Yoshiki Abe and Kyoichi Asano received SCIS Award and ISEC Research Encouragement Award, respectively.

Yoshiki Abe received SCIS Award, which is an award given to young researchers who presented superior results at the domestic conference, SCIS. Kyoichi Asano also received ISEC Research Encouragement Award, which is an award given to young researchers who presented high-quality results at ISEC.