Call For Nominations   
   	2006 SIGART Autonomous Agents Research Award   
      
   ACM SIGART, in collaboration with the International   
   Conference on Autonomous Agents, has instituted an annual   
   award for excellence in research in the area of autonomous   
   agents. Award winners will receive an honorarium and will be   
   invited to give a talk at the annual Autonomous Agents and   
   Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS) Conference.   
      
   This award is specifically intended to recognize researchers   
   whose current research is influencing the field. Candidates   
   will therefore be evaluated based on the quality and   
   significance of their research contributions over the last   
   five years. It is expected that at least some of these   
   contributions should have been reported at one or more   
   Autonomous Agents or AAMAS conferences. Previous winners of   
   the SIGART Autonomous Research Award were Milind Tambe   
   (2005), Makoto Yokoo (2004), Nick Jennings (2003), Katia   
   Sycara (2002), and Tuomas Sandholm (2001).   
      
   The award committee is now seeking nominations for next   
   year's award. Nominations can be submitted by email to the   
   Awards Committee Chair, Katia Sycara (katia@cs.cmu.edu). The   
   nomination should specify   
      
     o Name of person being nominated;   
     o Name and contact information for the person making the   
       nomination;   
     o A statement describing the reasons why the nominee   
       should be considered for the award.   
      
   Nominations are requested no later than October 30, 2005.   
      
      
   --   
    Tim Finin, Prof Computer Science & Electrical Engineering   
    Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle,   
    Baltimore MD 21250. finin@umbc.edu 410-455-3522 fax:-3969   
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