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Profiles in computing

Profiles in computing by Karen A. Fvenkel To celebrate ACM’s 40th anniversary, Communications honors the 17 Grace Murray Hopper Award recipients, and proudly presents profiles of three-Donald E. Knuth, Brian K. Reid, and Allan L. Scherr. The award honors a select group of computer scientists who have contributed outstanding achievements to the art and science of computing before the age of 30. Created in 1971 with the cooperation of Univac, a division of Sperry Rand Corporation, the award bears Hopper’s name because of her interest in young computer scientists. Recipients are chosen annually by a subcommittee of the ACM Awards Committee and receive a check for $1000. Besides recounting the genesis of the projects recognized, the recipients, who are now in their mid- to late forties, comment on current technology issues and offer poignant remarks on how the field has changed since their student days, the influence of commercialism on computer science, and the feasibility of the Strategic Defense Initiative. We hope the following accounts of their career paths will inspire their colleagues and the youth of computer science. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Communications of the ACM Association for Computing Machinery

Profiles in computing

Communications of the ACM , Volume 30 (10) – Oct 1, 1987

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Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery
Copyright
Copyright © 1987 by ACM Inc.
ISSN
0001-0782
DOI
10.1145/30408.30411
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Abstract

by Karen A. Fvenkel To celebrate ACM’s 40th anniversary, Communications honors the 17 Grace Murray Hopper Award recipients, and proudly presents profiles of three-Donald E. Knuth, Brian K. Reid, and Allan L. Scherr. The award honors a select group of computer scientists who have contributed outstanding achievements to the art and science of computing before the age of 30. Created in 1971 with the cooperation of Univac, a division of Sperry Rand Corporation, the award bears Hopper’s name because of her interest in young computer scientists. Recipients are chosen annually by a subcommittee of the ACM Awards Committee and receive a check for $1000. Besides recounting the genesis of the projects recognized, the recipients, who are now in their mid- to late forties, comment on current technology issues and offer poignant remarks on how the field has changed since their student days, the influence of commercialism on computer science, and the feasibility of the Strategic Defense Initiative. We hope the following accounts of their career paths will inspire their colleagues and the youth of computer science.

Journal

Communications of the ACMAssociation for Computing Machinery

Published: Oct 1, 1987

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