Connectionists: Call for Nomiations - Julian Francis Miller Award

[João Nuno Correia]

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
JULIAN FRANCIS MILLER AWARD
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SPECIES, the ' Society for the Promotion of Evolutionary Computation in
Europe and
its Surroundings' calls for nominations to the Julian Francis Miller Award,
for
important contributions to the algorithmic exploration and embodiment of
evolution,
development and/or learning.

Since 2023, the award is handed out every year at the EvoStar Conference.
The first
winner was Professor Susan Stepney. Please consider to submit a nomination
for
an appropriate candidate to be considered.
Deadline for submission is July 31st of this year.

Please visit the SPECIES website at
http://species-society.org/julian-francis-miller-award/
for further details on the submission process.

Contact:
Wolfgang Banzhaf (banzhafw at msu.edu)
Penousal Machado (machado at dei.uc.pt)

Thank you.

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Julian Francis Miller Award

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.Julian Francis Miller

Julian Miller described himself as "the inventor of CGP (Cartesian Genetic
Programming) and a pioneer in trying to get materials to solve
computational problems (evolution in materio). Julian was highly regarded
in the Evolutionary Computation research community and was a source of
inspiration for many. His passion for research and his vision as a deep
thinker on fundamental questions of evolution are well documented in his
many contributions to the field. The SPECIES society recognizes him by
awarding an annual prize in his honor, the Julian Francis Miller Award.

.The Award

The Julian Francis Miller Award is given for important contributions to the
algorithmic exploration and embodiment of evolution, development and/or
learning.

It is awarded every year to normally one individual, who will receive a
prize of 3,000 Euro and a plaque from SPECIES. In exceptional cases the
award can be given to more than one individual in which case the prize
money is shared by the winners. The award is delivered at the annual
EvoStar conference.


.Nominations

Any member of the scientific community may nominate a colleague to this
award.

Nominations will be made via a web form and must include the name of the
nominator, the name of the nominee, a maximum 200 words justification for
nomination, and one sentence summary appropriate for dissemination to the
general public.

.Restrictions

Members of the SPECIES Executive Board and the Julian Francis Miller award
selection committee cannot be nominated to this award. Self-nominations are
not allowed.

.Selection

The selection of the yearly awardee(s) is made by the Julian Francis Miller
Award Selection Committee, consisting of 5 members appointed from the group
of EvoStar Outstanding Achievements in Evolutionary Computation in Europe
Award winners by the SPECIES Executive Board. Members serve for staggered
terms, with one member replaced annually starting in 2025. SPECIES
Executive Board members may not serve on the award selection committee.

Each year, the Julian Francis Miller Award Selection Committee will provide
a short list of up to three candidates to the SPECIES Executive Board, who
will select normally one nominee to receive the award. The SPECIES
Executive Board may decline to make an award.


Important Dates

July 31 of each year – nomination closes for the award of the following year
November 1 of each year – selection of awardee shortlist is forwarded to
the SPECIES Executive Board
November 15 of each year – selection is decided by Board and publicly
announced
March – April of the following year – Julian Francis Miller award is
delivered to selected individual
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