Annual Report of the ACM Awards Committee
for the Period
July 1, 2002 - June 30, 2003
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1.1
BASIC INFORMATION
List of Committee Members and Terms of Office
Calvin C. Gotlieb, Co-Chair
4/1/98-6/30/04
James Jay Horning, Co-Chair
7/02-6/30/04
A.V. Aho
2/01-12/31/05
Gagan Agrawal
9/98-12/31/02
Gordon Bailes
10/02-12/31/04
Victor Basili
7/02-12/31/07
Hal Berghel
8/98-12/31/02
Nina Bhatti
Judith Bishop
6/03-12/31/06
John Seely Brown
1/01-12/31/04
Gary Chapman
1/99-12/31/04
Gilbert Cockton
7/99-12/31/03
E.G. Coffman
6/03-12/31/06
Stephen A. Cook
5/98- 12/31/02
Donald Cowan
2/01-12/31/03
Joseph S. DeBlasi
8/99-12/31/02
Carlos de Lucena
2/01-12/31/05
Charles Dickson
10/02-12/31/04
Michel Dubois
2/02-12/31/03
Susan Eggers
12/02-12/31/04
Adel S. Elmaghraby
6/02-12/31/05
Wayne Enright
6/02-12/31/03
Joan Feigenbaum
5/01-12/31/05
Bernard Galler
2/01-12/31/05
James N. Gray
6/02-12/31/06
Juris Hartmanis
6/00-12/31/04
Paula Hawthorn
R. Nigel Horspool
10/00-12/31/04
Diane Horton
8/00-12/31/02
Charles H. House
4/01-12/31/06
Mary Jane Irwin
4/01-12/31/05
Leah Jamieson
5/01-12/31/04
David Johnson
6/96-12/31/02
Norman Jouppi
10/00-12/31/02
Robert Kahn
8/98-12/31/03
Hisao Kameda
2/01-12/31/05
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Sidney Karin
Richard Karp
Stuart Kurtz
Michel Beaudouin-Lafon
Edward Lazowska
Michael E. Lesk
Doris Lidtke
Barbara Liskov
Brien Maguire
C. Dianne Martin
Leszek Pacholski
Linda Petzold
Prabhakar Raghavan
David Sallach
David Shmoys
Edward Shortliffe
Barbara Simons
Mary Lou Soffa
A. Joseph Turner
Michael Wellman
Elaine Weyuker
David Wherty
Telle Whitney
Jeannette Wing
David Wortman
Stuart Zweben
10/00-12/31/03
2/01-12/31/04
5/02-12/31/06
6/99-12/31/02
9/02-12/31/06
3/99-12/31/03
8/99-12/31/03
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6/03-12/31/05
6/99-12/31/03
6/99-12/31/03
12/31/05
8/00-12/31/04
3/00-12/31/02
8/99-12/31/03
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6/98-12/31/02
10/02-12/31/06
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7/02-12/31/07
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Purpose of the Committee
The Awards Committee is responsible for the conduct of the currently existing award prizes,
fellowships and other symbols of recognition of merit bestowed by ACM as a whole. This includes
making appointments to the various award committees, soliciting nominees, selecting winners from
among the nominees, and arranging for the formal conferring of the awards, and exploring
possibilities of funding awards with outside organizations.
The Committee is further responsible for defining and updating the awards structure of
ACM and its units, by recommending to Council, when appropriate, the establishment of new programs for the recognition of merit, or the modification or discontinuance of existing ones, with the
goal of maintaining a balance among the awards recognizing different kinds of meritorious
activities.
The Committee will provide advice to subunits of ACM regarding any award programs conducted by them. Subunits engaging in award activities should consult with the Awards Committee
concerning the nature and balance among the programs of ACM and its subunits.
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The Committee will maintain contact, and as appropriate, exchange information with other
professional or technical organizations concerning their awards programs.
1.3
Committee Organization
The Awards Committee is a standing committee of Council, reporting through the President.
A.M. Turing Award
2002 Chair – Robert Kahn; 2003 Chair – Gary Chapman
ACM's most prestigious technical award is accompanied by a prize of $100,000. It is given to an
individual selected for contributions of a technical nature made to the computing community. The
contributions should be of lasting and major technical importance to the computer field. Financial
support of the Turing Awards is provided by the Intel Corporation.
