Recipients of NOLTA Student Paper Award

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NOLTA 2022

Awardees : Best Student Paper

Yoshiki Yasuda (Chiba Institute of Technology):
Analysis of Functional Connectivity of EEG Reflecting Circadian Rhythm Using Phase Lag Index
Honoka Shiratori (University of Tokyo):
Asymmetric Collective Decision Making Through Quantum Interference

Awardees : Student Paper

Kaiji Sekimoto (Yamagta University):
Spatial Monte Carlo Integration for Learning Restricted Boltzmann Machines
Yuhan Chen (Kobe University):
Variational Integrator for Hamiltonian Neural Networks
Daiki Hozumi (Okayama University of Science):
Study of Nonlinear Phenomena in Current-Mode Controlled DC-DC Converter with TEM via a Closed-Form Mapping Without Approximation
Atsuhiro Hada (Osaka University):
Efficient Hessian Vector Products Calculation of Neural ODE Based on Second-Order Adjoint Method
Ibuki Matsumoto (Chiba Institute of Technology):
Long-Tailed Distribution of Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials Enhances Learning Performance of Liquid State Machine
Ibuki Nakamura (Hiroshima City University):
Comparizon Between Spatiotemporally Discrete LCR Circuit Model and a Quantum Counterpart
Kenta Hama (Osaka University):
Common Space Learning with Gaussian Embedding for Multi-Modal Entity Alignment
Tomoki Yamagami (University of Tokyo):
Skeleton Structure Inherent in Quantum Walks
Ryuya Kawano (Ibaraki University):
Stability Analysis of Partial Amplitude Death in Delay-Coupled Star Networks

NOLTA 2020

Awardees : Best Student Paper

Yanran Wang (Kyoto University):
Algorithm for Analyzing Swarm Formation in Two Dimensional Time-Invariant External Potential
Yoshihiro Yonemura (Future University Hakodate):
Multi-Modal Processing of Visual and Auditory Signals on Network Model Based on Predictive Coding and Reservoir Computing

Awardees : Student Paper

Kentaro Takeda (Hosei University):
Asynchronous CA Model of Central Pattern Generator
Mizuka Komatsu (Kobe University):
Parameter Estimation for Dynamical Systems via Structural Realization
Ayane Nakamura (University of Tsukuba):
A Stochastic Model for Car/Ride-Share Service by a Bus Company
Sendillkkumaar Indrapriyadarsini (Shizuoka University):
A Nesterov's Accelerated Quasi-Newton Method for Global Routing Using Deep Reinforcement Learning
Yuichiro Tanaka (Kyushu Institute of Technology):
A Brain-Inspired Artificial Intelligence Model of Hippocampus, Amygdala, and Prefrontal Cortex on Home Service Robots
Keisuke Fukuda (Tohoku University):
Cyclic Reservoir Neural Network Circuit for 3D IC Implementation

NOLTA 2019

Awardees : Best Student Paper

Sendilkkumaar Indrapriyadarsini (Shizuoka University):
An Adaptive Stochastic Nesterov Accelerated Quasi Newton Method for Training RNNs
Andrey Andreev (Innopolis University):
Coherent Resonance in Brain Neuronal Networks Under Visual Stimulation
Chiemi Tanaka (Tokyo University of Science):
Implementation of APCMA Protocol for Power Packet Networks
Kazuya Sawada (Tokyo University of Science):
Estimation of Neural Network Structure Using Inter-Spike Intervals

Awardees : Student Paper

Hiroshi Yamashita (University of Tokyo):
Bounded Continous-Time Satisfiability Solver
Yamato Mogi (Kyoto University):
Analytical Solutions of Localized Modes Induced by a Receiving Coil on Resonant Circuit Array with Nearest Neighbor Coupling
Satoshi Moriya (Tohoku University):
Time-Series Information Processing in Cultured Neuronal Network Models
Naoki Nishimura (University of Tsukuba):
Estimating Product-Choice Probabilities from Sequences of Page Views
Kotaro Kasahara (Tokyo University of Science):
Effects of TRPM2 Channel on Insulin Secretion
Seiya Amoh (Tokushima University):
A Method to Suppress Excited States for High Symmetrical DOPO Networks
Takahiro Ozawa (Hosei University):
Time-Variant Elementary Cellular Automata: Simple Feature Quantities for Analysis
Dong-Seok Lee (Dong-eui University):
Intra Prediction Method for Depth Picture Using Spherical Modeling

