UMUAI is proud to announce that the following paper has been elected as the recipient of the 2012 James Chen Annual Award for Best Journal Article:

Recommender systems: from algorithms to user experience

Joseph A. Konstan and John Riedl

UMUAI 22:1–2, 2012, 101–123

The paper was selected based on nominations from journal reviewers, editorial board members and guest editors, and a subsequent comparative review of the shortlisted papers by an award committee.

The James Chen Annual Award for Best Journal Article has been donated by the Chen family in commemoration of James R. Chen, a creative researcher in the area of user modeling and information retrieval, and twice a UMUAI author. The award carries a cash price of US$ 1,000.