| Prof | Ivana | Bolanča Mirković | University of Zagreb Faculty of Graphic Arts | Croatia | Industrial engineering | Environmental protection | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Zheng | Dong | Zhejiang University of Technology | China | Industrial engineering | Civil Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Daniele | Iannarelli | La Sapienza University of Rome | Italy | Industrial engineering | Ingegneria aerospaziale/Fisica dei plasmi | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Rui | Zhou | Northwest University | China | Industrial engineering | Fiber sensing | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Zhao | Song | Hangzhou Innovation Research Institute of Beihang University, Hangzhou, China | China | Industrial engineering | Machine Vision | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Takwa | Hamdi | University of Gabes, National Engineering School of Gabes | Tunisia | Industrial engineering | Fuel blending combustion modeling in internal combustion engines | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Hind | Al-Attraqchi | university of technology -Iraq | Iraq | Industrial engineering | additive manufacturing , Mechanical Characterization | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Rosalia | Ferraro | Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II | Italy | Industrial engineering | Ingegneria Chimica | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Marcos | Silva | Eletronuclear | Brazil | Intelligent control systems | Nuclear Power Plant I&C | Best Paper Award | |
| Dr | Arnaldo | Carvalho | IFSP | Brazil | Intelligent control systems | Neural Network Control | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Luy | Nguyen | Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology | Vietnam | Intelligent control systems | Distributed optimal control | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Hongtian | Chen | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | Intelligent control systems | Machine learning and pattern recognition | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Yu-Hao | Lin | National Chung Hsing University | Taiwan | Intelligent control systems | department of environmental engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Arjun | Chouriya | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur | India | Intelligent control systems | Deep learning, Machine learning | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Dimitrios | Gerontitis | International Hellenic University | Greece | Intelligent control systems | Recurrent Neural Networks | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Xiuxian | Li | Tongji University | China | Intelligent control systems | Game theory, optimization, autonomous vehicles | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Maoqing | Zhang | Henan University of Technology | China | Intelligent control systems | Evolutionary Computation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Jafar | Razmara | University of Tabriz | Iran | Intelligent control systems | Thermal prediction for energy management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Mostafa | Elhosseini | Taibah University | Saudi Arabia | Intelligent control systems | Deep learning - Long Short-Term Memory Networks - Multi-sensor data fusion | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Xishun | Liao | University of California, Riverside | United States | Intelligent control systems | Intelligent Transportation System | Best Researcher Award | |