Prize-winning Papers

Best Paper in Technical Stream

Sparse Covariance Matrix Adaptation Techniques for Evolution Strategies
S. Meyer-Nieberg and E. Kropat (Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany)

Best Paper in Application Stream

Development of Temporal Logic-Based Fuzzy Decision Support System for Diagnosis of Acute Rheumatic Fever/Rheumatic Heart Disease
Sanjib Raj Pandey, Jixin Ma and Chong Hong Lai (University of Greenwich, UK)

Best Student Paper - Technical Stream

(excluding papers that have won other prizes)

Fast Handwritten Digit Recognition with Multilayer Ensemble Extreme Learning Machine
Hossein Ghodrati Noushahr, Samad Ahmadi and Arlene Casey (De Montfort University, UK)

Best Student Paper - Application Stream

(excluding papers that have won other prizes)

A novel K-means Voice Activity Detection Algorithm using Linear Cross Correlation on the Standard Deviation of Linear Predictive Coding
M. K. Mustafa, Tony Allen and Kofi Appiah (Nottingham Trent University, UK)