Best Paper Awards – NQCOMP 2026

We are pleased to announce the Best Paper Awards for NQCOMP 2026. Based on the evaluation by the Technical Program Committee and Session Chairs, one paper each has been selected for outstanding research contribution in the following tracks:

Best Paper Award – Quantum Track

QUBO Model for Optimization of Crops in Agricultural Lands using Graph Coloring Technique

(Paper ID – 401)

Authors: Madhumathi Ramasamy (Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore), Sai Sakunthala Guddanti (Indian Institute of Technology, Madras), Anil Prabhakar (Indian Institute of Technology, Madras)

Best Paper Award – Advanced Computing Track

A Novel Hybrid Cosine Similarity and ECC Framework for Lightweight PPG-Based Biometric Authentication in Secure IoMT

(Paper ID – 418)

Authors: Shivashish Gour (Assam University), Tapodhir Acharjee (Assam University)

We congratulate the award winners and thank all authors for their valuable contributions that made NQCOMP 2026 a successful conference.