Overview
The Undergraduate Consortium at ICIIT 2025 aims to increase and support the participation of undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds in AI research related to the conference theme. The Undergraduate Consortium Consortium will:
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Organize paper and poster presentations for students at the conference, with reviewers providing additional feedback on their talks.
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Offer a research paper submission track for undergraduates to get feedback on their ongoing research projects. A selected group of students will also receive financial support to attend and present their work at ICIIT 2025.
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Pair students with academic and industry mentors who can give feedback on research ideas and offer career guidance.
Only undergraduate students can submit papers (they must be the primary authors, but co-authors and advisors are allowed). Students interested in AI research careers are encouraged to apply.
Target Audience
The UG Consortium is aimed at current undergraduate students who:
- Have worked on an AI research project related to the ICIIT Conference theme.
- Are genuinely interested in pursuing graduate studies in AI research.
- Need guidance and feedback from a mentor and the AI community to pursue AI research after graduation.
Please note that in-person attendance is required for the UG Consortium, and remote participation is not allowed.
Important Dates
Submission: Nov 30, 2024
Notification: Dec 15, 2024
Consortium Date: Mar 14, 2025
Conference: Mar 12-14, 2025
Applications must be submitted using the following submission portal by 11:59:59 pm (AoE) on the stated deadline date.The Submission Site is https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ICIITUC2025
Submission Guidelines
Submissions must be formatted according to the [ Author Guidelines ] provided on the conference website.
Page limit: Submissions should be a maximum of 4 pages, including references
The submission should include all authors and their affiliations (i.e., no anonymous submissions), and an undergraduate student must be the leading author of the paper.
Once submitted, no changes to the author list will be allowed. Each Undergraduate student is limited to one submission, and only papers that present some preliminary results and are relevant to the ICIIT theme will be considered.
Extended abstract of the accepted paper titles and authors will be published in the ICIIT 2025 conference website.
Personal Statement
The student’s personal statement will be submitted at the same time as the research paper using the CMT submission system. It should help readers understand the student’s interest, research direction, contributions, and future goals. In their statement, you should answer the following questions
Reflection on Research Journey
- How did they start data science research, and how did they join the presented research project in particular?
- Did they have difficulties in their pursuit of data science research and how did they overcome these?
- What is their expectation from participating in the UC and receiving mentorship?
- Provide a concise 2-3 sentence summary of the AI research project presented in the submitted paper, written in a way that can be easily understood by a broad audience within the data science community.
- Clarify whether the project work was conducted as part of a team or independently.
- Discuss their individual contributions to the research project, addressing the following points:
- Did they design or implement algorithms?
- Did they contribute to analysing the results?
- Did they contribute any other key ideas or aspects to the project?
Review Criteria
Submissions will be evaluated based on:
- Clarity and completeness of the proposal
- Level of progress in the student’s undergraduate degree program
- Significance of the student’s research in the submitted paper
- Overall participation of the student in research projects
- And assessment of how the student can contribute to others participating in the UC.
Additionally, a subset of the students will be invited to present their papers orally during the UC, while the rest will be invited to present their work in the form of a poster.
Students who are all invited to present their work orally during the UC will receive some financial support towards attending the conference. The maximum support provided to each grantee is determined by the sponsors and is intended to partially offset the grantee's expenses. Depending on the total available funds and the number of recipients, travel expenses may or may not be partially covered. Conference registration will be waived for all students with accepted UC papers.
UG Consortium Chairs
Geetha P, Anna University
Selvi Ravindran, Anna University
For more details, please reach out to the chairs at ugconsortiumchairs@iciit.in