PAKDD Student Travel Award
Application for PAKDD-2025
Thanks to PAKDD Steering Committee, PAKDD will provide a number of Student Travel Awards to student authors of accepted papers to help them cover part of the cost for attending the conference to present their work. The amount of award for different winners may be different according to the needs of the applicants and the capacity of the fund. Typically, the amount for each award should be at most USD $500.
Eligibility
Only the applicants who are full‐time students (including undergraduate students and graduate students) (i) in the conference period or (ii) on the conference paper submission deadline are eligible for this award.
Selection Criteria
- Whether the applicant has an accepted PAKDD 2025 paper
- Whether the applicant submitted a PAKDD 2025 paper with a rejection
- Applicant's Contribution to the paper
- Paper type (e.g., oral and poster)
- Financial need
- Quality of research statement
- Whether the applicant obtained PAKDD travel awards before
- Whether the applicant is from an underrepresented group
Priority Order
- Author students of accepted PAKDD submissions
- Author students who submitted their PAKDD submissions with a rejection
- Other students
PAKDD has historically drawn participants from specific groups (e.g., some countries). It has also been predominantly male. We recognize that we must change our approach and explicitly facilitate involvement from underrepresented groups in order to move the needle.
If the applicant feels that his/her presence at PAKDD would help us address these representational and inclusion disparities, please include a 1 paragraph section "Representation" with a brief explanation as part of his/her submission. Higher priority will be given to applicants from underrepresented groups.
Required Documents
1. Two‐Page StatementPAKDD full paper format
a. PAKDD Paper Details
- Paper number
- Paper title
- Author list
- Please identify the role of each co‐author (e.g., advisor, collaborating professor/researcher and collaborating student)
- Please briefly describe the contribution of the applicant and that of each of his/her co‐authors in the paper
- Please state who will present the paper in the conference
- Paper Decision (i.e., accept and reject)
- Paper type (e.g., oral and poster) (If Accepted)
b. Research Statement
- Research Interest
- Applicant's Achievement
- Research Future Plan
- How Attending PAKDD Helps Applicant's Career Development
c. Financial Issues
- The amount of award the applicant applied for
- An estimation of the applicant's cost for attending the conference (with detailed justifications)
- Financial support the applicant has obtained from other channels
- How the applicant covers the other costs since the Travel Award could only help him/her cover part of his/her cost
d. Past PAKDD Travel Award
- State whether the applicant obtained PAKDD travel awards before. If yes, please give the year of each award obtained
e. Other Materials
- Other Materials (which could help the application) (e.g., "Representation") (if any)
2. Applicant's CV1-2 pages
Including the following and other personal profile information:
- full name
- email address
- gender
- nationality
- institution
- mode of study (e.g., full time and part time)
- type of study (e.g., undergraduate, MSc and PhD)
- name of the program (e.g., "PhD in Computer Science and Engineering")
- the number of years that the applicant has studied
3. Proof of student status
This can be a copy of the applicant's student ID card (including the applicant's name and affiliation with the institution), or a signed letter from the applicant's advisor.
4. Supporting letter of recommendation1 page
Recommendation letter from the applicant's advisor which:
- confirms the applicant's full‐time student status
- describes the applicant's contribution in the accepted PAKDD paper
- describes how the applicant will benefit from attending PAKDD
- explains the applicant's need for this travel award
- states whether there is another funding available to cover the expenses
Submission Details
Submission Deadline
February 15, 2025 (23:59:59 PST)
Notification Date
March 15, 2025 (23:59:59 PST)
Submission Platform
Please submit to Track "2025 PAKDD Student Travel Award" at:
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/PAKDD2025File Format Requirements
Only PDF files are accepted. No other file formats will be considered. Submissions violating the guidelines will be disregarded.
Contact Information
For any questions or doubts, please contact:
PAKDD Junior Award Selection Committee Chair:
Raymond Wong
raywong@cse.ust.hk