| Mr | Yanick Kevin | MELOGMO DONGMO | University of Yaoundé 1 | Cameroon | Others | Pharmacology and phytobiochemistry | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Assist Prof Dr | Yelda | Karatepe Mumcu | Marmara University | Turkey | Applications of Computer Vision | Artificial Neural Networks | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Dr | Yingge | Qu | Mississippi State University -- Meridian campus | United States | Computer Vision for Robotics and Autonomous Systems | Marketing | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Ms | Yoliswa | Mkhize | CSIR | South Africa | Remote Sensing and Satellite Imagery Analysis | Precision Agriculture | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Dr | Yongkang | Lyu | Shandong Normal University | China | Biomedical and Healthcare Applications | computational molecular biology | | scifat.com |
| Dr | Young-Eun | Noh | University of Malaya | Malaysia | Others | Sport Psychology | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Dr | Yuvaraja | Dibdalli | Universidad Bernardo O´Higgins, (CIBQA), General Gana 1702, Santiago, Chile | Chile | Industrial and Manufacturing Applications | Chemistry | Young Scientist Award | scifat.com |
| Prof | Zhe | Wang | Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Surveillance and Security | System Security | Best Research Award | scifat.com |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Zhicheng | Zheng | Henan University | China | Education and Outreach in Computer Vision | Transport geography, Urban planning | Best Researcher Award | scifat.com |
| Dr | Nabia | Hafeez | David Game Higher Education | United Kingdom | Others | Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Pharmacology | Best Researcher Award | themegrill.com |