2019
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AAAI 2019 Robert S. Engelmore Memorial Lecture Award The AAAI Robert S. Engelmore Memorial Lecture Award is given to people who have demonstrated excellence in scholarship in AI, outstanding applications of AI, as well as extraordinary service to AAAI and the AI community. Dr Tambe is being honored in particular for outstanding research contributions in the area of multi-agent systems and their application to problems of societal significance.
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2018
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 IJCAI 2018 John McCarthy Award The IJCAI John McCarthy Award is intended to recognize established mid-career researchers that have built up a major track record of research excellence in artificial intelligence. From the award text: "Professor Tambe is recognized for research and development of important practical applications of AI and multi-agent systems for social good."
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2013
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ACM Fellow Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery "For contributions to the theory and practice of multi-agent systems, teamwork and security games."
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2007
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 AAAI Fellow Elected fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence "For significant contributions to theory and software infrastructure for multi-agent systems and pioneering applications in teamwork systems."
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2005
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ACM/SIGART Autonomous Agents Research Award An annual award for excellence in research in the area of autonomous agents, specifically intended to recognize researchers whose current research is influencing the field. From the award text: "Dr. Tambe made seminal contributions to the theory, applications, and software infrastructure in the area of teamwork, which has become a flourishing research area in multi agent systems". Award winners receive an honorarium and are invited to give a talk at the annual International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS).
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2018
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Listed in "Top Tech 2018" by IEEE Spectrum for our work on PAWS : Protection Assistant for Wildlife Security
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2015
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Listed in "26 incredible innovations that improved the world in 2015" by Mashable.com for our work on "How an algorithm can help spread HIV information among homeless teens".
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 Orange County Engineering Council Outstanding Project Achievement Award for our project completed with the LA Sheriff's Department on "Game Theory Metro: Game theoretic scheduling of Metro security patrols"
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2013
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 Meritorious Team Commendation from Commandant of the US Coast Guard for creating "an innovative approach to optimize patrol schedules and actions for the Coast Guard Ports, Waterways and Coast Security missions" while serving the Coast Guard Port Resilience for Operational/Tactical Enforcement to Combat Terrorism (PROTECT) Team.
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2011
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 Certificate of Appreciation From the Transportation Security Administration, Federal Air Marshals Service (FAMS) "in recognition and appreciation of your outstanding achievement in developing the Intelligent Randomization in Scheduling (IRIS) program" to advance the mission of the Office of Law Enforcement/FAMS.
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2011
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 Operational Excellence Award Commander, First Coast Guard District's Operational Excellence Award for work on the PROTECT scheduling software to intelligently randomize boat patrols of critical infrastructure around Boston Harbor.
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2010
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 Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation Homeland Security Award The Foundation is a Federal government agency established by Congress to "encourage and support research, study and labor designed to produce new discoveries in all fields of endeavor for the benefit of mankind." The award is in the area of border and transportation security.
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2009
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 Commendation, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles World Airports Police Department As a leader of a team of researchers from CREATE (Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events) that developed ARMOR, "Assistant for randomized monitoring over routes". The commendation states "To merit this commendation you have performed an exceptional service to the Airport police Division, the Los Angeles World Airports and the city of Los Angeles. Your outstanding service facilitates the critical link between the laboratory and the operational world. Thank you for your outstanding contributions to the security of our nation."
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2009
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 Certificate of Recognition, DHS University Programs Received by CREATE "The DHS Office of University Programs recognizes CREATE for the outstanding contributions to the security of our nation that the Assistant for Randomized Monitoring over Routes (ARMOR) has made to the police operations at the Los Angeles World Airports".
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2020
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Best lightning paper, NeurIPS workshop on Machine Learning for Public Health. Paper title: “Incorporating Healthcare Motivated Constraints in Restless Bandit Based Resource Allocation”.
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2020
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Best poster award, NeurIPS workshop on Machine Learning for Developing World ML4D. Paper title: “Enhancing Poaching Predictions for Under-Resourced wildlife Conservation Parks Using Remote Sensing Imagery”.
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2020
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Best paper award, International Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security (GameSec). Paper title: “Exploiting Bounded Rationality in Risk-based Cyber Camouflage Games”
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2020
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Best student paper award, Mechanism Design for Social Good (MD4SG) workshop. Paper title: “Large-scale clinical trial of an AI-augmented intervention for HIV prevention in youth experiencing homelessness” (first author: Bryan Wilder, PhD student)
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2020
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Best paper award, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2020 (HICSS 2020) Paper title: “Adaptive Cyber Deception: Cognitively Informed Signaling for Cyber Defense”
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2019
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Best student paper award, International Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security (GameSec) Paper title: “When players affect target values: Modeling and Solving Dynamic Partially Observable Security Games” (first author: Xinrun Wang, PhD student)
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2019
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Best paper award, OptMAS workshop at International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2019) Paper Title: “Integrating optimization and learning to prescribe interventions for tuberculosis patients”.
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2016
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"Pragnesh Jay Modi" Best Student Paper, International Conference on Agents and Multiagent Systems 2016 (AAMAS’2016) Paper Title: "Using Social Networks to Aid Homeless Shelters: Dynamic Influence Maximization Under Uncertainty" (first author: Amulya Yadav, PhD student).
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2016
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Deployed application award, Innovative Applications of Artiï¬cial Intelligence (IAAI) 2016Paper Title: “Deploying PAWS: Field Optimization of the Protection Assistant for Wildlife Securityâ€.
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2015
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Outstanding paper, IJCAI'2015 Computational Sustainability track Our paper from the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) won the Computational Sustainabilty track outstanding paper award. The paper is entitled "When Security Games Go Green: Designing Defender Strategies to Prevent Poaching and Illegal Fishing".
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2013
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Finalist for Best paper, AAMAS'2013 Our paper from the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2013) a finalist for the best paper award. The paper is entitled "Game-theoretic Randomization for Security Patrolling with Dynamic Execution Uncertainty".
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2012
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Best paper, AAMAS'2012 Innovative Applications track Our paper from the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2012) won the innovative applications best paper award. The paper is entitled "PROTECT: A Deployed Game Theoretic System to Protect the Ports of the United States".
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2011
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Best paper, IVA'2011 Our paper from the International Conference of Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2011) won the best paper award. The paper is entitled "Empirical Evaluation of Computational Emotional Contagion Models".
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2011
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Best paper, AAMAS'2011 Innovative Applications track Our paper from the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2011) won the innovative applications best paper award. The paper is entitled "GUARDS - Game Theoretic Security Allocation on a National Scale".
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2009
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Best paper, AAMAS'2009 Industry track Our paper from the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2009) won the industry track best paper award. The paper is entitled "IRIS - A Tool for Strategic Security Allocation in Transportation Networks".
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2008
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Best paper, CTS'2008 Our paper from the International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems (CTS 2008) won the best paper award. The paper is entitled "Multiagent Adjustable Autonomy Framework (MAAF) for multirobot multihuman teams".
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2008
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Finalist for Best paper, AAMAS'2008 Industry track Our paper from the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2008) a finalist for the industry track best paper award. The paper is entitled "Deployed ARMOR protection: The Application of a Game Theoretic Model for Security at the Los Angeles International Airport".
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2007
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Best paper, DCR'2007 Our paper from the International workshop on Distributed constraint reasoning (DCR 2007), held in conjuction with IJCAI'2007, won the best paper award. The paper is entitled "Lower bounds on the quality of k-optimal DCOP solutions with respect to the global optimum".
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2005
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Best paper, SASEMAS'2005 Our paper from the International Workshop on Safety and Security in Multiagent Systems (SASEMAS'2005) selected as the best paper. This paper is entitled "Safety in multiagent systems via policy randomization".
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2005
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Finalist for Best Paper, CEEMAS'2005 Our paper from the Central and Eastern European Conference on Agents and Multiagent Systems 2005 (CEEMAS'2005) finalist for Best Paper Award. This paper is entitled "On Communication in Solving Distributed Constraint Satisfaction problems".
