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Dr. Marta Szabo White, Chair of the Awards Ceremony, welcoming the attendees of the Award Ceremony. Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Professor Jaemjan Boonyopakorn the best paper award certificate of the session "Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications ." The title of the awarded paper is "Technology Enhanced Language Learning on English Communication for EFL Learners." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Russell Jay Hendel the best paper award certificate of the session "Educational Research, Theories, Practice and Methodologies ." The title of the awarded paper is "Implementing an Executive-Function Syllabus: Operational Issues." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Ms. Jeanine Siebold the best paper award certificate of the session "Integrating Academic Activities & Research and Consulting (Special Session) I ." The title of the awarded paper is "2016 High School Honors Human Anatomy and Physiology Curriculum Investigation for College Board Advanced Placement Classification Validity." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Mrs. Melissa J. Mills the best paper award certificate of the session "Integrating Academic Activities & Research and Consulting (Special Session) II ." The title of the awarded paper is "A Paradigm for Systems Thinking as a Real-Time Approach for Human Adaptation in the 21st Century." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Victoria Landu-Adams the best paper award certificate of the session "IREPS (Special Session) ." The title of the awarded paper is "Fostering Graduate Level Student Success: What Research Says and How to Apply it in the Classroom." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Bruce E. Peoples the best paper award certificate of the session "Case Studies / Knowledge and Cognitive Science and Technologies." The title of the awarded paper is "An Innovative Approach to Standards Analysis - Center of Gravity Analysis for International Standards Published by ISO/IEC JTC1 SC 36 Information Technology for Learning, Education and Training." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Mr. Mark Hsu the best paper award certificate of the session "Applications of Information and Communication Technologies in Education and Training ." The title of the awarded paper is "Virtual Learning Environment for Entrepreneurship: A Conceptual Model." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Jill Anne O’Sullivan the best paper award certificate of the session "Education and Training Systems and Technologies ." The title of the awarded paper is "Change Requires Change! Information Technology, Student Preparedness and Industry Collaboration: Supporting the Bridging Process between Education and Training with Innovative Solutions." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Sophia Shi-Huei Ho and Dr. Robin Jung-Cheng Chen the best paper award certificate of the session "Society, Cybernetics and Informatics." The title of the awarded paper is "Institutional Management, Working Condition and Academic Contribution in Asian Higher Education." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Professor Yen-Fen Lo the best paper award certificate of the session "Academic Globalization and Inter-Cultural Communication I ." The title of the awarded paper is "A Case Study of Synchronous Distance Learning Between Shih Chien University and Beijing Foreign Studies University." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Professor Marta Szabo White the best paper award certificate of the session "Academic Globalization and Inter-Cultural Communication II ." The title of the awarded paper is "Culture Propels the Intersection of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos with Innovation and Entrepreneurship." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Mr. Haruka Hino the best paper award certificate of the session "Biomedical Engineering I." The title of the awarded paper is "Effect of Ultrasonic Vibration on Proliferation and Differentiation of Cells." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Yuan-Shyi Peter Chiu the best paper award certificate of the session "Management, Engineering and Informatics I ." The title of the awarded paper is "On Finite Production Rate Model with Quality Assurance, Multi-Customer, and Discontinuous Deliveries." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Jürgen Müller the best paper award certificate of the session "Risk Management, Control / Communication Systems and Networks." The title of the awarded paper is "Early Forest Fire Detection Using Low Energy Hydrogen Sensors." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Professor Zainab Z. Ismail the best paper award certificate of the session "Bio-Medical and Applications of Informatics and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering." The title of the awarded paper is "Biotreatment of Slaughterhouse Wastewater Accompanied with Sustainable Electricity Generation in Microbial Fuel Cell." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Professor Masengo Ilunga the best paper award certificate of the session "Qualitative Research, Modeling, and Methodologies ." The title of the awarded paper is "Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in Ranking Streamflow Gauges for Runoff Estimation in an Urbanized Catchment." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Matthew E. Edwards the best paper award certificate of the session "Research, Education, Innovations, and Applications ." The title of the awarded paper is "Effectiveness of a Constructivistic Multimedia-Learning Package on Shaping and Guiding Students’ Attitudes Toward Physics." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Luis Velázquez-Araque the best paper award certificate of the session "Applications of Informatics and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering." The title of the awarded paper is "A Preliminary Study of Pelletized Ecuadorian Cocoa Pod Husk for its. Use as a Source of Renewable Energy." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Mr. Dominik Breitenbacher the best paper award certificate of the session "Computer Science and Engineering I ." The title of the awarded paper is "Impact of Optimization and Parallelism on Factorization Speed of SIQS." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Bruce R. Barkstrom the best paper award certificate of the session "Information Systems, Technologies and Applications ." The title of the awarded paper is "Searching the Web for Earth Science Data: Semiotics to Cybernetics and Back." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Altino José Mentzingen de Moraes the best paper award certificate of the session "Information Systems Development ." The title of the awarded paper is "Customization of Project Management Techniques for the Construction of IT - Information Technology Systems with the Development Methodologies Known as Agile Processes." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Zining Yang the best paper award certificate of the session "Cybernetics, Human and Information Systems ." The title of the awarded paper is "An Agent-Based Dynamic Model of Politics, Fertility and Economic Development." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Professor Shigehiro Hashimoto the best paper award certificate of the session "Biomedical Engineering III." The title of the awarded paper is "Effect of Shear Stress in Flow on Cultured Cell: Using Rotating Disk at Microscope." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Mr. Yusuke Takahashi the best paper award certificate of the session "Biomedical Engineering II." The title of the awarded paper is "Design of Slit between Micro Cylindrical Pillars for Cell Sorting." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Professor Richard S. Segall the best paper award certificate of the session "Computer Science and Engineering II ." The title of the awarded paper is "Combination of Bayesian and Latent Semantic Analysis with Domain Specific Knowledge." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Mrs. Alena Kocmanova the best paper award certificate of the session "Towards Business Sophistication and Sustainability I." The title of the awarded paper is "Comparing the Composite Indicator Index Corporate Sustainability and the Predictive Model - An Application on Czech Manufacturing Companies." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Andre F. S. Guedes the best paper award certificate of the session "Society, Cybernetics and Informatics." The title of the awarded paper is "Hybrid Optical Devices: The Case of the Unification of the Electrochromic Device and the Organic Solar Cell." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Mr. Daniel Haferkorn the best paper award certificate of the session "Interdisciplinary Research, Education, and Communication." The title of the awarded paper is "An Organizational-Technical Concept to Deal with Open Source Software License Terms." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Guna Ciemleja the best paper award certificate of the session "Towards Business Sophistication and Sustainability II." The title of the awarded paper is "Financial Literacy of Latvian Citizens: Findings and Conclusions." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Julio Francisco Dantas de Rezende the best paper award certificate of the session "Inter-Disciplinary Communication ." The title of the awarded paper is "Creating the Economy of Virtuality: Systemic Aspects and Educational Considerations." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Sr. Ivo Bizon Franco de Almeida the best paper award certificate of the session "Sistémica, Informática y Cibernética ." The title of the awarded paper is "Estudo sobre as Sub-Portadoras Piloto na Estimação e Equalização de Canais no Domínio da Frequência em Sistemas OFDM." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dra. Aurora Torres-Soto the best paper award certificate of the session "Aplicaciones de Informática y Cibernética en Ciencia e Ingeniería II ." The title of the awarded paper is "Identificación de Características para la Predicción de Vía Aérea Difícil mediante el Análisis de Testores." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dra. María D. Torres-Soto the best paper award certificate of the session "Aplicaciones de Informática y Cibernética en Ciencia e Ingeniería II ." The title of the awarded paper is "Identificación de Características para la Predicción de Vía Aérea Difícil mediante el Análisis de Testores." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Eduardo Amadeu Dutra Moresi the best paper award certificate of the session "Aplicaciones de Informática y Cibernética en Ciencia e Ingeniería I ." The title of the awarded paper is "Inovação e Participação Social: O App Mapa da Saúde." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Prof. Nany Escobar the best paper award certificate of the session "Educación, Cibernética e Informática ." The title of the awarded paper is "La Lectura Digital como Estrategia para el Fomento de la Producción de Textos Académicos." