ACM SIGAI is the

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's Special Interest Group on

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( AI), an interdisciplinary group of academic and industrial researchers, practitioners,

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, and students who work together to promote and support the growth and application of AI principles and techniques throughout computing. SIGAI is one of the oldest special interest groups in the

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. SIGAI, previously called SIGART, started in 1966, publishing the SIGART Newsletter that later became the SIGART Bulletin and Intelligence Magazine.

Conferences

SIGAI supports several conferences. * The

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International Conference on Human–Robot Interaction (HRI). * The

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(WI). The next conference will be held October 2016 in

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. * The

International Joint Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology (WI-IAT). * The

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(ASE). The next conference will be held in September 2016 in

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. * The

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(IUI). * The

International Conference on Knowledge Capture International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The T ...

(K-CAP). * The SIGAI Career Network and Conference (SIGAI CNC).

Journal

ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology (ACM TIST) is a scholarly journal that publishes the quality papers on intelligent systems, applicable algorithms and technology with a multi-disciplinary perspective. An intelligent system is one that uses AI techniques to offer important services (e.g., as a component of a larger system) to allow integrated systems to perceive, reason, learn, and act intelligently in the real world.

Newsletter/Bulletin

AI Matters AI is artificial intelligence, intellectual ability in machines and robots. Ai, AI or A.I. may also refer to: Animals * Ai (chimpanzee), an individual experimental subject in Japan * Ai (sloth) or the pale-throated sloth, northern Amazonian ma ...

is the SIGAI quarterly newsletter featuring ideas and announcements of interest to the AI community. AI Matters is archived and made available in the

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Awards

SIGAI has two main awards that are given out annually.

Allen Newell Award

The

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was founded in honor of

Allen Newell Allen Newell (March 19, 1927 – July 19, 1992) was a researcher in computer science and cognitive psychology at the RAND Corporation and at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, Tepper School of Business, and Departmen ...

, one of the founders of the field of AI. It is presented to an individual selected for career contributions that have breadth within computer science, or that bridge computer science and other disciplines.

ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award

The ACM/SIGAI

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s Research Award recognizes 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. Prior to 2014, it was known as the ACM/SIGART Autonomous Agents Award. Winners include the following: * Munindar Singh, 2020 *Carles Sierra, 2019 *Craig Boutilier, 2018 *David Parkes, 2017 *

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, 2016 * Catherine Pelachaud, 2015 *

Michael Wellman Michael Paul Wellman (born March 27, 1961) is the Richard H. Orenstein Division Chair of Computer Science and Engineering and Lynn A. Conway Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. ...

, 2014 *

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, 2013 *

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, 2012 * Joe Halpern, 2011 *

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, 2010 * Stacy Marsella, 2010 * Manuela M. Veloso, 2009 *

Yoav Shoham Yoav Shoham ( he, יואב שוהם; born 22 January 1956) is a computer scientist and a Professor Emeritus at Stanford University. His research spans artificial intelligence, logic and game theory. He has also founded and sold several AI compa ...

, 2008 *

Sarit Kraus Sarit Kraus ( he, שרית קראוס; born 1960) is a professor of computer science at the Bar-Ilan University in Israel. She was named the 2020-2021 ACM Athena Lecturer recognising her contributions to artificial intelligence, notably to multi ...

, 2007 *

Michael Wooldridge Michael Richard Lewis Wooldridge (born 7 November 1956) is an Australian doctor, company director, and former politician. He served as deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 1993 to 1994, under John Hewson. In the Howard Government he held ...

, 2006 *

Milind Tambe Milind Tambe known as Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science and Director of Center for Research on Computation and Society at Harvard University; he is also the Director "AI for Social Good" at Google Research India. Career Fellowship ...

, 2005 *

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, 2004 * Nicholas Jennings, 2003 *

Katia Sycara Ekaterini Panagiotou Sycara ( el, Κάτια Συκαρά) is a Greek computer scientist. She is an Edward Fredkin Research Professor of Robotics in the Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University internationally ...

, 2002 *

Tuomas Sandholm Tuomas Sandholm is the Angel Jordan University Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University and a serial entrepreneur with a research focus on the intersection of artificial intelligence, economics, and operations research. Earl ...

, 2001

SIGAI Advisory Board

The SIGAI Advisory Board includes: *

Yolanda Gil Yolanda Gil is a Spanish computer scientist specializing in knowledge discovery and knowledge-based systems at the University of Southern California (USC). She served as chair of SIGAI the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interes ...

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Eric Horvitz Eric Joel Horvitz () is an American computer scientist, and Technical Fellow at Microsoft, where he serves as the company's first Chief Scientific Officer. He was previously the director of Microsoft Research Labs, including research centers in Re ...

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SIGAI Officers

SIGAI Elected Officers include: *

, Chair * Sanmay Das, Vice-Chair *

Susan L. Epstein Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian '' sšn'' and Coptic ''shoshen'' meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew ''Shoshana'' meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), ...

, Secretary-Treasurer *

Maria Gini Maria Gini is an Italian and American Computer Scientist in artificial intelligence and robotics. She has considerable service to the computer science artificial intelligence community and for broadening participation in computing. She was Ch ...

, Past Chair SIGAI Appointed Officers include: *

Eric Eaton The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* ai ...

, Newsletter Editor *

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, Newsletter Co-editor *

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, News Officer * Sven Koenig, Conference Coordination Officer * Gabor Melli, Publications Officer * Smiljana Petrovic, Membership and Outreach Officer *

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, Public Policy Officer *

Mehran Sahami Mehran Sahami is an Iranian-born American computer scientist, engineer, and professor. He is the James and Ellenor Chesebrough Professor in the School of Engineering, and Professor (Teaching) and Associate Chair for Education in the Computer Scien ...

, Education Activities Liaison *

Peter Norvig Peter Norvig (born December 14, 1956) is an American computer scientist and Distinguished Education Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI. He previously served as a director of research and search quality at Google. Norvig is ...

, Education Activities Liaison *

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, Information Officer

References

External links

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