{"id":40188,"date":"2023-12-14T11:16:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T16:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/?page_id=40188"},"modified":"2024-04-05T14:26:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T18:26:14","slug":"call-for-papers-2024-cise-best-student-paper-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/call-for-papers-2024-cise-best-student-paper-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 CISE Best Paper Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cise\/files\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-06-at-11.37.03-AM-445x636.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"471\" class=\"wp-image-40675 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/files\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-06-at-11.37.03-AM-445x636.png 445w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/files\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-06-at-11.37.03-AM-717x1024.png 717w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/files\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-06-at-11.37.03-AM-768x1096.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/files\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-06-at-11.37.03-AM-1076x1536.png 1076w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/files\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-06-at-11.37.03-AM-1434x2048.png 1434w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/files\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-06-at-11.37.03-AM.png 1688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Center for Information &amp; Systems Engineering established the CISE Best Student Paper Award competition to promote student research and recognize the scientific quality of research being conducted by CISE students. <span>The opportunity is open to all students <\/span><span>currently enrolled at Boston University and\u00a0<\/span><span>advised by a CISE faculty affiliate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Paper submissions will be evaluated through a blind review process conducted by both a student and a faculty review committee. <\/span><span>The award winner and finalists will be selected based on the ratings and comments received from paper reviewers. <\/span><span>The winner and finalists will be recognized at t<\/span><span>he <strong>2024<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>CISE Best Student Paper Awards event on Friday, April 5th from 3pm-4pm at 665 Commonwealth Avenue, CDS 1101, followed by a reception with food and drinks from 4pm-6pm.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Register to attend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/best-student-paper-competition-register-to-attend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #333399;\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Student Reviewers:\u00a0<\/strong>Efe Sencan, Zili Wang, Prateek Jain, Zongshun Zhang, Arincheyan Gerald, Eric Wendel, and Feisi Fu<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalists: <\/strong>Hoang Tran \u201cBetter SGD using Second-order Momentum\u201d (NeurIPS 2022) (Advisor: Ashok Cutkosky), Jimuyang Zhang \u201cCoaching a Teachable Student\u201d (CVPR 2023) (Advisor: Eshed Ohn-Bar), Mohammad Hammas Saeed &#8220;T<span data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;TUBERAIDER: Attributing Coordinated Hate Attacks on YouTube Videos to their Source Communities*&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:15233,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;11&quot;:0,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;LinBiolinumTB&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:14}\">UBERAIDER: Attributing Coordinated Hate Attacks on YouTube Videos to their Source Communities&#8221; (ICWSM 2024) <\/span>(Advisor: Gianluca Stringhini), Haoxing Tian &#8220;<span data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Convergence of Actor-Critic Methods with Multi-Layer Neural Networks&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:15233,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;11&quot;:0,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;LinBiolinumTB&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:14}\">Convergence of Actor-Critic Methods with Multi-Layer Neural Networks&#8221; (NeurIPS 2023) <\/span>(Advisors: Yannis Paschalidis &amp; Alex Olshevsky).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Evaluation Criteria<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Significance and Impact<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Novelty<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Technical Merit<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Writing and Presentation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Relevance to CISE<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Eligibility Criteria<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>The\u00a0paper\u00a0must represent original research conducted at\u00a0Boston\u00a0University primarily by the student.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>While other authors may be listed on the paper, the student must be the lead student author (i.e., contributed the majority of the effort among all student co-authors) and must have contributed significantly to the paper (advisors will be asked to certify the student\u2019s role and contribution).<\/li>\n<li><span>The paper must have been published or accepted for publication at a journal or conference within the past 24 months from submission to this CFP.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Papers posted <strong>solely<\/strong> on archive sites (e.g., arXiv, bioarXiv) and not published at peer reviewed venues <\/span><span>are not acceptable for submission.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>A full-length paper must be officially submitted via the web in pdf format.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Papers must include\u00a0<em>three key words<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Each student can only enter one paper in this competition.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>If the student\u2019s paper is selected as winner or finalists, the student must present the paper at the CISE Best Paper Presentation event on Friday, April 5th.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Key Dates<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Deadline for P<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">aper Submissions:<\/span> Monday, February 19th, 2024\u00a0 (Midnight ET)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Decision Notifications to Authors<\/span>: Friday, March 29th, 2024<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">CISE Student Best Paper Award Event<\/span>: Friday, April 5th, 2024<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Past Student Paper Award Winners<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/2022-cise-best-student-paper-award-recipients\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2022 Winners<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/2021-cise-best-student-paper-award-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2021 Winners<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cise\/programs\/student-programs\/best-paper\/cise-best-student-paper\/2020-cise-best-paper-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2020 Winners<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Information &amp; 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The opportunity is open to all students currently enrolled at Boston University and\u00a0advised by a CISE faculty affiliate. 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