ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award

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 Award
Awarded forHumanitarian contributions within computer science and informatics
CountryNew York, (United States)
Presented byAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Reward(s)US $5,000
First awarded1999
Last awarded2022
Websiteawards.acm.org/lawler

Recipients
Year Recipients Citation
1999 United States Antonia Stone For her role as founder of Playing to Win and CTCNet
2001 United States 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 United States Patrick Ball for his leadership in the creation of open source software
2005 United States Ernest Siva,
United States Solomon Mbuguah,
Switzerland Albrecht Ehrensperger		 For their contributions to the Nakuru Local Urban Observatory project in Kenya
2007 United States Randy Wang For founding and leading the Digital Study Hall Project
2009 United States Gregory Abowd[5] For his work on how advanced information technologies can be used in homes and schools to support people with autism
2012 Germany Johannes Schöning,[6]
Germany 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 United States Robin Murphy[8] For her pioneering work in humanitarian disaster response through search and rescue robotics
2016 United Kingdom 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 India 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 United States Richard Anderson For developing a range of innovative applications in health, education, the internet, and financial services, benefiting underserved communities around the globe.
2022 United States Jelani Nelson For founding and developing AddisCoder, a nonprofit organization which teaches programming to underserved students from all over Ethiopia.

See also

References
  1. "ACM Eugene Lawler Award". ACM. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  2. "International Center for Scientific Research on the ACM Eugene Lawler Award". International Center for Scientific Research. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  3. "Eugene Lawler Personal Webpage". UC Berkeley. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  4. "Award Overview by Big Fat Prize". Big Fat Prize. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  5. "Press Georgia Tech, USA".
  6. "Press UHasselt, Belgium".
  7. "ACM Award Video".
  8. "Texas A&M University, USA".
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