[robocup-worldwide] The First Annual Silvia Coradeschi RoboCup Award to Honor a Female RoboCup Student

[Manuela Veloso]

Prof. Silvia Coradeschi (d. Feb 5, 2014) was a founding trustee of RoboCup
and an early visionary in the RoboCup initiative. She served as General
Chair of RoboCup 1999 in Stockholm, Sweden, was a frequent competition
participant, and was an examplar of the RoboCup ideal of engaging in
cutting edge AI and Robotics research. She is greatly missed by all
RoboCuppers who had the privilege of working with her and enjoying her
friendship.

To honor her memory, the RoboCup Federation created "The Silvia
Coradeschi RoboCup Award" in 2014 for a young female RoboCup student,
with distinguishing research.

The award recipient, to be named at the RoboCup 2014 banquet will
receive:
   - a certificate
   - reimbursement for the RoboCup 2014 registration fee
   - free registration at one (any) future international RoboCup
   - a $500 honorarium

Eligible candidates are female graduate students who have not yet
earned a Ph.D. and who are registered for RoboCup-2014.

The two criteria are:

1) Distinguishing research as evidenced by, for example, refereed
   publications.

2) RoboCup leadership, either within a team, and/or in the broad
   RoboCup community.

To nominate a female student, the student's professor should send a
nominating email to April Foster, april.l.foster at gmail.com, by July 20th,
2014.  The email must address both of the award criteria.

The nominating professor should also solicit at least one and not more
than two supporting emails to be sent by RoboCup community members
from a different team, addressing one or both of the award criteria.
The supporting emails are also to be sent to April Foster,
april.l.foster at gmail.com.