Call for Nominations for the IJCAI-15 Awards
Nominations are invited for the IJCAI Computers and Thought Award, the
IJCAI John McCarthy Award, and the IJCAI Award for Research Excellence,
which will be presented at IJCAI-15 in Buenos Aires, Argentina in July
2015. See http://www.ijcai.org/awards for details about these awards,
including past winners.
Nominations for these awards are invited from everyone in the AI
community. A nomination package consists of a nomination form from one
nominator, and reference forms from between two and four references, as
follows:
Nominees: The IJCAI Computers and Thought Award is intended to recognize
early career researchers and nominees cannot be older than 35 at the
start of the IJCAI conference (and so must be born on or after July 28,
1979 for IJCAI-15). The IJCAI John McCarthy Award is intended to
recognize established mid-career researchers, typically between fifteen
to twenty-five years after obtaining their PhD, that have built up a
major track record of research excellence in artificial intelligence.
Nominees of the award will have made significant contributions to the
research agenda in their area and will have a first-rate profile of
influential research results. The IJCAI Award for Research Excellence
is intended to recognize researchers who have demonstrated excellence
throughout an entire career. There are no restrictions on who can be
nominated for this award.
Nominators: Nominators for each award can be anyone. Typically, the
nominator knows the nominee well, and locates the other individuals who
agree to serve as references, ensuring that they do their parts on time
to produce a convincing nomination package.
References: References for each award must have been at arm’s length
from the nominee for the past 6 years. For the purposes relevant here,
being at “arm’s length” means being at a different institution from the
nominee, not having supervised or been supervised by the nominee, and
not having done joint work with the nominee. Ideally, a reference is a
well-known member of the AI community who has never had a close
association with the nominee, but who can still vouch with authority for
him or her.
Nomination and reference forms can be downloaded from the addresses
below, and should be submitted by email to award...@ijcai.org by
November 25, 2014. Nominations submitted previously for the Research
Excellence award in 2011 and 2013 will be automatically considered
again, though the nominators are welcome to submit a revised nomination.
Nominations previously submitted for the Computers and Thought award
will not automatically be considered again, but can resubmitted.
IJCAI Computers and Thought Award
Nomination form: http://www.ijcai.org/awards/IJCAI-15_CT_Nomination.txt
Reference form: http://www.ijcai.org/awards/IJCAI-15_CT_Reference.txt
IJCAI John McCarthy Award
Nomination form: http://www.ijcai.org/awards/IJCAI-15_JM_Nomination.txt
Reference form: http://www.ijcai.org/awards/IJCAI-15_JM_Reference.txt
IJCAI Award for Research Excellence
Nomination form: http://www.ijcai.org/awards/IJCAI-15_RE_Nomination.txt
Reference form: http://www.ijcai.org/awards/IJCAI-15_RE_Reference.txt
Other supporting material (such as CVs, research papers, testimonials,
news articles) will naturally be used in the preparation of the
nomination and reference forms, but they should not be submitted.
To avoid duplication of effort, nominators are requested to send the
name of the person they are considering to nominate by email to
award...@ijcai.org by October 25, 2014, so that people proposing to
nominate the same individual(s) may be so informed and coordinate their
efforts.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Only plain-text forms will be accepted and processed.
Suggestion to Nominators and References: The nomination and reference
forms collect some factual data, but mainly ask for a statement in 2000
words or less of why the nominee deserves the award. The Awards
Committee is looking for evidence that the nominee has generated some of
the most important and influential work in the field. Effective letters
will therefore emphasize what the nominee has done and why it matters,
in a way that is accessible to researchers from all areas of AI. This is
especially critical for the IJCAI Computers and Thought Award where the
nominee may not yet be known outside of a small area.
Important Dates for the IJCAI-15 Awards
Names of nominee(s) due [email to award...@ijcai.org] as early as
possible
November 25, 2014: Nomination and reference forms due [all forms emailed
to award...@ijcai.org]
July 28, 2015: IJCAI-15 Computers and Thought Award Presentation
July 30, 2015: IJCAI-15 John McCarthy Award Presentation
Enquiries concerning nominations should be directed to the IJCAI
Secretary at e...@ijcai.org, or by phone at +49-767-203-8221 or
+43-6991-180-8202.
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