The IEEE Computer Society Publications Board has awarded the following 2023 Best Paper Awards based on nominations submitted by each publication’s awards committee.
2023 Best Paper Winners
Computer: David Fernández-Llorca, Emilia Gómez, “Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence Requirements in the Autonomous Driving Domain” in Computer, vol. 56, no. 02, pp. 29-39, 2023.
Computer Graphics and Applications: Zhenpeng Zhao, Niklas Elmqvist, “The Stories We Tell About Data: Surveying Data-Driven Storytelling Using Visualization,” in IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 97-110, July – August 2023.
Intelligent Systems: Lyuchao Liao, Ben Li, Fumin Zou, Dejuan Huang, “MFGCN: A Multimodal Fusion Graph Convolutional Network for Online Car-Hailing Demand Prediction” in IEEE Intelligent Systems, vol. 38, no. 03, pp. 21-30, 2023.
Internet Computing: Panos Patros, Melanie Ooi, Victoria Huang, Michael Mayo, Chris Anderson, Stephen Burroughs, Matt Baughman, Osama Almurshed, Omer Rana, Ryan Chard, Kyle Chard, Ian Foster, “Rural AI: Serverless-Powered Federated Learning for Remote Applications,” in IEEE Internet Computing, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 28-34, March – April 2023.
Micro: Emil Talpes, Debjit Das Sarma, Doug Williams, Sahil Arora, Thomas Kunjan, Benjamin Floering, Ankit Jalote, Christopher Hsiong, Chandrasekhar Poorna, Vaidehi Samant, John Sicilia, Anantha Kumar Nivarti, Raghuvir Ramachandran, Tim Fischer, Ben Herzberg, Bill McGee, Ganesh Venkataramanan, Pete Banon, “The Microarchitecture of DOJO, Tesla’s Exa-Scale Computer,” in IEEE Micro, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 31-39, May – June 2023.
MultiMedia: Irene Viola, Jack Jansen, Shishir Subramanyam, Ignacio Reimat, Pablo Cesar, “VR2Gather: A Collaborative, Social Virtual Reality System for Adaptive, Multiparty Real-Time Communication,” in IEEE MultiMedia, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 48-59, April – June 2023.
Pervasive Computing: Ariel Ekblaw, Juliana Cherston, Fangzheng Liu, Irmandy Wicaksono, Don Derek Haddad, Valentina Sumini, Joseph A. Paradiso, “From UbiComp to Universe—Moving Pervasive Computing Research Into Space Applications,” in IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 27-42, April – June 2023.
Security & Privacy: Derin Cayir, Abbas Acar, Riccardo Lazzeretti, Marco Angelini, Mauro Conti, Selcuk Uluagac, “Augmenting Security and Privacy in the Virtual Realm: An Analysis of Extended Reality Devices,” in IEEE Security & Privacy, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 10-23, January – February 2024.
Software: Juncal Alonso, Radosław Piliszek, Matija Cankar, “Embracing IaC Through the DevSecOps Philosophy: Concepts, Challenges, and a Reference Framework,” in IEEE Software, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 56-62, January – February 2023.
Computer Architecture Letters: Jaewan Choi, Jaehyun Park, Kwanhee Kyung, Nam Sung Kim, Jung Ho Ahn, “Unleashing the Potential of PIM: Accelerating Large Batched Inference of Transformer-Based Generative Models” in IEEE Computer Architecture Letters, vol. 22, no. 02, pp. 113-116, 2023.
Open Journal of the Computer Society: Yijing Lin, Hongyang Du, Dusit Niyato, Jiangtian Nie, Jiayi Zhang, Yanyu Cheng, Zhaohui Yang, “Blockchain-Aided Secure Semantic Communication for AI-Generated Content in Metaverse,” in IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society, vol. 4, pp. 72-83, March 2023.
Transactions on Affective Computing: Rui Mao, Qian Liu, Kai He, Wei Li, Erik Cambria, “The Biases of Pre-Trained Language Models: An Empirical Study on Prompt-Based Sentiment Analysis and Emotion Detection,” in IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 1743-1753, July – September 2023.
Transactions on Big Data: Xin Liang, Kai Zhao, Sheng Di, Sihuan Li, Robert Underwood, Ali M. Gok, Jiannan Tian, Junjing Deng, Jon C. Calhoun, Dingwen Tao, Zizhong Chen, Franck Cappello,“SZ3: A Modular Framework for Composing Prediction-Based Error-Bounded Lossy Compressors” in IEEE Transactions on Big Data, vol. 9, no. 02, pp. 485-498, 2023.
Transactions on Cloud Computing: Shenglai Zeng, Zonghang Li, Hongfang Yu, Zhihao Zhang, Long Luo, Bo Li, and Dusit Niyato, “HFedMS: Heterogeneous Federated Learning With Memorable Data Semantics in Industrial Metaverse,” in IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 3055-3069, July – September 2023.
Transactions on Computers: Kevin Kiningham, Philip Levis and Christopher Ré, “GRIP: A Graph Neural Network Accelerator Architecture,” in IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 72, no. 4, pp. 914-925, April 2023.
Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing: Orian Leitersdorf, Dean Leitersdorf, Jonathan Gal, Mor Dahan, Ronny Ronen, Shahar Kvatinsky, “AritPIM: High-Throughput In-Memory Arithmetic,” IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, vol. 11, no. 03, pp. 720-735, 2023.
