First Fellows inducted at Awards Ceremony

Some 133 men and women were inducted as the first ACM Fellows at ACM's annual Computer Science Conference on March 8-9, 1994. The designation of Fellow is awarded to members who have distinguished themselves by their outstanding technical and professional achievements in computer science and in...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Communications of the ACM 1994-05, Vol.37 (5), p.S5
Format:	Magazinearticle
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Associations Awards Awards & honors Committees Complexity theory Computer graphics Computer science Conferences Core curriculum Engineering Nominations Personal computers Science education Secondary schools Software User interface
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Description
Summary:	Some 133 men and women were inducted as the first ACM Fellows at ACM's annual Computer Science Conference on March 8-9, 1994. The designation of Fellow is awarded to members who have distinguished themselves by their outstanding technical and professional achievements in computer science and information technology and their service to ACM. Fellows' contributions to the field cover a broad spectrum of topics and interests, including theoretical work in numerical analysis, combinatorial methematics, and algorithmic complexity analysis, work with computer architectures and integrated circuits, personal computer and supercomputer design, software design, and networking. Awards presented at the conference included the A. M. Turing Award, the Distinguished Service Award, the Outstanding Contribution to ACM Award, the Software System Award, the Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award, the Grace Murray Hopper Award, and the Doctoral Dissertation Award.
ISSN:	0001-0782 1557-7317