AAAI Fellows winners by year

AAAI · Science prize · usually Jan or Feb · next expected Jan 2027

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Winners

202612 winners

Alan FernOregon State UniversitySource ↗

Bo AnNanyang Technological UniversitySource ↗

Elias BareinboimColumbia UniversitySource ↗

Francesca ToniImperial College LondonSource ↗

Ingmar WeberSaarland UniversitySource ↗

Irwin KingThe Chinese University of Hong KongSource ↗

Nathan SturtevantUniversity of AlbertaSource ↗

Qi TianGuangming LaboratorySource ↗

Roman BartákCharles UniversitySource ↗

Sanmay DasVirginia TechSource ↗

Tanya Berger-WolfThe Ohio State UniversitySource ↗

Yan LiuUniversity of Southern CaliforniaSource ↗

202516 winners

Balaraman RavindranIndian Institute of Technology MadrasSource ↗

Emilio FerraraUniversity of Southern CaliforniaSource ↗

Emma BrunskillStanford UniversitySource ↗

Ernest DavisNew York UniversitySource ↗

Gal KaminkaBar Ilan UniversitySource ↗

Hui XiongHong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)Source ↗

J. Christopher BeckUniversity of TorontoSource ↗

Karen MyersSRI InternationalSource ↗

Kate LarsonUniversity of WaterlooSource ↗

Maria-Florina BalcanCarnegie Mellon UniversitySource ↗

Ming-Hsuan YangUniversity of California at Merced, Google DeepMindSource ↗

Mohit BansalUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillSource ↗

Roberto NavigliSapienza University of RomeSource ↗

Sriraam NatarajanUniversity of Texas at DallasSource ↗

Yixin ChenWashington UniversitySource ↗

Yun Raymond FuNortheastern UniversitySource ↗

202412 winners

Anima AnandkumarCaltech and NVIDIASource ↗

Ariel FelnerBen-Gurion University of the NegevSource ↗

Ariel ProcacciaHarvard UniversitySource ↗

Brian ScassellatiYale UniversitySource ↗

Claire CardieCornell UniversitySource ↗

Cristina ConatiUniversity of British ColumbiaSource ↗

Jennifer DyNortheastern UniversitySource ↗

Jun ZhuTsinghua UniversitySource ↗

Kilian WeinbergerCornell UniversitySource ↗

Kristian KerstingTU DarmstadtSource ↗

MausamIndian Institute of TechnologySource ↗

Nitesh ChawlaUniversity of Notre DameSource ↗

About this award

Recognizes AAAI members who have made significant, sustained contributions to artificial intelligence. Named each year at the AAAI conference.

Edition	Announced	Winners	Source
2026		12
2025		16
2024		12

The next date is an estimate from the months past editions were announced (Jan or Feb); it changes when AAAI announces one.

New winnersSep 25, 2026Editions 2024 to 2026 loaded with 40 winners; the 2026 edition named Alan Fern and 11 others.

Award addedSep 25, 2026Now tracked: Recognizes AAAI members who have made significant, sustained contributions to artificial intelligence.