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TCSE2025: 2025 IEEE CS TCSE Awards

Website	https://tc.computer.org/tcse/2025-tcse-awards-call-nominations/
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tcse2025
Abstract registration deadline	October 21, 2024
Submission deadline	November 4, 2024

Topics: software engineering

2025 TCSE Awards – Call For Nominations

2025 IEEE Technical Community on Software Engineering (TCSE) Awards

The IEEE Technical Community on Software Engineering (TCSE) requests nominations of distinguished individuals and teams for its annual international awards. Each award includes an award plaque that will be presented at the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) along with a public citation for the award on the IEEE TCSE website.

Important Dates

Intention Deadline for a Nomination (Mandatory): October 21, 2024

Nomination Deadline (Firm): November 4, 2024

Notification of Awards: Early January 2025

Award Presentation at ICSE 2025

TCSE Distinguished Service Award

TCSE Distinguished Service Award is presented annually to an individual for outstanding and/or sustained contributions and service to the software engineering community, to TCSE, to the IEEE Computer Society, and to the IEEE. The ideal nominee will have provided service to TCSE and its conferences, but nominations of individuals who have provided service to the software engineering community in general will also be considered.

TCSE Distinguished Education Award

TCSE Distinguished Education Award is presented annually to an individual for outstanding and/or sustained contributions to software engineering education.

TCSE Distinguished Synergy Award

TCSE Distinguished Synergy Award is presented annually to a Research Center or Institute for outstanding contributions that stand as an exemplar in the software engineering community of an effective partnership between industry and universities.

TCSE Distinguished Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Leadership Award

TCSE Distinguished WISE Leadership Award is presented annually to an individual for outstanding and/or sustained leadership in the software engineering community to encourage women to explore science and engineering career paths.

TCSE Rising Star Award

TCSE Rising Star Award is presented annually to an academic researcher or an industry professional in the early stages of their post PhD career who has made contributions above and beyond those considered normal for a person at such an early stage. Nomination packages should specifically address contributions to Software Engineering and Software Development.

TCSE Lifetime Achievement Award

TCSE Lifetime Achievement Award is presented annually to an individual who has contributed a lifetime of outstanding and sustained contributions to the Software Engineering community. These contributions have had a practical impact on the way Software Engineering is currently practiced or taught. Nomination packages should specifically address the nominee’s lifetime of contributions to Software Engineering and Software Development and the impact of these contributions on current Software Engineering and Software Development practice or education.

TCSE New Directions Award

TCSE New Directions Award is presented annually to an individual or team whose pioneering software engineering research or practice have moved the field in a new direction. The nominee(s) will have actively influenced other researchers and organizations who build on their contribution to advance the state of the art and practice. Results stemming from the new area will have been shown to be measurably superior to, and positively influencing, existing practice.

Eligibility

A nominee must be an IEEE Computer Society and TCSE member at the time of nomination (unless the nominee is an institution).
Self-nominations are not allowed.
Achievements that have previously been recognized by an award in a similar category by this or other societies may not be re-nominated. All other nominations may be resubmitted in any subsequent year.
The same person cannot be nominated for different awards in the same year.
For a list of previous awardees, please check TCSE Awards.

Solicitation

The Committee reserves the right to solicit nominations for the awards either personally or through mailing lists such as SEWORLD and TCSE, and including from past nominators to re-submit nominations from the previous year, if appropriate.
The Committee also reserves the right to make no award in the current year, for example if none of the nominees satisfies the criteria for a given award.

Nomination Package

Nominator: name, address, phone number, email address, and IEEE number of the person making the nomination.
Nominee: name, address, phone number, email address, and IEEE number of the individual or institution for whom an award is recommended.
A paragraph (200-500 words) explaining why the nominee deserves the recommended award.
A letter from the nominee saying “I accept this nomination and declare to adhere to the IEEE Code of Ethics. My IEEE membership number is <number>.”
Supporting letter from the nominator.
Supporting letters from two referees who have no conflict of interest (CoI) with the nominee. At least one of the referees should also not have a CoI with the nominator. Please see below what constitutes a CoI.
The vitae or detailed biographical summary of the nominee, or document highlighting the story of the institution, mission/goals, and what its impact has been on software engineering.

It is at the discretion of the Committee member to evaluate any additional information included in the package.

Submission of Nomination Package

A nomination package should be uploaded by the Nominator (who will act as corresponding author) as a single PDF file to the appropriate track for the award using EasyChair Submission Link.

The name of the submission should be “2025 [TCSE AWARD NAME] Submission for [NOMINEE]”.

The “Author” of the submission should be the Nominator. The nominator is expected to: (1) upload a single PDF file for the nomination, (2) indicate the details of the nominee and of two referees in the additional fields, and (3) declare the CoIs of nominator, nominee, and referees with the award selection committee in EasyChair.

The nominator should fill the name of the nominee and their IEEE number into, respectively, the “Nominee” and “IEEE Number” fields of the “Other Information and Files” section in the nomination form.

Please also check for conflicts of interest between the nominee and the award committee members and use the EasyChair conflict of interest tool to flag any CoIs.

At least one of the referees who write a supporting letter should not have any conflicts of interest with the nominator.

General inquiries about the TCSE Awards may be directed to the 2025 TCSE Awards Co-Chairs, Atif Memon <atif.m.memon@gmail.com > and Laura Dillon <ldillon@msu.edu>.

TCSE Awards Selection Process

TCSE Chair appoints the TCSE Awards Co-Chairs annually who serve at most two consecutive years.
The TCSE Awards Co-Chairs in consultation with the TCSE Chair appoint an Award Selection Committee Chair and several Award Selection Committee Members for each award. Please see the criteria for each award.
Each Award Selection Committee member evaluates the nominations according to the selection criteria for that award. The Award Selection Committee Chair submits the committee recommendation to the TCSE Awards Co-Chairs.
There is flexibility in the process and criteria (e.g., a nominee might be moved to a more suitable category).
The Committee reserves the right to solicit nominations, and, if appropriate, may make no award in the current year, for example if none of the nominees satisfies the criteria for a given award.
The TCSE Awards Co-Chairs review the selection process and approve or disapprove the recommendation based on conformance with the selection process and criteria.
The TCSE Awards Co-Chairs submit the final recommendations for approval to the TCSE Chair.
The TCSE Chair submits the final recommendations for approval to IEEE.

Constitutes a Conflict of Interest (CoI)

The lifelong relationship between PhD student and PhD supervisor
Personal or family relationships that would reasonably cause others to doubt impartiality
Notable personal or professional rivalry/animosity (publicly known or not)
Working closely together (e.g., at the same institution, company, or organization; or within the same organizational team)
In the last five years (or pending in the near future):
- Funder or program manager/awardee relationship exists
- Recipients of joint funding or significant professional collaboration
- Joint authorship of an archival publication