Awards
The Herbert A. Simon Award
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Recipients
- 2011: John Sullins (Sonoma State)
- 2010: Mariarosaria Taddeo (University of Hertfordshire; University of Oxford)
The Covey Award
The Covey Award recognizes faculty who have accomplished innovative research, and possibly teaching that flows from that research, in the field of computing and philosophy broadly conceived.
Covey Award candidates may be proposed by either their home institution (in accordance with procedures detailed below), or by third parties with standing in computing and philosophy, who are substantially familiar with the candidate’s work.
In light of the facts that there there is already a Goldberg Graduate Award and that innovation at a high level is required, the Covey Award is not meant for graduate students.
The proposal is to include, in electronic form (pdf preferred):
- A summary, maximum of 1000 words, of the innovative work in question, in the intersection of computing and philosophy; and
- A full curriculum vitae of the candidate.If the proposal comes from the candidate’s home institution, the candidate should also be reviewed and accepted as deserving of the Covey Award by the candidate’s Department Chair (or equivalent; e.g., Center or Lab Director) and by the Dean and at least one administrator above the Dean level (i.e., Provost or President).It is the responsibility of the Department Chair (or equivalent) to write
- a letter of support to accompany the other two items enumerated above. This letter should also be in electronic form (pdf preferred), duly signed on relevant letterhead. The letter should note the affirmation of the other administrators.
In the case of proposals from third parties, a proposal contains the three items enumerated above, except the letter comes from this third party, and need not contain any reference to affirmations made by administrators. In this case, it is crucial that the third party conveys a deep understanding of the candidate’s innovation, and the importance of that innovation to others in the broad area of computing and philosophy studies. It is also important that the third party be in a professional position to judge with credibility that innovation has been achieved.
Proposals for the Covey Award should be emailed to the President of IACAP.
Proposals will be evaluated by the IACAP Executive Committee. The Committee reserves the right to make no award from a set of proposals received in a given year.
Covey Award recipients will receive a dedicated space on the CAP program for delivering a presentation related to the innovation recognized by their award, and will be recognized in an awards ceremony.
Recipients
- 2011: Terrell Bynum (Southern Connecticut State University)
- 2010: John R. Searle (University of California, Berkeley)
- 2009: Dr. Edward N. Zalta (Stanford University)
The Brian Michael Goldberg Memorial Award
The impact of research in Computational Modeling, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Formal Models of Learning, and Agent-based Simulations on the discipline of Philosophy has been profound. Contemporary discussions of epistemology, ethics, theory of mind, and philosophy of language have all benefited from lively, interdisciplinary debates over the relation between computational and formal models, and traditional philosophical questions. These debates have found their way into scholarly publications and textbooks, as well as into a growing number of Masters and Ph.D. theses.
In order to recognize outstanding achievements by Graduate Students in this area of research and scholarship, the International Association for Computing and Philosophy is proud to offer the “Brian Michael Goldberg Memorial Award” for presentations in any category listed above. This Award, which carries a $500 USD stipend, will be presented each year at one of the North American Computing and Philosophy conferences. Nominees and applicants are welcome from around the world.
The department of philosophy at Carnegie Mellon is the sponsor of this award and will serve as the site for submissions. The department will establish an international committee to review applications and, in conjunction with NA-CAP, will announce the yearly winner. Each year’s winner will be expected to make a presentation at a NA-CAP conference as part of the Award Ceremony.
This Award was made possible by a generous gift from Dr. Gerald and Nancy Goldberg in memory of their son, Brian Michael Goldberg. In their words:
Brian was a twenty-two year old student who was admitted to Carnegie Mellon University in 1991 to the doctoral program in philosophy. He died unexpectedly before he could realize his dream of attending Carnegie Mellon. Brian was an independent thinker who loved competition and a good challenge. Throughout his life, he found it exciting to enter and win contests. He loved challenging his mind, especially by studying philosophy, mathematics and logic. He loved challenging his creativity through photography, painting and theatre arts. He loved challenging his body by learning such diverse sports as wrestling, fencing and scuba diving. He loved debating and challenging others to think in new ways and had seriously considered becoming a university professor. To honor who he was and what he loved, this Goldberg Memorial Award is offered to challenge and motivate other graduate students in Brian’s chosen field of study.
Recipients
- 2011: Cameron Buckner (Indiana University)
- 2010: Derek Jones, Indiana University: “Animat modelling”
- 2009: Matteo Turilli, Oxford University: “Translating Ethical Requirements into Software Specification”
- 2008: Chih-Chun Chen, University College London: “A Process Interpretation of Agent-Based Simulation and Its Epistemological Implications“
- 2007: Rory Smead, University of California, Irvine: “The Evolution of Cooperation in the Centipede Game with Finite Populations”
If you have any questions, please contact Mara Harrell at mharrell@cmu.edu.
The Barwise Prize
This prize is not awarded by IACAP, but by the American Philosophical Association, in conjunction with the APA Committee on Philosophy and Computers. The Barwise Prize was established for significant and sustained contributions to areas relevant to philosophy and computing. The Prize will serve to credit those within our profession for their life-long efforts in this field. It will also serve to acknowledge and to encourage work in all areas relevant to the “computational turn” that is occurring in our profession. Examples of areas that are of interest to the Committee in selecting candidates for this Prize include: The use of computers in the teaching of philosophy; the use of computers as research tools in philosophy; the philosophical aspects of artificial intelligence; and the area of computer ethics.
The Committee has selected the name of Jon Barwise for this Prize because his life’s work exemplifies a concern with research and teaching; his efforts are often embodied in the production of courseware and changes of curriculum. His contributions were significant and sustained. Jon, in fact, is a model for the kind of philosopher we seek to acknowledge with the awarding of an annual Barwise Prize.
For more information on the prize, please visit The American Philosophical Association Online.
Recipients
2010: Dr. Jaakko Hintikka (Boston University)
2009: Dr. Luciano Floridi (University of Hertfordshire)
2008: Dr. Terry Bynum (Southern Connecticut State University)
2007: Dr. David Chalmers (Australian National University)
2006: Dr. James H. Moor (Dartmouth College)
2005: Dr. Hubert Dreyfus (UC Berkeley)
2004: Dr. Deborah Johnson (University of Virginia)
2003: Dr. Daniel Dennett (Tufts University)
2002: Dr. Patrick Suppes (Stanford University)
