[TYPES/announce] FINAL CALL: Informatics Europe Best Dissertation Award 2026

[Kit Wan Chui - Informatics Europe]

Dear colleagues,

/FINAL CALL to nominate for Informatics Europe Best Dissertation Award 2026/

Informatics Europe invites nominations for the 4th edition IE Best 
Dissertation Award, recognising outstanding PhD dissertations in 
Informatics and highlighting emerging research excellence across Europe.

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/Informatics Europe Best Dissertation Award 2026/
URL: 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.informatics-europe.org/research/best-dissertation-award.html__;!!IBzWLUs!WE1yY_MubCp-w9lteLNx4aOKqJgzvPd17xywqqG1Ovj8lD9w0fXo_voaQYAzubExpOSc1jGgpDHa-ED6cisaZFTxTzdej-fIB6uZMRw19ESYIg$ >
Nomination Deadline EXTENDED: 8 June 2026
Award: EUR 3,000 (sponsored by Springer)
Additional recognition: Invitation to publish in a dedicated Springer series
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/All Informatics Europe members/ may nominate or endorse an outstanding 
/PhD dissertation defended in the calendar year 2025/.

The Award Committee will evaluate nominations based on:

- originality of research and methodology
- impact and quality of achieved results
- societal relevance
- clarity and quality of exposition

In the event of equal top scores, the dissertation with the highest 
societal impact score will be selected.

The winner will be invited to present their work at the European 
Informatics Leaders Summit (ECSS 2026, Porto, Portugal):
URL: <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss-2026/home.html__;!!IBzWLUs!WE1yY_MubCp-w9lteLNx4aOKqJgzvPd17xywqqG1Ovj8lD9w0fXo_voaQYAzubExpOSc1jGgpDHa-ED6cisaZFTxTzdej-fIB6uZMRw9XANW0Q$ >
and to publish in a dedicated Springer series.

If the winning dissertation is already published with an ISBN or under 
copyright protection, the publishing opportunity will be offered to the 
best unpublished nomination.

Further details and nomination instructions are available on the Award 
webpage:
URL: 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.informatics-europe.org/research/best-dissertation-award.htm__;!!IBzWLUs!WE1yY_MubCp-w9lteLNx4aOKqJgzvPd17xywqqG1Ovj8lD9w0fXo_voaQYAzubExpOSc1jGgpDHa-ED6cisaZFTxTzdej-fIB6uZMRyFUeivzQ$ >

We look forward to receiving your nominations and to recognising 
outstanding doctoral research in Informatics.

Best regards,
Informatics Europe

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