European Test Symposium 2022

McCluskey Doctoral Thesis Award

The TTTC’s Doctoral Thesis Award serves the purpose of promoting the most impactful doctoral student work, providing the students with exposure to the community and prospective employers, and supporting interaction between academia and industry in the field of test technology. The award is named after Prof. E. J. McCluskey, a key contributor to test technology. The 2022 TTTC’s E. J. McCluskey Best Doctoral Thesis Award will be given to the winning student of the doctoral student contest and their advisor.

The contest is held in two stages: semi-finals and finals. Semi-finals will be held at the IEEE Asian Test Symposium (ATS), IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (VTS), the IEEE European Test Symposium (ETS), and the IEEE Latin American Test Symposium (LATS). At each semi-final, a jury composed of industrial and academic experts will determine the winner. The four semi-final winners will compete against each other in the finals, held at the International Test Conference (ITC) 2022.

Eligibility

  • Doctoral students working on test-related topics are eligible for the award.
  • Eligible students are those who graduated starting from April 2020 up to 2022.
  • An individual can only participate in the contest once in a lifetime (participation is encouraged when the thesis is close to completion).
  • Submissions to multiple regional sites are prohibited.

Procedure

Submissions will undergo a selection process. Accepted contestants will give a presentation (about 15 minutes, including Q&A) in a designated session during ETS 2022. In addition, each candidate must prepare and present a poster on their work. The winner will be determined by the jury and announced during ETS 2022. 

Key Dates for Submission (Midnight, AoE)

  • January 26th, 2022 February 2nd, 2022 → McCluskey Doctoral Thesis Award submission deadline.
  • February 12th, 2022 → Notification of acceptance for presentation.

Submission Website

Each submission should be a 10-page max. document (PDF file), following the pre-defined template.  Please, submit via the submission link and select option "11" at the "Summary Submission" menu.

We appreciate if you can fill the following survey before your submission. Thank you.

Contact Information

For more information, please contact the McCluskey Doctoral Thesis Award Coordinators: