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Edith Elkind is the Winner of 2023 ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award
The selection committee for the ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award is pleased to announce that Professor Edith Elkind is the recipient of the 2023 award. Edith Elkind is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford.
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ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award Now Accepting Applications
We are happy to announce that the call for the 2023 ACM SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award is now available at the main award page here: https://sigai.acm.org/main/acm-sigai-industry-award/
This award is made for excellence in research in the area of autonomous agents. It is intended to recognize researchers in autonomous agents whose current work is an important influence on the field. The award is an official ACM award, funded by an endowment created by ACM SIGAI from the proceeds of previous Autonomous Agents conferences. The recipient of the award will receive a monetary prize and a certificate, and will be invited to present a plenary talk at the AAMAS 2023 conference in London, United Kingdom.
For more information please see the call here: https://sigai.acm.org/main/the-acm-sigai-autonomous-agents-research-award/
Sony’s Gran Turismo Sophy(TM) is the Winner of Industry Award for Excellence in AI
The Industry Award for Excellence in Artificial Intelligence is awarded by ACM SIGAI in 2022 to Sony’s Gran Turismo Sophy(TM), a project developed by Sony AI, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Polyphony Digital.
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ACM SIGAI 2022 Industry Award Now Accepting Applications
We are happy to announce that the call for the ACM SIGAI 2022 Industry Award is now available at the main Industry Award page here: https://sigai.acm.org/main/acm-sigai-industry-award/
The ACM SIGAI Industry Award for Excellence in Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be given annually to individuals or teams who have transferred original academic research into AI applications in recent years in ways that demonstrate the power of AI techniques via a combination of the following features: originality of the research novelty and technical excellence of the approach; importance of AI techniques to the approach; and actual or predicted societal impact of the application. Awardees receive a plaque accompanied by a prize of $5,000, and will be recognized at the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence through an agreement with the IJCAI Board of Trustees.
For more information please see the call here: https://sigai.acm.org/main/acm-sigai-industry-award/
Maria Gini is the Winner of 2022 ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award
The selection committee for the ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award is pleased to announce that Professor Maria Gini is the recipient of the 2022 award. Professor Maria Gini is Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota.
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