The Award Selection Committee in IEEE SMC Hiroshima Chapter chose the award winner group of“IEEE SMC Hiroshima Chapter Contribution Award”from all the IEEE SMC Hiroshima Chapter (66) Members based on the achievements over the past 4 years. The 2013～2014 IEEE SMC Hiroshima Chapter Organizing Committee took the leadership for activating the SMC research fields by planning and conducting International Workshops (IEEE IWCIAs) and Special Sessions in IEEE SMC Conferences. In addition, the group serves Chapter members by conducting Young Researchers’ Workshops, a Software Contest, and Invited special lectures. These activities resulted in the rapid growth of the number of Chapter members. Based on these activities, SMC Hiroshima Chapter was awarded “IEEE Outstanding SMCS Chapter Award”by the SMC Society in 2015. As a result, the SMC Hiroshima Chapter has been globally recognized as an outstanding chapter. Thus, the group contributed greatly for the development of the SMC fields in Hiroshima.
– Shin Kamada (Hiroshima City University) “A Consideration of Knowledge Acquisition from Adaptive Learning Method of Deep Belief Network,” Co-authored with Takumi Ichimura
– Hideaki Hayashi (Hiroshima University) “A Non-Gaussian Approach for Biosignal Classification Based on the Johnson SU Translation System” Co-authoerd with Yuichi Kurita and Toshio Tsuji
– Toshiki Nishio (Hiroshima City University) “Proposal of Adaptive Particle Swarm Optimization with Multi-dimensional Mutation,” Co-authored with Jun-ichi Kushida, Akira Hara, and Tetsuyuki Takahama
– Kentaro Uehara (Hiroshima University) “A Study for Retailer’s Risk Hedge Considering Responses of Consumers in Electricity Liberalization,” Co-authored with Shinya Sekizaki, Ichiro Nishizaki, and Tomohiro Hayashida
