2008

Jos Schepens Memorial Fund 2008 Jens Hermans Rewarded for master thesis 'Optimization of Inland Shipping'

Best student paper award Sebastiaan Indesteege Best student paper award (Europe region) of the 11th Information Security Conference (ISC 2008) for the paper "Collisions for RC4-Hash".

KES 2008 Best Student Paper Award Anneleen Daemen Best Student Research Paper Award at the 12th International Conference on Knowledge-Based & Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems, Zagreb, Croatia, 3-5 September 2008, for the paper "Classification of Sporadic and BRCA1 Ovarian Cancer Based on a Genome-wide Study of Copy Number Variations".

Best student paper award Mina Deng "Best student paper" of the IEEE International Symposium on Electronic Commerce and Security 2008, for the paper "Attacks on two buyer-seller watermarking protocols and an improvement for revocable anonymity".

Alston S Householder Award 2008 Ivan Markovsky Best Dissertation in Numerical Linear Algebra Awarded at the Householder XVII Symposium held in Zeuthen, Germany, June 1-6, 2008 Selection Commitee: James Demmel (university of California), Howard Elman (University of Maryland), Volker Mehrmann (TU Berlin), Sabine Van Huffel (K.U. Leuven), Charles Van Loan (Cornell University) Committee Chair

Outstanding achievement award for student research paper Mina Deng "Towards cross-context identity management framework in e-health" won the prize of "outstanding achievement award for student research paper", granted by the New Zealand State Services Commission, with a prize of 1000 NZ$. (Joint work with Danny De Cock)

Celtic Excellence Award 2008 Marc Moonen ESAT-SCD participated in the EU/Celtic project BANITS ('Broadband Access Networks Integrated Telecommunication System'), which received the 'Celtic Excellence Award 2008'. Six Celtic projects of Call 1 and Call 2 have been granted the 'Celtic Excellence Award' for their outstanding achievements. The BANITS Project was led by Javier Hurtado and Luis Perez Roldan of Telefónica I+D (Madrid, Spain). Project Participants were Telefónica I+D (Spain), Alcatel-Lucent Bell (Belgium), Ericsson AB (Sweden), Inelcom (Spain), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), Optibase (Israel), RAD Data Communications (Israel), Fundacion Robotiker (Spain) and UpZide Labs (Sweden). The award was granted "because of a number of new products, patents, and standard contributions (generated by the project), which are expected to generate new income, new jobs, and to assure better competitiveness of the companies involved". http://www.celtic-initiative.org/Publications/Press_releases/PR-award.pdf

PSB 2008 travel fellowship Anneleen Daemen Travel fellowship to attend the 13th Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB 2008) in Big Island, Hawaii, USA for the amount of $1000USD.

2007

Duane F. Bruley Award (ISOTT) Dominique De Smet The Duane F. Bruley Awards was established were first presented by ISOTT at the 2004 annual meeting in Bari, Italy. They were established to support travel funds for student researchers in all areas of oxygen transport to tissue. The Awards signify Dr. Bruley's interest in seeking young scientists and engineers to maintain the image and quality of research associated with the society. As a co-founder of ISOTT in 1973, Dr. Bruley emphasizes cross-disciplinary research among basic scientists, engineers, medical scientists, and clinicians. His pioneering work constructing mathematical models for oxygen and other anabolite/metabolite transport in the microcirculation, employing computer solutions, were the first to consider system non-linearities, time dependence, including multi-dimensional diffusion, convection, and reaction kinetics. It is hoped that receiving the Duane F. Bruley Award will inspire students to excel in their research and will assist in securing future leadership for ISOTT.

Oustanding Poster Award at ISMB/ECCB 2007 Conference. Fabian Ojeda A large scale spectral clustering algorithm with out of sample extension: application to gene expression data. F. Ojeda, C. Alzate, J. Suykens, B. De Moor. ISMB2007

ISMB 2007 travel fellowship Anneleen Daemen Travel fellowship to attend the 15th Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB 2007) & the 6th European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB) in Vienna, Austria for the amount of 300EURO.

Fellow IEEE (2007) Marc Moonen

2006

Interactive paper prize Bart Vanluyten Rewarded to the paper "Matrix Factorization and Stochastic State Representations" by Bart Vanluyten, Jan C. Willems and Bart L.R. De Moor for outstanding technical quality, originality, importance and presentation at an interactive session at the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC2006).

