URSI-JRSM 2022
2022 URSI-Japan Radio Science Meeting
Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan
September 1-2, 2022

STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION
Any full-time university student from any country, who is the principal (first-named) author
and the presenter of a paper at the “2022 URSI-Japan Radio Science Meeting” (URSI-JRSM
2022), can apply for the Student Paper Competition (SPC).
Applications should be completed electronically on the URSI-JRSM 2022 website at“http://www.ursi.jp/conference/jrsm2022/” by the deadline of July 31, 2022. Every SPC
applicant must submit his/her・ one-page abstract;・ full-length paper (4 pages);
and・ a certification letter by his/her advisor,
all in PDF format simultaneously via the URSI-JRSM 2022 paper submission webpage. The
certification letter needs to be provided on the university letterhead and signed by thestudent’s advisor, which must state that the author is a full-time university student in a degreeprogram. In the case of multiple authors, the letter must state that the role of the authors
other than the applicant was primarily advisory in nature. No other students are allowed asco-authors. In the preparation of full-length papers, the applicants should follow theinstructions posted on the Conference website.
Each of the SPC applicants must confirm that he/she will attend the Conference and present
his/her paper in the poster session scheduled in the afternoon of September 1, 2022. TheURSI-JRSM 2022 Student Paper Competition Committee (SPCC) will select the three
finalists by taking into account the quality, the originality, and the scientific merit of thefull-length papers by the applicants, as well as the clarity of their presentations in the postersession.
The three SPC finalists will each receive a free ticket for the Conference Banquet to be held in
the evening of September 1, 2022, where the URSI-JRSM 2022 SPCC will make anannouncement on the finalists.
All the three finalists must present their contributions orally in the SPC Special Session (opento all the URSI-JRSM 2022 participants) scheduled in the morning of September 2, 2022.
At the SPC Special Session, members of the URSI-JRSM 2022 SPCC will judge
1presentations by the three finalists and select the winners of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes. Thewinners will receive the following prizes at the Closing Ceremony in the afternoon ofSeptember 2, 2022.
・ 1st prize: a certificate and 40,000 Yen (in cash)
・ 2nd prize: a certificate and 20,000 Yen (in cash)
・ 3rd prize: a certificate and 10,000 Yen (in cash)
It is required that the finalists attend the Closing Ceremony. The SPC selection results will
also be announced on the URSI-JRSM 2022 website(http://www.ursi.jp/conference/jrsm2022/).
The three SPC finalists will be invited to submit their full-length papers to the “Special Issue
on the URSI-JRSM 2022 Student Paper Competition,” which is scheduled for publication inthe peer-reviewed URSI journal, Radio Science Bulletin (RSB).
For any inquiries, please contact:- Professor Satoshi Yagitani
URSI-JRSM 2022 General Chair / Student Paper Competition Committee Chair
President, Japan National Committee of URSI
Kanazawa University
Email: yagitani(at)is.t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp- Professor Yasuhide Hobara
URSI-JRSM 2022 Technical Program Committee Chair
Secretary, Japan National Committee of URSIThe University of Electro-Communications
Email: hobara(at)ee.uec.ac.jp2