| Dr | Ana Filipa | Pires | Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Superior Técnico | Portugal | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | zhaoyang | wang | Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | He | Bai | East China University of Science and Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Charles | Reitman | Musc Medical Center (Charleston, SC) | United States | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Ping-Feng | Xu | Northeast Normal University | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Xiaobo | Chen | Jinan University | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Joseph | Blondeau | Royal University Hospital/University of Saskatchewan | Canada | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Yuhui | Jing | Zhejiang University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Chao | Lyu | Harbin Institute of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Hengameh | Karimi | Oxford Business College/University of West London | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Abdullah | Alazemi | Kuwait University | Kuwait | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Despoina | Tounta | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | Greece | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Sofia | Morgado | University of Minho | Portugal | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | José | Cidade | CIIE - Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas | Portugal | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Necibe Fusun | Oyman Serteller | Marmara University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Lu | Guan | Jining Polytechnic | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | João | Paraskeva | University of Strathclyde | United States | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Amirali | Moeini | University of Houston-Downtown | United States | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Giuseppe | Barisano | Stanford University | United States | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mrs | Eduarda | Fraga Olivo | University of the Extreme South of Santa Catarina | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |