ACM SIG Chairs Meeting
SIG Awards Report
1997-08-23
Mark Scott Johnson, ACM SIG Chairs' Liaison with the
ACM Awards Committee
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ACM Awards Committee (http://www.acm.org/awards/)
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Restructuring of committee
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Moratorium on "named" awards
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Endowments
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New SIG Awards
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SIGARCH Maurice Wilkes Award (outstanding contribution to computer architecture)
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SIGLINK/SIGIR Vannevar Bush Award
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SIGSOFT Outstanding Research Award
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Other Recent Achievements
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SIG awards now listed in annual ACM Awards brochure
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SDF matching contributions to the endownment for the ACM Kanellakis Theory
and Practice Award (other than $10K from SIGACT and SIGMOD): $6K from SIGDA
and SIGPLAN
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Recommendations
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Nominate candidates for ACM awards (were due 1997-08-01).
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Establish SIG awards.
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Endow SIG awards (e.g., SIGACT, SIGARCH, and SIGGRAPH).
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Contribute to the endowment of existing ACM awards.
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Discussion of ACM Fellows Program
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S. Rao Kosaraju, Current Chair
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Frances E. Allen, Immediate Past Chair