``ACM SIGART, in collaboration with the
International Conference on Autonomous Agents, has instituted
an annual award for excellence in research in the area
of autonomous agents. The award 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 selection committee for the ACM/SIGART
Autonomous Agents Research Award is pleased to announce
that Dr. Milind Tambe of the University of Southern California
is the recipient of the 2005 award. Dr. Tambe has made
significant and sustained contributions to the research
on autonomous agents and multi agent systems. In particular,
Dr. Tambe made seminal contributions to the theory, applications,
and software infrastructure in the area of teamwork, which
has become a flourishing research area in multi agent
systems. In addition to his substantial research contributions,
Dr. Tambe has served the autonomous agents research community
in a variety of ways, most recently as the General co-chair
of the Third International Conference on Autonomous Agents
and Multi Agent Systems (AAMAS2004).
