【Awards and Commendations】Masanori HIRANO (M1) received 1st place of Standard and Collusion Tracks in Supply Chain Management League of the Tenth International Automated Negotiating Agents Competition (ANAC 2019) 1.Name Masanori HIRANO 2.Faculty/Graduate School, Department (Stream / Program) / Major Department of Systems Innovation, School of Engineering 3.Name of award and short explanation about the award Winners (1st place) of Standard and Collusion Tracks in Supply Chain Management League of the Tenth International Automated Negotiating Agents Competition (ANAC 2019) 4.About awarded research This competition aimed to maximize the profits of agents which imitate factories in a supply chain. In this competition, the agents have to negotiate with others to buy materials and sell products and schedule their production automatically. 5.Your impression & future plan This league was held for the first time this year, and I was very honored to win the two tracks. Thank you for the organizers and all the people involved. This competition and league will also be held in the next year, so I try to do my best to win the next league.

【Awards and Commendations】Bing Xiao(D3) received “SAMPE Japan Scholarship Award”(Best Student Award) 1.Name：　Bing Xiao 2.Faculty/Graduate School, Department (Stream / Program) / Major：　Department of Systems Innovation, D3 3.Name of award and short explanation about the award：　SAMPE Japan Scholarship Award (Best Student Award: Japan branch of advanced materials technology association selects only one student per year) 4.About awarded research:　Improvement of manufacturing methods and mechanical properties of discontinuous carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastics aiming to various application expand of recycled carbon fiber 5.Your impression & future plan: I am deeply honored to receive this prestigious award. I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation to Professor Takahashi for his continuous contributions and everything, as well as to all laboratory members. With the booming development of artificial intelligence, electrification and sharing economy, innovative material is expected widespread to adapt to modern society and sustainable development. I will keep devoting myself to research activities related to the implementation of innovative composite material that conform to new needs of future society.