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 scientistEugene Lawler.[3] The award includes a financial reward of US$5,000.[4]
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
For developing FrontlineSMS, using mobile technology and text messaging to empower people to share information, organize aid, and reconnect communities during crises.
2018
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
Richard Anderson
For developing a range of innovative applications in health, education, the internet, and financial services, benefiting underserved communities around the globe.
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eugene, lawler, award, awarded, every, three, years, association, computing, machinery, individual, group, individuals, have, made, significant, contribution, information, technology, humanitarian, purposes, wide, range, social, domains, named, after, computer. 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 ACM Eugene L Lawler AwardAwarded forHumanitarian contributions within computer science and informaticsCountryNew York United States Presented byAssociation for Computing Machinery ACM Reward s US 5 000First awarded1999Last awarded2022Websiteawards wbr acm wbr org wbr lawlerRecipients editYear Recipients Citation 1999 nbsp Antonia Stone For her role as founder of Playing to Win and CTCNet 2001 nbsp 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 nbsp Patrick Ball for his leadership in the creation of open source software 2005 nbsp Ernest Siva nbsp Solomon Mbuguah nbsp Albrecht Ehrensperger For their contributions to the Nakuru Local Urban Observatory project in Kenya 2007 nbsp Randy Wang For founding and leading the Digital Study Hall Project 2009 nbsp Gregory Abowd 5 For his work on how advanced information technologies can be used in homes and schools to support people with autism 2012 nbsp Johannes Schoning 6 nbsp 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 nbsp Robin Murphy 8 For her pioneering work in humanitarian disaster response through search and rescue robotics 2016 nbsp 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 nbsp 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 nbsp Richard Anderson For developing a range of innovative applications in health education the internet and financial services benefiting underserved communities around the globe 2022 nbsp Jelani Nelson For founding and developing AddisCoder a nonprofit organization which teaches programming to underserved students from all over Ethiopia See also editList of computer science awardsReferences edit ACM Eugene Lawler Award ACM Retrieved 1 September 2013 International Center for Scientific Research on the ACM Eugene Lawler Award International Center for Scientific Research Retrieved 1 September 2013 Eugene Lawler Personal Webpage UC Berkeley Archived from the original on 21 October 2014 Retrieved 1 September 2013 Award Overview by Big Fat Prize Big Fat Prize Retrieved 1 September 2013 Press Georgia Tech USA Press UHasselt Belgium ACM Award Video Texas A amp M University USA Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ACM Eugene L Lawler Award amp oldid 1221927005, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
