CAEPIA’26 Awards

Within the conference, several awards and recognitions are granted to speakers who stand out in the competitions and activities organized.

Award Categories

  • Best Paper Award:

    • 1st prize: €350 and accreditation diploma.
    • 2nd and 3rd prize: accreditation diploma.

  • Best Student Paper Award:

    • 1st prize: €350 and accreditation diploma.
    • 2nd and 3rd prize: accreditation diploma.

  • Bachelor and Master AEPIA Awards:

    • 1st prize: travel grant (maximum €350) to attend CAEPIA’26, which will take place in Jaén from November 11 to 13, 2026, and accreditation diploma.

    • 2nd prize: €150 and accreditation diploma.

    • 3rd prize: accreditation diploma.

    In addition, special mentions will be awarded for specific AI topics, with an official certificate of recognition for the authors and mentors, as well as a prize of €150.

    For more information, see Bachelor and Master Thesis Awards.

  • Doctoral Consortium:

    • 1st prize: €350 and accreditation diploma.
    • 2nd prize: €150 and accreditation diploma.
    • 3rd prize: accreditation diploma.

  • Frances Allen Award:

    • 1st prize: €350 and diploma.
    • 2nd prize: €150 and diploma.

  • Enric Trillas Award: recognition of an exceptional scientific career and a decisive contribution to the development of fuzzy logic.

Award Winners

  • ENRIC TRILLAS AWARD

    • Prof. José Luis Verdegay Galdeano, in recognition of an exceptional scientific career and a decisive contribution to the development of fuzzy logic.

  • FRANCES ALLEN

    • 1st prize: €350 and diploma.
      • Ainhize Barrainkua, Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM), Universidad del País Vasco: “New Perspectives on Machine Learning Fairness: Algorithmic Design and Evaluation”
    • 2nd prize: €150 and diploma.
      • Andrea Morales Garzón, Universidad de Granada: “Aprendizaje profundo y procesamiento del lenguaje natural en fuentes heterogéneas de datos masivos”

AEPIA Awards for Best Bachelor’s and Master’s Thesis

Best Bachelor’s Thesis (TFG)

  • 1st prize: Bruno Corcuera Sánchez. Representaciones Latentes Perceptuales: Mejorando la Fidelidad Visual y el Control Autónomo en Modelos Generativos de Mundos
  • 2nd prize: Salvador de la Torre González. GAUFS: Genetic Algorithm for Unsupervised Feature Selection for Clustering
  • 3rd prize: Mario Pascual González. Predicción del Crecimiento del Meningioma en Resonancia Magnética Multimodal mediante Técnicas de Aprendizaje Profundo

Best Master’s Thesis (TFM)

  • 1st prize: Javier Ballesteros-Jerez. Metodología de validación de grounding basado en ontologías y razonamiento causal para robots sociales
  • 2nd prize: Alberto Landi Cortiñas. A Comparative Analysis of LLM and Knowledge Graph Integration Strategies in the Medical Domain
  • 3rd prize: Francisco Blas Martínez Pareja. Mejora del rendimiento de modelos de aprendizaje automático mediante el tratamiento del desequilibrio de clases

Special mentions

  • Special mention for the best Master’s Thesis in “AI and Health” (USC-Plexus Chair on AI applied to precision personalised medicine, CAMELIA): Aina María Tur Serrano. AI-Based Segmentation and Classification of White Matter Hyperintensities in MRI
  • Special mention for the best Bachelor’s Thesis in “AI and Language Technologies” (HiTZ Chair on Artificial Intelligence and Language Technology): Xiana Carrera Alonso. Comparativa de tecnologías de búsqueda en bancos de prueba para el estudio de la desinformación en el ámbito de consultas de la salud
  • Special mention for the best Master’s Thesis in “AI and Data-Driven Solutions” (URJC-OGA Chair on Artificial Intelligence for Data Driven Solutions): Lucas Martín García. Búsqueda de vecindad variable para el UFLP
  • Special mention for the best Master’s or Bachelor’s Thesis in “Ethical and Responsible AI” (UGR Chair on ethical, responsible and general-purpose AI): The decision will be published soon
  • Special mention for the best Bachelor’s Thesis in “AI and Sustainable Development” (ENIA-UPV Chair on AI and sustainable development): Laura de la Fuente García. Análisis de EROI en centrales hidráulicas de almacenamiento por bombeo (PHS)