 She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of the Aegean in 2004.Sycara is a pioneer in the field of semantic web, case-based reasoning, autonomous agents and multi-agent systems.She has authored or co-authored more than 700 technical papers dealing with multi-agent systems, software agents, web services, semantic web, human–computer interaction, human-robot interaction, negotiation, case-based reasoning and the application of these techniques to crisis action planning, scheduling, manufacturing, healthcare management, financial planning and e-commerce.