ACNS Travel Fellowship Award Anneleen Vergult Travel fellowship award to attend the Annual Meeting of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS) in Chicago, Nov. 2006.

UBIZEN price for master thesis 2006 Sebastiaan Indesteege

ASL travel fellowship Olivier Gevaert Travel fellowship from the Academische Stichting Leuven to attend the 14th Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB 2006) conference in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil for the amount of 1000 euro

ISMB 2006 travel fellowship Olivier Gevaert Travel fellowship to attend the 14th Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB 2006) conference in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil for the amount of $1000USD.

laureate KVIV engineering prices 2006 Maarten De Vos

TechArt 2005 Gert Thijs Tech-Art 2005 award of the VIK for the Silicos' Virtual Screening Factory.

2005

ASL-Prijs voor Exacte Wetenschappen Frank Verstraete Met de ASL-Prijs voor Exacte Wetenschappen bekroont de Academische Stichting Leuven een doctoraatsproefschrift dat zich situeert in het domein van de exacte wetenschappen en dat aan de K.U.Leuven behaald werd. Het bekroonde werk moet uitmunten door de originaliteit van het onderwerp, de wetenschappelijke uitwerking en/of de innoverende conclusies.

IEEE student paper contest, 2nd price Elke De Mulder 2nd price in the IEEE student paper contest region 8 (Europe, Middle East, Africa) with the following paper: Electromagnetic Analysis Attack on an FPGA Implementation of an Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem. The oral finals were held in Belgrado on the EUROCON 2005 conference on November 23, 2005.

Diabetes Technology Peterson Student Research Bronze Prize Tom Van Herpe Diabetes Technology Peterson Student Research Bronze Prize during the Fifth Annual Diabetes Technology Meeting (2005).

Student Best Paper Award of the American Control Conference 2005 Bert Pluymers The American Control Conference is a leading conference in the field of automatic control theory and is organized yearly. Based on the quality of the submitted manuscripts, 5 student papers are selected as finalists for the Student Best Paper Award. The final winner is selected based on the quality of the oral presentation.

SITEL price for master thesis Elke De Mulder 1st price in the national contest of SITEL for the best master thesis of 2004 in the field of telecommunications together with Pieter Buysschaert.

Best Student Paper Award, International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2005), Philadelphia, PA, USA, March 2005 Ann Spriet

France Telecom R&D Thesis Distinction 2005 Vincent Le Nir

2004

Alcatel Bell (Belgium) Award 2004 (with Raphael Cendrillon) Marc Moonen

Mathematica Award Ivan Markovsky This award is given by Wolfram Research at the International Conference on Computational Statistics (COMPSTAT 2004) held in Prague, 22-27 August 2004, for the poster "Consistent estimation of an ellipsoid with known center" by I. Markovsky, A. Kukush, and S. Van Huffel.

2003

Barco/VIK-Prize 2003 Mina Deng "labview supervised FPGA-microcontroller based RGB CCD Alignment Platform" (joint work with Tanja STESSENS)

Best Paper (Bioengineering). Bart Vanrumste Can ICA be used as a pre-processing step in EEG spike detection? At New Zealand Physics and Engineering in Medicine conference 2003, Dunedin, New Zealand, 11-13 November 2003.

European Information Security Award for academic research Bart Preneel

Best Student Paper Award, International Workshop on Acoustic Echo and Noise Control (IWAENC 2003), Kyoto, Japan, Sept. 2003 Ann Spriet

EURASIP Signal Processing Best Paper Award 2003 Simon Doclo for the paper: S. Doclo and M. Moonen, "Design of far-field and near-field broadband beamformers using eigenfilters", Signal Processing, vol. 83, no. 12, pp. 2641-2673, Dec. 2003.

David Tuma Laboratory Project Award Thomas Klasen To the student team creating the most outstanding undergraduate laboratory project. Received by Thomas Klasen and Naseer Siddique for their project “Shoot the Moon.” Where a computer controlled and won the game “Shoot the Moon.”

Honorary Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Bart Preneel awarded by ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association)

2002

FWO Siemens Prize Yves Moreau Moreau Y., Marchal K., Mathys J., Computational biomedicine : a multidisciplinary crossroads, Siemens Prize, FWO (Flanders, Belgium), 2002, 89 p.

Best Student Paper Competition Finalist Ivan Markovsky awarded from IEEE SMC for the paper Multi-model system parameter estimation by Ivan Markovsky, Sabine Van Huffel, and Bart De Moor, presented at the 2002 IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Hammamet, Tunisia, 6-9 October 2002.

