Each year, CAIAC awards a Best Dissertation Award and a Best Master's thesis award.

Best Dissertation Award

• 2013: Gabor Bartok, University of Alberta
  Thesis information
• 2012: Albert Xin Jiang, University of British Columbia
  Thesis Information
  Selection committee:
  • Fred Popowich, Simon Fraser University
  • David Poole, University of British Columbia
  • Corinna Cortes, Google
  • Hector Levesque, U. of Toronto
  • Peter VanBeek, U. of Waterloo
• 2011: Martin de Lasa, University of Toronto
  Thesis Information
  Selection committee:
  • Guy Lapalme, Université de Montréal
  • Evangelos Milios, Dalhousie University
  • Fred Popowich, Simon Fraser University
  • Janice Glasgow, Queen's University
  • David Poole, University of British Columbia
• 2010: Frank Hutter, University of British Columbia
  Thesis Information
  Selection committee:
  • Howard Hamilton, University of Regina
  • Guy Lapalme, Université de Montréal
  • Stan Matwin, University of Ottawa
  • Evangelos Milios, Dalhousie University
  • Peter Van Beek, University of Waterloo

Master's Thesis Award

• 2013: Hang Shao, University of Ottawa
  Thesis information
• 2012: Martin Lesmana, University of British Columbia
  Thesis Information
  Selection committee:
  • Danny Silver, Acadia University
  • Thomas Trappenburg, Dalhousie University
  • Howard Hamilton, University of Regina
  • Cristina Conati, University of British Columbia