Misha Mahowald Prizes for Neuromorphic Engineering
Welcome to the Misha Mahowald Prizes
2025 Submissions Due 31 Oct. 2024, 23:59 UTC
Submission instructions here.
The Misha Mahowald Prize (MMP) recognizes outstanding research in neuromorphic engineering, worldwide. The Prize is named for the late Misha Mahowald, one of the most influential pioneers of the field of neuromorphic engineering. The award is considered annually.
The Mahowald Early Career Award (MECA) has been established for individual Master's, PhD, and early postdoctoral students. It is open for submissions year-round, and evaluated once per year.
Individuals or groups are invited to submit a description of their work for consideration by the jury of world-leading figures in the field.
The prize submission deadline is October 31 annually.
2021: Prize awarded to two teams of researchers: Prof. Edmund Lalor and team, Prof. Silvestro Micera, and team
2020: Prof. Shih-Chii Liu and team, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Lifetime Contribution to Neuromorphic Engineering to Prof. Karlheinz Meier.
2018: No award
2017: Prof. Davide Scaramuzza and team, University of Zurich
Photo credit: T. Delbruck
The prize was created by iniLabs, an organization based in Switzerland dedicated to the promotion of research and applications of brain-like computation.
The prize is administered by iniForum GmbH, a Swiss association and events management company that promotes research and applications of brain-like computation.
Prize directors: Tobi Delbruck, Rodney Douglas, and Kynan Eng
Prize coordinator: Kathrin Aguilar (CEO iniForum.ch)
Prize finances are managed by inilabs (David Lawrence)
Website: Martina Ban, Tobi Delbruck
Artwork: Dora Sumislawska