ML-SIG Award for Student Presentations

Students from all geographic regions are eligible to apply for this award.

AARE ML-SIG is keen to encourage students to present high quality papers in this area at the annual conference. To achieve this aim, we are offering up to 2 student awards for excellent conference presentations each year. Winners will receive a Certificate of Excellence.

Award Criteria:

The ML-SIG Convenors will judge the awards, based on:

• the content of the presentation,
• the ability of the presenter to convey with clarity and interest,
• the theoretical and methodological bases and findings of the research, as well as
• the quality of discussion points or conclusions drawn from the findings.

Eligibility Criteria:

To be eligible for an award, candidates must:

• be currently enrolled (part-time or full-time) in an Honours or postgraduate degree, or must be presenting from their thesis research completed in the current or preceding year,
• submit a first-authored conference presentation proposal, using the online submission system, by the closing date for conference presentation proposals and have it accepted for presentation within the ML-SIG strand,
• deliver the presentation as scheduled,
• have not previously received an AARE ML-SIG Award for Student Presentations.

How to Apply:

To be considered for an award, please email the following to the ML-SIG Convenors Helen.Watt@education.monash.edu.au and k.barker@uws.edu.au by the Early Bird Registration deadline (31 August). Use “ML-SIG Award for Student Presentation” as the message subject, and include the following information:

• cover letter addressing eligibility criteria,
• letter of support from your thesis supervisor,
• evidence of your paper's acceptance for the annual conference including its assigned paper code.

The winners of the awards will be announced at the ML-SIG AGM at the end of the conference.