These two awards will be selected and awarded at the conference. The session chairs, PSC members, and fellows will do the selection. Awarded authors will also be listed on this page.
Application: The application for the Young CAADRIA Award (YCA) will open in February 2026.
The Young CAADRIA Awards are funded by CAADRIA and include sponsorship of conference registration fees, as well as a certificate presented during the conference. Applications are open to full or part-time registered students (Ph.D., PG, or UG students). Applications can be submitted after receiving notification of full paper acceptance. The awards allocation will be made by a committee jointly formed by CAADRIA, the Paper Selection Committee, and the Conference Host, and will be based on the merit of the paper, c relevance to CAADRIA, as well as the demonstrated depth of research interest. Awards will be applied to conference registration fees and are not transferable (e.g., awardees cannot assign them to co-authors). If an awardee does not attend the conference, no award will be given. The awards will be selected prior to the conference. A student can apply for the award only if the Full Paper is selected for inclusion in the conference. An applicant can win the award more than once, chosen based on the merit of their work. There is no restriction if someone has won the Young CAADRIA Award in the past 3 years.
Selection Criteria:
Typically only one student per university per year.
Nomination: The Call for Nominations will be announced in March 2026.
From 2019, the Sasada Prize follows the discontinued Sasada Award (awarded from 2007 until 2016), which was instituted in the memory of Prof. Tsuyoshi Sasada (1941-2005), former Professor of Osaka University, co-founder and Fellow of CAADRIA, a prolific researcher and teacher from whose lab over 200 students have graduated, and better known as "Tee" in the community.
The Sasada Prize does not carry a monetary award. As of 2019, the annual Sasada Prize will be awarded to an individual whose sustained record of contributions demonstrates or promises a significant impact on the field of computer-aided design. In keeping with Tee’s spirit, the award recipient will have contributed to the next generation of researchers and academics, as well as to the broader profession and practice in computer-aided design and research, and earned recognition in the peer community. The Award will be decided by a selection committee comprising one member from the Osaka Lab (Prof. Atsuko Kaga, Osaka University), one CAADRIA Fellow, who will act as chairman (Prof. Tom Kvan, University of Melbourne), and the current CAADRIA president. The Sasada Prize will be announced and presented at the CAADRIA conference.