
Outstanding Leadership Award (OLA) of IEEE-CS TC on Services Computing
Sumi Helel, University of Bologna
For demonstrating transformative leadership both through strategic intellectual vision and through large-scale community execution
Research Innovation Awards (RIA) of IEEE-CS TC on Services Computing
Hong Mei, Peking University
For his ground-breaking work in service-based software engineering and systems and produced fundamental and sustained contributions to promoting services computing as a modern software paradigm
Outstanding Service Award (OSA) of IEEE-CS TC on Services Computing
Jian Yang, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University (BNBU)
For exhibiting extraordinary leadership, dedication, and impactful contributions in services computing over her distinguished career
Rising Star Award (RSA) of IEEE-CS TC on Services Computing
Xiaolong Xu, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
For outstanding contributions to edge service offloading, privacy-preserving service deployment, and intelligent service caching in cloud-edge environments, advancing services computing for IoT and IoV
Women in Services Computing Award (WISCA) of IEEE-CS TC on Services Computing
Houda Chakiri, Al Akhawayn University
For exemplifying the spirit and mission of the WISCA award through her sustained, impactful, and service-oriented contributions to the fields of services computing, digital innovation, and inclusive technology development
IEEE CLOUD 2026
Best paper
ContaTOE: FPGA SmartNIC-Based TCP Offloading for Scalable Multi-Container Networking
Tatsuya Kawano, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Gongyu Deng, Takaaki Fukai, Takahiro Hirofuchi
Best student paper
Penny: Reducing Storage Costs for Ethereum Synchronization with Hybrid Storage Devices
Yunhyeong Seo, Inhwi Hwang, Hyeonsang Eom, Jin Yong Ha
IEEE EDGE 2026
Best paper
Benchmarking Edge TSDBs for Multi-Tenant Network Workloads under Container Budgets: Tail Latency, Jitter, and Failure Frontiers
Fuming Fu
Best student paper
HASA: Subnet Allocation for Compute-Constrained Model-Heterogeneous Federated Learning
Amir Hossein Shahdadian, Ahmed M. Abdelmoniem, Mahdi Taheri, Samira Nazari, Christian Herglotz
IEEE ICDH 2026
Best paper
MUSIC-CAR: A Multi-label Complex Health-Related Activity Recognition Dataset from Smartphone Sensors
Kavin Chandrasekaran, Luke Buquicchio, Emmanuel Agu, Elke Rundensteiner
Best student paper
SAPIF: A Severity-Aware Framework for Pressure Injury Forecasting
David Sommerfield, Katia Obraczka, Jonathan Casper, Hitesh Chudasama, Collin Engstrom
IEEE ICWS 2026
Best paper
LLMFlowGO: An LLM-Driven System for Workflow Generation and Optimization
Jia Xu, Weibin Zhang, Xuejun Li, Xiao Liu, Peilin He, Jinglong Fang, Yun Yang
Best student paper
JPSTL: Joint Probabilistic Signal Temporal Logic for Predictive Composition Monitoring
Yixuan Chen, Zhangbing Zhou, Deng Zhao, Jiangwei Li
IEEE QSW 2026
Best paper
MetaMorphQ: Physics-Based Metamorphic Testing of Variational Quantum Circuits
Ngoc Nhi Nguyen, John Le, Thai Vu, Thi Thuy Nga Nguyen, Jun Shen
Best student paper
A Multi-Level Compiler Pipeline for Qoala Quantum Internet Programs
Sacha Bernheim, Bart van Der Vecht, Davide Ferrari, Diego Rivera, Stephanie Wehner
IEEE SEE 2026
Best paper
ST-DGL: Spatio-Temporal Dynamic Graph Learning for Mobile Edge QoS Prediction
Guobing Zou, Fei Zhao, Shengxiang Hu, Song Yang, Shengye Pang, Yanglan Gan, Bofeng Zhang
Best student paper
Adaptive Hierarchical Model Collaboration for Vehicle-Edge-Cloud Perception Services in CAVs
Xiaoyong Jiang, Songyuan Li, Xiaoyan Liu, Yeping Zhu, Jianbing Zhang, Jiwei Huang
Ahmed Alquraan | University of Waterloo, Canada |
Devis Bianchini | University of Brescia, Italy |
Antonio Brogi | Università di Pisa, Italy |
Chaochao Chen | Zhejiang University, China |
Haopeng Chen | Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China |
Sara Comai | Politecnico di Milano, Italy |
Kai Di | Southeast University, China |
Chengzu Dong | Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China |
Fei Gao | Inspur (Beijing) Electronic Information Industry Co., Ltd., China |
Massimiliano Garda | University of Brescia, Italy |
Ying Liu | Northeastern University, China |
Yun Ma | Peking University, China |
Francisco Martin-Fernandez | IBM Research, United States |
Wolfgang Mauerer | Technical University of Applied Science Regensburg, Germany |
Thanasis G. Papaioannou | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece |
Zitai Qiu | Macquarie University, Australia |
Guiling Wang | North China University of Technology, China |
Haibo Wang | University of Kentucky, United States |
Lei Wang | Nanjing Forestry University, China |
Xianzhi Wang | University of Technology, Sydney, Australia |
Jia Xu | Anhui University, China |
Sami Yangui | CNRS-LAAS, France |

Temitope Damilola Elijah, Georgia Southern University
Zayneb Cherif, Columbia University
Jo Aboud
Yinxuan Chen
Guanjie Cheng
Venus Haghighi
Fahmida Islam
Zhizhong Liu
Zhihui Lyu
Adnan Mahmood
Rob McElligott
Zhiying Tu
Shuang Wang
Yingjie Wang
Hanchuan Xu
Xuyun Zhang