To be eligible for the Typhoon HIL Best Paper Award Latin America 2025, submissions must showcase applied research that advances digital power systems—preferably using real-time simulation, HIL, or digital twin technologies—with demonstrated relevance to real-world challenges in power electronics or power systems.

Key Criteria:

• Papers must be published in journals, transactions, or conference proceedings.
• Papers must be written in English.
• At least one author must be affiliated with a Latin American institution.
• Papers must have been published, accepted for publication, or presented at a conference within the  period of April 30, 2020, up to the BPA Latin America submission deadline.
• Research must demonstrate clear applicability, particularly in the context of digitalization of the power grid, embedded software, control algorithms, and system validation.
• Priority is given to research that rigorously tests ideas using Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) platforms, whether Typhoon HIL, other vendors, or custom-built setups.

The Evaluation Committee will review all submissions and select the Top 5 Papers, which will be divided into two categories:

Best Paper Awards (Top 3 Recipients):

• One HIL604 real-time simulator
• Fully integrated software toolchain with all toolboxes unlocked and unlimited installations for two years

Outstanding Paper Selections (2 Recipients):

• One HIL101 real-time simulator
• Fully integrated software toolchain with all toolboxes unlocked and unlimited installations for two years

All Top 5 Finalists will receive:

• One full SEPOC 2025 registration (covered for one author)
• Typhoon HIL Best Paper Award Latin America 2025 certificate (issued in the names of all authors)