Purpose: To recognize excellence in a conference paper contribution whose primary author is a student member of the IEEE.

Basis: Originality, clarity, and potential impact on practical applications or theoretical foundations of control.

Guidelines: To be eligible, the primary and first listed author must be a student at the time of original submission and have a current IEEE membership for the year 2009, and the paper must have been accepted for presentation at the CDC.

Procedure: Nominations must be made by the student's major professor (advisor) through PaperPlaza.

1. Fill out the nomination form. To submit the form, please first save it as a PDF. All submission must be in PDF format.
2. Submit the form for Best Student Paper Award by following: Start => Submit a paper or session proposal links. Then submit the nomination by clicking the "Submit" link next to Paper Award Nomination. Please note that all submissions must be PDF files.

Important Information: The nominating form must be filled out in full containing the following information:

1. A paragraph certifying that the nominee is the main author of the paper, was a student at the time of the nomination and has a current IEEE membership for the year 2009. The student's IEEE membership number must be included in the nominating letter.
2. A paragraph with a brief description of the contribution of the paper and the main reason why the paper is being nominated for the award.
3. IThe advisor's telephone number and e-mail address.
4. Session code and the original submission number assigned by PaperPlaza.
5. Nominations are limited to one per advisor.

Nominations Open: August 1, 2009
Nominations Close: August 31, 2009

* Applicants for BSPA cannot also be under consideration for the Guan Zhao-Zhi Award.

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