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style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Award recognises exceptional dissertations that demonstrate strong impact in the field and society. The winner will receive a </span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">EUR 3,000 prize</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and the best unpublished dissertation will be offered a </span><span
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<td>[ie-announce] Nominate Now - Informatics Europe Best
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<td>Tue, 4 Mar 2025 11:14:04 +0100</td>
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<p>Dear colleagues,</p>
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<p>We warmly invite your nominations for the <b>third edition
of the Informatics Europe Best Dissertation Award</b>. This
prestigious Award recognises excellent PhD dissertations in
Informatics, empowers emerging Informatics researchers and
helps bring their work to a broader audience.</p>
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<p><a
href="https://www.informatics-europe.org/research/best-dissertation-award.html"
moz-do-not-send="true"><b>3rd Informatics Europe Best
Dissertation Award (2025)</b></a><br>
<b>Nomination Deadline: 2 June 2025<br>
Prize: EUR 3,000 sponsored by Springer<br>
Exclusive Opportunity: Invitation to publish in a dedicated
Springer series</b></p>
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<p><b>All Informatics Europe members are invited to nominate or
endorse an outstanding PhD dissertation defended in the
academic years 2023-2024 or 2024-2025 (on or before December
31, 2024).</b><br>
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<p>The Award Committee will evaluate nominations based on:<br>
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<li>originality of research and methodology</li>
<li>impact and quality of achieved results</li>
<li>societal relevance</li>
<li>clarity and quality of exposition</li>
</ul>
<p>Should more than one dissertation reach an equivalent top
score, the one with the highest societal impact score will be
selected.</p>
<p>To expand the reach of outstanding research, the winner will
be invited to present their work at the <a
href="https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/home.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">European Informatics Leaders Summit</a>
(ECSS 2025) and to publish their work in a dedicated Springer
series. If the winning dissertation is already published with
an ISBN or under copyright protection, the Committee will
award the publishing opportunity to the best unpublished
dissertation submitted.</p>
<p><b>For full details and nominations, please visit the Award <a
href="https://www.informatics-europe.org/research/best-dissertation-award.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">webpage</a>.</b></p>
<p>We look forward to receiving your nominations and celebrating
the next generation of Informatics researchers.</p>
<p>Best regards,<br>
Informatics Europe<br>
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