The results of the 2026 Asilomar Best Student Paper Award were:
1st place:
A Line-search-free Method for Adaptive Decentralized Optimization (Paper #1327)
Presented by Xiaokai Chen, Purdue University.
2nd place:
Near-Field Velocity Estimation and Doppler-Aware Localization in OFDM Massive MIMO (Paper #1516)
Presented by Qing Zhang, KU Leuven, Belgium.
3rd place:
A Traveling Wave Model for In-Working Memory Auditory Scene Analysis via the Temporal Coherence Principle (Paper #1376)
Presented by Jarin Tasnim, University of Maryland.
The organizing committee congratulates the winners and all finalists for their outstanding work and extends heartfelt thanks to the judging committee for their invaluable help. We look forward to seeing you all at Asilomar 2027!
2026 Finalists
Track A: Communication Systems
Uncertainty-Aware Fusion for Resilient Distributed Radar Sensing (Paper #1317)
Track B: MIMO Communications and Signal Processing
Robust MIMO Detection via Calibrated Langevin Sampling Under Imperfect Channel Estimation (Paper #1525)
Track C: Networks and Graphs
A Line-search-free Method for Adaptive Decentralized Optimization (Paper #1327)
Track D: Adaptive Systems, Machine Learning, Data Analytics
DAG-PnP: Plug-and-Play Causal Discovery with Diffusion Priors (Paper #1523)
Track E: Array Processing and Multisensor Systems
Near-Field Velocity Estimation and Doppler-Aware Localization in OFDM Massive MIMO (Paper #1516)
Track F: Biomedical Signal and Image Processing
A Traveling Wave Model for In-Working Memory Auditory Scene Analysis via the Temporal Coherence Principle (Paper #1376)
Track G: Architectures and Implementation
High-Throughput Energy-Efficient JPEG Decoding on a Fine-Grain Many-Core Processor (Paper #1595)
Track H: Speech, Image and Video Processing
Listener-Aware Speech Representations for Hearing-Aid Applications (Paper #1558)