Best Paper Award
Filipe Pessoa Sousa, Augusto Magalhães Pinto de Mendonça, Igor Machado Coelho, Cristiane Oliveira De Faria
for the paper entitled
‘A Multi-Criteria Decision Model for Renewable Microgrid Operation Using AHP and Metaheuristic Weight Optimization’
Best Student Paper Award
Emi Aoki, Flore Stécie Norcéide, Gayathri Boopathy, Charles Thompson, Kavitha Chandra
for the paper entitled
‘Integrating Neuromorphic Sensors, Digital Twins, and MBSE Interfaces for System Validation’
SysCon 2026 Student Track Award Winners
Poster Track
‘Enhancing Resilience in Cold Chain Vaccine Logistics through a Systems Engineering Framework’
Krishna Shah, Timothy J Eveleigh
‘Explaining 3D CNN Decisions for Alzheimer’s MRI Classification: A SHAP-Based Analysis of Preprocessing Bias’
Hassen Gadacha, Lydia Bouzar-Benlabiod, Andrew McIntyre
Virtual Track
‘Who Judges the Model? An Agentic Approach to Conceptual Model Evaluation’
Veronika Shteingardt, Dov Dori
‘Discrete Event Simulation of Global Cargo Delivery via Rocket Propulsion’
Johann Vennink, Luis Daniel Otero