[Event at CIG] Call for nominations: 2024 Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award

[Tim Baarslag]

Dear all,


IFAAMAS <http://www.ifaamas.org/>, the International Foundation for
Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, is pleased to announce the call
for the 2024 Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award
<https://www.ifaamas.org/award-victorlesser.html>. It is awarded for
dissertations written as part of a PhD, defended in the specified period,
and nominated by the supervisor (with supporting references), which show
originality, significance, and impact, and are supported by high quality
publications.


Nominations are invited for the award, which will be presented at AAMAS-2025
<https://aamas2025.org/>. The award includes a certificate and a 1500 EUR
payment.


Eligibility: Eligible doctoral dissertations are those defended between
October 1, 2023 and September 30, 2024 (both endpoints included) in the
area of Autonomous Agents or Multiagent Systems.



Submission link: https://forms.gle/wc2YJBpSvSG2iLN87


Submission deadline: October 31, 2024 (anywhere on earth)


A nomination from the dissertation supervisor requires a link to the
dissertation PDF, a PDF with a list of publications, the supervisor’s
recommendation, and a PDF with information of at least one and at most
three referees. This nomination (via the Google Form above) along with all
the reference letters must be received by the deadline listed above. For
detailed information (including word limits), please refer to the full call
for nominations on the AAMAS 2025 website
<https://aamas2025.org/index.php/conference/calls/call-for-nominations-2024-victor-lesser-distinguished-dissertation-award/>
.


For questions, please contact the chair of the selection committee: Nisarg
Shah, nisarg at cs.toronto.edu