CAIAC Fellows
A CAIAC Fellow is an eminent member of the Canadian AI community, i.e., someone recognized as a leader in any area of AI within the Canadian AI community. CAIAC Fellows are appointed for life; they occasionally advise the CAIAC Executive on issues including adjudication of awards, selection of conference chairs, and special initiatives of the association.
Current Fellows (in alphabetical order)
- Peter van Beek, University of Waterloo (CAIAC Distinguished Service Award 2019)
- Yoshua Bengio, University of Montreal (CAIAC Lifetime Achievement Award 2018)
- Robin Cohen, University of Waterloo (CAIAC Lifetime Achievement Award 2018)
- Howard Hamilton, University of Regina (CAIAC Distinguished Service Award 2009)
- Geoffrey Hinton, University of Toronto (CAIAC Lifetime Achievement Award 2018)
- Graeme Hirst, University of Toronto (CAIAC Distinguished Service Award 2008, CAIAC Lifetime Achievement Award 2017)
- Guy Lapalme, Université de Montreal (CAIAC Lifetime Achievement Award 2011)
- Hector Levesque, University of Toronto (CAIAC Lifetime Achievement Award 2012)
- Alan Mackworth, University of British Columbia (CAIAC Distinguished Service Award 1994, CAIAC Lifetime Achievement Award 2010)
- Stan Matwin, University of Ottawa (Distinguished Service Award 2010)
- Gord McCalla, University of Saskatchewan (CAIAC Distinguished Service Award 2000)
- Robert Mercer, University of Western Ontario (CAIAC Distinguished Service Award 2012)
- John Mylopoulos, University of Toronto (CAIAC Distinguished Service Award 1992)
- David Poole, University of British Columbia (CAIAC Lifetime Achievement Award 2013)
- Fred Popowich, Simon Fraser University (CAIAC Distinguished Service Award 2017)
- Daniel (Danny) Silver, Acadia University (CAIAC Distinguished Service Award 2016)
- Richard Sutton, University of Alberta (CAIAC Lifetime Achievement Award 2018)
- Jonathan Schaeffer, University of Alberta (CAIAC Lifetime Achievement Award 2008)
In Memoriam
- Nick Cercone, York University (1946 - 2015, CAIAC Distinguished Service Award 1996, CAIAC Lifetime Achievement Award 2015)