Computer Pioneer Award

The Computer Pioneer Award was established in 1981 by the Board of Governors of the IEEE Computer Society to recognize and honor the vision of those people whose efforts resulted in the creation and continued vitality of the computer industry. The award is presented to outstanding individuals whose main contribution to the concepts and development of the computer field was made at least fifteen years earlier. The recognition is engraved on a silver medal specially struck for the Society.

IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award
Awarded forOutstanding contributions to the concepts and development of the computer field
CountryUSA
First awarded1981
Websitecomputer.org/awards

This award has now been renamed to "Women of the ENIAC Computer Pioneer Award".[1]

Award types

The award has two types of recipients:

  • Computer Pioneer Charter Recipients - At the inauguration of this award, the individuals who already meet the Computer Pioneer Award criteria and also have received IEEE Computer Society awards prior to 1981.
  • Computer Pioneer Recipients - Awarded annually since 1981.

Computer Pioneer Charter Recipients

Computer Pioneer Recipients

Source: IEEE Computer Society

YearRecipientSignificant contribution
2023 Daniel S. Bricklin For creating VisiCalc, the progenitor of the modern spreadsheet.
Scott Shenker For pioneering contributions to scheduling and management of packet-switched networks, impacting the theory and practice of communication networks.
2022 Daphne Koller For contributions to representation, inference, and learning in probabilistic models with applications to computational biology and human health.
Christos Papadimitriou For fundamental contributions to Computer Science, via the development of the theory of algorithms and complexity, and its application to the natural and social sciences.
2021 Peter J. Denning For seminal contributions to virtual memory, the Internet infrastructure, and computing education.
Moti Yung For transformative innovations in "Trust in Computation;” specifically, coinventing "Malicious Cryptography", and pioneering contributions to "Distributed Cryptosystems".
2020 Demetri Terzopoulos For a leading role in developing computer vision, computer graphics, and medical imaging through pioneering research that has helped unify these fields and has impacted related disciplines within and beyond computer science.
Jack Dongarra For leadership in the area of high-performance mathematical software.
2019 Laura Haas For pioneering innovations in the architecture of federated databases and in the integration of data from multiple, heterogeneous sources.
Jitendra Malik For a leading role in developing Computer Vision into a thriving discipline through pioneering research, leadership, and mentorship.
2018Barbara Liskovfor "pioneering data abstraction, polymorphism, and support for fault tolerance and distributed computing in the programming languages CLU and Argus." (source)
Bjarne StroustrupFor pioneering C++.
Larry PageFor the creation of the Google search engine and leadership in creating ambitious products and research initiatives.
Sergey BrinFor the creation of the Google search engine and leadership in creating ambitious products and research initiatives.
2016E. Grady BoochFor pioneering work in Object Modeling that led to the creation of the Unified Modeling Language (UML).
2015Michael J. FlynnFor more than 50 years of leadership including the creation of TCCA and SIGARCH.
2015Peter M. KoggeFor developing algorithms for recurrence, development of the multi-core microprocessor chip and the formalization of methods for designing the control of a computer pipeline.
2014Linus TorvaldsFor pioneering development of the Linux kernel using the open-source approach.
2013Edward FeigenbaumFor development of the basic principles and methods of knowledge-based systems and their practical applications.
2013Stephen FurberFor pioneering work as a principal designer of the ARM 32-bit RISC microprocessor.
2012Cleve MolerFor improving the quality of mathematical software, making it more accessible and creating MATLAB.
2011David KuckFor pioneering parallel architectures including the Illiac IV, the Burroughs BSP, and Cedar; and, for revolutionary parallel compiler technology including Parafrase and KAP Tools.
2009Jean E. SammetFor pioneering work and lifetime achievement as one of the first developers and researchers in programming languages.
Lynn ConwayFor contributions to superscalar architecture, including multiple-issue dynamic instruction scheduling, and for the innovation and widespread teaching of simplified VLSI design methods.
2008Betty Jean Jeanings BartikProgrammer including co-leading the first teams of ENIAC programmers, and pioneering work on BINAC and UNIVAC I
Edward J. McCluskeyDesign and synthesis of digital systems over five decades, including the first algorithm for logic synthesis (the Quine-McCluskey method)
Carl A. PetriPetri net theory (1962) and then parallel and distributed computing
2006Mamoru HosakaComputing in Japan
Arnold M. SpielbergReal-time data acquisition and recording that significantly contributed to the definition of modern feedback and control processes
