The ECC25 Best Student Paper award recognizes excellence in a paper presented at the European Control Conference whose primary author is a student at the time of submission.

Winner of the ECC Best Student Paper Award 

Authors: Brumali, Riccardo; Carnevale, Guido; Notarstefano, Giuseppe Title: Distributed Learning and Optimization of a Multi-Agent Macroscopic Probabilistic Model. Student: Brumali, Riccardo.

Finalists for the ECC Best Student Paper Award

• AIT SI, Youssef; Girard, Antoine; SAOUD, ADNANE Title: Symbolic Control: Unveiling Free Robustness Margins. (Student Finalist: AIT SI, Youssef)
• Brumali, Riccardo; Carnevale, Guido; Notarstefano, Giuseppe Title: Distributed Learning and Optimization of a Multi-Agent Macroscopic Probabilistic Model. (Student Finalist: Brumali, Riccardo)
• Krebbekx, Julius Petrus Jakob; Tóth, Roland; Das, Amritam Title: Scaled Relative Graph Analysis of Lur’e Systems and the Generalized Circle Criterion. (Student Finalist: Krebbekx, Julius Petrus Jakob)

Eligibility and requirements

In order to be eligible, the candidate must:

• be the primary author of a paper accepted for presentation at ECC25
• be a student (PhD, Master or Bachelor student) registered at an academic institution (at the time of submission)
• present the paper at the conference

Application procedure

Nominations opened on 01 April 2025. To apply, nominators must upload the nomination application to PaperCept, on a letterhead of the nominator. The letter should also include a declaration that the nominee was enrolled as a student at the date of the paper submission. Each nominator can make an application for only one student. The nomination deadline was 17 April 2025.

Award Committee

The Award Committee for the 2025 Best Student Paper Award was chaired by Prof. Elias Kosmatopoulos (Democritus University of Thrace).