The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is pleased to announce the first Youth4Cyber Call for contributions.
Students are invited to submit contributions for innovative projects in the context of “the future of cybersecurity”. A high-level committee composed by ITU experts, industry and academia
representatives will select the best contributions, which will be collected as an online publication
advertised on the ITU Youth4Cyber webpage. The top 10 authors will be invited to present their
work during an online award ceremony on International Youth day (12 August 2021), which will
bring together the ITU Member States and other stakeholders.
The authors of the three (3) best contributions will be invited to the World Telecommunication
Development Conference (WTDC-21) Youth Summit in Addis Ababa. The winner of the contest will be offered an exclusive paid researching experience at ITU with the cybersecurity division of the Development Sector.
Young researchers who wish to participate must submit contributions for innovative projects in the “future of cybersecurity” using the Youth4Cyber Project document template. The contribution
should give a powerful overview of the proposed project and should include:
• Title of the project
• Author(s) information.
• Introduction
• Problem statement
• The objective of the project
• Practical applications and potential impacts
WORTH
- The reviewing committee will select the three (3) best contributions.
- Additionally, the authors of the top ten (10) contributions will see their work published online and will be invited to present their work in an online award ceremony and receive a recognition of Youth4Cyber ambassador.
- The authors of the top 3 contributions will be invited to present their work at the WTDC-21 Youth Summit in Addis Ababa in November 2021.
- The winning author with the best contribution will be awarded with a paid research experience with ITU’s cybersecurity division in the Development sector.
ELIGIBILITY
Eligible participants are students between 18 and 26 years old, currently enrolled in an
undergraduate or graduate programme provided by Member States’ academic institutions.
Submissions of original work are invited; papers must not overlap substantially with work already
published or simultaneously submitted to a journal or others. Submissions need to comply with the following:
- Submitted in English
- Black font, Size 12, Times New Roman
- Abstract: describe in two hundred (200) words the topic and issues discussed in your
- contribution. The abstract aims to summarize your work to the reader so it should be written using simple concepts and keywords.
- Chapters and paragraphs: each contribution shall be put into the attached Microsoft word template.
- Footnotes: it is important that every quote and reference to the work of others shall be indicated in footnotes. You should add a Footnote for every work of every author you are quoting (J. Smith,” Itu and Cybersecurity”, Real_publisher, 2020).
- If the source you are quoting is on the Internet you shall add the link at the end: (J.Smith,” Itu and Cybersecurity”, Realpublisher, 2020, www.ITU.int).
- If you are considering using graphics and tables you should give each one a number (tab.1, tab.2, graphic n.1, 2, and so on)
DEADLINE: July 5, 2021.
To apply and for more information visit here
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