IEEE GCCE 2026 Award Winners

Congratulations to all the winners! 40 papers received Excellent Awards at GCCE 2026. For the award categories and selection, please see Excellent Awards and Presentation Awards.

Excellent Paper Award14 papers

Gold Prize(1)
Group Recommendation Based on Disentangled Category-Preference Learning and Consensus-Rescue Aggregation
Kaisho Hamaguchi and Soh Yoshida (Kansai University, Japan)
Silver Prize(2)
A Framework for Automatic Construction and Large-Scale Deployment of in-Home Digital Twins
Shinichi Miyakawa, Van Cu Pham (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan), Shuichiro Ogake (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Japan), Toshiyuki Miyachi (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan), Yuto Lim (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Japan) and Yasuo Tan (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology & National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan)
Comparison of Perceptual Suppression of Air-Conducted Pure Tones Using Bone- and Cartilage-Conducted Secondary Sounds
Teruki Toya, Ayumu Miki and Kenji Ozawa (University of Yamanashi, Japan)
Bronze Prize(3)
Visualizing GS1 Compliance in RFID Deployments Through RF Tag Structure Analysis
Riko Sugiura and Ayano Naito (Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan)
Design and Implementation of a Multi-Tenant Management Framework for CYPHONIC
Soma Tsuge, Soichiro Kimura, Mitsuki Sugihara and Ryouta Aihata (Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan), Hidekazu Suzuki (Meijo University, Japan) and Ayano Naito (Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan)
An Efficient Observation Control Method with Frontier Exploration and Infection Ledger in Immune-Based Botnet Defense Systems
Toshimi Nakano and Shingo Yamaguchi (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
Outstanding Prize(8)
Learned Radius Estimation for UDF-Based Point Cloud Reconstruction
Eito Ogawa and Hiroshi Watanabe (Waseda University, Japan)
CYPHONIC v3: A Stateless Cloud Architecture for Scalable P2P Overlay Networking
Soichiro Kimura, Hiroto Asano, Mitsuki Sugihara, Yoshiya Suzuki (Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan), Hidekazu Suzuki (Meijo University, Japan) and Ayano Naito (Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan)
Local Feature Calibration and Adaptive Fusion for Small-Object RGB-Infrared Object Detection
Gaosiheng Chen, Bingyu Lu, Haoyuan Liu and Hiroshi Watanabe (Waseda University, Japan)
Learning Latent Space Adversarial Perturbations for Image Protection Against Diffusion-Based Generative Models
Daichi Ishii (Ritsumeikan University, Japan), Tomoko Tateyama (University of the Ryukyus, Japan), Jiaqing Liu and Yen-Wei Chen (Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
Markerless Measurement of Oscillating Human Lip-Reed Deformation Fields Using Digital Image Correlation with a Stroboscope
Ukyo Inomata, Naoto Wakatsuki, Tadashi Ebihara and Yuka Maeda (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
Size of Fingerprint-like Ridges in Tactile Sensors Influences Friction Coefficients
Muhammad Irwan Yanwari (Politeknik Negeri Semarang, Indonesia) and Shogo Okamoto (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan)
Accuracy Evaluation of Person Position Estimation Using Compressed CSI Under Temporary Shielding
Yuji Makimura, Teppei Kobiki and Masashi Nishiyama (Tottori University, Japan)
A Method for Deriving Time-Constraint Adaptation Strategies in IoT Systems Combining Timed Automata and Generative AI
Yudai Yamamoto and Shingo Yamaguchi (Yamaguchi University, Japan)

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Excellent Student Paper Award11 papers

Gold Prize(1)
Pilot-Assisted Time-Varying Carrier Frequency Offset Compensation for OSDM Underwater Acoustic Communications
Ryoichi Ishijima, Tadashi Ebihara and Naoto Wakatsuki (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
Silver Prize(2)
Meta-LoRA Adaptation for Few-Shot Cross-Domain LLM Recommendation Under Non-Overlapping IDs
Kakeru Sugimoto and Soh Yoshida (Kansai University, Japan)
A Low-Power Multi-Radix Accumulation Architecture for 225-Way INT8 MAC Computation
Luo Qiao and Renyuan Zhang (Yunnan University, China), Yasuhiko Nakashima and Yirong Kan (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan), Hang Jin (Yunnan University, China)
Bronze Prize(3)
Gated-DARTS with Layer-Specific Cells for U-Net
Keigo Maie, Keiko Ono and Takuya Futagami (Doshisha University, Japan)
Delay Perception is Modulated by Background Images in VR Environment
Daisuke Shimizu and Shogo Okamoto (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan)
Privacy-Preserving Object Detection for Vision Transformer-Based Models
Homare Sueyoshi, Kiyoshi Nishikawa and Hitoshi Kiya (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan)
Outstanding Prize(5)
Analysis of Security Compliance and Deviation Decision-Making Based on Situational Factors and Individual Traits
Rikuo Umemoto, Qian Wu and Atsushi Kanai (Hosei University, Japan), Takashi Hatashima (NTT Social Informatics Laboratories, Japan), Shigeaki Tanimoto (Japan International University, Japan)
Transformer-Based Finite-Time Switching Control for Pedestrian Flows
Akihiro Morita, Koichi Kobayashi and Yuh Yamashita (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Blockchain-Based Trustworthy Multimodal Federated Learning
Haochen Liang, Hideya Ochiai (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Cooperative Strategy for Multi-Drone Mountain Search Using Probability Distribution Maps
Sota Horiuchi, Takahiro Uchiya and Yuichiro Tateiwa (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan)
Development of an Audio Captioner-Enhanced Spoken Dialog System for Medical Interviews
Riku Hamamoto and Kengo Ohta (National Institute of Technology, Anan College, Japan)

