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.{{Cite book |last=Bibel |first=Wolfgang |title=Reflexionen vor Reflexen: Memoiren eines Forschers |date=2017 |publisher=Cuvillier Verlag |isbn=978-3-7369-9524-6 |edition=1. Auflage |location=Göttingen}}

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|date=May 2024}}

Fellowship

{{See also|Category:Fellows of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence}}

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."{{cite web |last= |url=http://www.eccai.org/fellow.php?sort=year |title=ECCAI Fellows Program |accessdate=2011-01-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123075833/http://www.eccai.org/fellow.php?sort=year |archivedate=2011-01-23}} It has been in operation since 1999.

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