RAS Early Career Award

About the award
Description:	This award is bestowed on individuals in the early stage of their who have made an identifiable contribution or contributions which have had a major impact on the robotics and/or automation fields. Two awards are presented, one for individuals in academe and another for people in industry or government. To recognize academics and individuals working in government or industry who have made an identifiable contribution or contributions which have had a major impact on the robotics and/or automation fields.
Established:	1999
Prize:	$1000 (as of 2008), Plaque and Certificate
Funding:	Funded by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Eligibility:	Any current member of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society who is in the early stage of his/her career in the robotics and/or automation field, i.e., less than 7 years after being granted his or her highest earned academic degree. (This period is defined as the time between the date on the nominee's diploma and the close of nominations for the award.)
Basis for judging:
Presentation:

Winners of this award

Year	Winner and reason
2008	Nicola Tomatis » Industry/Government
2008	Michael Montemerlo » Academic: For fundamental contributions to perception, SLAM, motion planning and navigation; and technical leadership on the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge winning and 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge second place teams.
2008	Tao Zhang » Cowinner: For leadership and research contributions ot automation science and engineering in the areas of parts handling and semiconductor manufacturing.
2007	Danica Kragic » Visually Guided Manipulation
2007	Ralf Koeppe » For outstanding contributions to the design and control of a lightweight robot for industrial applications
2006	Jingshan Li » For his significant contribution to the technical field of automation science and engineering, in such areas as modeling and analysis of manufacturing systems, performance evaluation and bottleneck id
2006	Warren Dixon » For his remarkable achievements at his career stage, including impressive publication record, building a solid robotics program and attracting substantial funding, being selected to receive the Nation
2005	Ayanna Howard » (Industry/Government) For contributions to soft-computing techniques for robot reasoning and learning in space applications
2005	Allison Okamura » (Academe) For contributions to the design and control of haptic devices and to teleoperated and needle-based robot-assisted surgery
2005	Yoky Matsuoka » (Academe) For contributions to the design of new robotic devices that facilitate neuromuscular assistance, learning, and rehabilitation.
2004	Paolo Pirjanian » Government/Industry Award
2004	Karl Bohringer » Academic career
2004	Katsu Yamane »
2003	Mingjun Zhang » Early Career
2002	Lydia Kavraki »
2001	Kevin Lynch »
2000	Fumihito Arai »
2000	Maja Mataric »
1999	Ning Xi » Academic career

award winner list