IUPRAI (Indian Unit of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence) - Doctoral Dissertation Award program has been established to recognize and encourage excellence in research and writing by doctoral candidates in the areas of Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition. IUPRAI-Doctoral Dissertation Award are presented at the ICVGIP (Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image processing) conference. The award for both 2023 and 2024 will be conferred during the ICVGIP 2024 Conference, to be held during December 13-15, 2024 at IIIT-Bangalore. Award will consist of appropriately worded citation and a cash prize.

2023 Award: All the candidates who have defended their thesis between 1st October 2022 and 30th September 2023 are eligible to apply.
2024 Award: All the candidates who have defended their thesis between 1st October 2023 and 30th September 2024 are eligible to apply.

The dissertation must be in any one of the following areas:

• Computer Vision
• Image Processing
• Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
• Computer Graphics

The deadline for nomination is December 2, 2024. Each nomination should be forwarded by the thesis advisor (not the student). Nomination should be one zipped file from the thesis advisor, which should include (all information will be kept strictly confidential):

• Title of the dissertation
• Name of the student
• Date of submission and date of defense
• University/Institution where the dissertation is submitted
• Area of the dissertation- IP/PR&ML/CV/CG
• List of publications (only reviewed journals and conferences/workshops etc., - state impact factor or Rank/h5-index, for each case, if available) out of the dissertation.
• Electronic version of the thesis and its synopsis
• Nomination letter (specifically for this award, not an open one) by thesis advisor highlighting significance of the thesis. This letter must also include:
• Name, address, and phone number of the advisor
• Name, mailing address and email address of the candidate.

Each nomination must be mailed as a single zip file by the research supervisor, before December 2, 2024 to the address: [email protected]

The nomination letter, list of publications and summary of the thesis will be used in the initial screening phase to shortlist dissertation for subsequent in-depth evaluation. A screening committee will shortlist the thesis from among the nominations. Shortlisted dissertations will be reviewed for technical depth and significance of the research contribution, potential impact on theory and practice, and quality of presentation by an award committee. IUPRAI-ICVGIP will form a committee of 3-5 experts every year for shortlisting and selection of the award. The committee will finalize the process before commencement of ICVGIP and announce the award at the ICVGIP conference. The decision of the committee will be final, and no request for review/revision whatsoever will be entertained.

1. Prof. Santanu Chaudhuri (IIT Delhi) - Chair
2. Prof. Venkatesh Babu (IISc Bangalore) - Member
3. Prof. Bhabhtosh Chanda (ISI Kolkata) - Member
4. Prof. Vijay Natarajan (IISc Bangalore) - Member
5. Prof. Arnav Bhavsar (IIT Mandi) - Member