Student Competition Judges
Information for Judges:
Thank you for volunteering to serve as a judge! AMS is proud to encourage and support students and early career members to present their original work. Please keep in mind that some students are just getting started in research. We welcome the use of positive, constructive, and inclusive language when offering feedback for their personal and professional growth. General encouragement is always welcome.
While judging criteria is set and will be conducted to the discretion of each conference and symposia's program chairs and/or committee*, AMS has provided some judging guidelines, rubrics, and score sheets as examples. Please note these are suggestions and program chairs and/or committees are free to utilize and/or modify these materials as they see fit. These materials are available to judges via Google doc format. We recommend bringing a phone, laptop, iPad, or other device to access them onsite.
General responsibilities include:
- Viewing and asking questions on the presentation(s) they either are assigned or sign up for;
- Completing a judging form/rubric, which is used to assign scores;
- Documenting constructive comments relating to the presentation.
Please note you can review abstracts and supplementary materials, if submitted by the presenter, prior to the meeting in the online program. Specific judging expectations and instructions will be provided by the conference and symposia's program chairs and/or committee.
Your feedback makes a difference! Please take a moment to provide written comments for each presentation. These will be shared with the program chairs, award recipients and made available to students upon request. Students truly value your insights--your feedback plays a vital role in their learning and development.
You should not volunteer to serve as a judge if it would present a conflict of interest. This includes, but is not limited to an advisee, someone whose thesis committee you serve on, or a member of your research group. Students are not eligible to serve as judges.