Call for Nominations for Silvia Coradeschi and Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar Awards
2023 Call for Nominations for Silvia Coradeschi and Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar Awards
Prof. Silvia Coradeschi (d. Feb 5, 2014) was a founding trustee of RoboCup and an early visionary in the RoboCup initiative. She served as General Chair of RoboCup 1999 in Stockholm, Sweden, was a frequent competition participant, and was an exemplar of the RoboCup ideal of engaging in cutting-edge AI and Robotics research.
Prof. Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar (d. July 24, 2019) joined RoboCup since its beginning in 1997 and significantly contributed to the development of the RoboCup Federation (Trustee since 2004, Vice-President from 2008 to 2016). He was involved in the organization of many of the leagues, with major contributions to RoboCupJunior, RoboCup@Home, and RoboCup@Work. He was General Chair of RoboCup 2016 in Leipzig, Germany.
To honor their extraordinary contributions to RoboCup and to honor their memories, the RoboCup Federation created “The Silvia Coradeschi RoboCup Award” in 2014 (https://www.robocup.org/silvia_coradeschi https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.robocup.org_silvia-5Fcoradeschi&d=DwMFaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=FXof_2_ea9yycgwinMMuSACOm9HUHTKZ2HkPidFwAow&m=fRn3wO8JbYEG6yw1RIDSiwujgxL6LkT-0TPmNeJ4qj1_grrzRRQ1CY6J4y9zl5aQ&s=xxy-VZQBZ97vd2d1lObbySuwJou2LI6UwltpaN9sWRQ&e=), for a young female RoboCup student, with distinguishing research and the “Gerhard Kraetzschmar RoboCup Distinguished Service Award” in 2021 (https://www.robocup.org/gkk_award https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.robocup.org_gkk-5Faward&d=DwMFaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=FXof_2_ea9yycgwinMMuSACOm9HUHTKZ2HkPidFwAow&m=fRn3wO8JbYEG6yw1RIDSiwujgxL6LkT-0TPmNeJ4qj1_grrzRRQ1CY6J4y9zl5aQ&s=omRok9uMHkxhKhJ8_c4SAK5lxjQ42rKNqZPbLb7pvAk&e=), to recognize the outstanding contributions of an individual for his/her exceptional leadership, service, and dedication that benefit RoboCup in any of its leagues.
We are now calling for candidates for the 2023 Awards. The award recipients, to be named at RoboCup 2023 will receive:
● a certificate ● a US$1,000 honorarium
Nominations for the “Silvia Coradeschi Award”:
Eligible candidates for the “Silvia Coradeschi Award” are female graduate students and post-doctoral researchers who received the degree within the past 3 years and who will register for RoboCup 2023. The two criteria are:
Distinguishing research as evidenced by, for example, refereed publications. RoboCup leadership, either within a team and/or in the broad RoboCup community.
To nominate a female student for the “Silvia Coradeschi Award”, the student's professor should send a nominating email to <o****e@robocup.org mailto:o****e@robocup.org>, by June 9, 2023. The email must include a letter of recommendation that addresses both criteria.
An additional letter of recommendation from a RoboCup community member not affiliated with the student’s team is recommended (but not required) to support the nomination.
Nominations for the “Gerhard Kraetzschmar RoboCup Distinguished Service Award”:
Eligible candidates for the “Gerhard Kraetzschmar RoboCup Distinguished Service Award” are RoboCup members with an outstanding record of service in one or more of the RoboCup Leagues, including as Technical and Organizing Committees, Executive Committee, and/or Board of Trustees.
To nominate a RoboCup member for the “Gerhard Kraetzschmar RoboCup Distinguished Service Award”, send a nominating email to <o****e@robocup.org mailto:o****e@robocup.org> by June 9, 2023. The email must include a letter of recommendation that addresses the individual’s impact of service and contributions to RoboCup, including diversity, quality, and length of the work done for RoboCup. One or two additional letter(s) of recommendation from RoboCup community members are required to support the nomination. Please attach all letters of recommendation to the nomination email.