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Excellent Poster Award8 papers

Gold Prize(1)
Fisheye Geometry-Aware Egocentric 3D Human Pose Estimation with Patch Viewing Directions
Yinghao He, Chee Siang Leow and Hiromitsu Nishizaki (University of Yamanashi, Japan)
Silver Prize(1)
Mitigating Concept Bleed-Through in Continual Personalized Image Generation via Latent Space-Based Target Selection
Toma Onozuka, Koshiro Toishi, Keisuke Maeda, Takahiro Ogawa and Miki Haseyama (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Bronze Prize(1)
Evaluation of Augmented Sound-Image Enhancement Using Pre-Virtual-Leading Hypersonic Signals
Takumi Yamasaki, Ryota Imanaka, Yuting Geng and Takanobu Nishiura (Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
Outstanding Prize(5)
Masking-Based Audible Area Control Using Intermodulation of Amplitude/Frequency-Modulated Waves with Parametric Array Loudspeakers
Keiichi Moriyama, Yuting Geng and Takanobu Nishiura (Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
Sum-Rate Optimization via ConvCNP-Assisted D3QN for Port Selection and Precoding in Multi-User MISO Fluid Antenna Systems
Chia-Chang Hu and Yu-Min Chen (National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan)
Region-Biased Attention for MM-DiT-Based Text-to-Video Object Control
Busin Choi, Miso Park, Seongjun Kim, Boseok Jang and Yong-Goo Shin (Korea University, South Korea)
Spatial Audio Reproduction from 3D Gaussian Splatting Scenes via Mesh Conversion and Mesh-Based Acoustic Simulation
Akari Maeda, Masaki Yoshida, Ren Togo, Takahiro Ogawa and Miki Haseyama (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Reliable and Persona-Stable LLM Agents for Interactive Guidance Tasks
Chi-Yu Huang, Tsung-Hao Yang and Li Cho (Tatung University, Taiwan)

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Excellent Demo! Award3 papers

Gold Prize(1)
Evaluation of Real-Time IMD Cancellation for Single-Source DPOAE Measurement in Humans
Irwansyah Irwansyah, Sho Otsuka and Seiji Nakagawa (Chiba University, Japan)
Silver Prize(1)
iEar: A Dual-Representation Approach for Eardrum Lesion Recognition Using Detection and Segmentation
Wan-Jung Chang and Min-Yu Chen (National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan), Jian-Ping Su (iAmbition Technology Co., Ltd., Taiwan), Zong-Han Yang, Xiu-Yu Xie, Wei-Yang Ding, Hsin-An Lan and Jing-Xiang Hu (National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan), Ching-Nung Wu and Chung-Feng Hwang (Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan), Ming-Che Chen (National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan), Chih-Hsueh Lin (National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)
Bronze Prize(1)
The Clothes Make the Cabin: Leveraging Multimodal LLMs to Translate Personal Belongings into in-Vehicle Ambient Experiences
Airi Nakamura and Tomohiro Konuma (Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., Japan)

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Excellent Student Demo! Award4 papers

Gold Prize(1)
Development of a Wearable Gait Assessment System
Konatsu Sakai, Kazuya Kato, Mizuki Uematsu and Rina Wakao (Shonan Institute of Technology, Japan), Hideyuki Natori (NATORI Manufacturing Inc., Japan) and Tadasuke Onishi (Josai International University, Japan)
Silver Prize(1)
Rapid and Precise Tuning Support System for Timpani Using Mobile Device Based on Lissajous Figure by Two Microphones
Daiki Hiraishi, Naoto Wakatsuki, Tadashi Ebihara and Yuka Maeda (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
Bronze Prize(1)
Development of a Pedaling Measurement System for Bicycles
Rina Wakao, Kazuya Kato, Mizuki Uematsu, Konatsu Sakai, Takako Nonaka (Shonan Institute of Technology, Japan) and Hideyuki Natori (NATORI Manufacturing Inc., Japan)
Outstanding Prize(1)
Embracing Yourself: Guiding Heartbeat Awareness Through Sound, Touch, and Hug Pressure
Akari Shimabukuro, Kosuke Shimizu, Yuka Maeda, Naoto Wakatsuki and Keiichi Zempo (University of Tsukuba, Japan)

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Oral Presentation Awards / Poster Presentation Awards

TBD. The Presentation Award winners will be announced on this page.