| Mr | Elson | Cibaku | New Jersey Institute of Technology | United States | Malware Analysis and Detection | State Estimation of Power Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Ye | Li | Xi'an Jiaotong University | China | Others | stem cell | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Teshome | Kumsa | Adama science and technology university | Ethiopia | Others | Automated vehicles performance and its utilization level assessment | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Dries | Putter | Stellenbosch University | South Africa | Others | Intelligence Studies | Excellence in Research |
| Prof Dr | Tarun Kumar | Lohani | Arba Minch University | Ethiopia | Others | Environmental Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Tongliang | He | Anhui Normal University | China | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | computational communication | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Julien | Riposo | LSEG | France | Others | Blockchain and mathematics | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Widaryanti | Widaryanti | Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Pelita Nusantara | Indonesia | Others | Accounting | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Christian | Delgado | University of Vigo | Spain | Others | GDPR Compliance, cybersecurity, blockchain | Excellence in Research Award |
| Prof | Henrique | Santos | University of Minho | Portugal | Cybersecurity Risk Management and Governance | supply chain security management | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kai-Chih | Chang | Center for Identity, University of Texas at Austin | United States | Others | Identity Threat and Personal Identity Privacy for the Internet of Things | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Mokhtar | Mohammadi Ghanatghestani | Islamic Azad University | Iran | Cybersecurity and Cryptography Policies and Regulations | Cybersecurity for IoT | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zexiao | Liang | School of Integrated Circuits, Guangdong University of Technology | China | Others | Machine learning | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Ramesh | GP | St.Peters institute of higher education and Research | India | Cryptography for Cloud Computing and IoT | Effective Identification and Authentication of Healthcare IoT Using Fog Computing with Hybrid Cryptographic Algorithm | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Samsul | Huda | Okayama University | Japan | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | IDS in IoT networks | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Hongwei | Zhu | Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University | China | Cryptographic Implementations and Side-Channel Attacks | Boolean function; linear codes | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | kassem | danach | Department of Information Technology and Management Systems, Faculty of Business Administration, Al Maaref University | Lebanon | Others | Machine Learning | Excellence in Research Award |
| Dr | JING | LI | University Technology Malaysia | China | Cyber Threat Intelligence and Analysis | Machine learning and Deep Learning for Cybersecurity | Best Paper Award |
| Dr | Mohammad Hassan | Nazari | Niroo Research Institute | Iran | Cyber Threat Intelligence and Analysis | Analyzing effective external interventions/Cybersecurity/ | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | SAMIULLA | ITOO | Jamia Millia Islamia | India | Cryptographic Algorithms and Protocols | Design and Analysis of Authentication Protocols Using Cryptographic Techniques | Best Researcher Award |