Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society

Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society (DFBCS or DistFBCS) is an award and fellowship granted by the British Computer Society for members of the computing profession who have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of computing.[1]

Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society (DistFBCS)
Awarded for"outstanding contribution to the advancement of computing"[1]
Sponsored byBCS
Date1969 (1969)
LocationLondon
CountryUnited Kingdom
No. of Fellows33 as of 2020
Websitewww.bcs.org/more/awards-and-competitions/distinguished-fellowship-distfbcs/

The Distinguished Fellowship of BCS is awarded under bylaw 7 of the BCS's Royal Charter. Trustee Board Regulation 1.2 specifies that the award may be made even if the individual in question is not already a member of BCS and may not be eligible for any other class of membership.

The award was first approved in 1969 and the first election was made in 1971 to Edsger W. Dijkstra. The nominations committee is responsible for identifying and proposing suitable candidates. The actual election of such members of the profession is made by a resolution of the trustee board on the recommendation of the president.

Fellowship criteria

Any candidate for Distinguished Fellowship should be considered against the following criteria:

  • The contribution to computing should be seen in terms of major importance to the overall development of computing, with substantial personal recognition through peer review over a substantial and sustained career. There is no restriction on nomination on the grounds of nationality or of existing membership of BCS and nominations from business, industrial, research or academic backgrounds are equally acceptable and work of either a practical or theoretical nature may be equally valid.
  • At any time, both the work and the stature of the individual nominated should be commensurate with the standards set by previous recipients although it is not expected that there will be more than one Distinguished Fellow elected every two years.

To be elected, the nomination must be on the Trustee Board Agenda, and at least 3/4 of those present must resolve in favour.

Distinguished Fellows

Laureates of the award include:[2]

NameElected
Edsger W. Dijkstra, Ph.D.1971
Christopher Strachey1971
Rear Admiral Grace M. Hopper, Ph.D.1973
Sir Maurice Wilkes, Ph.D., FRS, FREng1973
Andrei P. Ershov1974
Tom Kilburn, Ph.D., CBE, FRS1974
James H. Wilkinson1974
Isaac L. Auerbach1975
Donald W. Davies, CBE, FRS1975
Bertram Vivian Bowden, Ph.D., Baron Bowden1976
Charles W. Bachman1977
Sir C. Anthony R. Hoare, FRS, FREng1978
Gene M. Amdahl, Ph.D.1979
Donald E. Knuth, Ph.D.1980
Iann M. Barron1986
A. J. Robin E. Milner, FRS1988
Wladyslaw M. Turski1989
Robb Wilmot1990
Frederick P. Brooks, Ph.D.1994
William H. Gates, III, KBE1994
Timothy J. Berners-Lee, Dr.Sc., OM, KBE, FRS, FREng, FRSA1996
David E. Deutsch, DPhil, FRS1998
Peter T. Kirstein, Ph.D., CBE2004
Scott McNealy2007
Vint Cerf2011
Warren East2013
Hermann Hauser2013
Steve Furber2014
Wendy Hall2016
Martha Lane Fox2016
Simon Peyton Jones2017
Eben Upton2019
Sophie Wilson2020

References
  1. "Distinguished Fellowship (DistFBCS)". bcs.org. BCS. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  2. "Roll of Distinguished Fellows". bcs.org. BCS. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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