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<em>Congratulations INNS Award Recipients! </em></span></i></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><em><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">The INNS Awards -- </span></em><strong><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Donald O. Hebb Award.</span></i></strong><em><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"> The award recognizes
outstanding achievements in biological learning. </span></em><strong><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Hermann von Helmholtz Award.</span></i></strong><em><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"> The award recognizes
outstanding achievements in perception.</span></em><strong><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Dennis Gabor Award</span></i></strong><em><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">. The award recognizes outstanding
achievements in neural engineering. </span></em><strong><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Ada Lovelace Service Award</span></i></strong><em><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"> recognizes meritorious service to
the neural community. <b>Aharon Katzir</b> </span></em><strong><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Young Investigator Award</span></i></strong><em><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"> is conferred to a most promising
young investigator in the field of neural networks. </span></em><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><em><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">All of the awards will be ceremonially
presented at the 2019 IJCNN Conference. This year in beautiful Budapest. </span></em></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><em><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">INNS congratulates this year's five recipients:</span></em><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><strong><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Stephen Grossberg -
Donald O. Hebb Award</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><em><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Bernard Baars -
Hermann von Helmholtz Award</span></b></em><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><strong><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Danilo Mandic -
Dennis Gabor Award</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><strong><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Don Wunsch - Ada Lovelace Service Award</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><strong><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Zhen Ni - Aharon
Katzir Young Investigator Award</span></i></strong></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;font-weight:normal">Come to celebrate with us and them -</span></strong></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;font-weight:normal"><br></span></strong></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Hava Siegelmann – Chair, INNS Awards
Committee </span></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"></span></p></div>