Award Winners

MIDDLEWARE recognizes outstanding work with three awards:

• Test of Time Award: given since 2009 to a paper published in MIDDLEWARE ten years earlier that has had the most impact since publication.
• Best Paper Award: selected by the Program Committee of each conference, with runners-up recognized since 2022.
• Best Student Paper Award: selected by the Program Committee of each conference, with runners-up recognized since 2025.

The 2026 awards will be announced at MIDDLEWARE 2026 in Tarragona.