Awards

EI Paper Awards by Conference

AVM

2026 Best Student Paper: Ayush M. Jamdar, UCSD (US) for his work on "ISET-LFM: A Physics-based Simulation Framework and Dataset for LED Flicker in Automotive Imaging."

2022 Best Paper: Eiichi Funatsu, Steve Wang, Jken Vui Kok, Lou Lu, Fred Cheng, and Mario Heid, OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (United States) for their work on  "Non-RGB color filter options and traffic signal detection capabilities."

2020 Best Student Paper: Michael Feller and Jae-Sang Hyun (Purdue University) for their work on  "Active stereo vision for precise autonomous vehicle control."

2019 Best Paper: Willem Sanberg, Gijs Dubbelman, and Peter de With (Eindhoven University of Technology) for their work titled "From stixels to asteroids: A collision warning system using stereo vision."

2018 Best Paper: Ziguo Zhang, Stanley Liu, Manu Mathew, and Aish Dubey (Texas Instruments) for their work on  "Camera Radar Fusion for Increased Reliability in ADAS Applications."

2018 Best Student Paper: Hao Xu (University of Southern California) for his work on  "Semantic image segmentation using encoder-decoder architecture assisted by global and local attention models (EDA-GLAM)."

CVAA

2026 Best Student Paper: Yuya Kanazawa, Midori Tanaka, Hiroshi Kera, and Takahiko Horiuchi for their work on "Leveraging vision language models for semantic interpretation of historical paintings: A case study on religiousness."

ERVR

2026 Best Student Paper: Rojin Manouchehri, Sergiu Dascalu, University of Nevada, Reno (US) for their work on "Virtual reality in engineering education: A survey of applications, trends, and challenges."

GENAI

2026 Best Student Paper: Yujin Cho, Minh Khang Tran, Benoit Pochon, Jean-Michel Morel, Gabriele Facciolo, and Sira Ferradans, DXOMARK (France) for their work on "Adapting DeQA-score for Attribute-specific Portrait Quality Assessment."

HVEI

2026 Best Student Paper: Sophie Kergaßner and Piotr Didyk, Universita della Svizzera italiana(Switzerland) for their work on "The impact of blur on motion parallax and binocular disparity."

2020 Best Paper: Gyorgy Denes and Rafal Mantiuk (University of Cambridge) for their work on  "Predicting visible flicker in temporally changing images."

2019 Best Paper: Gyorgy Denes, George Ash, Huameng Fang, and Rafal Mantiuk (University of Cambridge and Huawei Technologies Co, Ltd.) for their work titled "A visual model for predicting chromatic banding artifacts."

2017 Best Student Paper (co-award): Shahram Peyvandi (Rutgers University) for his work titled "Characterization of spatiotemporal fluctuation in absorbed light energy by an array of interleaved photosensitive elements."

2017 Best Student Paper (co-award): Best Student Paper (co-award) Jing Wang (Northwestern University) for her work on "Determining the influence of image-based cues on human skin gloss perception."

2016 Best Student Paper: Yashas Rai (University of Nantes) for work titled "Role of spatio-temporal distortions in the visual periphery in disrupting natural attention deployment."

2016 Best Student Paper (Honorable Mention): Deepti Pappusetty (Florida Atlantic University) for her work on "Reducing inattentional blindness using subliminal cues in visual performance tasks."

IMAGE

2026 Best Student Paper: Ningyu Chen, Wenshui Lin, Chang Shu, and Yan Yan, Xiamen University (China) for their work on "Dual-stream feature disentanglement network for single domain generalized facial expression recognition"

2020: Bryan Blakeslee and Andreas Savakis (Rochester Institute of Technology, US) for their work on "LambdaNet: A fully convolutional architecture for directional change detection."

2019: Song Guo, Fei Li, Hajime Nada, Hidetsugu Uchida, Tomoaki Matsunami, and Narishige Abe (Fujitsu Research & Development Center Co., Ltd. and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.) for their work titled "Face alignment via 3D-assisted features."

2018: Dong Hye Ye, Jing Li, Qiulin Chen, Juan Wachs, and Charles Bouman (Purdue University) for their work on  "Deep learning for moving object detection and tracking from a single camera in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) ."

