ACM AWARDS
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, is the world’s largest
educational and scientific computing society. ACM’s overarching goal is to
advance computing as a science and profession. A very important part of this
goal is to recognize outstanding technical and professional achievements in
computing and computer science through our eminent series of awards.
The award recipients included on this page were honored
at the 2009 ACM Awards Banquet on June 27, 2009, at the U.S. Grant Hotel in San Diego, California.
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Download the ACM Awards 2009 Presentation Booklet in .pdf format
ACM Award Nomination Submission Procedures
ACM welcomes nominations for candidates whose work exemplifies the best and
most influential contributions to our community, and society at large. Click here for more information on nominating
candidates for future awards.
View the full ACM Award Citations Online (where available)
A. M. Turing Award
(additional information)
Barbara H Liskov
ACM - Infosys Foundation Award in the Computing Sciences
(additional information)
Jon
Kleinberg
ACM – AAAI Allen Newell Award
Barbara
J. Grosz
Joseph
Y. Halpern
Software System Award
The Gamma Parallel Database System
David J.
DeWitt
Robert
Gerber
Shahram
Ghandeharizadeh
Goetz
Graefe
Michael L.
Heytens
Hui-I
Hsiao
Murali
Krishna
Jeffrey F.
Naughton
Donovan A.
Schneider
Anoop
Sharma
Grace Murray Hopper Award
Dawson
Engler
Paris
Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award
Corinna
Cortes
Vladimir
Vapnik
Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award
John
E. Hopcroft
Eugene L. Lawler Award
(additional information)
Distinguished Service Award
Telle
Whitney
ACM-W Athena Lecturer Award
Susan
Eggers
ACM – IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award
Joel
Emer
Outstanding Contribution to ACM Award
Wayne
Graves
Bernard
Rous
SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engineering
Cleve Moler
ACM Gordon Bell Prize
Gonzalo
Alvarez
Eduardo Francisco
D'Azevedo
Markus
Eisenbach
Paul
Kent
Jeffrey M.
Larkin
John M.
Levesque
Thomas A.
Maier
Don E.
Maxwell
Jeremy
Meredith
Thomas
Schulthess
Michael S.
Summers
Doctoral Dissertation Award
Constantinos
Daskalakis
Doctoral Dissertation Honorable Mention
Derek
Hoiem
Sachin
Katti
ACM Presidential Award
ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest
ACM Student Research Competition
Intel
International Science and Engineering Fair (photos)
ACM
Fellows
ACM Special Interest Group Awards
About ACM Awards
ACM recognizes excellence through its eminent series of awards for outstanding technical
and professional achievements and contributions in computer science and
information technology. ACM’s awards celebrate our long tradition of honoring
those whose contributions have impacted our world for the better in countless
ways. These prestigious and internationally recognized honors are an integral
part of ACM’s mission to unite computing educators, researchers and
professionals, to inspire dialogue, share resources and address the field’s challenges.
About ACM
ACM, the Association for
Computing Machinery, is the world’s largest educational and scientific
computing society, uniting educators, researchers and professionals to inspire
dialogue, share resources and address the field’s challenges. ACM strengthens
the computing profession’s collective voice through strong leadership,
promotion of the highest standards, and recognition of technical excellence.
ACM supports the professional growth of its members by providing opportunities
for life-long learning, career development, and professional networking.
