SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing Awards Information

DS108 Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XXXII

Best Student Paper Award

In order to be considered for the best student paper award, the student must be the presenter and the primary author and marked as student and presenter in the submission system. A panel of experts will evaluate the papers, both for quality and content with regard to 1) innovation, clarity, and style, and 2) the importance of the work to the field.

DS110 Multimodal Image Exploitation and Learning 2025

Best Paper Award

The award will be given to a paper for its originality and contributions to the multimodal image exploitation and learning field. The criteria for evaluation will include:

1. innovation
2. clarity and quality of the manuscript submitted for publication
3. significance and impact of the work reported.

To be considered, authors must:

1. add "nominate for best paper award" as one of their topics by selecting “other” under topics and typing in “nominate for best paper award”
2. present their oral presentation as scheduled
3. submit their manuscript by the advertised due date.

To select the winners of the best paper award, the evaluation committee will go through a rigorous two-stage selection process:

1. the submissions with the highest review scores by three committee members will be selected. Committee members will also read the corresponding paper reviews and rebuttal. Based on this investigation, the committee will select eight papers that stand out according to the review criteria.
2. the selected papers will be presented in a special session, and one of the eight papers will be selected to receive the best paper award. A panel of experts will evaluate all the papers for technical quality and merit.

Conference chairs will not participate in the evaluation process of the papers. The evaluation committee will make all decisions regarding the selection of the best paper.

DS112 Synthetic Data for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Tools, Techniques, and Applications III

We are pleased to announce two awards for this conference:

1. Best oral presentation award: presentations will be evaluated in terms of scientific content, audience accessibility, and quality of visual aids
2. Best poster award: posters will be evaluated in terms of scientific content, audience accessibility, and quality of visual aids.

Award winners will receive an award certificate. All accepted presentations in this conference are automatically eligible.

DS113 Machine Learning from Challenging Data 2025

Best Paper Award
One paper will be selected for the best paper award among the papers of this conference (accepted, presented, and published). The selection will be made by a designated award sub-committee, comprising three members of the conference program committee and/or chairs. All eligible papers will be evaluated for technical quality and merit. The criteria for evaluation will include: 1) innovation; 2) clarity and quality of the manuscript submitted for publication; and 3) the significance and impact of the work reported.

Best Student Paper Award
One paper will be selected for the best student paper award among the papers of this conference (accepted, presented, and published). The selection will be made by a designated award sub-committee, comprising three members of the conference program committee and/or chairs. All eligible papers will be evaluated for technical quality and merit. The criteria for evaluation will include: 1) innovation; 2) clarity and quality of the manuscript submitted for publication; and 3) the significance and impact of the work reported.

In order to be considered for these awards, the presenter must make their oral presentation and submit their final manuscript as scheduled and according to the due date. There is no monetary prize for these awards.

DS116 Automatic Target Recognition XXXV

Best Paper Award
Best Student Paper Award

To be eligible for these awards, you must submit a manuscript, be accepted for an oral presentation in the ATR conference, and you or your co-author must give the presentation at the scheduled time. All students are eligible if the abstract was accepted during the academic year the student graduated. Students are required to be enrolled in university degree granting program. Manuscripts will be judged on technical merit, presentation/speaking skills, and audience interaction. Winners will be announced after the meeting and will be included in the proceedings. All winners will receive an Award Certificate and recognition on the SPIE website and in the published manuscript in the conference proceedings.

DS118 Three-Dimensional Imaging, Visualization, and Display 2025

Best Paper Awards

Papers will be selected for the Best Paper Awards among the papers accepted, presented, and published in this conference. A panel of experts will evaluate all the papers for technical quality and merit. The criteria for evaluation will include: 1) innovation; 2) clarity and quality of the manuscript submitted for publication; and 3) the significance and impact of the work reported. In order to be considered for a Best Paper Award, authors must make their oral presentation and submit their manuscript as scheduled. All decisions regarding selection of the best papers will be made by an evaluation committee.

DS204 Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XXXVI

Best Presentation Award: The conference chairs and program committee will recognize the best presentation for the Infrared Imaging Systems conference. The award is open to all presenters with an accepted presentation in this conference. An award certificate will be granted to the recipient.

Innovation Award: Test Technique: The conference chairs and program committee will issue an innovation award, granted for the most innovative test technique. To be eligible for the innovation award, you must:

• be the presenting author on an accepted paper within this conference
• have conducted most of the work to be presented
• submit your manuscript online by the manuscript due date
• present your paper as scheduled.

