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ACM Turing Award Goes to Pioneer Who Advanced Reliability and Consistency of Computing Systems
Microsoft's Lamport Contributed to Theory and Practice of Building Distributed Computing Systems that Work
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ACM Fellows Inducted
ACM has recognized 50 of its members for their contributions to computing that are driving innovations across multiple domains and disciplines.
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ACM Honors Computing Innovators
ACM's awards celebrate achievements in networks, information retrieval, multi-agent systems, computer science education, versatile compiler technologies, and more...
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Nancy Lynch Named 2012 Athena Lecturer
MIT's Nancy Lynch was named the 2012 Athena Lecturer for her advances in distributed systems that enable dependable Internet and wireless network applications.
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ACM Fellows Inducted
Forty-six men and women are recognized as 2011 ACM Fellows.
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ACM Award Recipients
Craig Gentry, Kurt Mehlhorn, and other computer scientists are honored for their research and service.
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ACM Fellows Honored
Forty-one men and women are inducted as 2010 ACM Fellows.
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A Conversation With Ed Catmull
Pixar Animation Studios president Ed Catmull says he once used realistic computer-generated animation as a goal because "doing it is so hard that it would help...
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ACM Recognizes Leaders Who Have Raised Awareness of Computer Science
ACM has announced Edward Lazowska as winner of its Distinguished Service Award and Moshe Y. Vardi as winner of its Outstanding Contribution to ACM Award.
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ACM Awards Recognize Computer Science Innovation
ACM has announced the winners of six prestigious awards for their innovations in computing technology that demonstrate the benefits of computational thinking for...
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ACM Turing Award Goes to Creator of First Modern Personal Computer
ACM has named Charles P. Thacker the winner of the 2009 ACM A.M. Turing Award for his pioneering design and realization of the Alto, the first modern personal computer...
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Katayanagi Prizes and Other CS Awards
Donald E. Knuth, Jon Kleinberg, Andrew Herbert, and other members of the computer science community were recently honored...
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Seven CS Researchers Selected For Recovery Act Early Career Funds
Seven computer science researchers supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) are among 69 scientists...
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Computing Pioneer Herbert Grosch, Dead at 91
Herbert R.J. Grosch, a computing pioneer who served as ACM president from 1976-1978, died on January 18 at the age of 91.
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ACM Fellows Honored
Forty-seven men and women are inducted as 2009 ACM Fellows.
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Queue ICPC Challenge
ACM Queue readers have an opportunity to compete in an online programming competition based on the 2009 ACM International Collegiate Programming Competition (ICPC)...
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First Computer Science Education Week Targets Issues in Teaching Computer Science
ACM and its partners are launching Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) to uncover and remedy the inadequacy of the nation's computer science (CS) education...
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Evaluators Sought For Degree Programs in Computing
CSAB Inc. — the lead society within ABET Inc. for the accreditation of college-level programs in computer science, information systems, IT, and software engineering...
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ACM Names 84 Distinguished Members for Advances in Computing Technology
ACM has recognized 84 members as 2009 Distinguished Members. The number of honorees has more than doubled from a year ago, and ACM says the increase is a reflection...
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