Professor Robin Cohen has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association. She is the first female recipient of the Association’s highest honour, an award that is conferred to individuals who have distinguished themselves through outstanding research excellence in artificial intelligence during the course of their academic career.
Since obtaining her PhD three and a half decades ago, Professor Cohen has made significant and sustained contributions to artificial intelligence, noted Professor Peter van Beek in his nomination letter. “Robin has authored more than 235 refereed publications — including 10 book chapters, more than 45 journal papers, and over 180 refereed conference and workshop papers,” he wrote. “She has made deep contributions to AI, including to the areas of computational linguistics, user modelling, temporal reasoning, plan recognition, agents, and trust and reputation modelling in electronic marketplaces.” Read the full story.