Awards

IEEE MetroSea 2021 will have the following awards, which will be announced and bestowed at the Conference Closing Ceremony.

This award recognizes the most outstanding paper presented at IEEE MetroSea Workshop.
The Best Conference Paper Award is sponsored by MDPI Sensors Journal.

The author of the awarded paper, and co-authors if any, will be entitled to:

• A prize money amounting to 500 CHF;
• A painting by Annamaria Di Costanzo;
• A copy of the forthcoming Springer book, Measurement for the Sea edited by P. Daponte, G.B. Rossi, and V. Piscopo, to be published late 2021;
• A signed and stamped official Award Certificate;
• The announcement of their achievement on a special conference webpage.

The Best Paper Award dedicated to the memory of Prof. Felice Cennamo will consist of a painting by Annamaria Di Costanzo.

THE ARTIST: Annamaria Di Costanzo. Retired dean of prestigious institutes, self-taught painter, spontaneous in mixing the colors and the landscape evolutions, conveying the energy and the emotional wave of the natural elements as we fondly recall in childhood memories.
She has also published collections of thoughts and colors.
Website: https://www.adcartist.eu/

Basis for Judging: A selection committee will be appointed by the IEEE MetroSea Awards Committee Chairs. Papers are judged based on technical merit, originality, potential impact on the field, clarity of the written paper, and quality of the conference presentation.

Presentation: The award will be announced and presented at the IEEE MetroSea Closing Ceremony.

Unified pH applied to standard seawater and NaCl solutions: preliminary studies

Raquel Quendera, Instituto Português da Qualidade, I.P., Portugal
Olivier Pellegrino, Instituto Português da Qualidade, I.P., Portugal
Sara Moura, Instituto Português da Qualidade, I.P., Portugal
João Abrantes, Instituto Português da Qualidade, I.P., Portugal
Vítor Cabral, Instituto Português da Qualidade, I.P., Portugal
Andreia Furtado, Instituto Português da Qualidade, I.P., Portugal
João Alves e Sousa, Instituto Português da Qualidade, I.P., Portugal

This award recognizes the best paper authored and presented by a researcher younger than 35 years in age.

The author of the awarded paper, and co-authors if any, will be entitled to:

• A prize money amounting to 500 EUR;
• A copy of the forthcoming Springer book, Measurement for the Sea edited by P. Daponte, G.B. Rossi, and V. Piscopo, to be published late 2021;
• A signed and stamped official Award Certificate;
• The announcement of their achievement on a special conference webpage.

Paper Nomination: If you are interested in applying this award, please nominate your paper through the Conference Registration Form.

Basis for Judging: A selection committee will be appointed by the IEEE MetroSea Awards Committee Chairs. Papers are judged based on technical merit, originality, potential impact on the field, clarity of the written paper, and quality of the conference presentation.

Presentation: The award will be announced and presented at the IEEE MetroSea Closing Ceremony.

UKF-based fault detection and isolation algorithm for IMU sensors of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Egidio D'Amato, Universitá degli Studi di Napoli "Parthenope", Italy
Claudio De Capua, Universitá degli Studi "Mediterranea" di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Pasquale Fabio Filianoti, Universitá degli Studi "Mediterranea" di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Luana Gurnari, Universitá degli Studi "Mediterranea" di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Vito Antonio Nardi, Universitá degli Studi "Mediterranea" di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Immacolata Notaro, Universitá degli Studi della Campania "L.Vanvitelli", Italy
Valerio Scordamaglia, Universitá degli Studi "Mediterranea" di Reggio Calabria, Italy

This award recognizes the best paper in Marine Biology.
The Best Paper in Marine Biology is sponsored by MDPI Biology Journal.

The author of the awarded paper, and co-authors if any, will be entitled to:

• A prize money amounting to 500 CHF;
• A signed and stamped official Award Certificate;
• A copy of the forthcoming Springer book, Measurement for the Sea edited by P. Daponte, G.B. Rossi, and V. Piscopo, to be published late 2021;
• The announcement of their achievement on a special conference webpage.

Basis for Judging: A selection committee will be appointed by the IEEE MetroSea Awards Committee Chairs. Papers are judged based on technical merit, originality, potential impact on the field, clarity of the written paper, and quality of the conference presentation.

Presentation: The award will be announced and presented at the IEEE MetroSea Closing Ceremony.

LED technology to increase the purse seine fishery performance

Pasquale Ricci, University of Bari, Italy
Nicola Trivellin, University of Padova, Italy
Daniela Cascione, University of Bari, Italy
Giulia Cipriano, University of Bari, Italy
Maurizio Ingrosso, University of Bari, Italy
Viviana Teresa Orlandi, University of Insubria, Italy
Roberto Carlucci, University of Bari, Italy

This award recognizes the best paper authored and presented by a woman.
The Best Paper Presented by a Woman is sponsored by IEEE Woman in Engineering - Italy Section Affinity Group and MDPI Journal of Marine Science and Engineering.

The author of the awarded paper, and co-authors if any, will be entitled to:

• A prize money amounting to 600 CHF sponsored by MDP Journal of Marine Science and Engineering;
• A copy of the forthcoming Springer book, Measurement for the Sea edited by P. Daponte, G.B. Rossi, and V. Piscopo, to be published late 2021;
• A signed and stamped official Award Certificate;
• The announcement of their achievement on a special conference webpage.

Paper Nomination: If you are interested in applying this award, please nominate your paper through the Conference Registration Form.

Basis for Judging: A selection committee will be appointed by the IEEE MetroSea Awards Committee Chairs and IEEE WIE Chairs. Papers are judged based on technical merit, originality, potential impact on the field, clarity of the written paper, and quality of the conference presentation.

Presentation: The award will be announced and presented at the IEEE MetroSea Closing Ceremony.

Corallium rubrum and Eunicella cavolini: distribution, population structure and co-occurrence in the deep Mediterranean Sea

Laura Carugati, University of Cagliari, Italy
Davide Moccia, University of Cagliari, Italy
Alessandro Cau, University of Cagliari, Italy
Lorenzo Bramanti, Sorbonne Universites, France
Rita Cannas, University of Cagliari, Italy
Maria Cristina Follesa, University of Cagliari, Italy

This award recognizes the best paper authored and presented by a Student.
The Best Paper Presented by a Student is sponsored by Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria.

The author of the awarded paper, and co-authors if any, will be entitled to:

• A prize money amounting to 500 EUR;
• A copy of the forthcoming Springer book, Measurement for the Sea edited by P. Daponte, G.B. Rossi, and V. Piscopo, to be published late 2021;
• A signed and stamped official Award Certificate;
• The announcement of their achievement on a special conference webpage.

Basis for Judging: A selection committee will be appointed by the IEEE MetroSea Awards Committee Chairs. Papers are judged based on technical merit, originality, potential impact on the field, clarity of the written paper, and quality of the conference presentation.

Presentation: The award will be announced and presented at the IEEE MetroSea Closing Ceremony.

Size and season matters: diel vertical movement of blue sharks in the southern Adriatic Sea

Theda Hinrichs, University Rostock, Germany
Marilena Donnaloia, COISPA Tecnologia & Ricerca, Italy
Walter Zupa, COISPA Tecnologia & Ricerca, Italy
Giulia Prato, WWF Italy
Simone Niedermüller, Mediterranean Marine Initiative, Italy
Pierluigi Carbonara, COISPA Tecnologia & Ricerca, Italy
Uwe Krumme, Thünen-Institute for Baltic Sea Fisheries, Germany