The 2027 ACC is pleased to announce the Student Best Paper Award. First-listed authors of regular or invited papers who were students at the time of submission are eligible. The student’s academic advisor must write a nomination letter (maximum of 1 page) describing the nominee’s contribution to the nominated paper and to the state of the art. The nomination letter should also confirm that the first author was a registered student when the paper was submitted. Note that only a single lead author of a paper can be nominated; if two students on the same paper are nominated, both nominations will be disqualified.

To complete the nomination form, you can visit PaperPlaza after you submit the paper. The nominations should be entered on PaperPlaza by October 16, 2026. Authors who submit their paper as an LCSS ACC paper will not be able to submit their nominations directly via PaperPlaza and should contact Afef Fekih (afef.fekih@louisiana.edu) to complete their submission. The selection committee for the award will identify a set of finalists, who will be required to present their papers at the conference to compete for the final award. Decisions on the award winner will be made by the selection panel after these presentations. Travel expenses, including hotel, transportation, and conference registration, will be covered to enable the finalists to attend.