Connectionists: Misha Mahowald Prize for Neuromorphic Enginnering

[Yulia Sandamirskaya]

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS (LAST REMINDER): 

The Second Misha Mahowald Prize for Neuromorphic Engineering.

The Misha Mahowald Prize recognizes outstanding research in neuromorphic engineering in a broad sense: neurally-inspired hardware, but also neuromorphic software, algorithms, and architectures can compete for the award. The award is named for Misha Mahowald, a creative and influential pioneer, who passed away before she could see the field flourishing. She created some of the first neuromorphic circuits including the silicon retina and the silicon neuron.

The Prize is awarded by a jury of international experts and carries a cash prize of USD 3000. 

The inaugural prize was awarded in 2016 to IBM Research for their ground-breaking project on the neuromorphic processor TrueNorth. 

The competition is open to any individual or research group worldwide. A description of any type of neurally-inspired hardware, software, or algorithm may be submitted. The award is for an original, ground-breaking contribution to neuromorphic engineering. The work of individuals and groups will be considered equally. Only one winner is announced each year. There are no runners-up. Revised resubmissions are encouraged. 

To apply:

Send an extended abstract in English of up to two DIN A4 pages, containing:

•	Applicant(s) and affiliation(s)
•	Contact person information
•	Project title
•	Brief description of the work, its novelty, and its potential impact, including images/tables/original paper links  
•	Link to a video, if applicable (authors must arrange for unrestricted online viewing of video)

Send the document as a PDF file (max. size 2 MB) to 

prize at mahowaldprize.org <mailto:prize at mahowaldprize.org>

If a video is included in the submission, a download link to the original source file should be included.

The submission deadline is February 1, 2017. 

2017 Jury:

•	Prof. Dr. Steve Furber, University of Manchester
•	Dr. Dan Hammerstrom, DARPA
•	Prof. Dr. Christof Koch, CSO, Allen Institute for Brain Science
•	Dr. Dharmendra Modha, IBM Research - Almaden
•	Dr. Eric Ryu, Master, Samsung Electronics
•	Prof. Dr. Terrence Sejnowski, Salk Institute (head of the Jury)

The Prize is sponsored by iniLabs, a technology company based in Switzerland that invents, produces, and sells neuromorphic technologies for research. iniLabs plays no role in selecting the nominee.






—
Dr. Yulia Sandamirskaya
Neuroscience Center Zurich (ZNZ)
Institute  of  Neuroinformatics
University and ETH Zurich
Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich
E-mail: yulia.sandamirskaya at ini. <mailto:ysandamirskaya at ini.ethz>uzh.ch
Tel: +41 77 97 46613, +41 44 63 53045

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