2002 Recipients:
Leonard Adleman, USC; Ronald Rivest, MIT; Adi Shamir, The Wiezmann Institute - RSA
Distinguished Service Award
2002 Chair – David Sallach; 2003 Chair – Hisao Kameda
Awarded on the basis of value and degree of service to the computing community. The contributions should not be limited to service to the Association, but should include activities in other
computer organizations and should emphasize contributions to the computing community at large.
2002 Recipient: Raymond E. Miller, University of Maryland
Outstanding Contribution to ACM Award
2002 Chair – C. Dianne Martin; 2003 Chair A. Joseph Turner
This award is given to individuals who are selected on the value and degree of service to ACM.
2002 Recipient: Pat Ryan, COO, ACM
Software System Award
2002 Chair – R. Nigel Horspool; 2003 Chair – Carlos de Lucena
Awarded to an institution or individual(s) recognized for developing a software system that has had
a lasting influence, reflected in contributions to concepts, in commercial acceptance, or both. The
Software System Award carries a prize of $10,000 which is provided by IBM.
2002 Recipient: James A. Gosling, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Grace Murray Hopper Award
2002 and 2003 Chair – Doris Lidtke
Awarded to the outstanding young computer professional of the year, selected on the basis of a
single recent major technical or service contribution. A prize of $5,000 is supplied by
Unisys. The candidate must have been 35 years or age or less at the time the qualifying contribution was made.
2002 Recipient: Ramakrishnan Srikant, IBM Almaden Research Center
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Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award
2002 Chair – Lillian (Boots) Cassel; 2003 Chair – Don Bailes
Awarded annually to an outstanding educator who: is appointed to a recognized educational
baccalaureate institution; is recognized for advancing new teaching methodologies, or effecting
new curriculum development or expansion in computer science and engineering; or who is making
a significant contribution to the educational mission of the ACM. Those who have been teaching
for ten years or less will be given special consideration. A prize of $5,000 is supplied by the
Prentice-Hall Publishing Company.
2002 Recipient: John T. Gorgone, Bentley College
Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award
2002 Chair – Jeannette Wing; 2003 Chair - Richard Karp
The Kanellakis award honors specific theoretical accomplishments that have had a significant and
demonstrable effect on the practice of computing. This award is accompanied by a prize of $5,000
and is endowed by contributions from the Kanellakis family, and financial support which has been
provided by Brooks/Cole and Thomson Learning, ACM’s SIGACT, SIGDA, SIGMOD,
SIGPLAN, the SIG Discretionary Fund, and individual contributions.
2002 Recipient: Peter A. Franaszek, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Doctoral Dissertation Award
2002 Chair – Leszek Pacholski; 2003 Chair – Asit Dan
Presented annually to the author(s) of the best doctoral dissertation(s) in computer science and
engineering and is accompanied by a prize of $5,000. The winning dissertation(s) will be published
by Springer-Verlag.
2002 Recipient: Venkatesan Guruswami, MIT
2002 Honorable Mentions: Robert C. Miller, Carnegie Mellon University
Tim Roughgarden, Cornell University
Eckert-Mauchly Award
2003 Chair – Jean-Luc Gaudiot; 2004 Chair – Michel Dubois
Administered jointly by ACM and IEEE Computer Society. The award of $5,000 is given for
contributions to computer and digital systems architecture where the field of computer architecture
is considered at present to encompass the combined hardware-software design and analysis of
computing and digital systems.
2003 Recipient: Josh (Joseph A.) Fisher, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
ACM Fellows
2002 Chair Elaine Weyuker; 2003 Chair – Stuart H. Zweben
The ACM Fellows Program was established by ACM Council in 1993 to recognize and honor
outstanding ACM members for their achievements in computer science and information technology
and for their significant contributions to the mission of the ACM. The ACM Fellows serve as
distinguished colleagues to whom the ACM and its members look for guidance and leadership as
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the world of information technology evolves. Twenty-six Fellows were inducted at the ACM
Awards Ceremony on June 7, 2003 at the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center, San
Diego, California, which brings the total of ACM Fellows to 468.