Transactions on Mobile Computing: Sohei Itahara, Takayuki Nishio, Yusuke Koda, Masahiro Morikura, Koji Yamamoto, “Distillation-Based Semi-Supervised Federated Learning for Communication-Efficient Collaborative Training with Non-IID Private Data,” in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 191-205, January 2023.
Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems: Hai Jin, Dongshan Bai, Dezhong Yao, Yutong Dai, Lin Gu, Chen Yu, Lichao Sun “Personalized Edge Intelligence via Federated Self-Knowledge Distillation,” in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 567-580, February 2023.
Transactions on Services Computing: Wei Jiang, Daquan Feng, Yao Sun, Gang Feng, Zhenzhong Wang, and Xiang-Gen Xia, “Joint Computation Offloading and Resource Allocation for D2D-Assisted Mobile Edge Computing,” in IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 1949-1963, May – June 2023.
Transactions on Software Engineering: Zimin Chen, Steve Kommrusch, Martin Monperrus, “Neural Transfer Learning for Repairing Security Vulnerabilities in C Code,” in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 49, no. 01, pp. 147-165, 2023.
Transactions on Sustainable Computing: Marcos De Melo da Silva, Abdoulaye Gamatié, Gilles Sassatelli, Michael Poss and Michel Robert, “Optimization of Data and Energy Migrations in Mini Data Centers for Carbon-Neutral Computing,” in IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 68-81, January – March 2023.
2023 Runners-Up
Computer: Isabelle Hupont, Marina Micheli, Blagoj Delipetrev, Emilia Gómez, Josep Soler Garrido, “Documenting High-Risk AI: A European Regulatory Perspective,” in Computer, vol. 56, no. 05, pp. 18-27, 2023.
Computer Graphics and Applications: Melanie Tory, Lyn Bartram, Brittany Fiore-Gartland, Anamaria Crisan, “Finding Their Data Voice: Practices and Challenges of Dashboard Users,” in IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 43, no. 01, pp. 22-36, 2023.
Micro: Jack Choquette, “NVIDIA Hopper H100 GPU: Scaling Performance,” in IEEE Micro, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 9-17, May – June 2023.
MultiMedia: Benjamin W. Wah, Jingxi X. Xu, “Optimizing Multidimensional Perceptual Quality in Online Interactive Multimedia,” in IEEE MultiMedia, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 119-128, July – September 2023.
Pervasive Computing: Vanessa Echeverria, Roberto Martinez-Maldonado, Lixiang Yan, Linxuan Zhao, Gloria Fernandez-Nieto, Dragan Gašević, Simon Buckingham Shum, “HuCETA: A Framework for Human-Centered Embodied Teamwork Analytics,” in IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 39-49, January – March 2023.
Security & Privacy: Lorenzo Cavallaro, Johannes Kinder, Feargus Pendlebury, Fabio Pierazzi, “Are Machine Learning Models for Malware Detection Ready for Prime Time?,” in IEEE Security & Privacy, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 53-56, March – April 2023.
Software: Darja Smite, Emily Laue Christensen, Paolo Tell, Daniel Russo, “The Future Workplace: Characterizing the Spectrum of Hybrid Work Arrangements for Software Teams,” in IEEE Software, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 34-41, March – April 2023.
Computer Architecture Letters: Theodoros Trochatos, Chuanqi Xu, Sanjay Deshpande, Yao Lu, Yongshan Ding, Jakub Szefer,“A Quantum Computer Trusted Execution Environment” in IEEE Computer Architecture Letters, vol. 22, no. 02, pp. 177-180, 2023.
Transactions on Computers: Simon Thomann, Paul R. Genssler, Hussam Amrouch, “HW/SW Co-Design for Reliable TCAM- Based In-Memory Brain-Inspired Hyperdimensional Computing,” in IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 72, no. 8, pp. 2404-2417, August 2023.
Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing: Takahiro Ohyama, Yuichi Kawamoto, Nei Kato, “Quantum Computing Based Optimization for Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS)-Aided Cell-Free Network,” in IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, vol. 11, no. 01, pp. 18-29, 2023.
Transactions on Mobile Computing: Pavlos Athanasios Apostolopoulos, Georgios Fragkos, Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, and Symeon Papavassiliou, “Data Offloading in UAV-Assisted Multi-Access Edge Computing Systems Under Resource Uncertainty,” in
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 175-190, January 2023.
Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems: Ayesha Afzal, Georg Hager and Gerhard Wellein, “The Role of Idle Waves, Desynchronization, and Bottleneck Evasion in the Performance of Parallel Programs,” in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 623-638, February 2023.
Transactions on Services Computing: Amin Mohajer, Mahya Sam Daliri, A. Mirzaei, A. Ziaeddini, M. Nabipour, Maryam Bavaghar, “Heterogeneous Computational Resource Allocation for NOMA: Toward Green Mobile Edge-Computing Systems,” in IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 1225-1238, March – April 2023.
Transactions on Software Engineering: Chanathip Pornprasit and Chakkrit Kla Tantithamthavorn, “DeepLineDP: Towards a Deep Learning Approach for Line-Level Defect Prediction” in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 49, no. 01, pp. 84-98, 2023.
Transactions on Sustainable Computing: Lin Gu, Weiying Zhang, Zhongkui Wang, Deze Zeng, and Hai Jin, “Service Management and Energy Scheduling Toward Low-Carbon Edge Computing,” in IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 109-119, January – March 2023.