2023 Call for Nominations for Silvia Coradeschi and Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar Awards
Prof. Silvia Coradeschi (d. Feb 5, 2014) was a founding trustee of RoboCup and an early visionary in the RoboCup initiative. She served as General Chair of RoboCup 1999 in Stockholm, Sweden, was a frequent competition participant, and was an exemplar of the RoboCup ideal of engaging in cutting-edge AI and Robotics research.
Prof. Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar (d. July 24, 2019) joined RoboCup since its beginning in 1997 and significantly contributed to the development of the RoboCup Federation (Trustee since 2004, Vice-President from 2008 to 2016). He was involved in the organization of many of the leagues, with major contributions to RoboCupJunior, RoboCup@Home, and RoboCup@Work. He was General Chair of RoboCup 2016 in Leipzig, Germany.
To honor their extraordinary contributions to RoboCup and to honor their memories, the RoboCup Federation created “The Silvia Coradeschi RoboCup Award” in 2014 (https://www.robocup.org/silvia_coradeschihttps://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.robocup.org_silvia-5Fcoradeschi&d=DwMFaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=FXof_2_ea9yycgwinMMuSACOm9HUHTKZ2HkPidFwAow&m=fRn3wO8JbYEG6yw1RIDSiwujgxL6LkT-0TPmNeJ4qj1_grrzRRQ1CY6J4y9zl5aQ&s=xxy-VZQBZ97vd2d1lObbySuwJou2LI6UwltpaN9sWRQ&e=), for a young female RoboCup student, with distinguishing research and the “Gerhard Kraetzschmar RoboCup Distinguished Service Award” in 2021 (https://www.robocup.org/gkk_awardhttps://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.robocup.org_gkk-5Faward&d=DwMFaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=FXof_2_ea9yycgwinMMuSACOm9HUHTKZ2HkPidFwAow&m=fRn3wO8JbYEG6yw1RIDSiwujgxL6LkT-0TPmNeJ4qj1_grrzRRQ1CY6J4y9zl5aQ&s=omRok9uMHkxhKhJ8_c4SAK5lxjQ42rKNqZPbLb7pvAk&e=), to recognize the outstanding contributions of an individual for his/her exceptional leadership, service, and dedication that benefit RoboCup in any of its leagues.
We are now calling for candidates for the 2023 Awards.
The award recipients, to be named at RoboCup 2023 will receive:
● a certificate
● a US$1,000 honorarium
Nominations for the “Silvia Coradeschi Award”:
Eligible candidates for the “Silvia Coradeschi Award” are female graduate students and post-doctoral researchers who received the degree within the past 3 years and who will register for RoboCup 2023.
The two criteria are:
1. Distinguishing research as evidenced by, for example, refereed publications. 2. RoboCup leadership, either within a team and/or in the broad RoboCup community.
To nominate a female student for the “Silvia Coradeschi Award”, the student's professor should send a nominating email to <o****e@robocup.orgmailto:o****e@robocup.org>, by June 23, 2023. The email must include a letter of recommendation that addresses both criteria.
An additional letter of recommendation from a RoboCup community member not affiliated with the student’s team is recommended (but not required) to support the nomination.
Nominations for the “Gerhard Kraetzschmar RoboCup Distinguished Service Award”:
Eligible candidates for the “Gerhard Kraetzschmar RoboCup Distinguished Service Award” are RoboCup members with an outstanding record of service in one or more of the RoboCup Leagues, including as Technical and Organizing Committees, Executive Committee, and/or Board of Trustees.
To nominate a RoboCup member for the “Gerhard Kraetzschmar RoboCup Distinguished Service Award”, send a nominating email to <o****e@robocup.orgmailto:o****e@robocup.org> by June 23, 2023. The email must include a letter of recommendation that addresses the individual’s impact of service and contributions to RoboCup, including diversity, quality, and length of the work done for RoboCup. One or two additional letter(s) of recommendation from RoboCup community members are required to support the nomination. Please attach all letters of recommendation to the nomination email.
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