Best Paper Award

The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the 2019 Computers Best Paper Award. The winners were selected by a selection committee comprising Computers Editorial Board Members and finally approved by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Paolo Bellavista. The following top-voted research article and top-voted review are the winners of the 2019 Computers Best Paper Award.

Article:

BlendCAC: A Smart Contract Enabled Decentralized Capability-Based Access Control Mechanism for the IoT
Ronghua Xu, Yu Chen, Erik Blasch and Genshe Chen
Computers 2018, 7(3), 39; https://doi.org/10.3390/computers7030039

Review:

Mobile Educational Augmented Reality Games: A Systematic Literature Review and Two Case Studies
Teemu H. Laine
Computers 2018, 7(1), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/computers7010019

We wish to congratulate the authors and thank them for having chosen Computers to publish their work.

In recognition of their accomplishments, the authors of the top-voted article will receive a cash award of 500 CHF; for the review, the author will receive an offer to publish a paper free of charge in Computers, subject to the standard peer review procedure.

Kind regards,
Computers Editorial Office

 
Computers 2019 Best Paper Award
 

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Computers will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

31 pages, 2116 KiB  
Review
A Critical Review of Blockchain Acceptance Models—Blockchain Technology Adoption Frameworks and Applications
by Hamed Taherdoost
Computers 2022, 11(2), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/computers11020024 - 08 Feb 2022
17 pages, 3901 KiB  
Article
Comparison of On-Policy Deep Reinforcement Learning A2C with Off-Policy DQN in Irrigation Optimization: A Case Study at a Site in Portugal
by Khadijeh Alibabaei, Pedro D. Gaspar, Eduardo Assunção, Saeid Alirezazadeh, Tânia M. Lima, Vasco N. G. J. Soares and João M. L. P. Caldeira
Computers 2022, 11(7), 104; https://doi.org/10.3390/computers11070104 - 24 Jun 2022

Award Committee

Prof. Paolo Bellavista Chairman
University of Bologna
Prof. Robertas Damaševičius
Dr. Aditya Kumar Sahu
Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Amaravati (Amrita University)
Dr. M. Ali Dewan

Winner

31 pages, 580 KiB  
Review
Automated Machine Learning for Healthcare and Clinical Notes Analysis
by Akram Mustafa and Mostafa Rahimi Azghadi
Computers 2021, 10(2), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/computers10020024 - 22 Feb 2021
24 pages, 33634 KiB  
Article
Gamification as a Strategy to Increase Motivation and Engagement in Higher Education Chemistry Students
by Guillermo M. Chans and May Portuguez Castro
Computers 2021, 10(10), 132; https://doi.org/10.3390/computers10100132 - 16 Oct 2021

Award Committee

Prof. Paolo Bellavista Chairman
University of Bologna

Winner

Abdullah Al-hayajneh
Department of Doctoral Programs, Capitol Technology University, Laurel, MD 20708, USA
Grégoire Cattan
IBM, Cloud and Cognitive Software, Department of SaferPayment, 30-150 Krakow, Poland

Award Committee

Prof. Paolo Bellavista Chairman
University of Bologna

Winner

Yu Chen
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Binghamton University, SUNY, Binghamotn, NY 13902, USA paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/7/3/39
Teemu H. Laine
Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, 97187 Luleå, Sweden paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/7/1/19
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