The ninth Best Paper Award 2018 ceremony was held at Hilltop Hotel, Tokyo, September 26, 2018, attended by the winners and IJAT Editorial Committee members. At the same time, the third Best Review Award 2018 has been decided by IJAT Editorial Committee. The Best Paper was severely selected from among 93 papers published in Vol.11, 2017, and Best Review was selected from 15 reviews published from 2016 to 2018. The Best Paper Award winner was given a certificate with a nearly US$1,000 honorarium, and the Best Review Award winner was given a certificate with commemorative shield.

We congratulate the winners and sincerely wish for their future success.

The Best Paper Award 2018

Integrated Chatter Monitoring Based on Sensorless Cutting Force/Torque Estimation in Parallel Turning

by Yuki Yamada, Takashi Kadota, Shinya Sakata, Junji Tachibana, Kenichi Nakanishi, Manabu Sawada, and Yasuhiro Kakinuma

Int. J. of Automation Technology, Vol.11 No.2, pp. 215-225, March 2017

The Best Review Award 2018

“Industrie 4.0” and Smart Manufacturing – A Review of Research Issues and Application Examples

by Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Stefan Wiesner, and Thorsten Wuest

Int. J. of Automation Technology, Vol.11 No.1, pp. 4-16, January 2017