ICAICT 2025

Best Paper Award

ICAICTCon 2025 – Excellence in AI–Cloud Research Awards

International Conference on AI-Integrated Cloud Technologies

Date: June 21, 2025 | Time: 7:00 PM (EST)

Conference Chair & Host:
Dr. Sayed M. Bateni
Professor of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering
University of Hawaii at Mānoa, College of Engineering

To promote outstanding innovation in AI-native cloud platforms, agent-driven systems, scalable machine learning, and enterprise cloud intelligence, ICAICTCon 2025 proudly introduces the Excellence in AI–Cloud Research Awards. These honors recognize original research that advances cloud computing through artificial intelligence, automation, security intelligence, and real-world cloud deployment.

🌐 Senior Research Leadership Award

Objective:
Honors accomplished professionals whose work contributes substantially to AI-enabled cloud infrastructure, intelligent data pipelines, and cloud automation frameworks.

Eligible Contributors:
• University faculty
• Cloud architects
• Principal AI engineers
• Independent researchers

Recognition:
✔ Commemorative Trophy
✔ Certificate of Achievement

Awardee: Dwaraka Nath Kummari

Recognized Paper: AI-Powered Governance: Revolutionizing Audit and Compliance Frameworks

🏢 Cloud Industry Innovation Award

Objective:
Celebrates industry-driven research delivering scalable, production-ready AI-cloud solutions.

Who May Apply:
• Enterprise cloud teams
• Technology startups
• Corporate R&D units
• SaaS and platform innovators

Eligibility Condition:
Lead author must be employed by an industry or corporate organization.

Recognition:
✔ Commemorative Trophy
✔ Certificate of Achievement

Awardee: Avinash Pamisetty

Recognized Paper:

CloudAI Nexus: Agentic Intelligence for National Food Supply and Financial Ecosystems

🎓 Student Cloud Research Award

Objective:
Encourages student scholars whose work demonstrates applied innovation in AI-integrated cloud systems, scalable ML pipelines, and data automation.

Eligible Participants:
• Undergraduate students
• Postgraduate scholars
• Doctoral researchers

Recognition:
✔ Commemorative Trophy
✔ Certificate of Achievement

Awardee: Sergei Ivanov

Recognized Paper:

AI-Enabled Real-Time Monitoring of Cloud Service Health

🚀 Early Career Cloud Innovator Award – Male

Objective:
Recognizes early-career male professionals advancing AI-powered cloud operations, intelligent service orchestration, and digital infrastructure platforms.

Eligible Participants:
• Professionals within 15 years of graduation
• Cloud engineers
• Applied ML specialists

Recognition:
✔ Commemorative Trophy
✔ Certificate of Achievement

Awardee: Ravi Shankar Garapati
Recognized Paper:
Harnessing AI & ML in Cloud Integrated Technologies for Scalable Intelligence

🌸 Early Career Cloud Innovator Award – Female

Objective:
Honors outstanding female professionals whose research contributes to cloud automation, predictive intelligence, and resilient AI infrastructure.

Eligible Participants:
• Early-career female technologists
• Cloud data scientists
• AI platform engineers

Recognition:
✔ Commemorative Trophy
✔ Certificate of Achievement

Awardee: Leila Mansour

Recognized Paper:
Intelligent Disaster Recovery Models Built on AI Integrated Cloud Frameworks

🤝 Award Sponsorship

Awards are supported by
International Conference on AI-Integrated Cloud Technologies – Leadership & Innovation Circle