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Turing Award
The ACM A. M. Turing Award is an annual prize given by the
Association for Computing Machinery
(ACM) for contributions "of lasting and major technical importance to the computer field".
It is generally recognized as the highest distinction in
computer science
and is known as or often referred to as "
Nobel Prize of Computing
". The award is named after
Alan Turing
, who was a British
mathematician
and
reader
in mathematics at the
University of Manchester
. Turing is often credited as being the key founder of
theoretical computer science
and
artificial intelligence
. From 2007 to 2013, the award was accompanied by an additional prize of US$250,000, with financial support provided by
Intel
and
Google
.
Since 2014, the award has been accompanied by a prize of US$1 million, with financial support provided by Google.
The first recipient, in 1966, was
Alan Perlis
, of
Carnegie Mellon University
. The first female recipient was
Frances E. Allen
of
IBM
in 2006.
Recipients
See also
*
List of ACM Awards
*
List of computer science awards
*
List of prizes known as the Nobel of a field
*
List of prizes named after people
*
IEEE John von Neumann Medal
*
Turing Lecture
*
Nobel Prize
*
Schock Prize
*
Nevanlinna Prize
*
Kanellakis Award
*
Millennium Technology Prize
References
External links
ACM Chronological listing of Turing Laureates
Visualizing Turing Award Laureates
ACM A.M. Turing Award Centenary Celebration
ACM A.M. Turing Award Laureate Interviews
Celebration of 50 Years of the ACM A.M. Turing Award
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