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Project title: Research on Language and Brain Waves (funding source: SHIAE, 2007-2010)

Project title: Modeling Language Competition and Revitalization (code:RGC2160327, 2007-2008)

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Professor William S-Y WANG was awarded the Golden Language Award in Taiwan University of Science and Technology on April 17, 2010.

Professor William S-Y WANG was named a Honorary Professor of Peking University on April 9, 2010.

Dr. GONG Tao was awarded 6-month visiting fellowship from British Academy of Sciences in Language Evolution and Computation Research Unit, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK from Sep. 2009 to Feb. 2010.

孔江平和汪锋分别所著的《Laryngeal Dynamics and Physiological Model》北京大学出版社2007年出版和《Comparison of Languages in Contact-The Distillation Method and the Case of Bai》台湾中研院语言学研究所2006年出版获第5届高等学校科学研究优秀成果奖著作类二等奖；邓晓华、王士元合著论文《壮侗语族语言的数理分类及其时间深度》发表于《中国语文》2007年第6期获第5届高等学校科学研究优秀成果奖论文类三等奖。名单已在教育部网站及光明日报、教育报公示；三年评一次，此奖为国内级别最高奖。

邓晓华、王士元合著论文《藏缅语族语言的数理分类以及分析》获国家民委社会科学成果奖三等奖；五年评一次。

邓晓华、王士元合著论文《苗瑶语族语言亲缘关系的计量研究-词源统计分析方法》获福建省政府社会科学成果奖二等奖。两年评一次。

Dr. GONG Tao was awarded 1 year Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship in Linguistic Department, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany from Sep. 2008 to Aug. 2009

Ms. ZHENG Hong-Ying is awarded CUHK GLOBAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE - CNOOC GRANTS FOR 2007-08 to work in UC Berkeley during the summer under Prof. Paul Kay's supervision.

Wong, F. C. K., Minett, J. W., & Wang, W. S.-Y. "Reassessing combinatorial productivity exhibited by simple recurrent networks in language acquisition" gained best session presentation award in 2006 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), IEEE, Vancouver, Canada

Dr. WANG Feng: 2006年度李方桂語言學論著獎 特優獎