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The British Computer Society Prize for Machine Intelligence Tuesday December 14th 2004, Cambridge UK, during the annual SGAI conference AI-2004 This is one in an annual series of competitions for live demonstrations of 'Progress Towards Machine Intelligence' organized by the British Computer Society Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence (SGAI) in association with the Applied Knowledge Research Institute (AKRI). The competition is sponsored by Electrolux Group. The demonstration can be of either software (e.g. a question- answering system or a speech recognition system) or hardware (e.g. a mobile robot). This competition will put on show real systems demonstrated live. It is hoped that the competition and the competitors, over several years, will provide a new interest and visible improvements in the development of machine intelligence. Entry Fee: There is no entry fee and conference registration is not required. Prize: A permanent trophy awarded for one year plus a £1,000 cash prize, sponsored by Electrolux. Format: The prize will be awarded on the basis of a 10-15 minute live demonstration (not a paper or a technical description). The prize will be awarded to the demonstration that in the opinion of the judges best demonstrates 'progress towards an intelligent machine'. Venue: The competition will be held at Queens' College, Cambridge on Tuesday December 14th 2004 during the annual SGAI conference AI-2004. Judges: All registered delegates at the conference will be eligible to vote in a secret ballot. The competitor receiving most votes will be the winner. Eligibility: The competition is open to all. A maximum of 5 entries will be presented. To control numbers, these will be selected by the organizers on the basis of information provided by the entrants. Closing Date for Entries: October 1st 2004. However, early entry is strongly advised. Early entries will benefit from constructive feedback from the review panel. Further information is available at http://www.bcs-sgai.org/miprize/ or by email from the organizers Prof. Max Bramer (Chairman, SGAI) [log in to unmask] and Dr. John Gordon (Director, AKRI) [log in to unmask] The AI-2004 conference website is at http://www.bcs-sgai.org/ai2004/.