The papers listed below have been selected as "Best Papers" based on the reviews of the original submission, the camera-ready version, and the presentation during the conference. For the awarded papers, a digital award will be issued in the name of the authors. The authors of these papers are also receiving invitations to submit an extended article version to one of the IARIA Journals.

Awarded Papers (also Invited for IARIA Journals)

An Autonomic Approach to Security Incident Response and Prevention in Cloud Computing
Glenn Russell, Roy Sterritt

Exploring the Temperature Dependent Magnetic Properties and Magnetoimpedance Effect in Fe-rich Microwires for Temperature Monitoring
Paula Corte-León, Ivan Skorvanek, František Andrejka, Valentina Zhukova, Mihail Ipatov, Arcady Zhukov

Towards Hypothesis-driven Forensic Text Exploration System
Jenny Felser, Dirk Labudde, Michael Spranger

Comparison of 2D Virtual Learning Environments with Classic Video Conferencing Systems for Tertiary Education
Gerhard Hube, Kevin Pfeffel, Nicholas Mueller

Towards a Secure City: The Contribution of the Smart City Physical Demonstrator in Threat Assessment
Marina Galiano Botella, Eduardo Ortega Serrano, Elvira Lara Maudos

Development of Free Space Microwave Sensing of Carbon Fiber Composites with Ferromagnetic Microwire Inclusions
Valentina Zhukova, Mihail Ipatov, Paula Corte-León, Alvaro Gonzalez, Alfonso Garcia-Gómez, Francisco Javier Vallejo, Peio Olaskoaga, Johan Malm, Christer Johansson, Rafael Garcia-Etxabe, Arcady Zhukov

Model-supported Software Creation: Towards Holistic Model-driven Software Engineering
Hans-Werner Sehring

The Triumvirate of Bespoke Diverse Hybridized Activation Functions, Adaptive Momentum, and Enhanced Entropic Wavelet Energy Spectrum Discernment for Higher Efficacy Detection of Artificial Intelligence-centric Attacks
Steve Chan

Moment Generating Function Based Calculation of Average Bit Error Probability in an α-µ Fading Environment with Selection Diversity Receiver
Dragana Krstic, Suad Suljovic, Devendra S. Gurjar, Suneel Yadav

Estimating Text Similarity based on Semantic Concept Embeddings
Tim vor der Brück, Marc Pouly

The following papers have been selected on the basis of their contents, specificaly for lending themselves to an interesting extended work. The authors of these papers are receiving invitations to submit an extended article version to one of the IARIA Journals.

Papers Invited for IARIA Journals

Autonomic Computing for Autonomous Vehicles
Alastair Martin, Roy Sterritt

The Screen is not Flat
Luciane Maria Fadel

SLAM-based Mapping in Truck-and-Robot System for Last-Mile Delivery Automation
Ryo Nakamura, Masafumi Hashimoto, Kazuhiko Takahashi

Development and Application of a New Ontology in the Context of Hybrid AC/DC Grids
Alessandro Rossi, Marzia Mammina, Jawad Kazmi, Zhiyu Pan, Charles Emehel, Bharath Varsh Rao, Antonello Monti

Sensorization and Optimization of Industrial Graphic Arts Machinery Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques
Angel Luis Garrido, Jonathan Rodríguez, Mariano Sánchez, José Manuel Antón, Roberto Castán, Susana Sangiao, Carlos Bobed, Eduardo Mena

Applying Multimodal Data to Meta Learning for Time-Series Analysis in CPS
Philipp Ruf, Christoph Reich, Djaffar Ould-Abdeslam

A Multivocal Review on Derivation Games
Diego Castro, Cláudia Werner

Application of Three-Phase Methodology for Retrofit 4.0 in Legacy Industrial Plants
Andrei Tchepurnoy Machado, Renan Yamaguti, Raphael Montali Assumpção, Omar Carvalho Branquinho, Paulo Cardieri

Social Requirements for Designing Self-Adaptive Privacy Schemes in Cloud: The Interrelation of Social Identity with Self Disclosure Practices
Angeliki Kitsiou, Maria Sideri, Aikaterini-Georgia Mavroeidi, Katerina Vgena, Eleni Tzortzaki, Michail Pantelelis, Stavros Simou, Christos Kalloniatis