Young Researcher Award: Modeling, Simulation, Analysis: The conference chairs and program committee will award the most innovative modeling and simulation driven imager design or analysis paper presented by a student or young researcher. To be eligible for the best student paper award, you must:

• be a student without a doctoral degree (undergraduate, graduate, or PhD student) or young researcher within three years of graduation
• be the presenting author on an accepted paper within this conference
• have conducted most of the work to be presented
• submit your manuscript online by the manuscript due date
• present your paper as scheduled.

DS206 Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XLVII

Best Student Paper Award

The chairs and committee will recognize one outstanding young researcher with a best student paper award for this conference. The award is open to any first author student presenting an oral presentation at SPIE Thermosense. A certificate and $500 monetary award will be granted to the student winner.

To be eligible for the best student paper award, you must:

• be a student without a doctoral degree (undergraduate, graduate, or PhD student)
• submit your abstract online, and select “Yes” when asked if you are a full-time student, and select yourself as the speaker
• be the presenting author on an accepted paper within this conference
• have conducted the majority of the work to be presented
• submit your manuscript online by the advertised due date
• present your paper as scheduled.

Award sponsored by:

DS207 Radar Sensor Technology XXIX

Early career research awards

The Radar Sensor Technology conference encourages submissions of relevant research to dedicated sessions of early-career researchers, which includes undergraduate students, graduate students, and young professionals (who have accrued five years or less of experience within the workforce, after graduation). A Radar Sensor Technology Early Career Research Award will be given to the first author/presenter of the top three best early-career research paper and presentation combination (i.e. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place will be awarded, after evaluation of the paper and presentation as a package).

Radar Sensor Technology Early Career Research Award recipients will receive conference recognition in the form of:

• an SPIE award certificate
• announcement on the SPIE website
• recognition in the winner's SPIE Profile
• in-person recognition with a photo opportunity with the chairs at the following year.'s event.

To be eligible for the Radar Sensor Technology Early Career Research Award, you must self-identify your abstract submission by choosing the topic "Early-Career Research" during the abstract submission process.

DS301 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Multi-Domain Operations Applications VII

Best Paper Award
Best Student Paper Award

All accepted and presented full papers in the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Multi-Domain Operations Applications conference will compete for: 1) Best Paper Award, and 2) Best Student Paper Award. Manuscripts will be evaluated on originality, technical merit, and significance to MDO applications. Judging is based on the complete submitted manuscripts. Winners will be announced at the symposium. The manuscript due date is 26 March 2025. Program committee and chair papers are excluded from these best paper awards.

Awards sponsored by:

DS303 Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping X

Best Paper Award

The chairs and committee are excited to be able to recognize pioneers in the field with a best paper award sponsored by Syngenta. One winner will be selected for the Best Paper Award and a runner-up will also be recognized. This award is open to student and postdoctoral presenters who are lead authors in this conference. Judging is based on both the presentation and the manuscript. Winners will be notified after the symposium.

DS307 Signal Processing, Sensor/Information Fusion, and Target Recognition XXXIV

Best Student Paper Award

We are happy to announce a best student paper award, to be judged at the conference (papers must acknowledge first student author when submitting). The best student paper award for the SPIE Signal Processing, Sensor/Information Fusion, and Target Recognition conference is picked by a committee delegated by the program chairs of the conference. It recognizes the very best work appearing at the conference where the first author is a student. Judging is based on the complete submitted manuscripts. Winners will be announced at the symposium. The manuscript due date is 26 March 2025.

DS310 Ocean Sensing and Monitoring XVI

Best Paper Award

We are pleased to announce a best paper award for the Ocean Sensing and Monitoring conference. All accepted presentation in this conference are eligible. The award will be announced at the end of the conference.

DS311 Sensors and Systems for Space Applications XVIII

Best Paper Award
Best Student Paper Award

We are pleased to announce best paper awards in sensors and systems. An award will be given to the best paper and best student paper in the Sensors and Systems for Space Applications conference. Qualifying papers will be evaluated by the awards committee. Manuscripts will be judged based on scientific merit, impact, and clarity. The winners will be announced during the conference and the presenting authors will be awarded.

To be eligible for the best paper award, you must:

• be listed as an author on an accepted paper within this conference
• have conducted the majority of the work to be presented
• submit your manuscript online by the advertised due date
• present your paper as scheduled.

To be eligible for the best student paper award, you must:

• be a student without a doctoral degree (undergraduate, graduate, or PhD student)
• submit your abstract online, and select "Yes" when asked if you are a full-time student, and select yourself as the speaker
• be the presenting author on an accepted paper within this conference
• have conducted the majority of the work to be presented
• submit your manuscript online by the advertised due date
• present your paper as scheduled.

Thank you to our sponsors and award committees for making these SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing 2024 awards possible.