{"id":11,"date":"2023-11-07T01:01:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T01:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpecom.org\/2026\/awards\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T13:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T11:06:19","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gpecom.org\/2026\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11\" class=\"elementor elementor-11\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9907170 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9907170\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f28625 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1f28625\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1a30d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f1a30d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Annual GPECOM Awards<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b3caf3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5b3caf3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f44cf5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f44cf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"color: #00827f;\"><strong>Dr. Muhammad Harunur Rashid Best Paper Awards<\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p>Professor Muhammad H. Rashid is generously supporting the GPECOM2026 conference by providing best paper grants aimed at fostering enthusiasm among young professionals and students. There will be a total of four grants, each valued at 250 USD for professional researchers holding a Ph.D. degree and specifically designated for graduate students.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Prof. Muhammad H. Rashid Awards will be presented in categories of<\/span><\/p><p>&#8211; Outstanding Paper Award<br \/>&#8211; Best Student Paper Award<br \/>&#8211; Best Presentation Award<\/p><h4><span style=\"color: #00827f;\"><strong>GPECOM 2026 Best Paper Awards<\/strong><\/span><\/h4><div><span style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">In addition to\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;\">Dr. Muhammad Harunur Rashid Best Paper Grants<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">, Annual GPECOM Awards will be presented in three categories. The nominees will be referred by GPECOM 2026 Program Committee among the presented papers.\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">GPECOM 2026 Awards will be presented in categories of<\/span><\/div><p>&#8211; GPECOM2026 Best Student Paper Award<br \/>&#8211; GPECOM2026 Outstanding Paper Award<br \/>&#8211; GPECOM2026 Best Presentation Award<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">The exceptional research papers will be celebrated across three specialized domains: Power Electronics and Electrical Machines, Power Systems, and Communication Technologies,\u00a0recognizing in each award category.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">The Best Student papers of <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;\"><b>GPECOM2026 Awards<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"> will be granted with 200 EUR waiver check for the next GPECOM conference.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11d870a elementor-position-inline-start elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"11d870a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-newspaper\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M552 64H112c-20.858 0-38.643 13.377-45.248 32H24c-13.255 0-24 10.745-24 24v272c0 30.928 25.072 56 56 56h496c13.255 0 24-10.745 24-24V88c0-13.255-10.745-24-24-24zM48 392V144h16v248c0 4.411-3.589 8-8 8s-8-3.589-8-8zm480 8H111.422c.374-2.614.578-5.283.578-8V112h416v288zM172 280h136c6.627 0 12-5.373 12-12v-96c0-6.627-5.373-12-12-12H172c-6.627 0-12 5.373-12 12v96c0 6.627 5.373 12 12 12zm28-80h80v40h-80v-40zm-40 140v-24c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h136c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v24c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12H172c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12zm192 0v-24c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h104c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v24c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12H364c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12zm0-144v-24c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h104c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v24c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12H364c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12zm0 72v-24c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h104c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v24c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12H364c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBest Paper Awards Presented at IEEE GPECOM2026\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a216195 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a216195\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">IEEE GPECOM2026 recognized outstanding research papers in three specialized domains: Power Electronics and Electrical Machines, Power Systems, and Communication Technologies. The awards recognize the Outstanding Paper, Best Student Paper, and Best Presentation in each area.<\/p><p style=\"font-family: &quot;Roboto Slab&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Roboto Slab&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, Dr. Muhammad H. Rashid awards have been presented to five papers that four student papers were granted. We appreciate Dr. Rashid\u2019s generous support of the GPECOM Conference and his contributions to society.<\/span><\/p><div><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Roboto Slab&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations to all award winners!<\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Roboto Slab&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\n\t\t<!