2024 Best Ph.D. and Master Thesis Awards on Big Data & Data Science
Call for Nominations
Deadline: 31 May 2024

The CINI Data Science Lab established two Distinguished Awards for the Best Ph.D. and the Best Master Theses in the area of big data and data science. The goals of the awards are to promote and recognize outstanding theses, increase the visibility of young researchers inside the lab as well as in the larger Italian scientific community, and inspire members of the big data and data science community thus facilitating transdisciplinary collaborations.

Ph.D. and Master’s degree thesis in all fields of Big Data and Data Science are eligible. Theses successfully defended in 2024, or submitted whose candidates are awaiting the final exam, are eligible.

The theses will be evaluated by a committee of experts based on originality and potential impact on the Big Data and Data Science community. Three candidates for each award will be selected and invited to remotely present their thesis to the committee before ITADATA2024. The two winners will be nominated during the awards ceremony scheduled at the end of the conference. They will be invited to publish an extended abstract of the thesis in the ITADATA2024 proceedings, participate (with full support) and give a talk at the conference that will be held 17-19 September 2024 in Pisa.

The candidate must submit the thesis in pdf via https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ITADATA2024  under tracks “Awards - PhD” and “Awards – Master’s” by 31 May 2024, with the following information:

Name and email address of the candidate
Title of the Master or Ph.D. thesis
Name of the Master’s degree or the Doctoral program
Department/School that has awarded the Master’s degree or the Ph.D.
Date of the successful defense of the Master’s thesis or the Ph.D. thesis
An abstract of the thesis, (up to 3 pages in pdf format)
Name and email address of the Supervisor of the submitted thesis
The Supervisor’s letter certifying that the thesis has been successfully defended or submitted
The Supervisor’s endorsement letter, and one more endorsement letter if available


The selection committee members for the 2024 competition are:
Maurizio Atzori, University of Cagliari
Devis Bianchini , University of Brescia
Emanuela Merelli, CINI Data Science Lab (Chair)
Gregorio Piccoli, Zucchetti Spa
Roberto Trasarti, ISTI-CNR Pisa, Program Chair of ITADATA2024

The selection committee will solicit the opinion of members of the research community as appropriate. Theses supervised by members of the selection committee are not eligible.

The CINI Data Science Lab is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes submissions of outstanding theses from all authors.