NOLTA 2018

Awardees : Best Student Paper

Eoghan Staunton (National University of Ireland Galway):
Noise and bistability in the square root map
Tetsu Iwamoto (Osaka Prefecture University):
Suppression of oscillation in delay-coupled oscillator networks with slow switching topology
Miguel Garcia-Bosque (University of Zaragoza):
A multi-encryption scheme and its application to improve the random properties of a chaos-based stream cipher

Awardees : Student Paper

Minami Tsuchiya (Yamagata University):
Estimation of awaking time using a deep neural network with physiological data during sleep
Naoki Hirakura (Tokyo Metropolitan University):
Efficient orthogonalization method for eigenvectors of the Laplacian matrix for estimation of social network structure
Yoshitaka Itoh (Tokyo Denki University):
Reconstructing bifurcation diagrams of the Duffing equations
Dong-Seok Lee (Dong-eui University):
Depth picture prediction using curved surface modeling
Honami Tsushima (Nippon Institute of Technology):
Tabu search method for multiple-vehicle bike sharing system routing problem
Takuya Nanami (University of Tokyo):
Modeling primary neurons in drosophila auditory system
Ryoko Sugano (Chiba University):
High-frequency soft-switching resonant driver for SiC class-D amplifier

NOLTA 2017

Awardees : Best Student Paper

Yuu Miino (Tokushima University):
Global bifurcation analysis of a simple piecewise linear non-autonomous dynamical system

Awardees : Student Paper

Yoichi Masuda (Osaka University):
Muscles Excite and Synchronize Themselves Through Their Intrinsic Dynamics
Mayu Aoki (Tokyo University of Science):
Effect of Connectivity Weights of Inhibitory Neurons in Neuronal Avalanches
Takahiro Kouda (Osaka Prefecture University):
Minimal Coupling Strength Inducing Amplitude Death in Stuart-Landau Oscillators Coupled by Delayed Connections
Hakui Teki (Osaka Prefecture University):
Amplitude Death in a Pair of Two-Dimensional Complex Ginzburg-Landau Systems Coupled by Delay Connections
Yun Qian (Osaka University):
Obstacle Avoidance of 4-wheeled Vehicle Using Receding Horizon Control with iLQG Method Considering Computational Delay
Tri Quoc Truong (Nagaoka University of Technology):
Analysis of Bifurcation Phenomena of Coupled Piecewise-Constant Hysteresis Oscillators

NOLTA 2016

Awardees : Best Student Paper

Shinnosuke Masamura (Osaka Prefecture University):
Experimental Verification of Amplitude Death in a Pair of Double-Scroll Circuits Coupled by a One-Way Partial Time-Varying Delay Connection
Risa Takahashi (Hosei University) :
A Variety of Super-Stable Periodic Orbits in a Simple Dynamical System with Integrate-and-Fire Switching

Awardees : Student Paper

Takuya Nanami (University of Tokyo):
Elliptic and Parabolic Bursting in a Digital Silicon Neuron Model
Yasuo Nakashima (Nagoya University):
Effect of a Root-Raised-Cosine Filtered BPSK Signal on a Stochastic Resonance Receiver
Atsuki Mitani (Kyoto University):
Existence Condition and Stability of Rotating Intrinsic Localized Modes in FPU-β Chain with Fixed Boundaries
Takuma Sasaki (Saitama University):
Common-Signal-Induced Synchronization in Photonic Integrated Circuits Driven by Constant-Amplitude Random-Phase Light
Tadashi Nakamura (Osaka Prefecture University) :
Robust Performance of Two-Wheeled Mobile Robot Circular Formations Controlled by Coupled Oscillators
Chiaki Matsuda (Kyoto Sangyo University) :
Homoclinic Bifurcations in a Piece-Wise Constant Neuron Model

