Dear Author(s) We are pleased to inform you that your paper, P0368 has been selected as one of the finalists for Best Student Paper Award in the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2008). Paper ID : P0368 Paper Title : A Mental Health Self-Check System using Nonlinear Analysis of Pulse Waves Author(s) : Takahiro MIYAGI, Yasuo SHIRAI, *Kazuyoshi TANAKA, Fumiyasu YAMADA, **Kazuo SATOH, ***Mayumi OYAMA-HIGA Shizuoka University *Hitachi System & Services Ltd. **Chaos Technical Research Laboratory ***Kwansei Gakuin University As one of the criterion for this award is that the first author must be a student, we require the supervisor/mentor of the first author to confirm that the first author is a student and state the percentage of contribution by the student in this paper. Apart from presenting the paper in the scheduled technical session, the student will present the paper in a separate Best Student Paper Award Presentation on Monday, 13 October 2008 between 4.10 pm to 5.50 pm. He/she will be invited to atend the conference banquet. The best student paper will be chosen by the Awards Committee after further evaluation of the oral presentations of the finalists during the Best Student Paper Award Presentation. The selection of the best student paper is based on technical quality and presentations including both written and oral presentations. We will announce the winner of the Best Student Paper Award during the conference banquet. We look forward to meeting you in Singapore soon. Thank you. Yours Sincerely, Chong-Jin ONG for Awards Committee, SMC 2008