iWAT2025 has two paper award categories: best student paper competition (up to 3 winners) and best conference paper competition (up to 3 winners). Only papers submitted to poster sessions (interactive forums) will be considered for paper competitions. The papers in the oral sessions are invited only therefore they are ineligible for paper awards. Finalists of each award category will be identified after the review and informed by the awards committee before the conference. All finalists need to register for the conference and present the paper in person. The awards committee will ask questions during the poster sessions and evaluate the work in terms of novelty, significance of technical content and presentation quality. The names of the award winners will be announced during the awards banquet on Thursday (Feb. 20,2025). All papers will be automatically considered for best conference paper competition. If you wish to be considered for best student paper competition and are qualified as shown below, please check the “student paper competition” box during the paper submission.

Qualifications for student paper competition

1. The student must be a registered full-time student.
2. The student must be the first and only student author of the paper.
3. The other authors can only be the student’s advisor or co-advisor. The total number of authors cannot exceed three (including the student).