NOLTA 2015

Awardees : Best Student Paper

Bo Li (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) :
Optimal Facility Location with Message Passing Algorithm
Guidong Zhang (South China University of Technology) :
Impedance Networks Matching Mechanism for Designing Power Converters

Awardees : Student Paper

Viet Hung Nguyen (Nagaoka University of Technology) :
Chaos Control Method Based on the Stability Transformation Method Utilizing the Occasional Proportional Feedback Control
Jack Moore (University of Western Australia) :
Improvements to Local Projective Noise Reduction Through Higher Order and Multiscale Refinements
Yeelai Shu (Kyushu University) :
Performance Evaluation of a Random Number Generation Using a Beta Encoder
Konstantinos Sakellariou (University of Western Australia) :
Complex Network Transformations of Nonlinear Time Series: the Ordinal Partitions Method

NOLTA 2014

Awardees : Student Paper

Britta Velten (ETH Zurich) :
Image-Based Parameter Inference for Spatio-Temporal Models of Organogenesis
Masaaki Kojima (Tokushima University) :
Multimode Oscillations Coupled with an Inductor with High-Order Nonlinearities
Elena Tamaseviciute (Center for Physical Sciences and Technology) :
“Three-Shot” Technique for Stabilizing Unknown Saddle Steady States of Dynamical Systems

NOLTA 2013

Awardees : Best Student Paper

Gonzalez Carab Lizeth (Hokkaido University) :
Asynchronous Digital Circuit Design Using Noise-Driven Stochastic Gates
Saori Fujioka (University of Tokushima) :
Asynchronous Oscillations of Double-Mode and N-Phase in a Ring of Simultaneous Oscillators

Awardees : Student Paper

Akiyoshi Tanaka (Saitama University) :
Analysis on Information Diffusion of a Mathematical Model with Dynamical Sending Probability
Yong Gao (Saitama University) :
Classification of Real Networks by Using Classical Multidimensional Scaling
Naoki Shimada (Kyoto Sangyo University) :
Multi-Compartment Asynchronous Cellular Automaton and its Application for Neuron Modeling
Yuichiro Sueoka (Osaka University) :
Harnessing Control of Sheepdog Agents by On-Line Clustering

NOLTA 2012

Awardees : Student Paper

Irina Balakireva (FEMTO-ST Institute) :
Bifurcation Analysis of Kerr Optical Frequency Comb Generation
Yoshiki Sugitani (Osaka Prefecture University) :
Stability Analysis of Amplitude Death Induced by a Time-Varying Delay Connection in Network Oscillators
Koichi Takahashi (Keio University) :
Facial Expression Recognition with Individual Adjustment
Wataru Kurebayashi (Saitama University) :
A Theory on Noise-Induced Synchronization of Chaotic Oscillators
Kaori Kuroda (Saitama University) :
Estimation of Connectivities of Neurons Using Multi-Dimensional Scaling
Belen Sancristóbal (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) :
Reciprocal Connectivity Enhances Frequency Locking and Phase Coherence between Gamma Oscillations

NOLTA 2011

Awardees : Student Paper

Taichi Kiwaki Zurich (University of Tokyo) :
A Theory of Distributed Code Integration for Cortical Circuits
Martin Schule (University of Zurich and ETH Zurich) :
The Dynamic Behaviour of a Simple Dynamics Model of Locally Coupled Oscillators
Mamoru Suefuji (Saitama University) :
Low-Frequency Electrical Therapy with Chaotic Vibration and its Performance Analysis
Yutaro Yamashita (Osaka University) :
Bifurcation-Based Synthesis of a PWC Analog Spiking Neuron Model
Atsushi Yao (Kyoto University) :
Switching Control Between Stable Periodic Vibrations in a Nonlinear MEMS Resonator

