ACM A. M. Turing Award
First awarded in 1966, the Turing Award honors individuals whose contributions have had a lasting and major impact on computer science. Laureates receive a US$1,000,000 prize and deliver the prestigious Turing Lecture. Named after Alan Turing in recognition of his foundational work in theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence, the award is decided annually by an ACM committee. From 2007 to 2013, Intel and Google supported an additional US$250,000 prize, and since 2014 Google has funded the full US$1 million. Typically one or two laureates are selected each year. The most recent winners in 2024 were Andrew Barto and Richard S. Sutton.
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Announced annually in March
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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Outstanding contributions of lasting and major technical importance to the field of computer science
History
The award was first presented in 1966 to Alan Perlis. Named in honor of Alan Turing to commemorate his foundational contributions, it quickly became the highest honor in computer science. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, laureates such as Marvin Minsky and Donald Knuth cemented the award’s prestige. In 2007, Intel and Google provided an additional US$250,000, and since 2014 Google has funded the full US$1 million prize. Recipients deliver the Turing Lecture at an ACM event, and their lectures are published in Communications of the ACM. The selection process is managed annually by an ACM-appointed committee.
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