Domingo Liotta shortly thereafter. 1962 (May): Prolonged assisted circulation during and after cardiac and aortic surgery. Prolonged partial left ventricular bypass by means of intracorporeal circulation. It was selected as Finalist for the Young Investigators´ Contest Award (Denver) of the American College of Cardiology. 1964: Annual Award, Southwestern Surgical Society, USA. Shared with C. William Hall and Michael E. DeBakey.1968: Golden Eagle Award, Council of International Nontheatrical Events, USA, shared with Denton A. Cooley, Robert Bloodwell, and Grady Hallman. 1969: Award of Merit, American Medical Association shared with Denton A. Cooley, MD. 1969: Decoration of the Institute of Spanish Culture, Madrid, Spain.
Competitions and prizes in artificial intelligence Competitions and prizes in artificial intelligence There are a number of competitions and prizes to promote research in artificial intelligence. The David E. Rumelhart prize is an annual award for making a "significant contemporary contribution to the theoretical foundations of human cognition". The prize is $100,000. The Human-Competitive Award is an annual challenge started in 2004 to reward results "competitive with the work of creative and inventive humans". The prize is $10,000. Entries are required to use evolutionary computing. The IJCAI Award for Research Excellence is a biannual award given at the IJCAI conference to researcher in artificial intelligence as