WAAI & AII Sponsored Best Paper Awards

Workshop on Agentic AI & AI Innovations Conference (WAAICON)
The Workshop on Agentic AI & AI Innovations Conference (WAAICON) recognises and honours outstanding research contributions through a series of prestigious Best Paper Awards. These awards celebrate innovation, technical excellence, originality, and real-world impact across the diverse domains of Agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Intelligent Systems, and Applied AI Innovations.

Professional Best Paper Award

The Professional Best Paper Award recognises exemplary research contributions from practising professionals and academicians. It honours high-quality, impactful work that advances the state of the art in Agentic AI, AI systems, intelligent automation, and emerging AI technologies.

Award Includes:
Plaque, Certificate

Industry Best Paper Award

The Industry Best Paper Award acknowledges outstanding research led by authors affiliated with industry or corporate organisations. The award highlights work that bridges theoretical AI research with practical deployment, industrial innovation, and technology transfer.

Eligibility:

• First author must be from industry

Award Includes:
Plaque, Certificate

Winner: Sneha Singireddy

Paper Title: AI-Driven Insurance Innovations: Transforming Protection,Benefits, and Mobility with Intelligent Solutions

Student Best Paper Award

The Student Best Paper Award is conferred upon a student author whose paper
demonstrates innovation, technical depth, and clarity. It encourages emerging talent
in RF, antennas, and microwave engineering.

• The first author must be a student.

Award includes a plaque, certificate

Winner: Ananya Rajpoot

Paper Title: AI-Enabled Drone Monitoring for Real-Time Crop Stress Detection

Young Professional (YP) Best Paper Award – Male

This award recognises outstanding technical contributions from early-career
professionals. As per IEEE standards, a Young Professional is an IEEE member who
graduated within the last 15 years.

• The first author must be a male Young Professional.

Award includes a plaque, certificate

Winner: Santiago Reyes

Paper Title: Optimizing Renewable Energy Production Using AI-Based Forecasting and Grid Management Systems

Young Professional (YP) Best Paper Award – Female

This award celebrates excellence among early-career female professionals who have
made significant contributions to RF, microwave, and antenna research.

• The first author must be a female Young Professional.

Award includes a plaque, certificate

Winner: Fatima Al-Haddad

Paper Title: AI-Enabled Predictive Maintenance: Minimizing Downtime Through Industrial Machine Learning Systems

Award includes a plaque, certificate.

Awards Sponsored by Individuals & Leaders

THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES