Horvitz noted two emerging trends at the conference and in the AI field. First is the growing interest in the web as a source of both structured and unstructured knowledge. For example, not only was there a special track on AI and the web, but during the robot competition, robots accessed the web to gather information about the objects they were to find in the scavenger huntlike event. Second is the work in scaling AI to be more integrative. Instead of the ongoing great successes of AI researches on "wedges" of AI expertise and reasoning, there's increasing work on delivering more depth and breadth of capabilities such as sensing, learning, and reasoning.

AAAI-17 Has Moved in Time and Place! We are delighted to announce that AAAI-17 will be held February 4-9 at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square! AAAI-17 program cochairs Shaul Markovitch and Satinder Singh will continue the traditions of past years with a strong technical program, including three special tracks, as well as rich outreach programs for students, women, and sister conferences. Special technical tracks will include cognitive systems, computational sustainability, and integrated systems. For complete details on the technical program, and the call for papers, please see www.aaai.org/aaai17.php. San Francisco is full of delights for every visitor.

This honor was announced at the recent AAAI-16 Conference in Phoenix. Senior Member status is designed to recognize AAAI members who have achieved significant accomplishments within the field of artificial intelligence. To be eligible for nomination for Senior Member, candidates must be consecutive members of AAAI for at least five years and have been active in the professional arena for at least ten years. Tom Dietterich, AAAI President, Manuela Veloso, AAAI Past President and Awards Committee Chair, and Rao Kambhampati, AAAI President-Elect, presented the AAAI Awards in February at AAAI-16 in Phoenix. The 2016 AAAI Classic Paper Award was given to the authors of the two papers deemed most influential from the Fifteenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, held in 1998 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

The Thirtieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-16) and the Twenty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-16) will be held February 12-17 at the Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Phoenix is the gateway to the Grand Canyon, and its history is a testament to the spirit of puebloans, ranchers, miners, and visionaries. Nearby Tempe is the site of Arizona State University, home of a leading AI research community. For local information, please visit the Phoenix Visitors site at www.visitphoenix.com. AAAI-16 Registration is now available at aaai.org/aaai16, and online registration can be completed at regonline.

The Thirtieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-16) and the Twenty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-16) will be held February 12-17 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Phoenix is America's sixth largest city, yet still has real cowboys, rugged mountains, and the kind of cactus most people see only in cartoons. Phoenix is the gateway to the Grand Canyon, and its history is a testament to the spirit of puebloans, ranchers, miners, and visionaries. Projected against this rich backdrop is a panorama of urban sophistication, with a host of museums, including the Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park and the Heard Museum, sports stadiums, restaurants, and shopping. Nearby Tempe is the site of Arizona State University, home of a leading AI research community.

The planning for AAAI-16 in Arizona, February 12-17, 2016 has begun! We hope you will join us for a memorable anniversary year. AAAI-16 Program Cochairs Dale Schuurmans and Michael Wellman plan to build on all the innovations introduced in the past few years, and will introduce a few of their own. Special technical tracks will include Cognitive Systems (Chairs: David Leake (Indiana University) and James Lester (North Carolina State University), Computational Sustainability (Chairs: J. Zico Kolter (Carnegie Mellon University) and Claire Monteleoni (George Washington University), and Integrated Systems (Chairs: Patrick Doherty (Linköping University) and Malik Ghallab (CNRS). Please check the inset on the following page for important deadlines.

Each year a small number of fellows are recognized for their unusual distinction in the profession and for their sustained contributions to the field for a decade or more. An official dinner and ceremony was held in their honor during AAAI-15 in Austin, Texas. The honorees for 2015 were as follows. Rama Chellappa (University of Maryland) For significant contributions to Markov random fields, 3D recovery from single and mutiple images and image/video-based recognition Marco Dorigo (Université Libre de Bruxelles) For seminal contributions to the foundations of swarm intelligence, including ant colony optimization and swarm robotics Holger H. Hoos (University of British Columbia) For significant contributions to the field of automated reasoning and the development of widely used methods for algorithm selection and configuration Adele E. Howe (Colorado State University) For significant contributions to the theory, practice and evaluation of automated planning, scheduling and other AI technologies, as well as service to the AI community Thorsten Joachims (Cornell University) For significant contributions to the theory and practice of machine learning and information retrieval AAAI announced its new class of AAAI Senior Members at the recent AAAI-15 Conference in Austin. Senior Member status is designed to recognize AAAI members who have achieved significant accomplishments within the field of artificial intelligence.

AAAI-15 and IAAI-15 Are Almost Here! The Twenty-Ninth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-15) and the Twenty-Seventh Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-15) will be held January 25-30 at the Hyatt Regency Austin in Austin, Texas, USA. Austin is home to one of the largest and oldest communities of AI researchers in the world, with more than a dozen AIrelated labs at the University of Texas at Austin. Included here are a few highlights, but for the full program, links, and schedule information, please visit aaai.org/aaai15. AAAI will feature a host of robotics exhibitions, demonstrations, and invited talks.

AAAI-15 and IAAI-15 Move to the Winter! The Twenty-Ninth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-15) and the Twenty-Seventh Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-15) will be held January 25-29 at the Hyatt Regency Austin in Austin, Texas, USA. Austin, the Live Music Capital of the World, and the state capital of Texas, is home to one of the largest and oldest communities of artificial intelligence researchers in the world, with more than a dozen AIrelated labs at the University of Texas at Austin. AAAI is working closely with the local AI community to create opportunities for attendees to experience AI in Texas! Attendees can also enjoy nearly 200 music venues that feature everything from rock and blues to country and jazz every night of the week.

Plans are already underway for AAAI-15, which will be held January 25-29, 2015 in Austin, Texas, USA. AAAI-15 program chairs Blai Bonet and Sven Koenig are busy developing some exciting new features for AAAI's first wintertime conference! Technical papers will be due in September. Please consult the AAAI-15 website for breaking news about the Call for Papers and important deadlines (www.aaai.org/ Austin, the Live Music Capital of the World, and the state capital of Texas, is home to one of the largest and oldest communities of artificial intelligence researchers in the world, with more than a dozen AIrelated labs at the University of Texas at Austin.