The Yuko Yamashita Memorial Award for Best Poster Presentation by a Young Researcher honors the legacy of Dr. Yuko Yamashita, who devoted her career to nurturing young talent in research. This award is given at the Fechner Day conference, organized by the International Society for Psychophysics (ISP). Dr. Yamashita, a respected Associate Professor at the Shibaura Institute of Technology, was passionately dedicated to mentoring emerging scholars until her tragic passing in 2021.
This prestigious award ensures that her influence endures, fostering the next generation of researchers who, like Dr. Yamashita, strive for excellence and knowledge advancement.
Previous Winners:
2023: Oria Appel, Ariel University, Ari’el, Isreal
2024: Ramya Mudumba, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India