Awards

IEEE CSR Awards
IEEE SMC TCHS Awards

IEEE CSR Awards

The IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience recognizes outstanding researchers who make substantial contributions to the advancement of security and resilience, inspiring other members of the community with their pioneering research and innovation. The awards process:

is chaired by members of the CSR Steering Committee;
considers papers from both the conference and its associated workshops; and
excludes papers from the CSR Organizing Committee.

An initial list of five top-ranked candidate papers will be compiled based on the papers’ overall review score. The award criteria to consider include the technical quality, novelty, potential impact, editorial quality, and presentation quality of the paper. There will be up to three winners per year.

The authors of a winning paper will be announced on the IEEE CSR website and will receive an official award certificate during the awards ceremony. Moreover, they will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper in a special issue of an international peer-review journal, depending on the availability of a post-publication agreement.

IEEE CSR Best Paper Award

This award is established to recognize and promote high-quality regular research contributions to theoretical and practical aspects of security, privacy, trust, and resilience of networks, systems (including cyber-physical systems), applications, and services. This award is sponsored by IEEE CSR with an amount of 250€.

Eligibility criteria: The paper must have been indicated as a regular paper in the Submission Type in the conference management system.

IEEE CSR Hall of Fame

2024

Z. Wang, K. Fok, and V. Thing, “Emerging trends in 5G malicious traffic analysis: Enhancing incremental learning intrusion detection strategies,” in proc. of IEEE CSR 2024, pp. 114–119, 2024. (DOI: 10.1109/CSR61664.2024.10679434) Best Paper Award

C. Caratozzolo, V. Rossi, K. Witek, A. Trombetta, and M. Caccia, “On-line anomaly detection and qualification of random bit streams,” in proc. of IEEE CSR 2024, pp. 897–904, 2024. (DOI: 10.1109/CSR61664.2024.10679431) Best Paper Award

U. Budak, F. De Santis, and G. Sigl, “A lightweight firmware resilience engine for IoT devices leveraging minimal processor features,” in proc. of IEEE CSR 2024, pp. 486–491, 2024. (DOI: 10.1109/CSR61664.2024.10679408) Best Paper Award

J. Ragsdale and R. Boppana, “Evaluating few-shot learning generative honeypots in a live deployment,” in proc. of IEEE CSR 2024, pp. 379–386, 2024. (DOI: 10.1109/CSR61664.2024.10679421) Best Paper Award

2023

O. Subasi, J. Manzano, and K. Barker, “Denial of service attack detection via differential analysis of generalized entropy progressions,” in proc. of IEEE CSR 2023, pp. 219–226, 2023. (DOI: 10.1109/CSR57506.2023.10224957) Best Research Paper Award

L. Faramondi, F. Flammini, S. Guarino, and R. Setola, “Evaluating machine learning approaches for cyber and physical anomalies in SCADA systems,” in proc. of IEEE CSR 2023, pp. 412–417, 2023. (DOI: 10.1109/CSR57506.2023.10224915) Best Innovation Paper Award

S. Grigoriadou, P. Radoglou-Grammatikis, I. Makris, T. Lagkas, V. Argyriou, A. Lytos, E. Fountoukidis, and P. Sarigiannidis, “Hunting IoT cyberattacks with AI-powered intrusion detection,” in proc. of IEEE CSR 2023, pp. 142–147, 2023. (DOI: 10.1109/CSR57506.2023.10224981) Best Innovation Paper Award

L. Vandenberghe, H. Koduvely, and M. Pospelova, “Detecting internal reconnaissance behavior through classification of command collections,” in proc. of IEEE CSR 2023, pp. 289–294, 2023. (DOI: 10.1109/CSR57506.2023.10224951) Best Industrial Paper Award

C. Greco, M. Ianni, A. Guzzo, G. Fortino, “Explaining binary obfuscation,” in proc. of IEEE CSR 2023, pp. 22–27, 2023. (DOI: 10.1109/CSR57506.2023.10224825) Best Student Paper Award

