Call for submissions for
The ALP Alain Colmerauer Prolog Heritage Prize
to be presented at the Prolog Day Symposium

Organized by The Association for Logic Programming (ALP) and The Prolog
Heritage Association

In the summer of 1972, Alain Colmerauer and his team in Marseille
developed and implemented the first version of the logic programming
language Prolog. Together with both earlier and later collaborations
with Robert Kowalski and his colleagues in Edinburgh, this work laid
the practical and theoretical foundations for the Prolog and logic
programming of today. Prolog and its related technologies soon became
key tools of symbolic programming and Artificial Intelligence.

The Year of Prolog celebrates the 50th anniversary of these events and
highlights the continuing significance of Prolog and Logic Programming
both for symbolic, explainable AI, and for computing more generally.

This celebration will culminate with the award of the inaugural
edition of the ALP Alain Colmerauer Prolog Heritage Prize for recent
practical accomplishments that highlight the benefits of
Prolog-inspired computing for the future. The Prize will be presented
at the Prolog Day Symposium on November 10, 2022, in Paris, France.

Eligibility
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Any individual or group of individuals can nominate themselves or
their institution(s)/organization(s) for the Prize.

Selection
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The Prize will be given for depth, novelty, and proven or potential
impact. A shortlist of up to five nominations will also be selected in
the process.

Endowment
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The winner(s) will receive a certificate and a cash Prize of 2,000
Euros. The expenses of the shortlisted nominees will be covered up to
1,000 Euros, supported by the Artificial Intelligence Journal.

Timeline
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Deadline for nominations/submissions:
*** September 2, 2022 ***

Notification of the shortlisted candidates:
*** September 30, 2022 ***

For more information and details, see:
https://prologyear.logicprogramming.org/ColmerauerPrize.html

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The Year of Prolog and its activities, including the Alain Colmerauer
Prize, are sponsored by the Association for Logic Programming, the
Prolog Heritage Association, the AI Journal, Institut Carnot
Cognition, and Institut Fredrik Bull, among others.