2004Frances E. AllenTheory and practice of compiler optimization
2003Martin RichardsSystem software portability through the programming language BCPL widely influential and used in academia and industry for a variety of prominent system software
2002Per Brinch HansenOperating systems and concurrent programming, exemplified by work on the RC 4000 multiprogramming system, monitors, and Concurrent Pascal
Robert W. BemerASCII, ASCII-alternate sets, and escape sequences
2001Vernon SchatzElectronic Funds Transfer which made possible computer to computer commercial transactions via the banking system
William H. BridgeComputer and communications technology in the GE DATANET-30
2000Harold W. LawsonInventing the pointer variable and introducing this concept into PL/I
Gennady StolyarovMinsk series computers' software, of the information systems' software
Georgy LopatoBelarus of the Minsk series computers' hardware, of the multicomputer complexes and of the RV family of mobile computers for heavy field conditions
1999Herbert FreemanSPEEDAC of Sperry Corporation, and computer graphics and image processing
1998Irving John (Jack) GoodField of computing as a Cryptologist and statistician during World War II at Bletchley Park, as an early worker and developer of the Colossus at Bletchley Park and on the University of Manchester Mark I, the world's first stored program computer
1997Homer (Barney) OldfieldBanking applications ERMA, and computer manufacturing
Francis Elizabeth (Betty) Snyder-HolbertonSort-merge generator for the Univac and compilation
1996Angel AngelovComputer science technologies in Bulgaria
Richard F. ClippingerConverted the ENIAC to a stored program at Aberdeen Proving Ground
Edgar Frank CoddAbstract model for database management
Norber FristackyDigital devices
Victor M. GlushkovDigital automation of computer architecture
Jozef GruskaTheory of computing and organizational activities
Jiri HorejsInformatics and computer science
Lubomir Georgiev IlievComputing in Bulgaria; 1st Bulgarian computers; abstract mathematics and software
Robert E. KahnTCP/IP protocols and the Internet program
László Kalmár1956 logical machine and the design of the MIR computer in Hungary
Antoni KilińskiFirst commercial computers and informatics (computer science) curriculum in Poland,
László Kozma1930 relay machines, and early computers in post-war Hungary
Sergey A. LebedevDesigned and constructed the first computer in the Soviet Union and founded the Soviet computer industry
Alexey A. LyaponovSoviet cybernetics and programming
Romuald W. MarczynskiPolish digital computers and computer architecture
Grigore C. MoisilPolyvalent logic switching circuits
Ivan PlanderComputer hardware technology into Slovakia and the control computer
Arnold ReitsakasEstonia's computer age
Antonín SvobodaComputer research in Czechoslovakia and SAPO and EPOS computers
1995Gerald EstrinEarly computers
David EvansComputer graphics
Butler LampsonPersonal Computer
Marvin MinskyArtificial intelligence
Kenneth OlsenMinicomputers
1994Gerrit A. BlaauwIBM System/360 Series
Harlan B. MillsStructured Programming
Dennis M. RitchieUnix
Ken L. Thompson
1993Erich BlochHigh speed computing
Jack S. KilbyCo-inventing the integrated circuit
Willis H. WareDesign of IAS and JOHNNIAC computers
1992Stephen W. DunwellProject stretch
Douglas C. EngelbartHuman computer interaction
1991Bob O. EvansCompatible computers
Robert W. FloydCompilers
Thomas E. KurtzBASIC
1990Werner BuchholzComputer architecture
C.A.R. HoareProgramming languages definitions
1989John CockeInstruction pipelining and RISC concepts
James A. WeidenhammerHigh speed I/O mechanisms
Ralph L. PalmerIBM 604 electronic calculator
Mina S. ReesONR Computer R&D development beginning in 1946
Marshall C. Yovits
F. Joachim Weyl
Gordon D. Goldstein
1988Friedrich L. BauerComputer stacks
Marcian E. Hoff, Jr.Microprocessor on a chip
1987Robert R. EverettWhirlwind
Reynold B. JohnsonRAMAC
Arthur L. SamuelAdaptive non-numeric processing
Niklaus E. WirthPascal
1986Cuthbert C. HurdComputing
Peter NaurComputer language development
James H. PomereneIAS and Harvest computers
Adriann van WijngaardenALGOL 68
1985John G. KemenyBASIC
John McCarthyLISP and artificial intelligence
Alan PerlisComputer language translation
Ivan SutherlandGraphics Sketchpad
David J. WheelerAssembly language programming
Heinz ZemanekComputer and computer languages for Mailüfterl
1984John Vincent AtanasoffElectronic computer with serial memory
Jerrier A. HaddadIBM 701
Nicholas C. MetropolisSolved atomic energy problems on ENIAC
Nathaniel RochesterArchitecture of IBM 702 electronic data processing machines
Willem L. van der PoelSerial computer ZEBRA
1982Harry D. HuskeyParallel computer SWAC
Arthur BurksElectronic computer logic design
1981Jeffrey Chuan ChuElectronic computer logic design

Nomination process

All members of the profession are invited to nominate a colleague who they consider most eligible to be considered for this award. The nomination deadline is 15 October of each year.

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References

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