Award Winners

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• Lifetime Achievement Award: presented to an individual to recognize a lifetime of scientific excellence and outstanding contributions to the field of Artificial Intelligence.
  • 2012: Hector Levesque, University of Toronto - (Bio)
    Ad hoc committee:
    • Guy Lapalme, U. de Montréal
    • Alan Mackworth, U. of British Columbia
    • Jonathan Schaefer, U. of Alberta
  • 2011: Guy Lapalme, Université de Montréal (Bio)
    Ad hoc committee:
    • Alan Mackworth, U. of British Columbia
    • Gord McCalla, U. of Saskatchewan
    • Howard Hamilton, U. of Regina
  • 2010: Alan Mackworth, University of British Columbia (Bio)
    Ad hoc committee:
    • Jonathan Schaffer, U. of Alberta
    • Gord McCalla, U. of Saskatchewan
    • Howard Hamilton, U. of Regina
  • 2008: Jonathan Schaeffer, University of Alberta (Bio)
• Distinguished Service Award: presented to an individual to recognize his or her outstanding service to CAIAC (formerly the CSCSI/SCEIO) and to the Canadian Artificial Intelligence community.
  • 2012: Bob Mercer, University of British Columbia (Bio)
    Ad hoc committee:
    • Howard Hamilton, U. of Regina
    • Stan Matwin, U. of Ottawa
    • Nick Cercone, York University
  • 2010: Stan Matwin, University of Ottawa (Bio)
    Ad hoc committee:
    • Alan Mackworth, U. of British Columbia
    • Nick Cercone, York University
  • 2009: Howard Hamilton, University of Regina (Bio)
  • 2008: Graeme Hirst, University of Toronto (Bio)
  • 2000: Gord McCalla, University of Saskatchewan
  • 1996: Nick Cercone, York University
  • 1994: Alan Mackworth, University of British Columbia
  • 1992: John Mylopoulos, University of Toronto
• Special Awards (2006: 30th Anniversary of Canadian AI conference)
  • Alan Mackworth, University of British Columbia: Program chair of first Canadian AI conference
  • Richard Rosenberg, University of British Columbia: General chair of first Canadian AI conference
• Best Dissertation Award:
  • 2012: Albert Xin Jiang, University of British Columbia Thesis Information
    Ad hoc committee:
    • Fred Popowich, Simon Fraser University
    • David Poole, University of British Columbia
    • Corinna Cortes, Google
    • Hector Levesque, U. of Toronto
    • Peter VanBeek, U. of Waterloo
  • 2011: Martin de Lasa, University of Toronto Thesis Information
    Ad hoc committee:
    • Guy Lapalme, Universite de Montreal
    • Evangelos Milios (Dalhousie)
    • Fred Popowich (SFU)
    • Janice Glasgow (CRC Queen's Univ.)
    • David Poole (UBC)
  • 2010: Frank Hutter, University of British Columbia Thesis Information
    Ad hoc committee:
    • Howard Hamilton, University of Regina
    • Guy Lapalme, Universite de Montreal
    • Stan Matwin, University of Ottawa
    • Evangelos Milios, Dalhousie University
    • Peter Van Beek, University of Waterloo
• Masters Thesis Award:
  • 2012: Martin Lesmana, University of British Columbia Thesis Information
    Ad hoc committee:
    • Danny Silver, Acadia University
    • Thomas Trappenburg, Dalhousie University
    • Howard Hamilton, University of Regina
    • Cristina Conati, University of British Columbia