L. Badia, V. Bonagura, S. Panzieri, and F. Pascucci, “A game of age of incorrect information against an adversary injecting false data,” in proc. of IEEE CSR 2023, pp. 347–352, 2023. (DOI: 10.1109/CSR57506.2023.10224952) Best Student Paper Award

A. Reinhold, T. Weber, C. Lemak, D. Reimanis, and C. Izurieta, “New version, new answer: Investigating cybersecurity static-analysis tool findings,” in proc. of IEEE CSR 2023, pp. 28–35, 2023. (DOI: 10.1109/CSR57506.2023.10224930) Best Woman Paper Award

2022

C. Molloy, S. Ding, B. Fung, and P. Charland, “H4rm0ny: A competitive zero-sum two-player Markov game for multi-agent learning on evasive malware generation and detection,” in proc. of IEEE CSR 2022, pp. 22–29, 2022. (DOI: 10.1109/CSR54599.2022.9850345) Best Research Paper Award

M. Vu, W. Headley, and K. Heaslip, “A comparative overview of automotive radar spoofing countermeasures,” in proc. of IEEE CSR 2022, pp. 245–252, 2022. (DOI: 10.1109/CSR54599.2022.9850287) Best Industrial Paper Award

P. Mohan Anand, S. Charan, and S. Shukla, “A comprehensive API call analysis for detecting Windows-based ransomware,” in proc. of IEEE CSR 2022, pp. 337–344, 2022. (DOI: 10.1109/CSR54599.2022.9850320) Best Student Paper Award

2021

A. Gylling, M. Ekstedt, Z. Afzal, and P. Eliasson, “Mapping cyber threat intelligence to probabilistic attack graphs,” in proc. of IEEE CSR 2021, pp. 304–311, 2021. (DOI: 10.1109/CSR51186.2021.9527970) Best Research Paper Award

M. Medwed, V. Nikov, J. Renes, T. Schneider, and N. Veshchikov, “Cyber resilience for self-monitoring IoT devices,” in proc. of IEEE CSR 2021, pp. 160–167, 2021. (DOI: 10.1109/CSR51186.2021.9527995) Best Industrial Paper Award

P. Radoglou-Grammatikis, A. Liatifis, E. Grigoriou, T. Saoulidis, A. Sarigiannidis, T. Lagkas, and P. Sarigiannidis, “TRUSTY: A solution for threat hunting using data analysis in critical infrastructures,” in proc. of IEEE CSR 2021, pp. 485–490, 2021. (DOI: 10.1109/CSR51186.2021.9527936) Best Student Paper Award

IEEE SMC TCHS Awards

The IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) Society’s Technical Committee on Homeland Security (TCHS) serves the interests of its members and the community at large by promoting the theory, practice, and interdisciplinary aspects of security. This is accomplished via international conferences, peer-reviewed publications, and other opportunities so as to contribute to the professional needs of its members.

The IEEE TCHS has established an Awards Program to recognize the brightest professionals and scientists for their outstanding discoveries and contributions in the field. Cash prizes are provided selectively for awards administered by the IEEE TCHS. The award ceremony is held annually at the IEEE CSR conference.

Please send your nominations together with a short endorsement letter to TCHS chair francesco.flammini@ieee.org. Nominations should be received at least four weeks before the start date of the IEEE CSR conference.

IEEE TCHS Outstanding Leadership Award

This award recognizes an individual’s outstanding leadership contributions to the homeland security community in general and to the field of cyber security and resilience in particular. The award recognizes the leadership and visionary contributions to the society at large through the promotion and applications of security and resilience concepts to a variety of technology, science, and business domains.

IEEE TCHS Research and Innovation Award

This award recognizes an individual’s or research group’s outstanding technical innovations in the field of homeland security that led to theoretical or practical advancements. The contributions must have significantly influenced the research and development directions in the field, or transferred to practice in significant and innovative ways, or enabled the development of new paradigms, systems, and products.

IEEE TCHS Outstanding Service Award

This award recognizes a member of the Technical Committee on Homeland Security for outstanding services into building the TCHS community with significant and continuous volunteering efforts and achievements, like services to the IEEE CSR events’ organization.

IEEE TCHS Young Researcher Award

This award recognizes very promising individuals who are in the early stages of their research careers, but have already made outstanding, impactful and potentially long-lasting contributions to the research and practice of cyber security and resilience.

Eligibility criteria: Candidates must be below the age of 40 and have earned a doctorate degree no more than 10 years before, as of January 1st of the year of the award.

IEEE TCHS Women in Homeland Security Award

This award recognizes women leaders who have demonstrated long-standing, sustained, and impactful contributions to homeland security practice or research, providing a female role model for young women pursuing a career in the field.

IEEE TCHS Hall of Fame

2024

Dr. Gohar Sargsyan (Tata Consultancy Services) – Outstanding Leadership Award
Prof. Paulo Esteves-Verissimo (RC3 Center, KAUST) – Outstanding Leadership Award
Dr. Philippe Quevauviller (European Commission) – Outstanding Leadership Award
Dr. Nick Savage (TryHackMe Ltd) – Research and Innovation Award
Prof. Salvatore D’Antonio (University of Naples Parthenope) – Outstanding Service Award
Dr. Panagiotis Radoglou-Grammatikis (University of Western Macedonia) – Outstanding Service Award
Prof. Luigi Martino (University of Bologna) – Young Researcher Award
Mrs. Soraya Harding (University of Portsmouth) – Women in Homeland Security Award

2023

Dr. Riccardo Mariani (NVIDIA, US) – Outstanding Leadership Award
Prof. Mauro Conti (Universituy of Padova, IT) – Research and Innovation Award
Prof. Roberto Setola (University of Roma Campus Biomedico, IT) – Research and Innovation Award
Prof. Panagiotis Sarigiannidis (University of Western Macedonia, GR) – Research and Innovation Award
Dr. Domitilla Benigni (DLT, Woman4Cyber, IT) – Women in Homeland Security Award
Dr. Rita Forsi (Woman4Cyber, IT) – Women in Homeland Security Award
Dr. Nick Multari (Pacific Northwest National Lab – PNNL, US) – Outstanding Service Award
Dr. Rosalie M McQuaid (MITRE, US) – Outstanding Service Award
Prof. Nicholas Sklavos (University of Patras, GR) – Outstanding Service Award
Dr. Benjamin Trump (US Army Corps of Engineers, US) – Young Researcher Award

2022

Prof. Andrea Bondavalli (University of Florence, IT) – Outstanding Leadership Award
Prof. Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo (University of Texas, US) – Research and Innovation Award
Prof. Paul Haskell-Dowland (Edith Cowan University, AU)- Research and Innovation Award
Prof. Shujun Li (University of Kent, UK) – Research and Innovation Award
Prof. Simin Nadjm-Tehrani (Linköping University, SE) – Women in Homeland Security Award

2021

Dr. Isaac Ben-Israel (Tel Aviv University, Israeli Space Agency, IL) – Outstanding Leadership Award
Prof. Ernesto Damiani (Khalifa University, UE) – Research and Innovation Award
Dr. Igor Linkov (US Army Corps of Engineers, US) – Research and Innovation Award
Prof. Steven Furnell (University of Nottingham, UK) – Research and Innovation Award
Prof. Cristina Alcaraz (University of Malaga, ES) – Women in Homeland Security Award
Prof. Stavros Shiaeles (University of Portsmouth, UK) – Outstanding Service Award
Prof. Nicholas Kolokotronis (University of the Peloponnese, GR) – Outstanding Service Award
Prof. Emanuele Bellini (University of Roma Tre, IT) – Outstanding Service Award
Dr. Luca Faramondi (University of Rome Campus Biomedico, IT) – Young Researcher Award