**Best paper awards** The program committee of IPTA 2012, have attributed the best paper award to the author **Elena Battini Sonmez**, from Istanbul Bilgi University, Dolapdere, Istanbul, Turkey. For a very significant contribution: **Title:** Classification with Emotional Faces via a Robust Sparse Classifier **Authors:** Elena Battini Sonmez, Bulent Sankur, Songul Albayrak -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- {{:logos.png|}}