The papers listed below have been selected as "Best Papers" based on the reviews of the original submission, the camera-ready version, and the presentation during the conference. For the awarded papers, a digital award will be issued in the name of the authors. The authors of these papers are also receiving invitations to submit an extended article version to one of the IARIA Journals.

Awarded Papers (also Invited for IARIA Journals)

Automation of Beer Dispensers: A Cyber-Physical System Solution
Lorenzo Piarulli, Luca Di Pietro, José A. Gaspar, Miguel A. Teixeira, Jaume Sansano, Lucas Sousa, Luís Paiva, Emanuel Gestosa, Alexandre Correia, Rui Pinto, Gil Gonçalves

Situated Independent Learners in a Sequential Decision-Making Setting
Timur Kasimov, Shinon Takei, Hanfeng Lu, Mingi Lee, Fernanda Eliott

Contributions to an FMEA/FMSA Based Methodology to Improve Data Quality of Machine Tools Through Digitalisation: a Use Case Approach
Martin Zinner, Kim Feldhoff, Hajo Wiemer, Kim Alexander Wejlupek, Lucas Drowatzky, Steffen Ihlenfeldt

Vessel Route Planning Optimization Combined with Time Windows versus Work Scheduling for Offshore Windmill Maintenance
Erik De Kuyffer, Toon De Pessemier, Wout Joseph, Luc Martens

The following papers have been selected on the basis of their contents, specificaly for lending themselves to an interesting extended work. The authors of these papers are receiving invitations to submit an extended article version to one of the IARIA Journals.

Papers Invited for IARIA Journals

Exploring the Role of User Experience in Enhancing IoT Applications for Smart Manufacturing: A Review
Leigh Johnston, Kyle Madden, Justin Quinn, Sonya Coleman, Dermot Kerr

SmartPool: An Automated CPS-Based System for Real-Time Water Quality Management
André Ávila, André C. Costa, André Soares, Daniel Rodrigues, Eduardo T. Ramos, João Alves, João C. Matos, Lourenço Gonçalves, Luís Cabral, Marco Rocha, Rui Pinto, Gil Gonçalves

TrustLab: An Interactive Tool for Evaluating Online Trustworthiness across Diverse Domains
Teng-Chieh Huang, Wenting Song, Brian Kim, Suzanne Barber