Monday, 9 June 2025
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room/Location: 511 A, Level 5 (Palais Convention Centre)
BACKGROUND
IEEE ComSoc will organize the Four Minute Thesis (4MT) Competition at the ICC 2025, which challenges PhD students to explain their research project to a non-specialist audience in just four minutes.
Participation in 4MT supports competitors to: Communicate their ideas effectively; Describe their research findings to a non-specialist audience; Increase their profile among the research community; and Network with other PhD students.
KEY DATES
03 March: Submissions are open!
24 March by 11:59 PM EST: Round 1 entry deadline
07 April: Notification of Round 1 results
09 June: Round 2 in-person at ICC in Montreal, Canada, for entries selected during Round 1
10 June: Winners announced at BoG meeting
ELIGIBILITY
Active PhD candidates who are ComSoc Graduate Student Members and have successfully passed their confirmation milestone (including candidates whose thesis is under submission) by 24 March 2025 are eligible to participate in 4MT competitions.
Winners of the 4MT Competition in the immediate past two years are not eligible to participate.
