[AISWorld] 2015 Peter P. Chen Award Winner

[Stephen W. Liddle]

On behalf of the ER Steering Committee, we are pleased to announce
the winner of the 2015 Peter P. Chen Award: Il-Yeol Song of Drexel
University.

Initiated by Elsevier in 2008 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of
the journal Data and Knowledge Engineering, the Peter P. Chen Award
honors one person each year for his or her outstanding contributions
to the field of conceptual modeling.  The winner will receive a
plaque and a prize of $2500 sponsored by Elsevier Publishing Company,
and also will give a keynote speech at the ER2015 conference to be
held October 19-22 in Stockholm, Sweden.  See: http://er2015.dsv.su.se/

The selection process was done according to the following five criteria:
* Research: how well the nominee has helped advance the field of
  conceptual modeling with his/her intellectual contributions.
* Service: participation in the organization of conceptual-modeling-
  related meetings and conferences and participation in editorial
  boards of conceptual-modeling-related journals.
* Education: how effectively the nominee has mentored doctoral students
  in conceptual modeling, produced researchers from their labs, and
  also helped mentor young people in the field.
* Contribution to practice: the extent to which the nominee has
  contributed to technology transfer, commercialization, and
  industrial projects.
* International reputation: the extent to which the nominee's work is
  visible to and has diffused into the international community.

The 2015 selection committee consisted of Stephen Liddle,
Antonio Furtado, Carlo Batini, Tok Wang Ling, and David Embley.  The
committee reviewed the qualifications of the nominees, and chose
Professor Song for his "outstanding scientific contributions and
extensive professional services in the areas of conceptual modeling
and data warehousing & OLAP."  On all of the criteria dimensions
(research, service, education, practice, reputation), Il-Yeol Song
is exemplary.  He was previously recognized as an ER Fellow in 2012
and an ACM Distinguished Scientist in 2013.  We extend our
congratulations and best wishes to Dr. Song and his family.

Winners of the Peter P. Chen Award include:

2015 Il-Yeol Song, Drexel University
2014 Antonio L. Furtado, Pontificia Univ. Catolica do Rio de Janeiro,
     Brazil
2013 Carlo Batini, Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
2012 Stefano Spaccapietra, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne,
     Switzerland
2011 Tok Wang Ling, National University of Singapore, Singapore
2010 John Mylopoulos, University of Trento, Italy
2009 David Embley, Brigham Young University, USA
2008 Bernhard Thalheim, University of Kiel, Germany

More information about this award can be found at
http://conceptualmodeling.org.