expat’25 Best Demos and Runner-up Demos Announcement

Jury for the Demos evaluation: Alexander Kist, James Wolfer and Wlodek Kulesza

Criteria:
C1 – Demonstration quality (correctness, clearness, operation)
C2 – Technical novelty
C3 – Proof of technical or usability validation
C4 – Matching sustainability goals

Best Demo in the Education area

Demo #20: Dirac’s thought experiment: n-polarizers and quantum state superposition

Authors: Francisco Laranjo, Pedro Monteiro, André Nabais, Pedro Rossa, João Silva and Horácio Fernandes

Runner-up Demo in the Education area

Demo #63: Exploring Plasma Physics Simulations with Virtual Reality

Authors: Alfredo Ferreira, Sofia Pinho, David Brás, Nuno Verdelho and João Madeiras Pereira

Best Demo in the Technology Applications area

Demo #13: Hydrotwin: capturing the heartbeat of the ocean for better management of marine activities

Authors: Tiago Gomes, Alberto Santos, Joachim Vanneste, Astrid van Toor, Carolina Ramos, Daniele Aromatario, Rita Carriço, Erica Cruz and Guillherme Vaz

Runner-up Demo in the Technology Applications area

Demo #39: Demo of an early warning system for remote sensing of wildfires

Authors: Marta Oliveira, João Paulo Barraca, Pedro Fonseca, Paulo Pedreiras, Luis Malarmey, Cristina Montesinos Barrios and Sandra Millán Arias

expat’25 Best Paper and Runner-up Announcement

Jury for the Paper evaluation: Alexander Kist, Diana Urbano, José Carlos Alves, Katarina Zakova and Susan Zvacek

Criteria:
C1 – Technical and scientific relevance
C2 – Creativity and novelty
C3 – Validation results: quality and interpretation
C4 – Relevance of the work by sustainable objectives

Best Paper

#42: On the applicability of low-cost air quality sensors for early stage forest fire detection

Authors: Lidia Abad, Sofía Aparicio, Raimundo Alfonso, Mercedes Guijarro, Javier Madrigal, Ana Carmen de la Cruz, Juan Luis Gómez-González, Eisharc Jaquet and Esther Hontañón

Runner-Up Paper

#17: Low Energy, Real Time Passive Acoustic Detection of Dolphin Clicks and Whistles

Authors: Jeffrey Neasham, Richard Burnett, Gavin Lowes, Benjamin Sherlock, Per Berggren and Sarah Dickson