ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award

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ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award
Awarded forHumanitarian contributions within computer science and informatics
Country New York, (United States)
Presented by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Reward(s)US $5,000
First awarded1999
Last awarded2022
Website awards.acm.org/lawler

The ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award is awarded every two or three years by the Association for Computing Machinery to an individual or a group of individuals who have made a significant contribution to the use of information technology for humanitarian purposes in a wide range of social domains. [1] [2] It is named after the computer scientist Eugene Lawler. [3] The award includes a financial reward of US$5,000. [4]

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Recipients

YearRecipientsCitation
1999 Flag of the United States.svg Antonia Stone For her role as founder of Playing to Win and CTCNet
2001 Flag of the United States.svg John Blitch For his leadership in the prior development and rapid deployment of the urban search and rescue robots used after the September 11 attacks
2003 Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Ball for his leadership in the creation of open source software
2005 Flag of the United States.svg Ernest Siva,
Flag of the United States.svg Solomon Mbuguah,
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Albrecht Ehrensperger
For their contributions to the Nakuru Local Urban Observatory project in Kenya
2007 Flag of the United States.svg Randy Wang For founding and leading the Digital Study Hall Project
2009 Flag of the United States.svg Gregory Abowd [5] For his work on how advanced information technologies can be used in homes and schools to support people with autism
2012 Flag of Germany.svg Johannes Schöning, [6]
Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Bartoschek [7]
For their contributions to GI@School (Geoinformatics at Schools), a program that encourages young people to develop a fascination for computer science and computer science research
2014 Flag of the United States.svg Robin Murphy [8] For her pioneering work in humanitarian disaster response through search and rescue robotics
2016 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ken Banks For developing FrontlineSMS, using mobile technology and text messaging to empower people to share information, organize aid, and reconnect communities during crises.
2018 Flag of India.svg Meenakshi Balakrishnan For research, development, and deployment of cost-effective embedded-system and software solutions addressing mobility and education challenges of the visually impaired in the developing world.
2020 Flag of the United States.svg Richard Anderson For developing a range of innovative applications in health, education, the internet, and financial services, benefiting underserved communities around the globe.
2022 Flag of the United States.svg Jelani Nelson For founding and developing AddisCoder, a nonprofit organization which teaches programming to underserved students from all over Ethiopia.

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