During the award ceremony at EUSIPCO 2016 in Budapest, Hungary, Mads Græsbøll Christensen of the Audio Analysis Lab received the EURASIP Early Career Award for significant contributions to statistical processing of audio and speech signals.

EURASIP Early Career Award is awarded to an outstanding researcher and engineer working within the technical scope of EURASIP at an early or mid-stage of their career whose current work shows not only significant scientific achievements but also high potential to advance scientific knowledge through novel, timely and significant endeavors. This award targets at researchers who are less than forty. It was the first time the award was given.