The organizing committee of the VLSI Test Technology Workshop (VTTW) 2016 will feature a Best Student Paper Award contest following its successful launch in the previous workshop. This contest aims to provide graduate students with an opportunity to win recognition for their achievements and obtain visibility in the test community.

1. All students enrolled in a Ph.D. or M.S. program are eligible to participate in.
2. Students that have graduated are also eligible if the works are parts of their theses or dissertations.
3. The contestants must be first authors of an accepted paper at the workshop.
4. The contestants must attend the workshop and present their papers themselves.

1. The paper must contain original and previously unpublished research. If later after the review process it is determined that the paper has been published elsewhere, the student will be summarily expelled from the contest.
2. Advisor must email program chair to endorse the student's participation.
3. Perspective students must inform the organizers about their intention to participate in the contest once the notification of acceptance letters has been sent and no later than two weeks before the workshop date.
4. The selection criteria will be based on the impact and thoroughness of the work, as well as on the clarity and quality of the presentation during the workshop. Perspective candidates are advised to address the following: (i) define the problem and its importance, (ii) describe existing state-of-the-art techniques for solving the problem, and (iii) explain the proposed methodology (and any pertinent case study) and how it advances the theory and/or practice in the particular field.
5. The award will be given to the best presented paper irrespectively of previous achievements by the student. An attempt to advertise previous achievements during the presentation will be perceived negatively. This means that a first-year graduate student could have an equal chance of winning the award as a graduating PhD student.
6. The contestants will be judged by a jury that consists of workshop TPC members, excluding the advisors of the contestants.

The winner will receive a certificate. More prizes may be announced in the coming weeks. The winner will be announced during the closing session of the Workshop.

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