<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">KR Distinguished Service Award: Call for Nominations</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 23px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The KR Distinguished Service Award serves to <b>recognize exceptional and sustained service to the Knowledge Representation and Reasoning community,</b> whether it be service to the KR conference series, the KR Inc. organization, other KRR-related events, or more generally, any (non-research) activities that have helped foster a vibrant research community and/or increase the visibility of the KRR field. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">NOMINATIONS </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The Awards Committee encourages KRR researchers to nominate individuals they feel are deserving of the Distinguished Service Award. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Nominations should be submitted via CMT (by choosing the “KR 2024 Distinguished Service” track): </span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/KR2024/">https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/KR2024/</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Please put the name of the nominee in the Title box and upload a pdf with a short text (1-2 paragraphs) describing the nominee’s services to the community. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Any questions about nominations should be sent to the KR Awards Committee. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">IMPORTANT DATES</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The deadline for nominations is <b>May 20, 2024 (AoE time). </b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Award recipients will be notified no later than June 30, 2024, and the official announcement will be made at KR 2024. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">AWARDS COMMITTEE</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">This year’s KR Awards committee consists of Gerhard Brewka, Meghyn Bienvenu (chair), and Tommie Meyer. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The committee composition may be modified if needed to handle any COI situations.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;">CONTACT</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;">Inquiries should be sent to <a href="mailto:kr2024.awards@cse.unsw.edu.au">kr2024.awards@cse.unsw.edu.au</a>.</span></div></span></div></body></html>