KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer – THE University of the West Indies (UWI) on Friday awarded its researchers for making last week's 14th staging of the UWI Research Days a success. At least six researchers were awarded for their work that continues to promote the University as the research nucleus of the Caribbean. Among those awarded were Dr Andre Coy, whose book, Emulating Human Speech Recognition; A Scene Analysis Approach to Improving Robustness in Automatic Speech Recognition, was named best research publication from the Faculty of Science and Technology. He was also awarded for his contribution to economic development, health and the arts.