IJCAI-03 Awards

IJCAI-03 Award for Research Excellence

The IJCAI Award for Research Excellence is presented at IJCAI Conferences to a scientist who has carried out a program of consistently high quality AI research, yielding several substantial results.

The winner of the 2003 IJCAI Award for Research Excellence is Nils Nilsson, Kumagai Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, Stanford, USA. Professor Nilsson is recognized for his pioneering work in the use of heuristics, representations, and techniques for building AI systems capable of planning and acting in the real world.

Prof. Nilsson will present his Research Excellence Lecture on Thursday, August 14, 2003.

IJCAI Computers and Thought Award

The Computers and Thought Award is presented at IJCAI conferences to outstanding young scientists in AI. The award was established with royalties received from the book "Computers and Thought", edited by Edward Feigenbaum and Julian Feldman; it is currently supported by income from IJCAI funds.

The winner of the 2003 IJCAI Computers and Thought Award is Tuomas Sandholm , Associate Professor at the Computer Science Department , Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA. Professor Sandholm is recognized for his contributions to computational economics and the theory and practice of negotiation and coalition formation among computationally bounded agents.

Prof. Sandholm will present the Computers and Thought Lecture on Tuesday, August 12, 2003. This lecture is open to the public.

The Donald E. Walker Distinguished Service Award

The IJCAI Distinguished Service Award was established in 1979 by the IJCAI Trustees to honor senior scientists in AI for contributions and service to the field during their careers.

In 1993, the IJCAI Distinguished Service Award was renamed the Donald E. Walker Distinguished Service Award in memory of the late Donald E. Walker, who shaped the IJCAI organization as a Secretary-Treasurer.

The winner of the 2003 Donald E. Walker Distinguished Service Award is Alan Bundy, Professor of Automated Reasoning at the University of Edinburgh, UK. As a pioneering researcher in the automation of mathematical reasoning, Prof. Bundy is recognized for his outstanding service through his development of AI at Edinburgh, to the AI community of the United Kingdom, and the international community as Program Chair of the 1983 IJCAI, Conference Chair of the 1987 IJCAI, and Chair of CADE-12.