N. Huber, M. von Quast, M. Hauck, and S. Kounev. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science (CLOSER 2011), page 563 -- 573. SciTePress, (May 2011)Acceptance Rate: 18/164 = 10.9\%, <b>Best Paper Award</b>.
S. Kounev, K. Bender, F. Brosig, N. Huber, and R. Okamoto. 4th International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques (SIMUtools 2011), March 21--25, 2011, Barcelona, Spain, (March 2011)Acceptance Rate (Full Paper): 29.8\% (23/77), <b>ICST Best Paper Award</b>.
J. von Kistowski. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Am Fasanengarten 5, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany, Master Thesis, (March 2014)<b>Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Forschungstransfers (GFFT) Prize "Best Master Thesis"</b>.
J. von Kistowski, N. Herbst, and S. Kounev. Proceedings of the Symposium on Software Performance 2014, page 131--140. University of Stuttgart, Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Information Technology, (November 2014)<b>Best Poster Award</b>.