The International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) seeks nominations for the 2026 Herbert A. Simon Award.
The Herbert A. Simon Award for Outstanding Research in Computing and Philosophy recognizes scholars at an early stage of their academic career (i.e., roughly within 10 years of finalized PhD) who are likely to reshape debates at the nexus of Computing and Philosophy by their original research.
This year, the Simon award will be presented at the 2026 IACAP conference organized at the University of Kansas, USA. Please see the CFP for the conference here: https://iacapconf.org/
Previous recipients of the award include:
- 2025: Emily Sullivan (University of Edinburgh)
- 2024: Corey Maley (Purdue University)
- 2023: Kathleen Creel (Northeastern University)
- 2022: Björn Lundgren (Utrecht University)
- 2021: Carissa Véliz (University of Oxford)
- 2020: no award
- 2019: Juan M. Durán (Delft University of Technology)
- 2018: Thomas C. King (Oxford Internet Institute)
- 2017: Andrea Scarantino (Georgia State University)
- 2016: Marcin Milkowski (The Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences)
- 2015: Michael Rescorla (University of California-Santa Barbara)
- 2014: Gualterio Piccinini (University of Missouri-St. Louis)
- 2013: Judith Simon (University of Vienna)
- 2012: Patrick Allo (Vrije Universiteit Brussels)
- 2011: John Sullins (Sonoma State)
- 2010: Mariarosaria Taddeo (University of Hertfordshire and University of Oxford)
Please send your nomination(s) through our online form HERE.
Please submit your nomination no later than the end of February 2026 (extended deadline). The nominations are first considered by our award committee, who will make their recommendations to the IACAP board. If you have any questions concerning the nominations, please reach out to us at (iacap@ballsun.com) and the chair of the awards committee, Tom Powers (tpowers@udel.edu).
* If you for some reason want to nominate someone who received their PhD more than 10 years ago, please state clearly why the board should make an exception. Alternatively, consider whether the individual contribution is sufficient for consideration for the Covey award.