IEEE Canada announces the winners of the 2003 IEEE Canada Student Paper Competition. For each Council in Canada (Western, Central and Eastern), there are three awards. The first one is the IEEE Life Member Award that is granted to the best overall paper, which consists of a prize of $400 per team. When this award is granted, the two other awards are granted amongst the remaining papers, with the Hackbusch Award going to the best paper by University student(s) and the Palin Award to the best paper by College student(s). These two awards consist of a $250 prize per team.

In addition to the cash prizes, the winners will receive a congratulations letter and a certificate. The title of the winning papers as well as the name of their authors will be published on the IEEE Student Paper Contest Hall of Fame web site (on the IEEE Student Concourse web site).

Western Canada Council
Life Member Award
"UV Monitor Design" by Ryan M. Tourigny, Michael A. Jaspar & John M. Anderson at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Hackbusch Award
"The Lighting DataLogger for Developing Nations" by Eric T. Hennessey at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
Palin Award
"Head Tracking Mouse" by Julie Remillard at Red River College, Winnipeg, MB

Central Canada Council
Life Member Award
"A Swarm of Collaborative Autonomous Robots" by James Gaston at Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
Hackbusch Award
"3D User Interface for a File Management System" by David Carter at the University of Western Ontario, London, ON

Eastern Canada Council
Life Member Award
"Face Detection Using Skin Colour" by Bhavin J. Shastri at McGill University, Montreal, QC
Hackbusch Award
"Networking Video on Palm Pilot Devices" by Adam Gobi at Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

Western Canada Council
Life Member Award
"Experimental Verification of Microwave Detection of Breast Cancer" by Jeff Sill at the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
Hackbusch Award
"Electronic Third Brake Light Controller and LED Brake Light" by Heather Clancy Dawn Friesen, Greg Sawatzky and Jason Zabolotney at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Palin Award
"Automated Wire Dispenser" by Tim Stampe Colin Mantay at Red River College, Winnipeg, MB

Central Canada Council
Life Member Award
"Self-Erecting Inverted Pendulum: Swing up and Stabilization Control" by Stephen McGilvray at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON
Hackbusch Award
"Smart Motor Controller for an E-bike" by Olivier Trescases at the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Eastern Canada Council
Life Member Award
"Wavelength-Switchable, Dual-Wavelength Erbium-Doped Mode-Locked Fiber Laser" by Dominik Pudo and KahnLi Lim at McGill University, Montreal, QC
Hackbusch Award
"Wireless Gambling Prevention System (WGPS)" by Taimoor Majeed and Shashank Bommaganti at Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS