Awards news
Researchers at D-ITET regularly receive honours and prizes for their outstanding scientific work. Below you find a list of the most recent awards.
Best Paper Award for Banyan
The DISCO group’s "Banyan: Fast Rotating Leader BFT" has won the Best Paper Award at Middleware 2024. The paper demonstrates how to reduce the latency of modern blockchain protocols.
Prof. em. Dr. Johann Kolar receives IEEE Medal in Power Engineering
Prof. em. Dr. Johann Kolar has been awarded the IEEE Medal in Power Engineering 2025 sponsored by the IEEE Industry Applications, Industrial Electronics, Power Electronics, and Power & Energy Societies.
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards HS 2024
At the end of this semester, the best assistants were awarded the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award HS 2024. The winners are Lars Kröger (Analysis 1) und Alina Nekora (Physik 2 / Numerische Methoden).
CYD Award 2024 for outstanding publication
Albert Gran Alcoz, Martin Strohmeier, Vincent Lenders, and Laurent Vanbever, Head of the Networked Systems Group, won the "CYD Award 2024 for outstanding publication" for their paper "Aggregate-Based Congestion Control for Pulse-Wave DDoS Defense".
Patch-IT: Selected among the best 100 projects as part of the Prototype for Humanity Initiative
Patch-IT, multi-sensor sensor nodes for continuous vital sign monitoring for sepsis detection in neonatal intensive care, has been selected among the best 100 projects as part of the Prototype for Humanity Initiative. The initiative aims to foster partnerships among sectors, institutions, and individuals, all working toward a better world where innovation is at the heart of comprehensive, sustainable development.