2020
in the 19th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2020) (Spotlight paper and Runner-Up for Best student paper award)
Awarded to: Diego MoussallemAxel-Cyrille Ngonga NgomoDwaraknath GnaneshwarThiago Castro Ferreira
2020
in the 22nd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS) (Runner-Up for Best research paper award)
Awarded to: Diego MoussallemItalo Lopes OliveiraLuís Paulo Faina GarciaRenato Fileto
2019
Top-4 team out of 20 teams in the Rich Context Competition. Longer description goes here if needed
Awarded to: Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo
2018
in Semantics Semantics 2018 (Best research paper award)
Awarded to: Axel-Cyrille Ngonga NgomoMuhammad SaleemAlexander PotockiTommaso SoruOlaf Hartig
2018
in ISWC Satellite Events and SSWS, 2018 (Best paper award)
Awarded to: Axel-Cyrille Ngonga NgomoMuhammad SaleemAli HasnainbDietrich Rebholz-Schuhmann
2018
Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC) (Honorable mentioned)
Awarded to: Axel-Cyrille Ngonga NgomoA ValdestilhasT SoruM NentwigE Marx
2017
Best Performing System at OKE 2017 for Tasks 1 and 2
Awarded to: René SpeckMichael Röder
2017
Second-best score in ISWC Semantic Web Challenge 2017 tasks behind the IBMs system Socrates
Awarded to: René Speck
2017
Best Demo Award
Awarded to: Axel-Cyrille Ngonga NgomoIvan ErmilovSimon BinJens LehmannGezim SejdiuBuehmann LorenzPatrick WestphalClaus StadlerNilesh ChakrabortyHenning PetzkaHajira Jabeen
2017
Runner Up for Best Paper Award at ISCS 2017
Awarded to: Axel-Cyrille Ngonga NgomoMuhammad SaleemEdgard MarxSaeedeh ShekarpourTommaso SoruAdrian M.P. BrasoveanuCiro BaronAlbert WeichselbraunJens LehmannSoren Auer
2016
as one of the top-15 African researchers under 42
Awarded to: Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo
2016
Runner Up for Best Paper Award at KESW 2016
Awarded to: Ricardo UsbeckAxel-Cyrille Ngonga NgomoMichael RöderMuhammad Saleem
2015
1st prize at Task 2 of Open Knowledge Extraction (OKE) Challenge at International Semantic Web Conference, 2015
Awarded to: Michael RöderRicardo UsbeckRené SpeckAxel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo
2015
Best Demo Award in The Semantic Web: ESWC 2015 Satellite Events, Revised Selected Papers, Demos & Posters, pages 159–164, 2015
Awarded to: Ricardo UsbeckMichael RöderAxel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo
2015
2nd prize at Question Answering over Linked Data (QALD) 5 in CLEF 2015 Labs and Workshops, Notebook Papers. CEUR Workshop Proceedings (CEUR-WS.org/Vol-1391), 2015
Awarded to: Ricardo UsbeckAxel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo
2014
Best of Workshop (WASABI) in Joint Second International Workshop on Semantic Web Enterprise Adoption and Best Practice and Second International Workshop on Finance and Economics on the Semantic Web at ESWC, 2014
Awarded to: Ricardo UsbeckD. CherixA. BothJ. Lehmann
2014
Best of Workshop (LD4IE) in 2nd International Workshop on Linked Data for Information Extraction at the International Semantic Web Conference, pages 33–44, 2014
Awarded to: Axel-Cyrille Ngonga NgomoMichael RöderRicardo Usbeck
2014
Best paper award at conference on Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences (CSHALS 2014)
2014
Best Paper (Informatiktage). Informatik-Spektrum, 38(5):400–405, 2014
Awarded to: Ricardo Usbeck
2014
Best Student Research Paper - Sponsored by FORGE
Awarded to: Axel-Cyrille Ngonga NgomoAnisa RulaMatteo PalmonariDaniel GerberJens LehmannLorenz Bühmann
2013
Semantic Web Challenge (Big Data Track Award) at ISWC 2013
2013
I-Challenge Award (Linked Data Cup Award) at I-Semantics 2013
2013
Best System Description Award at KESW'2013 conference
Awarded to: Ivan ErmilovM. MartinJ. LehmannS. Auer