This "Best Paper Award" assesses the top scholarly security research from the previous year. The focus of this competition is on research that has a practical impact.  With eligibility limited to already published papers or camera-ready papers, CSAW has a reputation for drawing some of the best security research worldwide. 

competition timeline

June 2021

Submission Phase Opens

• India Track: open

• Europe Track: not yet open

• Israel Track: not yet open

• MENA Track: not yet open

• North America Track: not yet open

12 September 2021

mid-Sept - mid-Oct 2021

by 15 October 2021

10 - 12 November 2021

Submission Deadline

Preliminary Review

Finalist Notification

Virtual Final Presentations

2020 best papers

Europe

India

Israel

MENA

US-Canada

2020 winners & finalists 

2021 competition organizers

The Applied Research Competition is independently organized and judged by each global region.