Awards

Awards at the workshop and associated with the worskhop include the Best New Neuromorph and the Misha Mahowald Prize for Neuromorphic Engineering. See the winners here.

Best "New Neuromorph"

Each year, the organizing, advisory, and topic area leaders select one or two first-time participants who most clearly represent the collaborative spirit and energy of the workshop. The honor is bestowed at the final banquet. The winners include

2019: Melika Payvand (Univ. of Zurich) and Kenneth Parker (Ken) Chaney (Univ. of Pennsylvania)
2018: Matila Rhode (Cardiff Univ.) and Bodo Rueckauer (Sensors Group, Inst. of Neuroinformatics, UZH-ETH Zurich)
2017: Dr. Claire Pelofi (NYU Music and Audio Research Group) and Moritz Milde (Sensors Group, Inst. of Neuroinformatics, UZH-ETH Zurich)
2016: Tiffany Hwu (Cognitive Anteater Robotics Laboratory, UC Irvine)
2015: Dr. Peter Diehl, (Inst. of Neuroinformatics, UZH-ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
2014: Dr. Danny Neil (Inst. of Neuroinformatics, UZH-ETH Zurich, now at Benevolent AI, New York)
2013: Fang Wang, (College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) , Australian National Univ.)
2012: Prof. Ed Lalor (Trinity College, Dublin, now also affiliated with Rochester Univ.)
2011: Dr. Terry Stewart, (University of Waterloo)
2010: Dr. Jordan Boyle (now Lecturer, School of Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Leeds)
2009: Dr. Manu Rostagi (Univ. of Florida, now at Qualcomm Research)
2008: Prof. John Nafziger (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)
2007: Dr. Anand Chandrasekaran (Stanford)
2006: Dr. Vaibhav Garg (Univ. of Florida, later at Intel Corporation, still later with Comcast)

(the awards date back earlier in the workshop)

Mahowald Award

The annual Misha Mahowald Prize for Neuromorphic Engineering honors individuals or groups. The Mahowald prize is soliciting nominations.