International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Research Excellence Award

Nomination Form

Please type information on this form, or use your own form with information in the same order. The answer to Question 8 is limited to 2000 words. Submissions should be in plain text (ASCII) or in PDF only, and conform to the length requirements. Please email the completed forms, by 1st November, 2002, to Michael Georgeff, IJCAI Awards Chair, at (Phone: (415) 806 2121).

The information on this form is privileged. The candidate will not be informed of the views you express.

  1. Reference's Name and Location

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  1. Candidate Name

First Name: / Middle Name: / Last Name:
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3. Education (highest degree received, field, institution, date)

4. Record of Professional Experience (list of principal positions held and dates; please briefly describe primary responsibilities for each position)

5. Professional Recognition (honors, awards, prizes)

6. Contributions of Record (list 5-10 significant publications, patents, or other contributions)

7. Noteworthy Public Services (boards, committees, etc)

8. The IJCAI Award for Research Excellence is given to a scientist who has carried out a program of research of consistently high quality yielding several substantial results. If the research program has been carried out collaboratively, the Award may be made jointly to the research team.

Please describe, in 2000 words or less, the accomplishments of the candidate(s) that, in your opinion, qualify him/her/them for the IJCAI Research Excellence Award. Answers to the following questions will assist in the evaluation process:

  • Which specific accomplishments made by the candidate(s) merit the Award?
  • Where does the candidate(s) stand in comparison to other recognized leaders in the field of Artificial Intelligence?
  • What impacts have the contributions of the candidate(s) had on other fields (computer science, cognitive science, etc), or on society?
  • If the nomination is for a single candidate, and some of the candidate's contributions involved a team effort, what specifically were the candidate's contributions?

SUGGESTIONS TO AUTHORS OF NOMINATION AND REFERENCE LETTERS

The awards committee is looking for evidence that the nominees have generated some of the most important and influential work in the field. Effective reference letters will therefore emphasize what the nominees have done and why it matters, in a way that is accessible to researchers from all areas of AI. Reference letters from researchers who are relatively independent of the nominee (i.e., not thesis advisors, students, coauthors, or colleagues from the same institution) carry most weight, as do letters that do not merely repeat the content of the nomination letter. The specificity of reference letters is more important than their number. Full CVs are discouraged.