Silvia Coradeschi RoboCup Award
Pictured below: Claude Sammut (RoboCup President), Yuqian Jiang (2024 Recipient),
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 example 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.
2018: Fatemeh Pahlevan Aghababa, Sharif University2017: Padmaja Kulkarni,
Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University
2016: Maike Paetzel, Uppsala University
2015: Lotte de Koning, University of Eindhoven
2014: Katie Genter, University of Texas at Austin
To honor her memory, the RoboCup Federation created “The Silvia Coradeschi RoboCup Award” in 2014 for a young female RoboCup student, with distinguishing research.
2023 Recipient
Yuqian Jiang, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA
Past Recipients
2023: Katarzyna (Kasia) Pasternak, University of Miami, FL, USA
2022: Alessandra Rossi, University of Naples “Federico II” and University of Hertfordshire
2019: Lucia Liu, ETH Zürich2022: Alessandra Rossi, University of Naples “Federico II” and University of Hertfordshire
2018: Fatemeh Pahlevan Aghababa, Sharif University
2016: Maike Paetzel, Uppsala University
2015: Lotte de Koning, University of Eindhoven
2014: Katie Genter, University of Texas at Austin