Awards
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Nominations for ACM-W 2010-2011 Athena Lecturer
Athena Lectures celebrate women researchers who have made fundamental contributions to computer science. Each year ACM will honor a preeminent woman computer scientist as the Athena Lecturer. The Athena Lecturer will give a one-hour invited talk at an ACM conference determined by the speaker and the SIG which nominated her. A video of the talk will appear on the ACM website and the talk may also appear in the Communications of the ACM. The award includes travel expenses to the meeting and a $1500 honorarium.
Athena Lecturers must be nominated by a SIG. All SIGs are eligible to nominate up to two candidates. Each nomination requires three letters of reference. Note: Members of the Athena Lecturer Selection Committee cannot be nominated to be an Athena Lecture.
To nominate someone you think deserves the award, please email to chair_sigart@acm.org by December 20, 2009 a statement describing why the nominee should be considered for the award. SIGART will decide which nominations to forward.
More information at https://campus.acm.org/public/acmw/athena_announcement.cfm
Nominations for 2010 ACM SIGART Autonomous Agents Research Award
ACM SIGART has instituted an annual award for excellence in research in the area of autonomous agents. Award winners will receive an honorarium and will be invited to give a talk at the annual Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS) Conference, which in 2010 will be held in Toronto, Canada, May 10-14.
This award is specifically intended to recognize researchers whose current research is influencing the field of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. Candidates will be evaluated based on the quality, significance, and impact of their research contributions. It is usually expected that at least some of these contributions should have been reported at one or more Autonomous Agents or AAMAS conferences, although this is not an absolute requirement. Previous winners of the SIGART Autonomous Research Award are listed at http://www.sigart.acm.org/aaaward.htm.
The award committee is seeking nominations for the 2010 award. Nominations should be submitted by email to the Awards Committee Chair, Sarit Kraus sarit@cs.biu.ac.il no later than December 16, 2009.
The nomination should specify:
- Name of person being nominated;
- Name and contact information for the person making the nomination;
- A statement describing why the nominee should be considered for the award;
- CV and publication list of the nominee.
The announcement is available at http://www.cse.yorku.ca/AAMAS2010/index.php#content=awards_acmsigart
Nominations for IFAAMAS-09 Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award
The award is based on the originality, significance, and real or potential impact of the work. Evidence of such impact may come from existing pre- or post-defense publications of the work at highly selective conferences and journals, and/or from comments of the supervisor and references. Eligible doctoral dissertations are those defended between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009 in the area of Autonomous Agents or Multiagent Systems. This award includes a certificate signed by the IFAAMAS Chair and 1500EUR.
The nomination should include:
- A pdf of the dissertation
- A list of citations
- A recommendation from the supervisor
- Up to three reference letters
For details on how to submit the material please consult http://www.cse.yorku.ca/AAMAS2010/index.php#content=awards_ifaamas
The deadline for nomination is February 5, 2010.
Nominations for ACM Senior Member Grade
The deadline for the Senior ACM member grade is November 30, 2009. This is a "member grade recognizing ACM members with at least 10 years of professional experience and 5 years of continuous Professional Membership who have demonstrated performance that sets them apart from their peers." Visit [http://awards.acm.org/html/amg_call.cfm http://awards.acm.org/html/amg_call.cfm] for detailed guidelines and application. Endorsement from three colleagues (not necessarily ACM members) is required, but the process is simple.
Senior Member nominations are accepted throughout the year and are reviewed by the Senior Member Nominations Committee in cycles.
Distinguished Member nominations and endorsements must be received by July 31, 2010.
Fellow nominations and endorsements must be received by September 1, 2010.
Nominations for 2008 IFAAMAS Award for Influential Papers in Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
The deadline to nominate papers for this award is February 1, 2008. The award is to recognize publications that have made seminal contributions to the field. These papers might have proved a key result, led to the development of a new sub-field, demonstrated a significant new application or system, or simply presented a new way of thinking about a topic that has proved influential. The award is open to any paper that was published at least 10 years before the relevant AAMAS takes place. Thus, this year's award, to be presented at AAMAS 2008 in Portugal, will consider any paper that was published in 1998 or before. The paper can have been published in any journal, conference, or workshop. Nominations can be made by any member of the community by providing the following informatiion and emailing it to Sarit Kraus sarit@cs.biu.ac.il
INFLUENTIAL PAPER AWARD 2008 NOMINATION FORM
NOMINATOR (name & email)
NOMINATED PAPER (please provide the full reference)
YEAR OF PUBLICATION (1998 or before)
REASON FOR NOMINATION (less than 500 words)
