Dov Gabbay Prize for Logic and Foundations 2023
The Dov Gabbay Prize for Logic and Foundations is an international research prize launched on the occasion of Professor Dov Gabbay's 77th birthday. This initiative honours the extraordinary and multi-faceted scientific and editorial work of Dov Gabbay, known in particular for editing an extensive collection of specialized Logic Handbooks.
Awardees
ILOAF and the DGP Jury have the great pleasure to announce the winners of the first edition of the Dov Gabbay Prize for Logic and Foundations:
Dale Miller (Inria Saclay & LIX) and Mirek Truszczynski (University of Kentucky)
Our congratulations!
Statement of the Jury
The Dov Gabbay Prize was instituted in 2022 by the Initiative for Logic and Foundations (iloaf.org) on the occasion of Dov's 77th birthday. Its intent is to recognize outstanding inspirational contributions in logic and foundations across the interdisciplinary range of activities in Gabbay’s work over the years.
In response to a first call, the Jury of the Dov Gabbay Prize has received a wide and diverse range of strong nominations of high-profile excellent candidates, which resulted in extensive discussions. It was decided to focus in this first round on research in Computational Logic that reflects primary interests of Dov Gabbay.
The Jury is pleased to announce that the 2023 Dov Gabbay Prize is awarded jointly to Dale Miller and Mirek Truszczynski for their long-standing important contributions to the practice and theory of logic programming, theorem proving and related important strands in Computational Logic.
Dale Miller (Inria-Saclay and LIX/Ecole Polytechnique, France) has done pioneering and agenda-setting research bringing together and advancing logical proof theory and computational logic in the areas of higher-order logic programming and higher-order theorem proving. His research spans the full range from innovative foundational theory to the design and implementation of state-of-the-art working systems.
Mirek Truszczynski (University of Kentucky, USA) has done pioneering and agenda-setting research in logic programming, non-monotonic reasoning, answer-set programming, and preference in computational choice, where his seminal contributions are widely recognized. His research has succesfully run the gamut from mathematical foundations to industrial applications.
With the awards to follow in the years to come, the profile of the Gabbay Prize will be built up further: in particular, Philosophical Logic and Mathematical Logic will be in focus in succeeding years. Further information on these and other matters regarding the Prize will be found in the next calls for proposals.
The Jury
The jury consists of six renowned logicians from relevant areas of Mathematics, Philosophy and Computer Science. For the round 2022/2023 it includes:
- Johan van Benthem (Amsterdam University, NL/U Stanford, US)
- Christoph Benzmueller (University of Bamberg, DE)
- Agata Ciabattoni (TU Wien, AT)
- Laura Giordano (Università del Piemonte Orientale, IT)
- Hannes Leitgeb (LMU Munich, DE)
- Philip Welch chair (University of Bristol, UK)
Call for Nominations (archived)
Prize
The prize rewards outstanding researchers in Logic and Foundations, including Mathematical, Philosophical, and Computational Logic. It promotes work able to inspire current and future generations of logicians, if not a broader audience, ideally combining deep foundational insight and conceptual innovation with sophisticated theoretical analysis.
The winner will receive a cash prize of 2001 EUR and be invited to give a talk (accessible for an online audience) at a major logic centre or a logic-related meeting, the choice depending on the recipient's research area. Additional efforts will be made to promote the rewarded scientific work.
Nomination
Each nomination has to specify the researcher, provide a justification accessible to non-expert logicians (0.5-2 pages), and list the publications considered relevant.
It also has to include the name, affiliation, and email address of the nominator. Self-nominations are not allowed, the nominator should not depend on the nominee. Proposals in pdf format should be sent to dgp[at]iloaf[dot]org. The deadline and focus of the call 2023/2024 will be determined.
Decision
The decision is made by an independent selection committee consisting of six internationally renowned logicians representing Mathematical, Philosophical, and Computational Logic. The jury can decide in a given year to attribute no prize, or to split the prize.
Admin
Prize and process are managed by the Logic and Foundations Initiative (ILOAF), which aims at initiating and supporting scientific and educational activities in these areas. It is currently generously sponsored by the Luxembourg Logic Community.
Contact
Questions and nominations should be directed to the organizing committee via email: dgp[at]iloaf[dot]org.