Call for Nominations for the IJCAI-15 Awards

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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 awards15 at 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
awards15 at 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

October 25, 2014: Names of nominee due [email to awards15 at ijcai.org]
November 25, 2014: Nomination and reference forms due [all forms
emailed to awards15 at 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-s at ijcai.org,
or by phone at +49-767-203-8221 or +43-6991-180-8202.

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