Eligibility

The Prize recipient must:

• contribute more than 60% of the content of the presented paper (if the contribution is less than 60%, the paper is not suitable for a student paper competition and can be submitted to the normal track)
• be a student
• be under 33 years of age
• be a candidate for a graduate degree (PhD students included)
• be an IEEE member
• publish the paper in the IGARSS digest
• be registered at IGARSS
• personally present the paper at IGARSS
• be present at the IGARSS banquet to receive the award.

Multiple eligible authors are allowed. An ineligible co-author, or an advisor, must verify on university letterhead that the candidate is a student, under 33 years of age, a candidate for a graduate degree, and an IEEE member on the submittal date of the paper.

Eligibility and Selection process shall comply with procedures and regulation established in IEEE and Society governing documents, particularly with IEEE Policy 4.4 on Awards Limitations.

Award Items

The student presenting an outstanding paper will receive a certificate and an honorarium of US$1000.

Nominee Solicitation

The availability of the Mikio Takagi Student Prize will be announced each year by the IGARSS Committee.

Selection/Basis for Judging

The Mikio Takagi Student Prize (MTStP) is to recognize a student who has presented an outstanding paper at the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). The selection criteria will include:

• paper content and quality

• innovation

• originality

• significance

• quality of presentation

• communication

• methodology

• experimental design

• analysis of results

The scoring method shall be established by the Subcommittee.

Presentation

The award shall be presented at an awards ceremony during IGARSS. The checks will be mailed after clarifying the tax items.

Symposium Awards Committee

• Francesca Bovolo (Italy): Chair

• Paul Siqueira (USA)

• David M. Le Vine (USA)

• Emmanuel Trouve (France)

• Mary Morris (USA)

• Akira Hirose (Japan)

• Lianru Gao (China)

• Yong Ge (Australia)

• Alejandro Frery (New Zealand)

• Jaya Sreevalsan-Nair (India)

• Gilberto Camara (Brazil)