There are four awards to be presented at ICONIP2006.  Two are awarded by the APNNA Governing Board and the two others are awarded by the ICONIP2006 Program Committee.

APNNA Awards

APNNA Outstanding Achievement Award

• For outstanding contribution in neuro-computing and related areas.
• The maximum number of person to be awarded each year is 1 person.
• APNNA Governing Board Members may make nominations on or before September 3, 2006.
• The 2006 APNNA Outstanding Achievement Award was presented by Prof. Soo-Young Lee to Prof. Lei  Xu for his outstanding work on Statistical Learning Theory.
  

APNNA Excellent Service Award

• For excellent service to APNNA.
• The maximum number of persons to be awarded each year is 2 persons.
• Candidates should be APNNA members who are actively promoting and serving APNNA.
• APNNA Governing Board Members may make nominations on or before September 3, 2006.
• The 2006 APNNA Excellent Service Award was presented by Prof. Soo-Young Lee to Prof. Shiro Usui for his great contribution and service to APNNA.

ICONIP2006 Awards

ICONI2006 Best Paper Award

• The Best Paper Award honors the author(s) of a paper of exceptional merit.
• The Best Paper Award and HKD $3,000 was presented to Colin Molter
  (RIKEN Brain Science Institute),  Naoyuki Sato (RIKEN Brain Science Institute), Utku Salihoglu (Brussels University) and Yoko Yamaguchi (RIKEN Brain Science Institute) for the paper titled, "How reward can induce reverse replay of behavioral sequences in the hippocampus".

ICONIP2006 Best Student Paper Award by NIP-LR

• Candidates
1. For best paper award, authors who register and are present in ICONIP2006.
2. For student paper award, student authors of a student paper who register and are present in ICONIP2006. A student paper is defined as a paper with the first author being a registered student at an educational institution.
• Procedure
• Nomination will be made by ICONIP2006 Committee members .
• Award decision will be made by the Awards Panel Members after the nomination's presentation at the ICONIP2006 conference.
• Awards will be presented at the banquet.
• The Best Student Paper Award and HKD $2,000 was presented to Takahiro KABE (Hosei University), Hiroyuki TORIKAI (Hosei University), and Toshimichi SAITO (Hosei University) for the  paper titled, "Synchronization via multiplex spike-trains in digital pulse-coupled networks".

Finalist of Best Papers

4496
How reward can induce reverse replay of behavioral sequences in the hippocampus
Colin Molter, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan
Naoyuki Sato,  RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan
Utku Salihoglu, Brussels University, Belgium; 
Yoko Yamaguchi, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan

4369
Efficient Domain Action Classification Using Neural Networks
Hyunjung Lee, Sogang University, Korea
Harksoo Kim, Kangwon National University, Korea
Jungyun Seo, Sogang University, Korea

5423
A statistical approach for learning invariants: application to image color correction and learning invariants to illumination
B. Bascle, Orange / France Telecom R & D, France
O. Bernier, Orange / France Telecom R & D, France
V. Lemaire, Orange / France Telecom R & D, France

4395
Adaptive Boosting: Dividing the Learning Set to Increase the Diversity and Performance of the Ensemble
Joaqu´ın Torres-Sospedra, Universitat Jaume I, Spain
Carlos Hern´andez-Espinosa, Universitat Jaume I, Spain
Mercedes Fern´andez-Redondo, Universitat Jaume I, Spain

5537
Semi-Supervised Learning of Dynamic Self-Organising Maps
Arthur Hsu, University of Melbourne, Australia
Saman K. Halgamuge, University of Melbourne, Australia

Finalist of Best Student Papers

4597 
A Brain-Inspired Cerebellar Associative Memory Approach to Option Pricing and Arbitrage Trading
S. D. Teddy, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
E. M-K. Lai, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
C. Quek, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

5319
A New Approach to Discover Interlacing Data Structures in High-dimensional Space
Tao Ban,Kobe University, Japan
Shigeo Abe, Kobe University, Japan
Changshui Zhang, Tsinghua University, China
Zhongbao Kou, Tsinghua University, China
Wei Shu, Tsinghua University, China

5470
Power spectral density based activation detection in functiona MRI time-series 
Arun Kumar, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore
Jagath C. Rajapakse, Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

5349
Sequence Disambiguation by Functionally Divided Hippocampal CA3 Model
Toshikazu Samura, Keio University, Japan
Motonobu Hattori, University of Yamanashi, Japan
Shun Ishizaki,Keio University, Japan

5218
Synchronization via multiplex spike-trains in digital pulse-coupled networks
Takahiro KABE, Hosei University, Japan
Hiroyuki TORIKAI, Hosei University, Japan
Toshimichi SAITO, Hosei University, Japan　

ICONIP2006 Grants

ICONI2006 Student Travel Grant

A number of Student Travel Grants is available to student delegates with papers accepted for oral presentation at ICONIP2006.

Requirements:

1. The applicant must be a full-time student at a higher education institution.
2. The applicant must be the first author of the paper.
3. The applicant must be registered to attend and present the paper at ICONIP2006.

Procedure:

1. Email to the Organizing Chair, Prof. Manwai Mak <enmwmak@polyu.edu.hk> and cc to <iconip06@cse.cuhk.edu.hk> with the Subject: "Request for Student Travel Grants".
2. Provide the following information in the email:

1.     A valid current student ID card (scanned version is o.k.)
2.     A letter from the supervisor with institution's letterhead/chop indicating the student's status (scanned version is o.k.)
3.    Paper ID
4.    Paper Title
5.    Provide an estimated travel expense summary from the institution's city to Hong Kong

The grant will be given ONLY at the conference site to the designated student after the presentation.  The maximum possible amount for each grant will not exceed HKD $1,000.

The deadline to apply for the grant is July 31.  The notification will be out by August 21.

Student Travel Grant Notification