IPAS

2018 Anastasia Aidini, Grigorios Tsagkatakis, and Panagiotis Tsakalides (ICS-Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) and University of Crete) for their work on  "1-bit tensor completion."

2017 Dennis van de Wouw, Martin Pieck, Gijs Dubbelman, and Peter de With (Eindhoven University of Technology and ViNotion B.V.) for their work titled "Real-time estimation of the 3D transformation between images with large viewpoint differences in cluttered environments."

2016 Mushfiqur Rouf, Dikpal Reddy, Kari Pulli, and Rabab Ward (University of British Columbia, NVIDIA Inc., and Light Co.) for their work on  "Fast edge-directed single-image super-resolution."

IQSP

Note that competitors for the Best Paper Award must submit their final full proceedings paper for consideration after abstract acceptance.

2026 Best Student Paper: Xinmiao Zhang, Sofie Herbeck, and Christopher Thorstenson, Rochester Institute of Technology (US) for their work on "Perceptual thresholds of facial lighting chromaticity in virtual environments."

2025: Eddie Pei¹, Hosun Lee², Elena Fedorovskaya¹, and Susan Farnand¹, ¹Rochester Institute of Technology (US), ²Samsung Research America (US) for "Evaluation of lightness preference of images on OLED and QLED displays."

2023: Ling-Qi Zhang¹'², Minjung Kim¹, James Hillis¹, and Trisha Lian¹ ¹Meta Reality Labs and ²University of Pennsylvania (United States) for their work titled "Towards an image-computable visual text quality metric using deep neural networks."

2022: Abderrezzaq Sendjasni, Mohamed Chaker Larabi, and Faouzi Alaya Cheikh (Université de Poitiers (France) and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway)) for their work on  "Patch-based CNN model for 360 image quality assessment with adaptive pooling strategies."

2020: Oliver van Zwanenberg, Sophie Triantaphillidou, Robin Jenkin, and Alexandra Psarrou (University of Westminster) for their work on  "Camera system performance derived from natural scenes."

2019: Uwe Artmann (Image Engineering GmbH & Co. KG) for his work titled, "Quantify aliasing - A new approach to make resolution measurement more robust."

2019 Student Paper: Helard Becerra (University of Brasilia) for his work titled "Analyzing the influence of cross-modal IP-based degradations on the perceived audio-visual quality."

2018: Clement Viard (DxOMark Image Labs) for his work on  "Quantitative measurement of contrast, texture, color, and noise for digital photography of high dynamic range scenes."

2018 Student Paper: Edward Fry (University of Westminster) for his work on  "Bridging the gap between imaging performance and image quality measures."

2017: Seyed Ali Amirshahi, Marius Pedersen, and Stella X. Yuq (University of California, Berkeley and Norwegian University of Science and Technology) for their work titled, "Image quality assessment by comparing CNN features between images."

2017 Student Paper: Pedro Garcia Freitas and Welington Akamine (University of Brasilia) for their work titled, "Blind image quality assessment using multiscale local binary patterns."

2016: Iana Iatsun, Chaker Larabi, Christine Fernandez Maloigne (Université de Poitiers) for their work on  "Using binocular and monocular properties for the construction of a quality assessment metric for stereoscopic images."

2016: Student Paper: Praveen Cyriac (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) for his work on  "Optimized tone curve for in-camera image processing."

ISS

2026 Best Student Paper Kota Ogino, Takezo Mawaki, Rufuto Koba, Ken Miyauchi, Yushi Sakai, Rihito Kuroda, Tohoku University (Japan) for their work on "A 72-dB SNR 1K-fps global shutter CMOS image sensor with dual pixel reset voltage and programmable gain amplifier."

