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Awards & Achievements

August 2025
Best Paper Honourable Mentions
was received by:
PhD Candidate RUAN Shaolun
Rui Sheng
Xiaolin Wen
Jiachen Wang
Tianyi Zhang
Assistant Professor LI Jiannan

at the IEEE VIS 2025, for the paper, “Qualitative Study for LLM-assisted Design Study Process: Strategies, Challenges, and Roles”.

Awards Postgraduate Research (Publications) Research (Publications) Faculty Research (Publications)
July 2025
Winner
was awarded to:
Isaac PUA Jin Lit

at SAP Cloud Accelerated Learning Experience (S.C.A.L.E. 2025).

Awards Undergraduate Students Undergraduate Students | Competitions
July 2025
Best Paper Award
was awarded to:
Di Zhang
Jian Gang Jin
Associate Professor WANG Hai

at the 16th International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science (CTS 2025), for the paper, "Multi-terminal berth allocation with vessel rerouting and container transfers via shuttle vessels".

This is best paper award for the annual international workshop on computational transportation science. One of the most prestigious conferences on transportation intersects with optimization and computing.

Awards Research (Publications) Faculty Research (Publications)
July 2025
Most Influential Paper Award
was awarded to:
Xinli Yang
OUB Chair Professor David LO
Xin Xia
Yun Zhang
Jianling Sun

at the 25th IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security (QRS 2025) for the paper, “Deep Learning for Just-in-Time Defect Prediction”.

The award is given on a ten-year basis to authors of papers published at QRS ten years ago that were judged to have the greatest impact on the theory or practice of software quality, reliability, and security in the ten years since its initial publication.

Awards Research (Publications) Faculty Research (Publications)