IJCAII-JAIR Best Paper Prize
Overview
The Annual IJCAII-JAIR Best Paper Prize is awarded to an outstanding paper published in JAIR in the preceding five calendar years. The prize committee is comprised of associate editors and members of the JAIR Advisory Board; their decision is based on both the significance of the paper and the quality of presentation. The recipient(s) of the award receives a prize of US$500 (to be split amongst the authors of a co-authored paper). Funding for this award was provided by the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence, Inc.
Winners
2007 Prize: Guestrin, C., Koller, D., Parr, R. and Venkataraman, S. (2003) "Efficient Solution Algorithms for Factored MDPs", 19, 399 - 468.
2007 Honorable Mention: Felner, A., Korf, R.E. and Hanan, S. (2004) "Additive Pattern Database Heuristics", 22, 279-318.
2006 Prize: Darwiche, A. and Marquis, P. (2002) "A Knowledge Compilation Map", 17, 229 - 264.
2006 Honorable Mention: Ginsberg, M.L. (2001) "GIB: Imperfect Information in a Computationally Challenging Game", 14, 303-358.
2005 Prize: Hoffmann, J. and Nebel, B. (2001) "The FF Planning System: Fast Plan Generation Through Heuristic Search", 14, 253 - 302.
2005 Honorable Mention: Cheng, J. and Druzdzel, M.J. (2000) "AIS-BN: An Adaptive Importance Sampling Algorithm for Evidential Reasoning in Large Bayesian Networks", 13, 155-188.
2004 Prize: Ygge, F. and Akkermans, H. (1999) "Decentralized Markets versus Central Control: A Comparative Study", 11, 301-333.
2004 Honorable Mention: Fox, D., Burgard, W. and Thrun, S. (1999) "Markov Localization for Mobile Robots in Dynamic Environments", 11, 391-427.
2003 Prize: Dietterich, T.G. (2000) "Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning with the MAXQ Value Function Decomposition", 13, 227-303.
2003 Honorable Mention: Littman, M.L., Goldsmith, J. and Mundhenk M. (1998) "The Computational Complexity of Probabilistic Planning", 9, 1-36.
