| Dr | Yahya | Dorostkar | Qazvin Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran | Iran | Social Recommender | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Yang | Liu | Zhejiang University | China | multimodal image processing, pattern recognition, computer and 3D vision, and information fusion. | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Young-IL | Jeong | Chosun University/Institute of Well-aging Medicare | South Korea | Nano and Biodata | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Youwei | Wang | Central University of Finance and Economics | China | data mining, deep learning, social network | Young Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Yuanfang | Han | School of Information and Communication Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications | China | Bottleneck Analysis | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Yuansheng | Chen | Yancheng Institute of Technology | China | Research focuses on precision drive systems and piezoelectric energy recovery | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Zerihun | Obse | Haramaya University | Ethiopia | Information Technology, Information Science, Agricultural Information and Communication Management | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |