ICOTA Best Student Paper Award

• Students who are currently enrolled or graduated on or after December 15, 2000 are eligible for the competition of the Best Student Paper Award.
• To enter the competition, the submitted paper must be sole authored, or if the paper is co-authored, the student must be a major contributor (with a letter from his/her supervisor to substantiate this claim).
• Applicant should submit the paper to one of the program co-chairs and should indicate in the registration form the willingness to be considered for the Best Student Paper Award.
• The three finalists will be informed by October 31, 2001.
• They must present the talk in a special session.
• The Best Student Paper Award will be decided by the Selection Committee consisting of

Chair:	Jason Zhang
Member:	Shu-Cherng Fang
	Masao Fukushima
	Panos Pardalos
	Xiaoqi Yang (Secretary)

• The winner of the Best Student Paper Award will be announced during the conference banquet.