Milner Award

Royal Society Milner Award and Lecture
Awarded for"outstanding achievement in computer science by a European researcher"
Presented byThe Royal Society
Reward(s)£5,000
First awarded2012 (2012)
WebsiteMilner Award and Lecture

The Royal Society Milner Award, formally the Royal Society Milner Award and Lecture, is awarded annually by the Royal Society, a London-based learned society, for "outstanding achievement in computer science by a European researcher". The award is supported by Microsoft Research and is named in honour of Robin Milner, a prolific pioneer in computer science[1] who, among other contributions, designed LCF and the programming language ML.[2]

Recipients should be active researchers in computer science who are either European or have resided in Europe for at least 12 months prior to their nomination. Winners receive a bronze medal and a personal prize of £5,000 and are invited to deliver a public lecture on their research at the Society. The Council of the Royal Society chooses recipients on the recommendation of the Milner Award Committee. The Committee is made up of Fellows of the Royal Society, Members of the Académie des sciences (France), and Members of Leopoldina (Germany).[1]

Preceding the Milner Award was the Royal Society and Académie des sciences Microsoft Award, which rewarded scientists in Europe for advancements in science using computational methods. It lasted from 2006 to 2009 until it was replaced by the current award.[3] The ACM SIGPLAN Robin Milner Young Researcher Award is a similar award rewarded for "outstanding contributions by young investigators in the area of programming languages".[4]

  1. ^ a b "Royal Society Milner Award and Lecture Now Accepting Nominations". HPCwire. 15 January 2020. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Obituaries: Robin Milner, 1934–2010". Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Past medals, awards and prize lectures". The Royal Society. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Derek Dreyer receives Robin Milner Young Researcher Award". Max Planck Institute. 13 September 2017. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.