NOLTA 2010

Awardees : Student Paper

Hiroyuki Asahara (Oita University, Japan) :
Nonlinear Dynamics in Buck-Boost Converter with Spike Noise
Koji Kurose (Tohoku University, Japan) :
Analyses of Coupled Hindmarsh-Rose Type Bursting Oscillators
Koichi Takahashi (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan) :
Facial Expression Recognition Using a Simplified Head Model and RBF Networks
Dani Tannir (McGill University, Canada) :
Single-Tone Moments Based Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis of Nonlinear Intermodulation Distortion in RF Circuits
Athanasios Tsanas (University of Oxford, UK) :
New nonlinear markers and insights into speech signal degradation for effective tracking of Parkinson's disease symptom severity

NOLTA 2009

Awardees : Best Student Paper (Gold Prize)

Daisuke Kimura (Hosei University) :
A Simple Switched Dynamical System Based on Photovoltaic Systems
Takurou Misaka (Osaka University) :
Control of Selfish Routing Based on Replicator Dynamics with State-Dependent Tax

Awardees : Student Paper (Silver Prize)

Leonidas Georgopoulos (EPFL) :
Nonlinear Average Consensus
Yukihiro Hamasuna (University of Tsukuba) :
Two Types of Tolerant Hard C-Means Clustering
Tetsuya Hishiki (Osaka University) :
A Novel Resonate-and-Fire-Type Digital Spiking Neuron and its Bifurcation Analysis
Tatsuya Katoh (University of Fukui) :
Practical Preprocessing in Realizing Errorless and Compressive Description Method of Digital Sounds in Cellular Automata
Yukinobu Makihara (Hokkaido University) :
A Clock-Period Comparison ADPLL with a Linearity Improved DCO
Makito Oku (University of Tokyo) :
A Meso-Scopic Model of the Binding Formation in the Brain
Takuya Okuda (Osaka Prefecture University) :
Experimental Evidence of Synchronization in Pulse-Coupled Oscillators with a Refractory Period and Frequency Distribution
Yutaka Shimada (Saitama University) :
From Chaotic Attractors to Complex Networks

NOLTA 2008

Awardees : Best Student Paper (Gold Prize)

Stefan Martignoli (University and ETH Zurich) :
Synchronization of model neurons to AM auditory stimuli
Yusuke Matsuoka (Hosei University) :
Bifurcation phenomena of the rotation map with a controlling segment
Takafumi Matsuura (Saitama University) :
An effective chaotic search by using 2-opt and Or-opt algorithms for traveling salesman problem
Alessandro Palladini (University of Bologna) :
Modeling behavioral tasks to asses visual information integration and motor information encoding in parietal cortex
Hiroko Yoneshima (Osaka Prefecture University) :
Feedback control of spiral waves in a cellular automata model of excitable media

Awardees: Student Paper (Silver Prize)

Shintaro Arai (Tokushima University) :
Error-correcting method based on chaotic dynamics for noncoherent chaos communications
Márk Csörnyei (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) :
Chaotic oscillations of noise suppressed solid state lasers used in optical-wireless networks
Takashi Inoue (Tokushima University) :
Edge enhancement of color image by three-layer cellular neural network considering three primary colors
Yuta Kakimoto (The University of Tokyo) :
A hierarchical chaotic neural network model for multistable binocular rivalry
Haruna Matsushita (Tokushima University) :
Nonlinear spring model of self-organizing map arranged in two-dimensional array
Takeshi Matsuda (Tokyo Institute of Technology) :
Weighted blowups of Kullback information and application to multinomial distributions
Takahiro Sota (Tohoku University) :
ID model with higher-order connections for the traveling salesman problem
Elena Tamaseviciute (Vilnius University) :
Adaptive control of steady states and slowly varying states in the Duffing-Holmes type system with unstable high-pass filter
Yuta Ueoka (Doshisha university) :
Efficiency of statistical measures to estimate network structure of chaos coupled systems
Masaaki Usui (Musashi Institute of Technology) :
A profit sharing reinforcement learning method using a memory-based dynamic reinforcement function