Call for proposals for the Technology Network Awards

The Technology Network Process Control Technology (TM TVP) invites applications for prizes for the best bachelor and master theses. The prizes are intended to encourage research and professional work in broad areas of interest to members of the Process Control Technology Network.

Two prizes will be awarded, namely:

• the Process Control Technology Network Prize (€1000 net) for the best Master's thesis successfully defended in 2021 or 2022; and
• The Process Management Technology Network Prize (€500 net) for the best higher education professional/university thesis successfully defended in 2021 or 2022.

In addition to the prizes, up to two prizes will be awarded for Master's theses and up to two prizes will be awarded for Higher Professional/University theses.

The prizes and awards will be presented at an event during the AIG Conference, expected to take place in April 2023. Each prizewinner or award recipient will receive a certificate. The winners will also receive a cash prize and summaries of their work will be published on the TM TVP homepage.

The broad areas in which they are seeking applications are:

• automation of machinery and equipment,
• managing complex systems and technological processes,
• Intelligent systems and processes in smart factories,
• diagnostics, prognostics and self-maintenance of machinery and equipment,
• autonomous vehicles,
• support for logistics processes in companies,
• management technologies for smart energy management, better quality of life and less pollution,
• modern ICT in management systems, e.g. Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, cloud technologies, big data,
• technology and knowledge to develop new tools and building blocks for management systems,
• other areas related to systems and process management issues.

The proposer can be a supervisor (a higher education teacher, a research fellow) or the company where the candidate is employed or where he/she did his/her thesis or master's thesis.

The application with all documentation must be submitted electronically to info@tvp.si, subject: TM TVP Awards, by 10 February 2023.

The selection process will be managed by the TM TVP Awards and Recognition Committee, which may be assisted by peer review. The Commission reserves the right not to award the prize if it considers that the submitted works do not meet the requirements of the call for entries or do not reach an appropriate level of quality.

Tender conditions, Application and criteria for the prizes are set out in the accompanying documents which form an integral part of the documentation.