ACM SIGAI is the
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is a US-based international learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 and is the world's largest scientific and educational computing society. The ACM is a non-profit professional membe ...
's
Special Interest Group on
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech re ...
(
AI), an interdisciplinary group of academic and industrial researchers, practitioners,
software developers,
end users, 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
ACM. 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
ACM/
IEEE International Conference on Human–Robot Interaction (HRI).
* The
IEEE/
WIC
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ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI). The next conference will be held October 2016 in
Omaha, Nebraska.
* The
IEEE/
WIC
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ACM International Joint Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology (WI-IAT).
* The
International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE). The next conference will be held in September 2016 in
Singapore.
* The
International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI).
* The
International Conference on Knowledge Capture (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 is the SIGAI quarterly newsletter featuring ideas and announcements of interest to the AI community. AI Matters is archived and made available in the
ACM Digital Library
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Awards
SIGAI has two main awards that are given out annually.
Allen Newell Award
The
ACM - AAAI Allen Newell Award 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 Departm ...
, 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
Autonomous Agent
An autonomous agent is an intelligent agent operating on a user's behalf but without any interference of that user. An intelligent agent, however appears according to an IBM white paper as:
Intelligent agents are software entities that carry out ...
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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Peter Stone, 2016
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Catherine Pelachaud, 2015
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Michael Wellman, 2014
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Jeffrey S. Rosenschein, 2013
*
Moshe Tennenholtz
Moshe Tennenholtz is an Israeli computer scientist and professor with the faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, where he holds the Sondheimer Technion Academic Chair.
Biography
Tenne ...
, 2012
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Joe Halpern, 2011
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Jonathan Gratch, 2010
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Stacy Marsella, 2010
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Manuela M. Veloso, 2009
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Yoav Shoham, 2008
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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 mult ...
, 2007
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Michael Wooldridge, 2006
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Milind Tambe, 2005
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Makoto Yokoo, 2004
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Nicholas Jennings, 2003
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Katia Sycara, 2002
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Tuomas Sandholm, 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 ...
*
James A. Hendler
*
Haym Hirsh
*
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 ...
*
Craig A. Knoblock
*
Qiang Yang
SIGAI Officers
SIGAI Elected Officers include:
*
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 ...
, Chair
*
Sanmay Das, Vice-Chair
*
Susan L. Epstein, Secretary-Treasurer
*
Maria Gini, Past Chair
SIGAI Appointed Officers include:
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Eric Eaton, Newsletter Editor
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Amy McGovern, Newsletter Co-editor
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Doug Lange, News Officer
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Sven Koenig, Conference Coordination Officer
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Gabor Melli, Publications Officer
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Smiljana Petrovic, Membership and Outreach Officer
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Tom Dietterich, Public Policy Officer
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Mehran Sahami, Education Activities Liaison
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Peter Norvig, Education Activities Liaison
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Allen Lavoie, Information Officer
See also
*
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is a US-based international learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 and is the world's largest scientific and educational computing society. The ACM is a non-profit professional membe ...
References
External links
ACM SIGAIACM Digital Library
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