Deadline: 31 August 2020.

The IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA) will offer a limited number (or none) of NGDS Awards every year to early‐career researchers (ECR) who have got PhD degrees within five years in data science. The NGDS Award has been the first and only global initiative to support the production and certification of qualified next‐generation data scientists. The NGDS awards will be sponsored by some of the DSAA sponsors. Each NGDS awardee will receive USD1,000.

One of the critical challenges facing the era of data science lies in the significant gap between the increasing data scientist job demand and the limited availability of qualified data scientists. The purpose of offering this NGDS award is to encourage young talents to conduct significant foundational research and applied innovation in Data Science toward a profound and world-standard level.

All ECRs with the papers accepted at previous and current DSAA conferences are invited to apply, although the awards open to all applicants in data science.

The DSAA steering committee sets up the NGDS Award to be highly prestigious and selective. Hence, the criteria for NGDS candidate selection are rigorous. This may involve the following aspects:

• PhD qualification in data science including statistics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and other related fields;
• A strong track record in terms of theoretical contributions, business impact and/or educational contributions, which are quantifiable and outstanding;
• A reachable five-year career plan for significantly contributing to the data science community in terms of research, innovation, applications and/or education;
• Strong referee reports from three recognized data scientists;
• Strong recommendation from the candidate’s department or supervisor.

Deadline for applications is 31 August 2020. Applicants are encouraged to attend IEEE DSAA’2020 which will be held on 6-9 Oct 2020 in Sydney, Australia.

A NGDS award candidate should submit an application to the NGDS award chairs, which includes:

• NGDS Award Application Form (download the NGDS application form from http://dsaa2020.dsaa.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DSAA_next_generation_data_scientist_award_application_form.docx) to address:

• Applicant information;
• Response to the above selection criteria;
• Title, authors and track record of DSAA publications and attendance;
• Resume with affiliation, education background, publications, projects, cases of impact, awards etc.;
• Certificate showing staff ID and working status;
• Three referee reports with referee’s contact details and signatures;
• A recommendation letter from head of department or supervisor on the organization letterhead.

All application materials should be zipped into a file titled “2020_NGDS_Applicant Last Name_ First Name.zip” and submitted to NGDSaward2020@dsaa.co. Successful candidates must register and attend DSAA’2020, otherwise the award may be given to other candidates in the shortlist list per the selection committee’s decision.

Announcement of the final winner will be made in the DSAA’2020 conference banquet.

All documents should be in PDF and attached to the email. Late submissions, or documents in other formats will not be accepted.

*Any inquiries and questions should be addressed to NGDSaward2020@dsaa.co.

*More information and registration to DSAA’2020 is available at dsaa2020.dsaa.co

*The list of existing NGDS Awardees is available at https://dsaa.co/?page_id=1583