Acoustics Virtually Everywhere
The 179th Meeting of the
Acoustical Society of America

7-11 December 2020
(Note new dates)

Register On-Line for Acoustics Virtually Everywhere

Best Paper Awards

ote: The following Technical Committees will not sponsor Best Paper Awards at
Acoustics Virtually Everywhere: Animal Bioacoustics, Noise, Underwater Acoustics

Several ASA Technical Committees offer Best Paper Awards to students, young presenters, and early career presenters. For each award program the author must comply with the eligibility requirements that appear below.  For all awards, the eligible author’s name must appear as the first author of the abstract and must be the author who presents the paper at the meeting.

If you want your paper to be considered for an award, you must indicate this when you submit your abstract. Follow the instructions for the appropriate technical area that appear below.

ASA Best Student Paper Awards

Committees Offering These Awards: Acoustical Oceanography, Architectural Acoustics, Biomedical Acoustics, Engineering Acoustics, Musical Acoustics, Psychological and Physiological Acoustics (spring only), Signal Processing in Acoustics, Speech Communication, and Structural Acoustics and Vibration.

Award Amounts: For each of the Technical Committees granting awards, up to two awards will be presented to students presenting papers in sessions organized by the specific Technical Committee: USD $300 for first prize and USD $200 for second prize.

Qualifications:

To qualify for each of these awards, an author must:

• be enrolled as a student at least half-time (graduates are eligible if the work being presented was performed as a student within one year of the meeting). Note that you do not need to be a member of the ASA to qualify.
• be listed as the first author on the submitted abstract
• present the paper at the meeting

Special Note for Speech Communication entries: Choose Poster Only as your preferred presentation type during the abstract submission process to be eligible for the Best Student Poster Award Competition for Speech Communication. If you do not choose ‘Poster Only’ and your paper is subsequently assigned to an oral presentation, you cannot be considered for the Best Student Poster Award Competition for Speech Communication.

Selection: The award winners will be selected by a subcommittee of each of the Technical Committees granting awards, based upon the quality of both the content of the paper and its presentation. The awards will be announced either at the meeting of the Technical Committee or after the close of the meeting.

Application: All those who wish to participate in the competition for these awards must indicate their intention to enter the competition during the abstract submission process by clicking the entry box on the online submission form.

 

ASA Best Outstanding Paper by a Young Presenter or Early Career Presenter Award

Note: Students are eligible but you do not need to be a student to qualify for these awards.

Committees Offering These Awards: Computational Acoustics and Noise

Award Amounts: Up to three awards of up to USD $250 each will be awarded

Qualifications:

Computational Acoustics

To qualify for an award, the paper author must:

• be a current student or early career professional who completed his/her final degree within the past 5 years
• be listed as the first author of the paper and actually present the paper

Selection: Selection of the award winners will be based on the quality of the presented paper, comprising both the content and its delivery. The award winners will be chosen by a subcommittee of the Technical Committee or Technical Specialty Group and will be announced after the close of the meeting.

Application: The Award Subcommittees would like to consider papers by all authors who meet the eligibility criteria. Neither membership in the Acoustical Society, nor previous experience in the ASA, is required. Because the committees have no other way to identify eligible authors, however, it is essential that eligible authors indicate their intention to enter the competition during the abstract submission process by clicking the entry box on the online submission form.

Biomedical Acoustics Student Paper Award

The ASA Technical Committee on Biomedical Acoustics offers a Best Student Poster Award. Students who enter the competition are expected to give an oral presentation in a regular/special session and defend a poster in a separate student poster session. Only the poster presentation will be judged for the competition. Abstracts submitted by students who elect to participate in the competition will be listed in the program in appropriate oral sessions. Please read the entry qualifications that appear below to be sure you are eligible and follow the instructions for entering the competition.

Award Amounts: Up to three awards will be presented to students presenting papers in sessions organized by the Technical Committee on Biomedical Acoustics and participating in the special student poster session: USD$500 for first prize, USD$300 for second prize, and USD$200 for third prize.

Qualifications:

To qualify for an award, a student must:

• be enrolled as a student at least half-time (graduates are eligible if the work being presented was performed as a student within one year of the meeting). Note that you do not need to be a member of the ASA to qualify.
• be listed as the first author on the submitted abstract
• present the paper at the meeting
• defend the poster at a special student poster session, which will be open to all attendees

Selection: The awardees will be selected by a panel of judges, based upon the quality of the content of the poster and a brief presentation to the judges during a designated poster session. The award winners will be announced either at the meeting of the Biomedical Acoustics Technical Committee or after the close of the meeting.

Application: All those who wish to participate in the competition must indicate their intention by clicking the entry box on the online abstract submission form. Additional details will be sent to entrants after the program has been organized.

Physical Acoustics Best Student Paper Award

The ASA Technical Committee for Physical Acoustics (PATC) is offering a Best Paper award for students presenting papers in sessions organized by PATC. The award will be based upon a written paper submitted to Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (POMA).

Award Amounts: Up to two awards will be presented, USD $300 for first prize and USD $200 for second prize.

Qualifications: To qualify for the award, an author must:

• be enrolled as a student at least half-time (graduates are eligible if the presented work was performed as a student within one year of the meeting). Note that you do not need to be a member of the ASA to qualify.
• be listed as the first author on the submitted abstract and POMA manuscript
• submit the POMA manuscript by the competition deadline, which is 18 days prior to the start of the meeting. For this meeting, manuscripts must be submitted on or before 20 November 2020
• present the paper at the meeting

Selection: The award winner(s) will be selected by a subcommittee that will judge submitted POMA manuscripts based on technical content, writing quality, and overall excellence. The Best Paper award(s) will be announced at the PATC meeting. Note that the paper judging will take place concurrently with the ordinary editorial review of a POMA submission; each judged paper will be returned with comments and a publication decision.

