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Past Recipients
2018: Yann LeCun, for his work in convolutional neural networks.
2013: Barbara Liskov – for pioneering contributions to programming languages and software system design.
2010: Robert E. Kahn and Vinton G. Cerf – for their pioneering and seminal contributions to network-based information technology, and especially for the design and implementation of the TCP/IP protocol suite, which continues to provide the foundation for the growing Internet.
2006: Mildred Dresselhaus – for pioneering contributions and leadership in the field of carbon-based nanostructures and nanotechnology, and for promoting opportunities for women in science and engineering.
2003: Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson – for development of the UNIX operating system and C programming language.
2002: John J. Hopfield – for his pioneering accomplishments in the field of Computational Neuroscience and Neuroengineering.
2000: Jack St. Clair Kilby – for his contribution to the invention of the integrated circuit, or microchip.
1999: John H. Holland – Founder of genetic algorithms and innovative research in the science of complexity and adaptation.
1995: B. George Dantzig, – Developer of the simplex algorithm spawning the field of linear programming.
1993: Hiroshi Inose – Leader in advances in digital communication and in increasing our understanding of the effects of information flow on society.
1991: Arno Penzias – Discoverer of the background microwave blackbody radiation of the universe.
1990: Dana S. Scott – Pioneer in application of concepts from logic and algebra to the development of mathematical semantics of programming languages.
1980: Leo Esaki – Pioneer in tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and development of quantum well structures.
1988: John Bardeen – Co-inventor of the transistor and contributor to the theory of superconductivity.
1987: Herbert A. Simon – Contributor to cross-disciplinary work between computer science, psychology, economics, and management, including the development of artificial intelligence and cognitive science.
1986: Ronold W. P. King – Leader in the development of electromagnetic antenna theory.
1985: Amnon Yariv – Innovator in quantum electronics and integrated optics.
1984: Carver Mead and Lynn Conway – Developers of CAD techniques for VLSI technology and authors of first VLSI textbook.
1983: John Backus – Developer of speed-coding and FORTRAN.
1982: Maurice V. Wilkes – Developer of world’s second large-scale general-purpose electronic digital computer and author of first digital computer programmers textbook.
1981: Richard W. Hamming – Father of algebraic coding theory.
1980: Robert H. Noyce – Developer of the integrated circuit.
1979: Edwin H. Land – Inventor of instant photography.
1978: Claude E. Shannon – Creator of quantitative philosophy of information.
1977: Jan A. Rajchman – Electronic and computer research.
1976: Hyman G. Rickover – USN, Father of the Nuclear Navy.
1975: Chauncey Starr – Director of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).
1974: Peter C. Goldmark – Inventor of the 33-1/3 rpm long-playing record (among other things).
1973: John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert – Inventors of ENIAC.
1972: Edward E. David, Jr. – Science Advisor to the President of the United States.
