Turing Award

The A.M. Turing Award is given annually by the Association for Computing Machinery to

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a person selected for contributions of a technical nature made to the computing community.

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The contributions should be of lasting and major technical importance to the

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computer field. Most of the recipients have been computer scientists.

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The award is named after Alan Mathison Turing (1912–1954), a British mathematician considered to be one of the fathers of modern computer science.

Related Topics:
Alan Mathison Turing - 1912 - 1954 - British - Computer science

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The Turing Award is often recognized as the "Nobel Prize of computing". It is sponsored by Intel Corporation and currently is accompanied by a prize of $100,000.

Related Topics:
Nobel Prize - Intel

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The award recipients, and the field in which they earned the recognition are listed below. Refer to the individual recipients for more detailed information on their achievements.

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