NOTE: The nominations for the Award are closed.

The Anton Philips Best Student Paper Award consists of a $1,000 check and an Award Certificate (funds provided by Philips Corporation).
The rules of the contest are as follows:

1. The student nominated for the Award must be a member of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
2. The student must be the first author and primary developer of the idea.
3. The student must have done the work as part of an academic degree program.
4. A nominating letter from the student's faculty advisor should be sent to the Program Chair at the time of submission. The letter should be written on university letterhead, certifying that primary contributor(s) to the paper was a (were) student(s) at the time of the paper's original submission. The advisor's telephone, fax and e-mail information, as well as the student(s) IEEE membership number(s), should be included.
   
   Program Chair:
   
   Kimon Valavanis
   Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering
   University of South Florida
   4202 E. Fowler Avenue
   Tampa, FL 33620-5399, USA
   
   Phonel: +1 (813) 974-6564 or -4100
   Fax: +1 (813) 974-5456
   E-mail: k.valavanis@ieee.org