European Association for Artificial Intelligence

The European Association for Artificial Intelligence (EurAI), formerly European Co-ordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence (ECCAI), is the representative body for the European artificial intelligence community.

Overview

EurAI was established in 1982. Founding president of EurAI was Wolfgang Bibel. The aim of EurAI is to promote the study, research and application of artificial intelligence (AI) in Europe.^[1]

Activities

Every even-numbered year, EurAI, jointly with one of the member associations of EurAI, holds the European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI). The conference has become the leading conference for this field in Europe.

The Artificial Intelligence Dissertation Award sponsored by EurAI has been awarded since 1998.^{[citation needed]}

Fellowship

According to the association, EurAI Fellows program was created in order to "recognise individuals who have made significant, sustained contributions to the field of artificial intelligence (AI) in Europe."^[2] It has been in operation since 1999.

References

^ Bibel, Wolfgang (2017). Reflexionen vor Reflexen: Memoiren eines Forschers (1. Auflage ed.). Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7369-9524-6.
^ "ECCAI Fellows Program". Archived from the original on 2011-01-23. Retrieved 2011-01-23.