Second prize in the Young Investigators Poster Competition Bart Vanrumste “ A multigrid solver in EEG source analysis applying the finite difference method”, at the joint 29th International Congress on Electrocardiology and the 4th International Conference on Bioelectromagnetism, Montreal, Canada, 2-5 July 2002.

AAAI Student Award at ACM SIGKDD 2002 - coauthorship with Peter Antal Patrick Glenisson

IEEE Signal Processing Society Young Author Best Paper Award 2002 Geert Leus IEEE Signal Processing Society Young Author Best Paper Award 2002 for the paper: G. Leus, P. Vandaele, and M. Moonen, Deterministic Blind Modulation-Induced Source Separation for Digital Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 219-227, January 2001.

2001-2002 : Francqui Chair at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel on "Advanced data processing developments building upon linear algebraic and neural network concepts". Joos Vandewalle

2001

Best poster award. Leentje Vanhamme PRORISC, Veldhoven, the Netherlands, November 29- November 30 2001

Best Student Paper Award International Workshop on Acoustic Echo and Noise Control, 2001 Simon Doclo for the paper: S. Doclo and M. Moonen, "Combined frequency-domain dereverberation and noise reduction technique for multi-microphone speech enhancement"

Audio Engineering Society Educational Foundation Bert Schiettecatt A grant for supporting education in the field of audio and acoustics, and my education in the Master of Arts at Stanford University.

Best paper neural networks nomination at SCI 2001, Orlando, Florida (2001-08-21) Tony Van Gestel

Fulbright grant Yves Moreau

Lapperre Award 2001 Ann Spriet

Belgian American Educational Foundation Fellowship Bert Schiettecatt A fellowship for obtaining the degree 'Master of Arts in Music, Science and Technology' at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University, USA.

Outstanding teacher award for the year 2000 in Tel-Aviv university Sharon Gannot

2000

CaStaR of the year 2000 Vincent Rijmen The CaStaR award is given to Flemish persons who did something special during the last year.

co-designer of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Vincent Rijmen

International Neural Networks Society INNS 2000 Young Investigator Award Johan Suykens

Kanunnik J. Desmet Ivan Goethals Award for most distinguished physics student in the graduating year 2000

IEEE Signal Processing Society 1999 Best Paper Award (Senior award) Johan Suykens

2000 : IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award (1999) (joint with Johan Suykens, Bart DeMoor) http://www.ieee.org/organizations/society/sp/bestpaper.html Joos Vandewalle Awarded at the 25th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, June 2000, Istanbul, Turkey http://icassp2000.sdsu.edu for the paper: NLq theory: checking and imposing stability of recurrent neural networks for nonlinear modelling, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (special issue on neural networks for signal processing), Vol.45, No.11, pp. 2682-2691, Nov. 1997. http://www.ieee.org/organizations/society/sp/bestpaper.html

1999

Young scientist award for the best oral presentation. Bart Vanrumste "The influence of the ventricular system in EEG dipole source analysis" at the 10th world congress of the international society for brain electromagnetic topography, Adelaide, Australia, 11- 13/10/99

IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award Bart De Moor IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award (1999) (joint with Johan Suykens, Joos Vandewalle), awarded at the 25th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, June 2000, Istanbul, Turkey http://icassp2000.sdsu.edu for the paper: NLq theory: checking and imposing stability of recurrent neural networks for nonlinear modelling, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (special issue on neural networks for signal processing), Vol.45, No.11, pp. 2682-2691, Nov. 1997.

1999 : in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) golden Jubilee Medal (IEEE Third Millennium Medal in recognition and appreciation of valued services and outstanding contributions). Joos Vandewalle

1999 member of Academiae Europaea. Joos Vandewalle

1998

1st prize KVIV-Studentenprijzen 1997 Simon Doclo for MSc thesis "Enhancement of speech intelligibility in hearing aids by adaptive noise suppression in real time" (with Erik De Clippel)

1997-8 Intel-Dean award for excellency Sharon Gannot

1998 elected IEE Fellow Joos Vandewalle

1997

Alcatel Bell (Belgium) Award 1997 (with Piet Vandaele) Marc Moonen

EURASIP Student Paper Prize Lieven De Lathauwer Best Student Paper IEEE Signal Processing Society Workshop on Higher-Order Statistics, July 21-23, 1997, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Best Junior Presentation Award Lieven De Lathauwer Best Student Presentation 16th Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control, March 5-7, 1997, Houffalize, Belgium

