[agents] Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award (reminder)

[Frank Dignum]

*Call for IFAAMAS-11 Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award 
nomination*

Nominations are invited for the 2011 Victor Lesser Distinguished 
Dissertation Award sponsored by IFAAMAS, the International Foundation 
for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (http://www.ifaamas.org) 
and to be presented at AAMAS-2012 (http://aamas2012.webs.upv.es/).
Eligible doctoral dissertations are those defended between January 1, 
2011 and December 31, 2011 in the area of Autonomous Agents or 
Multiagent Systems.
This award includes a certificate signed by the IFAAMAS Chair, a 1500EUR 
award and an hour-long presentation in a special session of the 
conference on the work contained in the dissertation.

The selection of the dissertation will be based on the originality, 
significance, and impact of the work. Evidence of such impact include 
publications at highly selective conferences and journals in the field 
with due importance given to AAMAS conference series and JAAMAS. 
Research output that resulted primarily from the student's initiative 
will be considered more favourably. The selection committee will be the 
final arbiter in the decision process. The selection committee might 
decide to consult external assessors and reserves the right to not award 
the prize if the nominations do not meet the expected quality level.

The dissertation must be nominated by the thesis supervisor and must be 
supported by the following documents (the documents must be placed on a 
web page and only a link to this page e-mailed to the chair of the 
selection committee, Frank Dignum, at F.P.M.Dignum at uu.nl on or before 
February 28, 2012):

  * A pdf file of the dissertation. If the dissertation is not written
    in English, the nomination must include a substantial manuscript in
    English, with the nominee as the first author, published in a
    journal or a prestigious conference.
  * A list of citations to published papers based primarily on this
    dissertation with links to corresponding pdf files.
  * A recommendation from the dissertation supervisor nominating the
    dissertation for the IFAAMAS-11 Victor Lesser Distinguished
    Dissertation Award. The recommendation should argue the merit of the
    dissertation and highlight, where relevant, how the work resulted
    from the initiative of the student. This document, not to exceed 500
    words, should also certify the eligibility of the PhD by asserting
    that the PhD was defended in calendar year 2011.
  * The names, email addresses, and affiliations of at most three
    referees, familiar with the research of the candidate and experts in
    the pertinent research area, who will directly email their
    recommendations for the candidate to the chair of the selection
    committee.   It is the responsibility of the dissertation supervisor
    to contact the referees and ensure that the letters are submitted by
    the deadline.   A reference letter should be no more than 500 words
    in length and should be on official letterhead, signed and emailed
    as scanned pdf file.

Though the nomination is to be submitted by the nominee's dissertation 
supervisor, it is required that the nominee has consented that the 
dissertation be considered for this award and, if selected for the 
award, commits to attend the AAMAS-2012 conference, where he/she will 
receive the award, and will give an hour-long presentation in a special 
session of the conference on the work contained in the dissertation. The 
cost of attending the conference is not covered by the award.

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Frank Dignum                            *
Utrecht University                      *Knowledge is only one point,
The Netherlands                         *the ignorant have multiplied it
e-mail:F.P.M.Dignum at uu.nl               *
url:www.staff.science.uu.nl/~dignu101/  *                  (Baha'u'llah)
telephone: +31-30-2539109               *
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