Various prestigious awards had been introduced shortly earlier than the beginning of AAAI 2023, and can be formally offered in the course of the convention. A number of the winners may even be giving invited talks as a part of the programme.
2023 AAAI Award for Synthetic Intelligence for the Good thing about Humanity
The AAAI Award for Synthetic Intelligence for the Good thing about Humanity recognises the optimistic impacts of synthetic intelligence to guard, improve, and enhance human life in significant methods with long-lived results.
The winner of this yr’s award is Tuomas Sandholm (Carnegie Mellon College). Tuomas has been recognised for “excellent scientific and software program contributions to the design and implementation of organ exchanges, and their direct influence on each apply and coverage”.
2023 AAAI Feigenbaum Prize
The AAAI Feigenbaum Prize is awarded biennially to acknowledge and encourage excellent Synthetic Intelligence analysis advances which are made through the use of experimental strategies of laptop science.
The 2023 recipient of the award is Milind Tambe (Harvard College and Google Analysis), for “high-impact contributions to the sector of synthetic intelligence by means of innovation and achievement in socially useful purposes of AI in safety, healthcare, and conservation”.
2023 Robert S. Engelmore Memorial Award
The Robert S. Engelmore Memorial Award recognises excellent contributions to automated planning, machine studying and robotics, their software to real-world issues and intensive service to the AI neighborhood.
This yr’s award goes to Manuela Veloso (JP Morgan Chase) for “excellent contributions to automated planning, machine studying and robotics, their software to real-world issues and intensive service to the AI neighborhood”.
2023 AAAI/EAAI Patrick Henry Winston Excellent Educator Award
The annual AAAI/EAAI Excellent Educator award was created to honour an individual (or group of individuals) who has made main contributions to AI schooling that present long-lasting advantages to the AI neighborhood and society as a complete.
The 2023 winner is Ayanna Howard (The Ohio State College) for “growing accessibility to computing sources for youngsters with particular wants, selling the usage of social robots to interact youngsters in schooling, and dealing with college students in any respect ranges to extend range and entry in computing, engineering, and AI”.
2023 AAAI Distinguished Service Award
The AAAI Distinguished Service award acknowledges one particular person annually for extraordinary service to the AI neighborhood.
The winner this yr is Ramasamy Uthurusamy, for “vital contributions to the sector of AI by means of sustained service as a convention founder and organizer, as an industrial chief, and as a scientific society chief”.
Congratulations to the entire winners! You could find out extra about these awards, and the opposite awards that AAAI bestows right here.
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Lucy Smith
, Managing Editor for AIhub.
