Awards

MCSoC 2026 Awards for Research Excellence

The 19th MCSoC 2026 will recognize outstanding research contributions through a set of prestigious awards. A total of two Best Paper Awards, two Best Paper Runner-up Awards, and two Best Presentation Awards will be presented to honor excellence, innovation, and impactful scientific contributions. New this year, a Most Viewed Presentation Award will recognize the presentation from a previous MCSoC edition (2025 and earlier) whose video has reached the widest audience on the MCSoC Forum YouTube Channel.

Motivation for the Awards

As a flagship Computer event, the MCSoC Forum is committed to fostering global collaboration and advancing research in microelectronics, embedded multicore/many-core SoCs, and embedded AI. In line with the 2026 theme — Empowering Global Connections Through Microelectronics, Embedded Multicore SoCs, and Embedded AI — these awards celebrate authors whose work demonstrates originality, clarity, and technical impact.

Award Selection Criteria

Best Paper Awards: Selected by the Best Paper Committee based on originality, relevance, technical soundness, writing quality, and presentation effectiveness.
Best Presentation Awards: Determined through combined voting by Session Chairs and attendees. The top two presentations will be honored.
Most Viewed Presentation Award: Given at each MCSoC edition to the paper presentation from a previous edition whose video has the highest number of views on the MCSoC Forum YouTube Channel on the cutoff date announced by the Award Committee. For MCSoC 2026, presentations from MCSoC 2025 and earlier are eligible. Keynotes, invited talks and opening sessions are not eligible, and each presentation can win only once. Views from paid promotion or automated traffic lead to disqualification, and the Award Committee’s decision is final.

Best Presentation Award Requirements

To be eligible for the Best Presentation Awards, presenters must:

Upload their re-recorded presentation video to EDAS.
Agree to have their video uploaded to the MCSoC Forum YouTube Channel.

Presentation videos published on the channel also become eligible for the Most Viewed Presentation Award at future MCSoC editions.

Award Package

Each recipient of a Best Paper or Best Presentation Award will receive a certificate and a cash prize of 100 USD. Onsite participants will receive a hard copy certificate and cash award; online participants will receive a digital certificate only.

Most Viewed Presentation Award: The winner will be notified by email after the cutoff date. If the presenter or a co-author attends MCSoC 2026 onsite, the award will be presented at the conference with a certificate and a cash prize of 100 USD. Otherwise, the winner will receive a digital certificate only. In both cases, the winner will be announced on the MCSoC website.

MCSoC 2026 Most Viewed Presentation Award Winner

The winner will be announced here after the cutoff date. Presentations from MCSoC 2025 and earlier are eligible.

Live Ranking: Most Viewed Presentations (MCSoC 2025 and earlier)

This ranking updates automatically from the MCSoC Forum YouTube Channel. Keynotes and opening sessions are not included. The award winner is decided by the view counts on the cutoff date.