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Technologies 2024 Best Paper Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the “Technologies 2024 Best Paper Award” for research and review articles published in Technologies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022. One review and one research article will receive an award each. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Manoj Gupta.
Eligibility for the Award:
- Papers published in Technologies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022;
- Open to all career levels;
- Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.
Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the following criteria:
- Scientific merit and broad impact;
- Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
- Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
- Clarity of presentation;
- Citations and downloads.
The Prize:
- One review award: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Technologies in 2024 after peer review;
- One research article award: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Technologies in 2024 after peer review.
- Each winner will also receive a certificate.
The winners will be announced on the journal website in February 2024.
Kind regards,
Technologies Editorial Office
Technologies 2023 Outstanding Reviewer Award
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Manoj Gupta, we wish to acknowledge our reviewers, who so generously offer their time to review the papers submitted to Technologies, by presenting an award to the reviewers who have demonstrated their dedication, professionalism, and timeliness in reviewing manuscripts for Technologies.
What are the pre-requisites to be eligible for this award?
– All of the reviewers for Technologies in 2023 will be automatically included.
Selection Criteria:
– Number of review reports;
– The quality and timeliness of review reports.
What will the winner receive?
There will be one winner this year, and the winner will receive the following:
– An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in 2024 after peer review;
– A certificate.
When will the winner be announced?
The winner will be announced in January 2024 on the journal’s website.
How can I make myself eligible?
If you have not yet reviewed papers for Technologies, but would like to do so, you can register as a reviewer at the following link:
https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer/profile/edit.
Kind regards,
Technologies Editorial Office
Closed Awards
Technologies 2023 Best paper Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the winner of the Technologies 2023 Best Paper Award. All papers published between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2021 in Technologies were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the winner was selected.
Review:
A Survey of Robots in Healthcare
By Maria Kyrarini, Fotios Lygerakis, Akilesh Rajavenkatanarayanan, Christos Sevastopoulo, Harish Ram Nambiappan, Kodur Krishna Chaitanya, Ashwin Ramesh Babu, Joanne Mathew and Fillia Makedon
Technologies 2021, 9(1), 8; doi: 10.3390/technologies9010008
The winner will receive CHF 500, an e-certificate and a chance to publish a paper in Technologies in 2023 after peer review.
Please join us in congratulating the winner of the Technologies 2023 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued support of Technologies.
Kind regards,
Technologies Editorial Office
Technologies 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the winner of the Technologies 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Technologies Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Technologies. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.
The Winner:
Giovanni Maccioni
Istituto Superiore Di Sanita, Rome, Italy
Research Interests: robotics; machine learning; telemedicine; digital health; e-learning; surveys; integration in healthcare; social robotics; mhealth; rehabilitation; ehealth; smart technology; informatics; electronics; biomedical sensors
The Prize:
• An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Technologies in 2023 after peer review;
• A certificate.
Kind regards,
Technologies Editorial Office
Technologies 2019 Outstanding Reviewer Award
The Technologies Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy given by reviewers in checking manuscripts submitted to Technologies. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.
The following reviewers have been selected to receive the “Technologies 2019 Outstanding Reviewer Awards” for the quantity, timeliness, and quality of their reviews in 2019 (in alphabetical order by surname):
Naoki Fujieda
Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan
Markku Laatikainen
Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
George Vekinis
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Greece
Rafael Pastor Vargas
National University of Distance Education (UNED), Spain
Christian Wiraja
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Assoc. Prof. Manoj Gupta
Editor-in-Chief of Technologies
National University of Singapore
Technologies 2019 Travel Award
Dear Colleagues,
As Editor-in-Chief of Technologies, I am pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Technologies Travel Award on behalf of the Evaluation Committee:
Aishwarya Natarajan is a PhD student at the Georgia Institute of Technology whose research is in the field of reconfigurable analog and mixed-signal circuits and systems for bio-inspired ultra-low-power neuromorphic applications. She is planning to orally present her work “Implementation of Synapses with Hodgkin Huxley Neurons on the FPAA” at the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) (26–29 May 2019, Hokkaido, Japan). The award consists of 500 Swiss Francs towards attending this conference.
J.M. Purushothama is a PhD student at Université Grenoble Alpes, France whose research is on RFID, microwave-based bio-sensors, implantable antennas, frequency-selective surfaces, metamaterials, RCS studies, dielectric characterization, etc. He is planning to present his work “Electronically Re-Writable Chipless RFID Tag Using Solid State Metal-Insulator-Metal Switches on Paper Substrate” at the IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium (IMS), 2–7 June 2019, Boston, MA, USA. The award consists of 500 Swiss Francs towards attending this conference.
It was a difficult decision with such high-quality applications for the award, and we thank all applicants. We wish to congratulate Ms. Aishwarya Natarajan and Mr. J.M. Purushothama for their accomplishments.
A/Prof. Manoj Gupta,
Editor-in-Chief
Technologies (ISSN 2227-7080) is an international open access journal singularly focusing on emerging scientific and technological trends, and is published quarterly online by MDPI with an average publishing time of 43 days from submission to publication in 2018. It is now covered by Inspec (IET) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI–Web of Science). Please find more information on Technologies here: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/technologies.
Technologies 2018 Travel Award
As Editor-in-Chief of Technologies, I am pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Technologies Travel Award on behalf of the Evaluation Committee:
David Reber, PhD student at EMPA (Materials for Energy Conversion), whose research is on aqueous electrolytes for highvoltage aqueous batteries and supercapacitors in the materials for energy. He is planning to orally present his work “A HighVoltage Aqueous Electrolyte for Sodium-Ion Batteries” and post his other work “High-voltage Aqueous Supercapacitors Based on NaTFSI” at the 233rd Electrochemical Society Meeting (13–17 May 2018, Seattle, WA, USA). The award consists of 500 Swiss Francs towards attending this conference.
Maher Abujelala, PhD student at University of Texas at Arlington, whose main research is in the field of human-computer interaction. He is planning to orally present his work “User Skill Assessment Using Informative Interfaces and DynamicUser Modeling for Personalized Robot Assisted Training” at the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (15–20 July 2018, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA). The award consists of 500 Swiss Francs towards attending this conference.
It was a difficult decision with such high quality applications for the award and we thank all applicants. We wish to congratulate Mr. David Reber and Mr. Maher Abujelala for their accomplishments.
A/Prof. Manoj Gupta,
Editor-in-Chief