ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award | |
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Awarded for | Humanitarian contributions within computer science and informatics |
Country | New York, (United States) |
Presented by | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Reward(s) | US $5,000 |
First awarded | 1999 |
Last awarded | 2022 |
Website | awards |
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]