Nominees for Supervisor of the Year
Scottish institutions deliver world-class researcher training and the SICSA Supervisor of the Year award recognises the outstanding guidance, mentorship and advising that underpins not only the success of individual PhD students but the health and advancement of our discipline as whole.
PhD students from any Scottish university were invited to nominate their supervisor for recognition of exceptional supervision.
Dr Shahid Awan
Dr Jose Cano Reyes
Dr Nguyen Dang
Dr Ramon Ruiz-Dolz
University of Dundee
Dr Marco Gilardi
Dr Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas
Dr Sanaullah Jan
Dr Sean MacAvaney
Prof Roderick Murray-Smith
Dr Thanh Nguyen
Prof Ehud Reiter
Prof Judy Robertson
Dr Frances Ryan
Prof Blesson Varghese
John Vines
Nominees for Best Dissertation 2026
University of Glasgow
Overcoming critical interface design challenges for Automated Vehicle-cyclist interaction.
University of Edinburgh
Categorical Hilbert theory
Edinburgh Napier University
Digital Twin for IoT-based Smart City Applications: Modelling, Communication and Analysis Perspectives
University of Glasgow
Fuzzing techniques for automated vulnerability detection in IoT firmware
University of Glasgow
Safeguarding Children from Harassment in Social VR: Integrating Child, Parent and Expert Perspectives into the Design of Automated Embodied Moderators
University of Edinburgh
Mining High-Speed Data Streams Using Sketches
Glasgow Caledonian University
Wireless Network for Monitoring Pesticide Pollution in Surface and Ground Water
University of Glasgow
Designing gaze interaction for target acquisition on handheld mobile devices.