-- MasterSlider -->\n\t\t<div id=\"P_MS6a49888c029f7\" class=\"master-slider-parent msl ms-parent-id-2\" style=\"max-width:700px;\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- MasterSlider Main -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"MS6a49888c029f7\" class=\"master-slider ms-skin-default\" >\n\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"ms-slide\" data-delay=\"3\" data-fill-mode=\"fill\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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Rashid Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ID 126: Zero Voltage Switching Back-to-Back Converter for Wind Generators with Integrated Energy Storage; Salvatore Foti; Gioele Baia; Danilo Campagna; Salvatore De Caro; Antonio Testa; Giacomo Scelba <strong>(<strong style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;\">Muhammad&nbsp;<\/strong>Rashid Best Paper)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>ID 147: Extended Kalman Filter-based Adaptive Sensorless Control for PMSM Drives Using Blockwise RLS Method; Zsanett Bert\u00f3k; Csaba Budai (<strong><strong style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;\"><strong style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;\">Muhammad <\/strong><\/strong>Rashid&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;\">Best Student<\/strong>&nbsp;Paper in Power Electronics)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>ID 261: Active Damping of Low-Frequency Oscillation in VSG-Based Grid-Forming E-STATCOMs; Mohib Ullah; Yajuan Guan; Hikmat Basnet; Tomi Roinila; Juan C. Vasquez; Josep M. Guerrero (<strong><strong style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;\"><strong style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;\">Muhammad&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong>Rashid&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;\">Best Student<\/strong>&nbsp;Paper in Power Electronics)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>ID 247: Explainable Machine Learning for Distribution Transformer Load Ratio Forecasting; Asl\u0131 Sude Y\u00f6r\u00fck; Kas\u0131m Zor (<strong><strong style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;\"><strong style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;\">Muhammad&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong>Rashid Best Student Paper in Power Systems<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>ID 163: Improved Reference-Point Algorithm for Multi-Criteria Decision-Making in Massive MIMO; Eni Haxhiraj; Elson Agastra (<strong><strong style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;\"><strong style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;\">Muhammad&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong>Rashid Best Student Paper in Communication Technologies<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Power&nbsp;Electronics and Electric Machines<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>ID 457: Impact of Traction Motors Bearings Degradation in Common Mode Current; Luigi Pio Di Noia, Emanuele Fedele, Santolo Meo, Renato Rizzo (<strong>Outstanding Paper in Power Electronics<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>ID 400: Active Damping Integrated Modulated Model Predictive Control for LCL-Filtered Grid-Connected Active Front-End Rectifier; Alaa Ibrahim; U\u011fur Ufuk K\u00f6rpe; Mustafa G\u00f6kda\u011f; Ozan G\u00fclbudak (<strong>Best Student Paper in&nbsp;<\/strong><strong style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;\">Power Electronics<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>ID 304: Stability- and Passivity-Oriented Design of Single-Voltage-Loop Control with Harmonic Mitigation for Grid-Forming Inverters; Yun Yu; Yajuan Guan; Jingxuan Wu; Bingchen Jiang; Junlan Ou; Juan C. Vasquez <strong>(Best presentation in&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;\">Power Electronics<\/strong>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Power Systems<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>ID 415: Computational Speed-up for Discretized State Space Systems using Modal Redundancy; Noman Saied; Abdelrahman Karrar (<strong>Outstanding Paper in Power Systems<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>ID 277: Multicriteria Decision-Making Under Deployment Constraints for Deep Learning Model Selection in Insulator Mechanical Fault Detection; Arailym Serikbay; Venera Nurmanova; Amin Zollanvari; Mehdi Bagheri (<strong>Best Student Paper in&nbsp;<\/strong><strong style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;\">Power Systems<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>ID 413: Estimation of Fast Active Power Response in Mixed SG-MMC Networks via Artificial Neural Networks; Monika Sharma; Guus van Putten; Jos\u00e9 Rueda; Jonathan Aviles-Cedeno; Dong Liu <strong>(Best presentation in&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;\">Power Systems<\/strong>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Communication Technologies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>ID 366: Parallel GNSS Satellite Simulator for Real-Time Multi-GNSS Signal Generation; Yongtaek Hwang; Jaeo Son; Dohun; Hoyoung Yoo (<strong>Outstanding paper in Communication Technologies<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>ID 341: Low-Latency QKD Protection of Synchrophasor Data Using a Low-Cost PMU; Mario Albanese; Roua Hamila; Daniele Carta; Ferdinanda Ponci; Andrea Benigni (<strong>Best Student Paper in Communication Technologies<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>ID 346: Proactive AI-Based Anomaly Detection for supporting power grid Frequency Balancing using Radio Base Stations; Illyyne Saffar; Lackis Elftheriadis; Aur\u00e9lie Boisbunon; Oleg Gorbatov; Shruti Bothe <strong>(Best presentation in&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Slab', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;\">Communication Technologies<\/strong>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annual GPECOM Awards Dr. Muhammad Harunur Rashid Best Paper Awards Professor Muhammad H. Rashid is generously supporting the GPECOM2026 conference by providing best paper grants aimed at fostering enthusiasm among young professionals and students. 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