2025 Arnaud Darmont Memorial Best Paper Taimur Bilal, Bakhtawar Amjad, Talha Iqbal, Bilal Zafar, and Khurram Usman, 10xEngineers (US), for their work on "Infinite-ISP: An Open Source Hardware Image Signal Processor Platform for All Imaging Needs"

2024 Arnaud Darmont Memorial Best Paper Bruno Henrique Lopes, Pascal Fontenau, Boris Rodrigues Goncalves, Matteo Vignetti, and Gabriel Mugny, STMicroelectronics, and Maryline Bawedin and Anne Kaminski, University of Grenoble Alpes,(France) for their work on Simulation of Indirect Time of Flight Pixel Using High-frequency Operation Low-voltage Trench Gates

2023 Arnaud Darmont Memorial Best Paper Ruben Gomez-Merchan, Juan Antonio Leñero-Bardallo, and Ángel Rodríguez-Vázquez, University of Seville-IMSE CNM (CSIC) (Spain) for their work on Simu  "A self-powered asynchronous image sensor with independent in-pixel harvesting and sensing operations."

2022 Arnaud Darmont Memorial Best Paper Masahide Goto, Yuki Honda, Masakazu Nanba, Yoshinori Iguchi, Takuya Saraya, Masaharu Kobayashi, Eiji Higurashi, Hiroshi Toshiyoshi, and Toshiro Hiramoto (NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories, The University of Tokyo, and National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan)) for their work on  "3-Layer stacked pixel-parallel CMOS image sensors using hybrid bonding of SOI wafers."

2021 Arnaud Darmont Memorial Best Paper Seung-Wook Lee, Seungwon Cha, Dongyoung Jang, Mihye Kim, Haewon Lee, Nakyung Lee, Seonok Kim, Kwanyoung Oh, Daehyung Lee, SeungHan Hong, Hana Lee, Sunghoon Oh, Donghyuk Park, Yitae Kim and JungChak Ahn (Samsung Electronics DS) for their work on  "A low-voltage 0.7 μm pixel with 6000 e- full-well capacity for a low-power CMOS image sensor."

2020 Arnaud Darmont Memorial Best Paper Yasuyuki Fujihara, Maasa Murata, Shota Nakayama, Rihito Kuroda, and Shigetoshi Sugawa (Tohoku University) for their work on  "An over 120dB dynamic range linear response single exposure CMOS image sensor with two-stage lateral overflow integration trench capacitors."

2019 Arnaud Darmont Memorial Best Paper Arnaud Peizerat and G. Renaud (CEA-LETI) for their work titled "Correlated multiple sampling impact analysis on 1/f noise for image sensors."

2018 Best Paper Fei Wang and Albert Theuwissen (Technische University of Delft and Harvest Imaging) for their work on  "Two calibration methods to improve the linearity of a CMOS image sensor."

2018 Best Paper Dietmar Wueller, Uwe Artmann, Vijay Rao, Guenter Reif, Joerg Kramer,and Fabian Knauf (Image Engineering GmbH & Co. KG and Vodafone Group Services GmbH) for their work titled "VCX: An industry initiative to create an objective camera module evaluation for mobile devices."

2017 Best Paper Laurent Alacoque, Sébastien Martin, Wilfried Rabaud, Édith Beigné, and Antoine Dupret (Université Grenoble Alpes and CEA) for their work on  "A 128x128, 34um pitch, 8.9mW, 190mK NEDT, TECless Uncooled IR Bolometer image sensor with column-wise processing."

2017 Best Paper Noha El-Yamany (Intel Corporation) for his work on "Robust defect pixel detection and correction for Bayer imaging systems."

2016 Best Paper Grigorios Tsagkatakis, Murali Jayapala, Bert Geelen, and Panagiotis Tsakalides (FORTH, IMEC, and University of Crete) for their work titled "Non-negative matrix completion for the enhancement of snapshot mosaic multispectral imagery."

2016 Best Paper Subash M. Sridhar, Henry G. Dietz, and Paul S. Eberhart (University of Kentucky) for their work on "Use of flawed and ideal image pairs to drive filter creation by genetic programming."

2016 Best Student Paper Xiaoliang  Ge (Technische Universiteit Delft) for her work titled "A comparative noise analysis and measurement for n-type and p-type pixels with CMS technique."

2016 Best Student Paper Yang Yang (University of Delaware) for his work on "Virtual DSLR: High quality dynamic depth-of-field synthesis on mobile platforms."

MOBMU

2022 Best Student Paper Franziska Schwarz, Klaus Schwarz, and Reiner Creutzburg (Technische Hochschule Brandenburg and SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences (Germany)) for their work titled "Autonomous self-driving vehicles - Design of professional laboratory exercises in the field of automotive mechatronics."

2018 Best Paper Eberhard Hasche, Oliver Karaschewski, and Reiner Creutzburg (Technische Hochschule Brandenburg) for their work titled "Comparing ACEs input device transforms for the Canon EOS 5D Mark III DSLR camera."

2018 Best Student Paper Dvasena Inupakutika (The University of Texas at San Antonio) for her work on  "Designing apps interoperable and functional on multiple platforms using Google environment."

2017 Best Student Paper Jenny Knackmuss (Technische Hochschule Brandenburg) for her work titled "Investigation of security relevant aspects of Android eHealth Apps: Permissions, storage properties, and data transmission."

2016 Best Paper Jenny Knackmuss, Stefan Mack, and Reiner Creutzburg (Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences and BAM Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung) for their work titled "Comparative visualization of geometry of a hollow box girder using 3D-LiDAR - Part 1: Cross sectional area."

2016 Best Student Paper Fabian Gassen (Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences) for his work on "Supplementation of LiDAR scans with Structure from Motion (SfM) data."

SD&A

2026 Best Student Paper: Yusuke Ohira, with Kazuki Deguchi, Yoshihiro Banchi, Takashi Kawai, Waseda University (Japan) for their work on "Basic characteristics of body-visual interaction in mixed reality environments."

VDA

2026 Deepshikha Bhati, Kent State University (US); Ye Zhao, Kent State University (US); Tsung-Heng Wu, Kent State University (US); Md Amiruzzaman, West Chester University (US); Jing Yang, University of North Carolina (US), for their work on "Easy interpretation of image classification results with feature-level visualization."

2023 Nikola Vugdelija¹, Rainer Splechtna², Goran Todorović³, Mirko Sužnjević⁴, and Krešimir Matković²; ¹Gamepires d.o.o. (Croatia), ²VRVis Research Center (Austria), ³AVlL_AST d.o.o. (Croatia), and ⁴University of Zagreb (Croatia) for their work on  "Comparative visualization for noise simulation data."

2022 Sifan Ye, Ting Wu, Michael Jarvis, and Yuhao Zhu (Stanford University, eBay Inc., and University of Rochester) for their work on  "Digital reconstruction of Elmina Castle for mobile virtual reality via point-based detail transfer."

2021 Mark A. Livingston, Laura Matzen, Derek Brock, Andre Harrison, and Jonathan W. Decker (US Naval Research Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and US Army Research Laboratory) for their work on  "Testing the value of salience in statistical graphs."

2020 Casey Haber and Robert Gove (Chartio and Two Six Labs) for their work on  "A visualization tool for analyzing the suitability of software libraries via their code repositories."

2019 Maggie Goulden, Eric Gronda, Yurou Yang, Zihang Zhang, Jun Tao, Chaoli Wang, Xiaojing Duan, G. Alex Ambrose, Kevein Abbott, and Patrick Miller (Trinity College Dublin, University of Maryland, Zhejiang University, and University of Notre Dame) for their work titled "CCVis: Visual analytics of student online learning behaviors using course clickstream data."

2018 Benjamin Karer, Inga Scheler, and Hans Hagen (University of Kaiserslautern) for their work on  "A step towards automatic visual analytics pipeline generation."

2017 Stefan Zellmann, Mauritius Hoevels, and Ulrich Lang (University of Cologne and University Hospital of Cologne) for their work titled "Ray traced volume clipping using multi-hit BVH traversal."

2016 Kaiyu Zhao, Matthew Ward, Elke Rundensteiner, and Huong Higgins (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) for their work on "MaVis: Machine learning aided multi-model framework for time series visual analytics."

2016 Best Paper Kostas Pantazos and Soren Lauesen (IT University of Copenhagen) for their work on "End-user development in visualizations." Award accepted by Dimitris Pantazos.

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