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dra. Gloria P. Marciales the best paper award certificate of the session "Innovación en Procesos de Enseñanza Aprendizaje Mediados por TIC." The title of the awarded paper is "Enfoques, Modelos y Estrategias de Intervención para el Desarrollo de Competencias Digitales en Universitarios: Una Revisión." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dra. Ma. Dolores García Perea the best paper award certificate of the session "Sistemas/Tecnologías de Información, sus Aplicaciones y Globalización Académica ." The title of the awarded paper is "El Videojuego. Devenir e Impacto en la Formación del Jugador." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Inga. Nathaly Murcia-Zapata the best paper award certificate of the session "Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación I ." The title of the awarded paper is "Validación mediante el Método PPI de un Algoritmo Computacional para la Medición Automática del Área de Afectación por Sigatoka Negra en Imágenes de Hojas de Plátano del Departamento del Meta, Colombia." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Ing. Alejandro Zavala-Galindo the best paper award certificate of the session "Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación II ." The title of the awarded paper is "Análisis de las Implicaciones de Seguridad en la Adopción del Cómputo en la Nube para las PYMES en México." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Sushil Acharya a plaque "In Appreciation for Delivering a Great Keynote Address at a Plenary Session." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Bruce E. Peoples a plaque "In Appreciation for Delivering a Great Keynote Address at a Plenary Session." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Professor Gabriel Felley a plaque "In Appreciation for Delivering a Great Keynote Address at a Plenary Session." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Luis Velazquez-Araque a plaque "In Appreciation for Delivering a Great Keynote Address at a Plenary Session." Dr. Nagib Callaos giving Dra. María Dolores García Perea a plaque "Por su Excelente Ponencia Plenaria." Dr. Nagib Callaos giving Prof. Gabriela Vilanova and Prof. Jorge Varas a plaque "Por su Excelente Ponencia Plenaria." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Risa Blair a plaque "In Appreciation for Delivering a Great Keynote Address at a Plenary Session." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Russel Jay Hendel a plaque "In Appreciation for Delivering a Great Keynote Address at a Plenary Session." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Professor Tomas Zelinka a plaque "In Appreciation for Delivering a Great Keynote Address at a Plenary Session." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Professor Richard Segall a plaque "In Appreciation for Delivering a Great Keynote Address at a Plenary Session." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Mario Lamanna a plaque "In Appreciation for Delivering a Great Keynote Address at a Plenary Session." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Ronald A. Styron, Jr. and Dr. Jennifer Styron a plaque "In Appreciation for Delivering a Great Keynote Address at a Plenary Session." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Professor Hanns Pichler a plaque "In Appreciation for Delivering a Great Keynote Address at a Plenary Session." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Professor Marta Szabo White a plaque "In Appreciation for Delivering a Great Keynote Address at a Plenary Session." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Mr. Joseph Prezzama and Dr. Robert Cherinka an award "In Appreciation for Delivering a Great Keynote Address at a Plenary Session." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Professor Shigehiro Hashimoto an award "In Appreciation for Delivering a Great Keynote Address at a Plenary Session." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Karl H. Müller an award "In Appreciation for Delivering a Great Keynote Address at a Plenary Session." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Dr. Jeremy Horne an award "In Appreciation for Delivering a Great Keynote Address at a Plenary Session." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Professor Stuart A. Umpleby an award "In Appreciation for Delivering a Great Keynote Address at a Plenary Session." Professor Stuart Umpleby introducing Dr. Karl H. Müller who was the recipient of the "2016 Ranulph Glanville Memorial Award for Excellence in Cybernetics." Professor Stuart Umpleby and Dr. Nagib Callaos giving Dr. Karl H. Müller the "2016 Ranulph Glanville Memorial Award for Excellence in Cybernetics." Dr. Karl H. Müller, recipient of the "2016 Ranulph Glanville Memorial Award for Excellence in Cybernetics," describing the great significance of Professor Ranulph Glanville in Cybernetics. Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, introducing Professor Shigehiro Hashimoto who was the recipient of the "2016 William G. Lesso Memorial Award for Excellence in Engineering." Dr. Nagib Callaos, General Chair, giving Professor Shigehiro Hashimoto the "2016 William G. Lesso Memorial Award for Excellence in Engineering." Professor Shigehiro Hashimoto, recipient of the "2016 William G. Lesso Memorial Award for Excellence in Engineering," describing the legacy of Prof. William G. Lesso. Dr. Marta Szabo White, Chair of the Awards Ceremony, making a toast for the awardees and closing the Awards Ceremony.