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2003
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Finalist for Best Student Paper, AAMAS'2003 Our paper from the International Joint Conference on Agents and Multiagent Systems 2003 (AAMAS'2003) finalist for Best Student Paper Award. This paper is entitled "An asynchronous complete method for distributed constraint optimization" (first author: Pragnesh Jay Modi, PhD student).
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2002
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Best paper, AAMAS'02 Our paper from the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagents (AAMAS'02) chosen the best paper (out of approx 150 papers presented at the conference). The paper is entitled "Multiagent teamwork: Analyzing the complexity and optimality of key theories and models".
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1999
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Best of Agents'99. Our paper from the International Conference on Autonomous Agents 1999 (Agents'99) published in the "Best of Agents'99" special issue of the Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems Journal. This paper is entitled "On being a teammate: Experiences acquired in the design of RoboCup teams".
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1999
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Best of ICMAS'98. Our paper from the International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems 1998 (ICMAS' 98) published in the "Best of ICMAS'98" special issue of the Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems Journal. This paper is entitled "Towards flexible teamwork in persistent teams". Research: Best Paper Award Finalists in Computer Science Conferences
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2019
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IFAAMAS Victor Lesser Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Runner Up at the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS) for Haifeng Xu for his PhD work
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2017
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William F. Ballhaus, JR. Prize for Graduate Engineering Research for Fei Fang for best PhD thesis in The USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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2017
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Best PhD Thesis Award, Computer Science, University of Southern California for Fei Fang for her PhD work
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2017
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IFAAMAS Victor Lesser Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Runner Up at the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS) for Fei Fang for her PhD work
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2016
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Bryan Wilder was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
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2016
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Leandro Soriano Marcolino, Best Dissertation Award from the Computer Science Department at the University of Southern California.
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2016
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Fei Fang, Best Research Assistant award from the Computer Science Department at the University of Southern California.
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2015
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Thanh Nguyen, WiSE Merit Fellowship from Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Program at the University of Southern California.
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2015
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Leandro Marcolino, Best Research Assistant award from the Computer Science Department at the University of Southern California.
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2014
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Fei Fang, WiSE Merit Fellowship from Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Program at the University of Southern California.
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2014
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Rong Yang, PhD Student Fellowship, IBM.
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2014
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Manish Jain, Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award, the International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
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2013
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Rong Yang, Honorable Mention (runner up) for the Best PhD thesis award, Computer Science Department for academic year 2013-14
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2012
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Rong Yang, Best Research Assistant Award from the Computer Science Department for 2012 - 2013.
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2012
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Manish Jain, Best PhD thesis award from the Computer Science Department for academic year 2012-2013
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2012
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Manish Jain, Best PhD thesis for academic year 2012-2013, Computer Science Department, University of Southern California
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2012
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Rong Yang, Best research assistant for academic year 2012-2013, Computer Science Department, University of Southern California
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2011
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Matthew Brown, Space Technology Research Fellowship, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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2011
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Zhengyu Yin, Best research assistant for academic year 2011-2012, Computer Science Department, University of Southern California
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2011
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Manish Jain, Best research assistant for academic year 2010-2011, Computer Science Department, University of Southern California
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2007
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Emma Bowring, Outstanding teaching assistant award, Center for Excellence in Teaching, University of Southern California
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2006
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Jonathan Pearce, Outstanding research assistant award, Computer Science Department
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2005
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Pradeep Varakantham, Outstanding research assistant award, Computer Science Department
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2005
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Emma Bowring, Special award for co-designing and co-developing a new course "Intelligent agents and science fiction"
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2003
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Steven Okamoto, Chair's excellence award for his MS thesis
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IJCAI 2018 John McCarthy Award The IJCAI John McCarthy Award is intended to recognize established mid-career researchers that have built up a major track record of research excellence in artificial intelligence. From the award text: "Professor Tambe is recognized for research and development of important practical applications of AI and multi-agent systems for social good."
AAAI Fellow Elected fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence "For significant contributions to theory and software infrastructure for multi-agent systems and pioneering applications in teamwork systems."
Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice, INFORMS Awarded at the annual meeting of the INFORMS Operations Research society, the Wagner Prize recognizes excellence in Operations Research practice. Our paper entitled "A Deployed Quantal Response Based Patrol Planning System for the US Coast Guard" won this competition for 2012.
Rist Prize, Military Operations Research Society The RIST prize recognizes the practical benefits of sound Operations Research. We received the award for "Software Assistants for Patrol Planning at LAX, Federal Air Marshals Service, and Transportation Security Administration".
Orange County Engineering Council Outstanding Project Achievement Award for our project completed with the LA Sheriff's Department on "Game Theory Metro: Game theoretic scheduling of Metro security patrols"
Meritorious Team Commendation from Commandant of the US Coast Guard for creating "an innovative approach to optimize patrol schedules and actions for the Coast Guard Ports, Waterways and Coast Security missions" while serving the Coast Guard Port Resilience for Operational/Tactical Enforcement to Combat Terrorism (PROTECT) Team.
Certificate of Appreciation From the Transportation Security Administration, Federal Air Marshals Service (FAMS) "in recognition and appreciation of your outstanding achievement in developing the Intelligent Randomization in Scheduling (IRIS) program" to advance the mission of the Office of Law Enforcement/FAMS.
Operational Excellence Award Commander, First Coast Guard District's Operational Excellence Award for work on the PROTECT scheduling software to intelligently randomize boat patrols of critical infrastructure around Boston Harbor.
Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation Homeland Security Award The Foundation is a Federal government agency established by Congress to "encourage and support research, study and labor designed to produce new discoveries in all fields of endeavor for the benefit of mankind." The award is in the area of border and transportation security.
Commendation, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles World Airports Police Department As a leader of a team of researchers from CREATE (Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events) that developed ARMOR, "Assistant for randomized monitoring over routes". The commendation states "To merit this commendation you have performed an exceptional service to the Airport police Division, the Los Angeles World Airports and the city of Los Angeles. Your outstanding service facilitates the critical link between the laboratory and the operational world. Thank you for your outstanding contributions to the security of our nation."
Certificate of Recognition, DHS University Programs Received by CREATE "The DHS Office of University Programs recognizes CREATE for the outstanding contributions to the security of our nation that the Assistant for Randomized Monitoring over Routes (ARMOR) has made to the police operations at the Los Angeles World Airports".
The Okawa Foundation Research award for research on "Agents and Multiagent Systems". Among 10 international awards per year given overall by the Okawa foundation (Japan) in areas of telecommunications and information processing. http://www.okawa-foundation.or.jp/e/
RoboCup Scientific Challenge Award, RoboCup'99 International Robotic Soccer Tournament, held in conjunction with the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence, 1997, for outstanding research at a RoboCup tournament. Led the USC effort.
USC Associates Award for Creativity in Research These are the highest honors the university faculty can bestow on its members for distinguished intellectual and artistic achievements.
Inaugural USC Viterbi School of Engineering Use-inspired research award Award recognizes significant work in four key areas - scientific understanding, technical knowledge, research promise and societal needs - that has culminated in a demonstrably useful contribution to a problem of national/ societal importance.
Best Application Video, AAAI Conference on Artiï¬cial Intelligence (AAAI 2016) Video Title: "Save the Wildlife, Save the Planet: Protection Assistant for Wildlife Security (PAWS)".
Sliver medal at the Robocup-Rescue International Competition at RoboFesta, International Robotic Games Festival, held in Japan, in July 2001, for development of earthquake rescue agent-teams. Led the USC effort that won this prize.
Third Place Prize at RoboCup'2001 International Robotic Soccer and Rescue tournaments, held in conjunction with the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2001, for development of earthquake rescue agent teams. Led the USC effort that won this prize.
Third-place prize, RoboCup'97 International Robotic Soccer Competition (simulation league), held in conjunction with the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence, 1997. Led the USC student team; software developed was based on my research in multi-agent teams.
Steven B. Sample Teaching and Mentoring Award This award is a signature program of the USC Parents Association and is the only faculty recognition award that is initiated by USC parents and family members.
