Congrtulations to the Semi-Finalists of Student Awards

Announcement for students who entered for the oral and poster competition of TACT 2021.

Semi-Finalists of Student Awards

 

Oral Competition Semi-Finalists

The following papers have passed prescreen and are selected for final oral competition.

0112, 0280, 0269, 0196, 0150, 0098, 0156,0165, 0364, 0043

 

Poster Competition Semi-Finalists

All student award participants who did not enter final oral competition were put in the pool with other poster competitors for semi-final poster competition.

The following papers have passed prescreen and are selected for final poster competition.

0114, 0038, 0082, 0333, 0110, 0049, 0131, 0367, 0206, 0163, 0348, 0040, 0242, 0198, 0218, 0250, 0380, 0378, 0116

For those who were not selected for final poster competition will be considered as regular poster presentation.

 

 

We received many high quality papers and the competition was very intense.

Congratulations to all semi-finalists!! Please check for the competition schedule and guidance for final presentation.

 

  

Competition Guidance for Final Oral and Poster Presentation.


1. Those who were selected for final oral competition will present their work live according to the scheduled oral competition session (schdule under preparation). Each student will have 12 minutes to present and 3 minutes for Q&A.

 
2. All oral student award participants who did not enter final oral competition were put in the pool with other poster competitors for semi-final poster competition. As a result, no matter the paper was selected for the final poster competition or not, it is considered as a poster only paper and will no longer need to present orally.
 

3. Those who were selected for final poster competition will need to submit their poster file in advance and present their one-page poster live during the poster competition session (schdule under preparation). Each student will have 3 minutes to present and 2 minutes for Q&A.

  

Evaluation Process

Oral Presentation

  1. First round evaluation will be conducted by the Symposium Chairs in their own Symposium. Each Symposium evaluates the applications on the basis of the following: (1) resume: 25%, (2) recommendation letter: 25%, and (3) abstract and two-page description: 50%.
  2. Each Symposium selects the top 20% from its applicants as the quarter-finalists after the first round evaluation.
  3. Those students who did not get selected in the top 20% but are willing to compete with other Poster presenters can be included in the Poster Presentation Competition.
  4. From the quarter-finalists, each Symposium then recommends one presenter as the semi-finalists to the Oral Presentation Award Committee. If the number of presentations in the Symposium exceed 50 then one more semi-finalist can be recommended.
  5. The Oral Presentation Award Committee will select the top three presenters from all the semi-finalists for the awards of TACT 2021 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Student Awards.
  6. The top non-native English presenter from the remaining semi-finalist in each Symposium will be awarded with a Non-Native English Presenter Award provided If there is no non-native English presenter in the semi-finalists, then the top non-native English speaker from the quarter-finalists will receive this Special Award.
  7. The remaining semi-finalists in each Symposium will be also honored with a Certificate of Excellence.

 

Poster Presentation

  1. First round evaluation will be conducted by the Symposium Chairs in their own Symposium. Each Symposium evaluates the applications on the basis of the following: (1) resume: 25%, (2) recommendation letter: 25%, and (3) abstract and two-page description: 50%.
  2. Each Symposium selects the top 20% presenters from its applicants as the semi-finalists after the first round evaluation.
  3. Each Symposium then selects one best presenter from the semi-finalists for the Best Poster Award. If the number of presentations in the Symposium exceed 50 then one more Best Poster Award will be granted.
  4. Each symposium also selects the top 10% from the remaining semi-finalists to be honored with a Certificate of Excellence.
  5. 3-5 TACT 2021 Certificates of Best Poster Popularity Award will also be granted by collecting web voting during the poster presentation. Application materials are not necessary.

 

Award Description

(1) TACT 2021 Gold Award: US$500 and an honored certificate.

(2) TACT 2021 Silver Award: US$400 and an honored certificate.

(3) TACT 2021 Bronze Award: US$300 and an honored certificate.

(4) TACT 2021 Non-Native English Presenter Special Award: US$150 and an honored certificate.

(5) Best Poster Award for each Symposium: US$150 and an honored certificate.

(6) TACT 2021 Certificate of Excellence.

(7) TACT 2021 Certificate of the Best Poster Popularity Award.