Dear ACL members,
The ACL Dragomir Radev Distinguished Service Award recognizes one individual each year for extraordinary service to the computational linguistics community. Areas of service include, but are not limited to: association service, service as an editor, conference organization, representation of ACL in other organizations, or influential service as a government agency contract monitor or program director, that results in positive effects on the field of computational linguistics.
The criteria for this award are:
- Extraordinary service to ACL and its activities
- Extended service over many years
- Responsible, ethical representation of ACL
A nomination package should include the following material:
- Nominee information: name, email address, and current affiliation, if applicable
- A nomination letter (maximum 1500 words; 500 words is the recommended length)
- Two additional letters of endorsement (maximum 500 words)
- Optionally, two additional pages of supporting documentation
All letter writers should be members of the ACL community, ideally from different institutions and relatively independent of the nominee. The nomination letter should describe the specific service contributions of the nominee that merit the ACL Dragomir Radev Distinguished Service Award, describe their impact, and provide a proposed award citation of 30 words or fewer. Self-nominations are not accepted. The letters of endorsement should provide first-hand knowledge that supports the statements in the nomination but does not merely repeat them.
The nominator should compile the nomination package and submit the complete package by **April 9** of the nomination year to secretary [at] aclweb.org. Nomination packages that arrive after the deadline will not be considered. The nominating committee will acknowledge receipt of the nominations but will not contact the nominees (to keep the nominations confidential). The award will be conferred at the upcoming ACL conference, which the award winner is expected to attend.
Nominators will be informed of the result of the decision for any nominations they made. A nominator will have the choice of withdrawing an unsuccessful nomination to wait for a more appropriate time, updating the nomination for the following year to strengthen the case, or leaving the nomination unchanged for consideration for next year. Unsuccessful nominations that are not explicitly withdrawn by the nominator will be automatically reconsidered for up to two additional years and then withdrawn.
For more information about the Dragomir Radev Distinguished Service Award, please visit:
https://www.aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php/Dragomir_Radev_Distinguished_...
In case of questions, please contact the secretary of the ACL, secretary [at] aclweb.org.
Yang Feng
ACL Secretary