The program committee may select a paper accepted to the conference as Best Paper. The following rules for Best Paper Awards at ICLJGD Conference were developed by the committee:
- The Program Committee may select a Full Paper accepted to the conference as Best Paper.
- Only papers with oral presentation at Miami’s Conference Venue are eligible for this award. Virtual presentations are not eligible for the Best Paper Award.
- Each author of the selected paper will receive a certificate or plaque with the name of the award, the name of the paper, and the names of the authors of the paper, to be awarded at the Conference Meeting that year.
- The main criterion for selection is the same as for being a top-rated paper in the conference: introduction of a strong new technique, solution of a long-standing open problem, introduction and solution of an interesting and important new problem, etc. These are the characteristics associated with giving a paper the highest score.
- If no paper meets the criteria above, then no award need be given.
- Additionally, the committee should have substantial confidence in the correctness of the paper. While the committee may choose to accept papers to appear in the conference while lacking confidence that the paper is correct, such papers should not be recipients of the Best Paper Award.
- If only abstracts are accepted to the conference, the committee may, after accepting a paper to the conference, inform the authors that the paper is being considered for the Award, and request additional details.
- The committee may choose to use the time up until the conference itself to continue reviewing the papers.
- The committee should verify that the final proceedings version of the paper meets the high promise of the submitted abstract.