Application: Those who intend to participate in the competition so indicate during the abstract submission process by clicking the entry box on the online submission form. Students will be contacted by the award subcommittee after abstracts have been accepted.

Acoustics Virtually Everywhere
The 179th Meeting of the
Acoustical Society of America

7-11 December 2020
(Note new dates)

Register On-Line for Acoustics Virtually Everywhere

FUNDING

Early Career Meeting Support Awards

Early career meeting support awards are available to help with costs associated with participating in the Acoustics Virtually Everywhere meeting. Early career meeting attendees are eligible to apply if they are members of the Acoustical Society of America, are within 10 years of receiving their last degree, and are not currently students.  Priority will be given to applicants who will be presenting a paper at the meeting, will be chairing a session at the meeting, and/or hold a leadership position in the ASA. Each award will be on the order of USD $300. Applicants should complete the online application at https://forms.gle/qPzzeryFieJNQoSs5. Deadline for receipt of applications is 23 October 2020.

ASA Student Participation Grants

A new Student Participation Grant will provide $200 grants to students to partially defray expenses related to participating in the fall 2020 ASA meeting (Acoustics Virtually Everywhere). These expenses might include:  new or enhanced technologies needed to attend and present at a virtual meeting, new or upgraded software, preparation of an oral or poster presentation, and dependent care. The number of grants awarded depends on the number of requests received.

To apply for an ASA Student Participation Grant, send an e-mail to be received by 9 November 2020 to:  Jolene Ehl, jehl@staging.asaweboffice.org. The e-mail should include your status as a student; whether you are an author or co-author on a submitted abstract; whether you are a member of ASA; and a brief description of anticipated expenses.  Priority will be given to students who are authors on a submitted abstract and to student members of ASA.  ASA is committed to increasing racial diversity and inclusivity in acoustics and encourages students from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups to apply.

 

Dependent Care Subsidies

The Committee on Women in Acoustics (WIA) sponsors Dependent Care Subsidies to help offset dependent care costs associated with attending the upcoming ASA meeting. While the December 2020 meeting will be virtual, we understand that the current situation with the pandemic is particularly difficult for those who have small children and who are caring for aging or disabled family members.  For this meeting, the Dependent Care Subsidies are available for those who will incur additional, out-of-pocket costs to provide care for their dependents so they can fully participate virtually.  Meeting attendees are eligible to apply if they plan to present a paper at the “Acoustics Virtually Everywhere” meeting or hold a leadership position in ASA. Each subsidy will be approximately $500 with ten awards anticipated. Both men and women may apply. Applicants should submit a single PDF file (named <last name>_ <first name>_DepCare.pdf) that contains the following:  name, contact information/affiliation, title of presentation or leadership role and main technical committee(s), a paragraph describing current and past involvement with ASA, a paragraph describing how subsidy would offset additional dependent care expenses while attending the virtual ASA meeting, and an estimated budget (including other sources of available funding), Submit materials by e-mail to Jill Thorson <jill.thorson@unh.edu>. Deadline for receipt of applications is 15 October 2020.

Acoustics Virtually Everywhere
The 179th Meeting of the
Acoustical Society of America

7-11 December 2020
(Note new dates)

Acoustics Virtually Everywhere
The 179th Meeting of the
Acoustical Society of America

7-11 December 2020
(Note new dates)

Register On-Line for Acoustics Virtually Everywhere

TIMELINE

Important Dates

7-11 December         Acoustics Virtually Everywhere Meeting

5 December              Deadline for final update to poster presentations

30 November            Access to videos and poster presentations

9 Nov to 11 Dec        Regular Registration

9 November              Early Bird Registration Ends

9 November              Deadline for Submission of Student Participation Grants

23 October                Deadline for submission of Early Career Meeting Support Grants

15 October                 Deadline for submission of Dependent Care Grant applications

Oct to 11 Nov             Presenters Upload Recordings and Posters

6 October                    Registration Opens

Acoustics Virtually Everywhere
The 179th Meeting of the
Acoustical Society of America

7-11 December 2020
(Note new dates)

Register On-Line for Acoustics Virtually Everywhere

OVERVIEW OF ACOUSTICS EVERYWHERE
(AVE)

The technical sessions will occur during AVE week, between December 7 – 11, 2020. Many administrative and business committees will meet the previous week from November 30 – December 4, 2020 in order to minimize conflicts with technical sessions. Committees include those such as College of Fellows, ASA Books, and Publication Policy. Detailed schedules for all events, including social events, will be posted as they emerge over the fall.

Technical sessions will begin daily at 9:30 a.m., have a mid-day break, and end about 4:20 pm (meeting times given in Eastern Standard Time). During AVE week, the Keynote Lecture will be presented by James E. West and Ellington West on Monday at 4:30 p.m., the Open Meetings of the Technical Committees will start at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday, while the all-society Plenary will begin Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.

Each lecture will be pre-recorded as a video. Lectures will be grouped topically into webinar sessions with a chair and will include live dialogues with attendees. Digital posters will be produced based choices of templates, each with many panels. Posters include many flexible features, especially multi-media options. Posters will also be grouped topically into sessions. Poster sessions will allow presenters to have live Q&A time. Instructions and tutorial videos from vendors for both lecture and poster sessions will be posted by the end of September.

All lecture videos and poster will be uploaded to our AVE home site. These presentations will then be available on-demand one week before AVE week and then continuously until 30 days afterwards. Session schedules will be posted online to indicate when presenters will be available for dialogue during AVE week.

Based on experiences of other related scientific societies, Acoustics Virtually Everywhere will be an exciting experience before, during and after our meeting week.