Best Paper Awards of ANNIE 95'

ANNIE 95 - Best Novel in Engineering Paper Winners

Best Paper

Wavelet Packet Parallel Consensual Neural Networks

J.A. Benediktsson, J.R. Sveinsson
Engineering Research Institute, University of Iceland,
Hjardarhagi 2-6, 107 Reykjavik, Iceland.

O.K. Ersoy and P.H. Swain
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN 47907

First Runner Up

Forecasting Foreign Exchange Rates with Artificial Neural Networks

Mark J. Embrechts
Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12065

Second Runner Up

Controlling Water Reservoirs using Hybrid Intelligent Architecture

Ismail Taha and Joydeep Ghosh
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712

ANNIE 95 - Best Theoretical Development Paper Winners

Best Paper

Amoeba Searching Behavior Model for Traveling Salesman Problem

Hiroshi Yokoi
Complex System Eng., Hokkaido Univ., N13 W8, Sapporo, 060 Japan.

Takafumi Mizuno, and Masatoshi Takita
National Institute of Bioscience and Human Tech., Tsukuba, 305 Japan.

Yukinori Kakazu
Complex System Eng., Hokkaido Univ., N13 W8, Sapporo, 060 Japan.

First Runner Up

Network of Oscillating Neurons for Image Segmentation

Srinivasa V. Chakravarthy, Viswanath Ramamurti
and Joydeep Ghosh
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712

Second Runner Up

Convergence Behavior of an Iterative Process: Application to Neural Networks

Ramani S. Pilla
Ph. D. Candidate, Department of Statistics, 326 Classroom Bldg.
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802

Sagar V. Kamarthi
Assistant Professor, Dept. Of Mech., Ind., & Manf. Eng.
Northeastern University, 330 Snell Eng., Boston, MA 02115

Bruce G. Lindsay
Distinguished Professor, Department of Statistics, 326 Classroom Bldg.
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802