UMUAI is proud to announce that the following paper has been elected as the recipient of the 2014 James Chen Annual Award for Best Journal Article:

Modeling the Efficacy of Persuasive Strategies for Different Gamer Types

in Serious Games for Health

Rita Orji, Julita Vassileva, and Regan L. Mandryk

UMUAI 24(5): 453–498

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$ 1000.