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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Konstantinos Blazakis
Technical University of Crete, Greece
Xing Wei
Aalborg University, Denmark
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Enrico Sciubba
Chairperson
University Niccolò Cusano, Italy
Prof. Dr. Jing Liu
Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Prof. Dr. Anastassios Stamatelos
University of Thessaly, Greece
Dr. Barbara Marchetti
eCampus University, Italy
Dr. Elisa Sani
Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO) nel CNR, Italy
Winner
Giulia Sandrini
University of Brescia, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Enrico Sciubba
Chairperson
University Niccolò Cusano, Italy
Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Skrzypkowski
AGH University of Krakow, Poland
Prof. Dr. Shenghao Wang
Shanghai University, China
Dr. Jude Onwudili
Aston University, UK
Prof. Dr. Rui Xiong
Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Winner
Javad Mohammadpour
Macquarie University, Australia
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Enrico Sciubba
Chairperson
University Niccolò Cusano, Italy
Prof. Dr. Shenghao Wang
Shanghai University, China
Prof. Dr. Xiaofeng Lu
Chongqing University, China
Dr. Alessandra Cesaro
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Skrzypkowski
AGH University of Krakow, Poland
Winner
Shuangjie Tan
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Enrico Sciubba
Chairperson
University Niccolò Cusano, Italy
Dr. Ahmed F. Zobaa
Brunel University London, UK
Prof. Dr. Mohsin Jamil
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Dr. Muhammad Abdul Qyyum
Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
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