Laureate of the Belgium Royal Academy of Science 1997 Marc Moonen

1996

Tri-annual best paper award of Automatica Bart De Moor Tri-annual best paper award of Automatica (1996), a journal of the International Federation of Automatic Control (joint with Peter Van Overschee) for the paper: Subspace algorithms for the identification of combined deterministic-stochastic systems, Automatica 30 (1), pp.75-94, January 1994; The award citation reads: With deep insight, this paper develops a most useful and efficient method for multivariable system identification. The presentation covers numerical, statistical and implementation issues, and has had an immediate impact on best practice in identification applications. Published in Automatica

1995

The IDF General Staff Head of Intelligence Branch Creativity award for 1995 Sharon Gannot

Student Award Lieven De Lathauwer Best Student Paper IEEE Signal Processing / ATHOS Workshop on Higher-Order Statistics, June 12-14, 1995, Girona, Spain

1994

K.U. Leuven Research Council Award 1994 Marc Moonen

Bi-annual Siemens prize Bart De Moor Bi-annual Siemens prize (1994), joint with Peter Van Overschee, for the paper: Graphical User Interface Software for System Identification (Available as ESAT/SISTA TR 1994-06, Department of Electrical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteite Leuven, Belgium, awarded at a Prize Ceremony, October 17 1994, NFWO/FNRS, Brussels

1992

Promotor for an honorary degree awarded to Prof. Dr. Gene Golub Bart De Moor Promotor for an honorary degree awarded to Prof. Dr. Gene Golub, Stanford University, at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, December 1992

Laureate of the Belgian Royal Academy of Sciences Bart De Moor Laureate of the Belgian Royal Academy of Sciences (1992), first prize, with the paper: Numerical Algorithms for State Space Subspace System Identification, Published in Academia Analecta, Klasse der Wetenschappen, Koninklijke Akademie voor Wetenschappen, Jaargang 55, nr.5, 1993

1991-1992 : Francqui Chair at the University of Liège on "Artificial Neural Networks". Joos Vandewalle

1992 elected fellow of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) for contributions to nonlinear circuits and systems Joos Vandewalle

1990

Guillemin-Cauer Best Paper Award Bart De Moor Guillemin-Cauer Best Paper Award (1990) of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, joint with Lieven Vandenberghe en Joos Vandewalle for the paper:The Generalized Linear Complementarity Problem Applied to the Complete Analysis of Resistive Piecewise Linear Circuits. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, November 1989, Volume 36, Number 11, pp.1382-1391

1990 : Guillemin Cauer Best paper award IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems 1989.(joint with L. Vandenberghe and B. De Moor). Joos Vandewalle

1989

The Leslie Fox Prize Bart De Moor The Leslie Fox Prize (1989), first prize, (17 international candidates, 7 finalists) for the paper presentation: The restricted singular value decomposition: Properties and applications. Cambridge University, England, September 5, 1989; Published as: De Moor B., Golub G.H. The restricted singular value decomposition: properties and applications. Siam Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, Vol.12, no.3, July 1991, pp.401-425.

1989 : Best paper award at the Design Automation Conference 1989, Las Vegas (joint with G. Goossens and H. De Man). Joos Vandewalle

1986

Leybold-Heraeus Prize Bart De Moor Leybold-Heraeus Prize (1986) for a report on the 1986 position of Belgium in comparison with Japan and the United States with respect to scientific research and technological innovation

1986 : Best paper award on computer aided design at the IEEE ICCD Conference, Port Chester New York (joint with L. Claesen, F. Catthoor, H. De Man, S. Note and K. Mertens). Joos Vandewalle

1985

President of the Technion annual award for excellency for 1985 Sharon Gannot

1985 : SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication S.C.) award (joint with R. Govaerts and Y. Desmedt). Joos Vandewalle

1984

President of the Technion annual award for excellency for 1984 Sharon Gannot

1983

President of the Technion annual award for excellency for 1983 Sharon Gannot

1983 : Award of 100 Year Bell Telephone (BTMC) (joint with Y. Desmedt and R. Govaerts). Joos Vandewalle

1977

1977-78 : Rotary Foundation grant. Joos Vandewalle

1976

1976-77 : Fullbright/Hays travel grant. NATO Fellowship. Joos Vandewalle