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    • 2020 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipients Alfred Aho and Jeffrey Ullman
      ACM Announces 2020 Turing Award Recipients
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      Scott Aaronson Honored with ACM Prize in Computing
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      ACM Names 2020 Distinguished Members
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      ACM Names 2019 Fellows
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    • 2018 Knuth Prize recipient Johan Torkel Håstad
      Johan Håstad to Receive 2018 SIGACT Donald E. Knuth Prize
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      2018 SIGMOBILE RockStar Award
      ACM SIGMM Award recipient John R. Smith
      2020 SIGMM Award Recognizes Outstanding Technical Contributions
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      2020 SIGMM Rising Star Award Recognizes Multimedia Contributions
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ACM Charles P. "Chuck" Thacker Breakthrough in Computing Committee

ACM Charles P. "Chuck" Thacker Breakthrough in Computing Award

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Member Butler Lampson Digital Library
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