Torino, September 22, 2016 Call for PhD students awards, dedicated to 28th and 29th cycles. Results of stage 1 of the selection ­ Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering doctorate (cycle XXIX) Table I ­ Results of stage 1 for Electrical, Electronic & Comm. Engineering, 29th cycle TOT Pub 32.00 CC Aw+TT Name Lastname 2nd stage 25.00 5 2 Hassan Metwalley Yes 30.85 23.85 5 2 Enrico Bocchi Yes 29.49 22.49 4 3 Giulia Fracastoro Yes 28.99 23.99 1 4 Marco Cossale Yes 28.89 23.89 5 0 Federico De Bosio Yes 27.24 22.24 5 0 Mustazar Iqbal Yes 24.93 24.93 0 0 Ahmed Mohamed Badawy Yes 23.32 18.32 5 0 Vincenzo Cirimele Yes 22.49 22.49 0 0 Arzhang Yousefitalouki Yes 21.59 21.59 0 0 Pawan Dakal Yes Syllabus Step 1 of the selection procedure gives a maximum of 35 points, distributed as follows: a) Publications: max 25 point (Pub) b) Course Credits: max 5 points (CC) c) Awards and other achievements: up to 5 points (Aw) d) Collaboration with industry, technological transfer: up to 5 points (TT) Notes: The Pub score for publications is evaluated according to the formula that will be used by the ScuDo as: 5
P ub = ∑ (P if i) i=1
where the 5 selected publications are considered only. The weight factors are the publication merit P i , and degree of ownership f i , defined according to the bibliometric rules of Politecnico di Torino as: P i = 1 for Journal Papers (Intnl) P i = 0.5 for Conference Proceedings (Intnl) n−1
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f i = (1n) , n = number of authors (kept constant to n=10 for n>10)
The final Pub score has been normalized so that the highest score equals 25 points. The CC score is assigned so that 1 point is given for each 5 credits (about 26 points) exceeding the minimum requirement to obtain the degree. The Aw score is given based on the prize the candidate obtained, for a maximum of 5 points (Best Paper Award 2 points, other scientific awards 1 point). The TT score is based on patents and on joint research activities with industrial partners. TO: ALL CANDIDATES SELECTED AFTER STAGE 1 OF THE EVALUATION Candidates in the above list are thus invited to submit a short (7­minute approximatively) presentation for step 2 of the evaluation procedure, by ​Monday September 26, at midnight. Stage 2: Preparation of 7 minute presentation for final evaluation Dear PhD candidate, Congratulation for having been qualified to participate in the second phase of the PhD Prize Award. You are now asked to prepare a 7 minute long video­recorded presentation summarizing the originality and achievements of your research. Notice that video recording is proposed for the sake of evaluation easiness only. Despite a good­looking and well­prepared presentation is clearly welcome, the evaluation will depend mainly on the contents in terms of scientific achievements and clarity of presentation. An independent committee will evaluate submitted videos, and will be asked to rank them from the best (5 points) to the worst (1 point). Each video will obtain 5 evaluations, and the final score will be the sum of the score each member gives. Thus a maximum of 25 points will be assigned in this step. Notice that the list of candidates that have been invited to this second stage is twice as much as the number of Awards that will be assigned. So the competition is still high, with 50% of students that will be awarded with the grant (2.500E for students of the 28th cycle, 1.500E for students of the 29th cycle). We thus invite you to devote as much time as you can to prepare the video. Key instructions for video presentation preparation and submission: We suggest you to prepare a presentation that covers the following outline: ­ introduction of yourself (<1 min) ­ introduction and scope of your research activity (<2 min) ­ key results ­­ Better to focus on one topic rather than squeezing too much content in limited time. (<4min) ­ conclusions (all must stay in 7min) The suggested number of slides is less than 10­­15 maximum. Presentation must be given in english. Valid types of video include: ­ a record of the slideshow with voice track ­ also called a screencast ­ best option ­ video recording with a mobile phone with presenter and slides visible Here are some examples that you can find on youtube ● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie29nAIfNXc​ [simple screencast, but with somehow bad audio] ●
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fThhTJjxKGo​ [simple video ­ good focus on the slides and presenter ­ but too much talk on the same slide] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ObdUqabzWw​ [way too long, but good recording with good quality] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mc1ckQGHpk​ [some suggestion on how to prepare the talk] Some useful links: ● How to record a screencast using ​http://www.screencast­o­matic.com​ [​video​] ­ you can use whichever software you may like ● How to record a​ Powerpoint slideshow​ with powerpoint directly ● If you are going to record the video with your friend mobile phone, please be sure that the audio quality is good, that the video is recorded in ​landscape​ mode Videos will be delivered to the commission through the YouTube platform. Simply ● upload the video on youtube.com ● make sure is is visible by anyone with the link (or make it visible to anyone if you prefer) ● send the link of the video via email to the three members of the evaluation boards (see below). Write also your name and PhD course in the email. Deadline: ● submission of video presentation: ​not later than Monday September 26, at midnight. Awards will be communicated during the PhD degree final ceremony, in November 2016. In case of questions, please contact the awards committee composed by Prof. Fabrizio Bonani ­ ​fabrizio.bonani@polito.it Prof. Marco Mellia ­ ​marco.mellia@polito.it Prof. Gianmario Pellegrino ­ ​gianmario.pellegrino@polito.it