockchain and DLT.
Emphasis will be given to the significance and impacts of the
research work
led by the nominee, for example in terms of publications on
blockchain and
DLT in premier conferences and/or journals, and/or grant patents
relating
to blockchain and DLT, consistently for a period of at least five
(5) years.
The nominee must have received his/her Ph.D. no more than five
years from
the time of the nomination deadline.
The nominee must be a member of both this TC and IEEE TEMS at the
time of
nomination.
Award recipient will receive a plaque and a citation.
*Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation/Thesis Award*
The IEEE TEMS TC on Blockchain and DLT’s Outstanding Ph.D.
Dissertation/Thesis Award recognizes outstanding Ph.D.
dissertations, which
have contributed significantly to the advancement of theory and/or
applications in blockchain and DLT.
The nominee must have evidence of publications on blockchain and
DLT in
premier conferences and/or journals, and/or grant patents relating
to
blockchain and DLT.
The nominee must be IEEE Graduate Member, and an IEEE TEMS Member.
Award recipients will receive a plaque and a citation.
*Service Awards*
*Distinguished Leadership Award*
The IEEE TEMS TC on Blockchain and DLT’s Distinguished Leadership
Award
recognizes an individual for his/her exemplary and substantive
leadership
in supporting the IEEE blockchain and DLT community at the local,
regional,
national, and/or international level(s).
The nominee must be a member of both this TC and IEEE TEMS at the
time of
nomination.
Award recipients will receive a plaque and a framed certificate.
*Most Active Special Interest Group and Subcommittee Chair Award*
This award recognizes the contributions of an outstanding
committee and
subcommittee chair for his/her service to the committee.
The nominee must be an IEEE TEMS Member, and chairing a special
interest
group or subcommittee in the IEEE TEMS TC on Blockchain and DLT.
Award recipients will receive a plaque and a framed certificate.
*AWARD COMMITTEE*
Chair
- Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Members
- Bhavani Thuraisingham, Fellow of ACM, IEEE, AAAS, NAI, IMA,
University
of Texas at Dallas, USA
- Edgar Weippl, SBA Research and University of Vienna, Austria
- Keke Gai, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
- My Thai, IEEE Fellow, Editor-in-Chief (EiC) of Journal of
Combinatorial Optimization, EiC of IET Blockchain, University of
Florida,
USA
- Rongxing Lu, IEEE Fellow, University of New Brunswick, Canada
*NOMINATION PROCESS*
Each nomination, co-sponsored by three or more individuals,
including the
nominator, must include the following information:
- Proposed citation, up to 25 words
- Information of the nominator and sponsors (name, position,
relation to
the nominee)
- Succinct description of no more than 500 words to describe the
nominee’s innovation/contribution in the respective category
- Statement of up to two pages* to support the nomination
- Curriculum vitae of the nominee (no more than ten pages*)
* Single column, of at least font size 10.
All nominations should be submitted via e-mail (with subject
"Award
Nomination: IEEE TEMS TC Blockchain & DLT ") to Dr. Kim-Kwang
Raymond Choo (
raymond.choo@fulbrightmail.org).
Do note that
- Self-nomination is not accepted
- A nominator / sponsor can nominate / sponsor at most three
individuals
- Chair and members of the award committee are not eligible to
nominate,
sponsor, or be nominated for any award in the year they serve
*DEADLINE*
The nomination deadline is midnight of November 30, 2022.
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*PRIOR AWARD RECIPIENTS*
*Technical Achievement Award*
Joseph Kai Sui Liu, Monash University, Australia
*Mid-Career Award*
Bin Cao, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
*Early-Career Award*
Zehui Xiong, Singapore University of Technology and Design,
Singapore
*Early-Career Award (Runner-up)*
Faisal Nawab, University of California, Irvine, USA
Deepak Puthal, Khalifa University, UAE
*Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation/Thesis Award*
Ashish Sai, Lero (University of Limerick), Ireland
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