| Dr | Yuanyang | Zuo | College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University | China | Computer Vision for Robotics and Autonomous Systems | Human-vehicle interaction | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Dr | Yue | Cao | Harbin Institute of Technology | China | Image Processing and Enhancement | image denoising | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Dr | Yufei | Wang | Peking university | China | Industrial and Manufacturing Applications | computational Geosciences | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Dr | Yuki | Higashimoto | Fujita Health University | Japan | Biomedical and Healthcare Applications | N/A | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Dr | Zari | Farhadi | University of Tabriz | Iran | Deep Learning for Computer Vision | Deep Learning | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Dr | Zhen | Cao | School of Public Health, Capital Medical University | China | Biomedical and Healthcare Applications | Healthcare | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Dr | Zhenming | Zhang | Guizhou University | China | Emerging Trends and Future Directions | Environmental pedology | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Dr | Zhicheng | Zhang | JancsiTech | China | Biomedical and Healthcare Applications | Medical Physics | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Dr | Zhiyou | Long | Chang'an University | China | Traffic and Transportation Analysis | Computer Vision and Intelligent Operation and Maintenance of Transport Infrastructure | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Dr | Zhongyuan | Liu | Beijing Key Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Intelligent System, Beijing University of Technology | China | Object Detection and Recognition | Computer Vision | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |