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<h2 class="western" align="center">CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS</h2>
<h3 class="western" align="center">The 2021 Misha Mahowald Prize for
Neuromorphic Engineering</h3>
<h3 class="western" align="center">and </h3>
<h3 class="western" align="center">The 2021 Mahowald Early Career
Award</h3>
<p class="western" align="left"> <font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3"> <b>The Misha Mahowald Prize</b> recognizes
outstanding research in neuromorphic engineering in a broad
sense: neurally-inspired hardware, software, and algorithms; as
well as other novel architectures. The award is for an
individual or a group. The Prize is awarded by a jury of
international experts Chaired by Prof. Terrence Sejnowski, and
carries a prize of USD 10’000.</font> </p>
<p class="western" align="left"> <font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3"> <b>The Mahowald Early Career Award</b> recognizes
outstanding Master's students, PhD doctoral students, or
postdocs within one year of PhD degree conferral date. The Award
is for an individual (not a group) who has created innovative
neuromorphic hardware, software, or an algorithm. The Award is
decided by a jury of established mid-career scientists Chaired
by Prof. Andre van Schaik, and carries a prize of USD 2’000
together with a guaranteed seat at either the Capo Caccia or the
Telluride Workshops for Cognitive Neuromorphic Engineering.</font>
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<p class="western" align="left"> <font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3"> Misha Mahowald, for whom the Prize and Award are
named, was a charismatic, talented and influential pioneer of
neuromorphic engineering whose creative life unfortunately ended
prematurely. She worked at the California Institute of
Technology, Oxford University, and was a founding member of the
Institute of Neuroinformatics at the University of Zurich and
ETH Zurich. Her novel designs of brain-inspired CMOS VLSI
circuits for vision and computation have continued to influence
a generation of engineers.</font> </p>
<p class="western" align="left"> <font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3"> <font color="#ff001f"><b>The submission deadline for
both the Prize and the Award is at 23:59 UTC, 31 October
2021.</b></font></font></p>
<p class="western" align="left"> <font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3"> For more information about the Prize and Award, see
the home page: <a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mahowaldprize.org/__;!!GX6Nv3_Pjr8b-17qtCok029Ok438DqXQ!iqYRuhB1xUFD19GYg5wMpnt9BKi4XBjQ2Otz9evtmaRfIXKin8KbaiABYKi51g$">https://mahowaldprize.org/</a></font>
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