ACM/AAAI Allen Newell Award
2002 Chair – Sid Karin; 2003 Chair - TBA
The Allen Newell Award is presented to an individual selected for career contributions that have
breadth within computer science and other disciplines. This endowed award is supported by the
American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), and by individual contributions.
2002 Recipient: Peter Chen, Louisiana State University
The SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engineering
This endowed award recognizes an individual(s) for outstanding research contributions to the field
of computational science and engineering. The contribution(s) for which the award is made must be
publicly available and may belong to any aspect of computational science in its broadest sense. The
award includes a certificate and a cash prize of $5,000. Financial sponsorship is provided by SIAM
(Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics).
John B. Bell and Phillip Colella, of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, were selected as
the first winners of this award which was presented the First Joint Meeting of CAIMS (Canadian
Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society) and SIAM in Montreal, Canada, on June 17, 2003.
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)
2002 Chair – Donald Cowan; 2003 Chair – Charles Dickson
ISEF is administered by Science Service and is for students in the 9th through 12th grades. ACM's
first place award is $1,000, second place is $500, and third place is $300, the honorable award
winners (a maximum of 3) receive a prize of $200. All receive complimentary Student
subscriptions memberships (Portal Package) for the duration of their undergraduate studies. The
2003 ISEF was held May, 2003, in Cleveland, Ohio, and ACM’s judges were Donald Cowan and
Charles Dickson.
The 53rd Intel ISEF ACM winners follow:
First Place ($1,000):
Rudy Sandoval, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Second Place ($500):
Jeff Thompson, Houston, Texas
Third Place ($300):
Robert Eunice, Warner Robins, Georgia
Honorable Mentions ($200):.
Brittney Black, Williston, ND
Christopher Mitchell, Miami, Florida
John Thielemann Mechanicsburg, PA
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Recognition of Service Certificates
Headquarters Staff
The Recognition of Service Certificate Program is the responsibility of Headquarters Staff to issue
certificates to those eligible volunteers who have completed service to ACM of at least one year in
an elective or appointed position and who have received endorsement of their superiors in the ACM
volunteer organization; 270 certificates were issued in FY’03.
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Awards Committee Meeting
The Awards Committee meeting was held in the evening of Friday, June 6, 2003, at the
Town and Country Hotel in San Diego, CA, and the Awards Banquet was held on Saturday, June 7,
2003. Twenty people attended the meeting, including several members of the ACM Executive
Committee, outgoing/incoming subcommittee chairs. Highlights of the meeting follow:
Report from the ACM Awards Committee Co-Chairs
The Awards Committee submitted two nominations for the 2003 National Medal of
Technology award.
John Bell and Phillip Colella of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory were selected
as the first winners of the SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engineering.
The Intel Corporation has agreed to provide financial sponsorship of the A.M. Turing Award
for a three-year term, and has increased the amount of the award to $100K from $25K.
Appointments: The consensus was that there is a need to foster a greater diversity in making
appointments to the various subcommittees.
Canvassing Committees: The consensus was to go forward with the creation of three Canvassing
Committees which would be responsible for making recommendations; each Committee would
have a cluster of awards. This will not affect the typical selection process of the award
subcommittees.
Named Awards: The Awards Co-chairs, and the ACM Vice President, will submit their
recommendations to address issues concerning named awards that were raised by the ACM
Executive Committee. Among these are the criteria for linking an individual’s name to a particular
award, questions of using awards as a way of branding ACM, etc.
The ACM Awards Banquet
The annual ACM Awards Banquet was held Saturday, June 7, 2003 at the Town and
Country Resort and Convention Center in San Diego, California, and was held in conjunction with
FCRC (Federated Computing Research Conference). The reception was hosted by the Intel
Corporation.
Thirteen of the 26 new Fellows attended as well as all of the major ACM award winners.
ACM’s President Maria Klawe was the Master of Ceremonies.
Among the other awards presented at the banquet were the ACM International Collegiate
Programming Contest (ICPC), presented by William B. Poucher, the ACM Student Research
Competition (Mark Lewin represented the sponsor of SRC - Microsoft), and the CRA (Computing
Research Association) Distinguished Service, the Nico Habermann and Outstanding Undergraduate
Awards. CRA was represented by Andrew Bernat, CEO, and James Foley, CRA Chair.
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