Awards

Conditions to apply for the award:

– The author should submit an abstract to ACRS 2015, and must secure a Letter of Acceptance of Abstract from the ACRS 2015 LOC
– The author should be younger than 40 years.
– The author should be from AARS Ordinary Member countries or regions.
– Only the first author will be considered for the Award,
– The paper should be 10 pages or less including figures, tables, and images.
– The author should submit the full paper by e-mail to:
the office of Japan Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (JSPRS) <f-chiwako@jsprs.jp> with CC to ACRS 2015 Secretariat < acrs2015.ph@gmail.com>.
The deadline should be two months in advance of the coming ACRS. (deadline: August 19, 2015 August 23, 2015)
– The award application form including the Curriculum Vitae (C.V.) of the first author, and the Letter of Acceptance of Abstract should be attached to the paper, and should be sent to JSPRS (with CC to ACRS 2015 Secretariat).

Procedures after the application
– The applicant will obtain a confirmation letter from JSPRS after submitting the full paper
– The winner will be announced by the General Secretary of AARS in advance of the coming ACRS.
– The winner should attend the coming Asian Conference on Remote Sensing and present the paper during the ACRS.
– The winner will be awarded the Shunji Murai Award with the travel funds of 1,000 US Dollars at the Opening Ceremony of the coming ACRS.
The funds will be provided by the Japan Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (JSPRS).

Jury:
The candidates for the award should be nominated in priority order by the Evaluation Committee with four prominent professionals. The chair should report the results of the evaluation to the Advisory Committee and General Secretary a month in advance of the ACRS. The winner will be decided by the Advisory Committee. The jury must consist of key persons of AARS Ordinary Members and Associate Members. The evaluation should be made within a month after they received those materials.

Evaluation Committee:
Chair:  Prof. Ryutaro Tateishi, Chiba University, Japan

Members:
Professor Armin Gruen: Emeritus Professor, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Professor Clive Fraser, Melbourne University, Australia
Dr. Dinh Duong Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief, AJG, Vietnam

Application Documents:

• Shunji Murai Award Application Form with CV
• ACRS 2015 Full Paper Guidelines and Template

Each year, the award will be given to two persons whose papers have innovative points, appraised before each ACRS. The winners will be granted certificates of AARS Innovation Award with a gift as encouragement. At the same time, their papers or innovative points of the papers will receive the right to publish on the Journal of Remote Sensing without charge. And the winners will get one year free subscriptions for Journal of Remote Sensing.

Purpose
To reward Asian young scientists and students who are applying innovative ideas in remote sensing technology and applications.

Application and selection
– The author should be younger than 40 years old.
– The author should be from AARS Ordinary Member countries or regions.
– The paper should be a single author. In the case there are more co-authors, the number of co-authors should be less than two and only the first author will be considered for the Award.
– The following should be submitted to the Chinese National Committee for Remote Sensing (CNCRS), by e-mail: cncrs@irsa.ac.cn (kindly cc: ACRS 2015 Secretariat, acrs2015.ph@gmail.com) on or before September 1, 2015:

• Copy of Full Paper (please click here for the guidelines and template)
• Letter of Acceptance of Abstract
• The award application form including the description within 500 words about the innovative points of the paper
• Curriculum Vitae (C.V.) of the first author

– The application will be appraised by AARS and CNCRS Evaluation Committee before the coming ACRS, and four candidates will be decided.
– The candidates should attend the coming Asian Conference on Remote Sensing and present the paper in oral or poster during the ACRS. The winner will be the two according to their scores given by AARS and CNCRS Evaluation Committee.

Prize
The winners will be granted certifcates with a gift as encouragement. At the same time, the winners will receive the right to publish their papers on the Journal of Remote Sensing without charge. In addition, the winners will be present one year free subscriptions for Journal of Remote Sensing. The prize will be supported by Chinese National Committee for Remote Sensing (CNCRS).

Presentation
The winners will be announced and awarded at the closing ceremony of the ACRS.

Application Documents:

• AARS Innovation Award Application Form
• ACRS 2015 Full Paper Guidelines and Template

Purpose
AARS or ACRS’s success is dependent on the great efforts from AARS members and ACRS attendees. Though they retire, their great contributions to AARS or ACRS will be always remembered. This Award’s purpose is to recognize, honor and reward their outstanding contributions to AARS and/or ACRS, and provides opportunity and travel expenses for them attending the coming ACRS and returning back to AARS family once again.

Application/Nomination
Each year, each AARS memberships and Secretary General could nominate one person, who has retired and had great contributions to AARS or ACRS. The person, who has got nomination from AARS memberships and Secretary General, would be invited to make application for this award and send the completed application form to Chinese National Committee for Remote Sensing (CNCRS), by e-mail: cncrs@irsa.ac.cn.

Evaluation
The AARS Foundation Board will choose one person as the winner from the applicants.

AARS Foundation Board

Chair: Prof. Gu Xingfa

Members:

Prof. Shunji Murai
Prof. Kohei Cho
Dr. Nguyen Dinh Duong
Prof. Wang Jinnian

Secretary:

Ms. Chiwako Fujino
Ms. Wu Jie

Prize
The winner will be granted travel expenses up to 2000USD to attend the coming ACRS. The prize will be supported by Chinese National Committee for Remote Sensing (CNCRS). And the winner will be invited to participate, and also conference registration fee will be waived.

Presentation

The winner will be announced on two months before the conference, He/she will be granted the certificate of CHEN Shupeng Award and the travel expenses during ACRS opening ceremony.

Application Document

• CHEN Shupeng Award Application Form

All young young scientists and students (less than 35 years of age) who will present their papers during ACRS 2015 are considered for the award. No formal application is needed.

Any questions about the award should be forwarded to:

Ms. Chiwako Fujino
E-mail: f-chiwako@jsprs.jp
Japan Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (JSPRS)

Conditions of Application:
– There is no need for application. The evaluation will be conducted automatically by the Academic Committee of CTSPRS based on both the written and presentation in either oral session or interactive session in each ACRS of that year.
– The subject of the paper should be related to remote sensing in environment or ecology, and presented in ACRS by one of the authors.  In order to facilitate the evaluation, full paper should be included in the proceedings.
– There is no age limitation on the potential awardee.  All authors presenting in ACRS will be treated equally.

Review Procedures:
– There will be two steps of the evaluation, the written and the presentation.
– The evaluation of full paper will be conducted by the Academic Committee of CTSPRS prior to the presentation.
– The chairperson of each session and selected scholars who attended that ACRS will be invited to provide an evaluation report on the quality of presentation.
– Final decision will be made based on the statistics of the evaluation report by the CTSPRS Academic Committee representative(s).  The selected awardee will be consulted for the willingness on receiving this award.

For more information, please contact

Ms. Chia-Ling Chien
E-mail: csprsmail@csprs.org.tw
3F, No. 113, Sec. 5, Roosevelt Rd.
Wenshan Dist
Taipei, 116-81
TAIWAN