ECC Best Student Paper Award
The “ECC Best Student Paper Award” recognizes excellence in a paper presented at the European Control Conference whose primary author is a student at the time of submission.
Recipients
2026: Vidur Sinha, Carnegie Mellon University, “Transformer-Based Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Networked Systems with Long-Range Interactions.”
2025: Riccardo Brumali, University of Bologna, “Distributed Learning and Optimization of a Multi-Agent Macroscopic Probabilistic Model.”
2024: Luca Lebon, Linköping University, “On controllability of temporal networks.”
Award Information
Eligibility
In order to be eligible, the candidate must:
- be the primary author of a paper accepted for presentation at the ECC.
- be a student (PhD, Master or Bachelor student) registered at an academic institution (at the time of submission).
- present the paper at the conference.
Presentation
At the Awards Ceremony, or Banquet, of the ECC.
Award Committee
The committee is appointed by ECC organizers.
Current Chair: Prof. Clara Ionescu
Nominations
See the official ECC website for more information.