Call for Competition

Important Dates

Entry Sheet Deadline:
August 1, 2024(Japan Standard Time)
Deadline for early registrations:
August 10, 2024
Conference:
August 31 - September 3, 2024

General Information

The IAR Organizing Committee carries out the competition with ICT Application Research and all category of research using ICT.

The competition aims to further expand and develop ICT research by increasing opportunities for data analysis. In order to allow as many people as possible who are interested in data analysis and data science to participate, all applicants will be able to present without peer review. In addition, during the presentations on the day, you will have the opportunity to hear some advices for future analysis.

The regulation

  1. This committee has NOT prepared any dataset for this competition. You can use publicly available datasets or collect data yourself.
  2. You have to disclose the source of the dataset.
  3. This competition has 2 sections. One is "Environment", the other is "General".

How to present your analysis/research

  1. An applicant for an IAR 2024 special session organizer must send a proposal to iar2024[_a_t_]iiiar.org. The proposal should include the following 8 items: 
    • Presenter’s Name
    • Presenter’s Email address
    • Presenter’s Affiliation
    • Country
    • Section
    • Title
    • Abstract of (between 150 and 500 words)
    • The source of the dataset
    IAR 2024 Competition Entry Form
    We will receive the reply until 72 hours. If you have not received our reply, please resend your email.
  2. The IAR 2024 program committee will NOT review the entry sheet after receiving it. However, we may decline your presentation in the following cases:
    • The presentation is quite different from the purpose of this competition.
    • The content is anti-social.
  3. You can present your analysis/research after you have registered IAR 2024 before the deadline of early registration.
  4. You can present your analysis/research as a poster presentation. The poster size is up to A0 (width: 841mm, height: 1189 mm). The poster have to be composed only 1 paper.

IAR 2024 Competition Scorecard

# Item Point
1. Visuals such as tables and graphs (visual impact)
1-1 Is it clear what your objective is? 10
1-2 Can the analysis results be fully understood from tables, graphs, etc.? 10
2. Social significance
2-1 Is the purpose socially meaningful enough? 10
2-2 How much the analysis results will contribute to social significance? 10
3. Accuracy or uniqueness of the analytical method
3-1a (In the case of an existing analytical method)
Is the reliability of the analytical method and the reason for adopting this method sufficiently explained?		 10
3-1b (In the case of a unique analytical method) Are there sufficient reasons for adopting the unique method and comparisons with existing methods? 10
4. Data selection
4-1 Is the data selection appropriate for the purpose? 10
4-2 Is the quality and quantity of the data used sufficient? 10
5. Presentation
5-1 Is the explanation easy to understand for a non-specialist audience? 10
5-2 Is your explanation captivating enough for your audience? 10
5-3 Do you answer the questions accurately? 10

Contact

We will be waiting for your entry sheet. For more detail, please contact iar2024[_a_t_]iiiar.org.