The winner of the ACM/SIGART Autonomous Agents Research Award is:

Moshe Tennenholtz (Technion/Microsoft Research Israel)

Call for Nominations

***Deadline for nominations: 2 December 2011***

Nominations are solicited for the 2012 ACM/SIGART Autonomous Agents Research Award. This award is made for research excellence in the area of autonomous agents. It is intended to recognize researchers whose current work is an important influence on the field. The award is an official ACM award, funded by an endowment created by ACM SIGART from the proceeds of previous Autonomous Agents conferences. The recipient of the award will receive a monetary prize and a certificate, and will be expected to present a plenary talk at the AAMAS-2012 conference in Valencia.

Previous winners of the ACM/SIGART Autonomous Agents Research Award were: Joe Halpern (2011), Jonathan Gratch and Stacy Marsella (2010), Manuela Veloso (2009), Yoav Shoham (2008), Sarit Kraus (2007), Michael Wooldridge (2006), Milind Tambe (2005), Makoto Yokoo (2004), Nicholas R. Jennings (2003), Katia Sycara (2002), and Tuomas Sandholm (2001).

For more information on the award, see: http://sigart.acm.org/aaaward.htm.

HOW TO NOMINATE:

**Anybody can make a nomination**. Nominations should be made by email to the chair of the award committee, Michael Wooldridge ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it '; document.write( '' ); document.write( addy_text72632 ); document.write( '<\/a>' ); //--> This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), and should consist of a statement of support (in plain text format) that clearly describes the research contributions that the individual has made that merit the award, and how these contributions have influenced the field. All nominated candidates will then be asked by the committee to provide a CV and a statement describing their key contributions to the field.