| Prof | Min-Joon | Kim | Catholic University of Pusan | South Korea | Cryptographic Algorithms and Techniques | Economic; Export and Import; Finance; Marketing; Trade Balance | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Omer | Tariq | KAIST | South Korea | Cryptography for Cloud Computing and IoT | Cryptographic Accelerators | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | MANISH | KUMAR | Seoul National University of Science and Technology | South Korea | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | IoT, Digital Twin, Resource Allocation, Authentication | Excellence in Privacy-Preserving Technologies |
| Ms | SANA | NAZ | Hanyang University | South Korea | Cryptography for Blockchain and Distributed Systems | Blockchain Consensus | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Joan | Torrent-Sellens | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya | Spain | Others | Economics, Innovation, AI, digital platforms | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Laura | Planas | Pompeu Fabra University | Spain | Cybersecurity Risk Management and Governance | International Security | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Christian | Delgado | University of Vigo | Spain | Others | GDPR Compliance, cybersecurity, blockchain | Excellence in Research Award |
| Dr | Abolfazl | Shirazi | Basque Center for Applied Mathematics | Spain | Others | Space Science and Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Yazan | ABU HUSON | University of Valencia | Spain | Cryptography for Emerging Technologies (e.g., blockchain, IoT) | AI and Blockchain | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Doaa | Herzallah | Universitat Oberta Catalunya and University of Granada | Spain | Others | Fashion and Marketing-Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Salvador | Cuñat | Universitat Politècnica de València | Spain | Authentication and Digital Signatures | Security for Industrial IoT devices | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Prasanna | Ariyarathna | University of Kalaniya | Sri Lanka | Others | Ecosystem resilience | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Arunava | Naha | Uppsala University | Sweden | Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems | Physical layer protection of cyber-physical systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | E. | Sewordor | University of Basel, Switzerland | Switzerland | Cybersecurity Risk Management and Governance | Security and Insurance | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Chin-Ling | Chen | Chaoyang University of Technology | Taiwan | Cryptography for Blockchain and Distributed Systems | Blockchain | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Dr | Karthick | Sathyamangalam Arumugam | NATIONAL TSING-HUA UNIVERSITY | Taiwan | Others | Robust Control | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Hui-Ling | Yang | HungKuang University | Taiwan | Others | Inventory Control | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Paschal | Mdoe | HaydomLH | Tanzania | Others | Health | Excellence in Research |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Saran | Kampeephat | Department of Electronic Engineering, Rajamagala University of Technology Isan | Thailand | Others | Wireless Communication Systems, Electromagnetic applications society, Antenna and Microwave engineering, and Utilization of the Metamaterial for the efficiency improvement of conventional antennas and microwave devices | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Manel | Jerbi Zaghbib | Higher Institute of Management of Tunis | Tunisia | Malware Analysis and Detection | Pattern analysis. | Best Researcher Award |