Eugene L. Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions within Computer Science and Informatics
Basic data of the distinction
Type of award: Research award or other distinction
Awarded by: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Award given to: Bartoschek, Thomas; Schöning, Johannes
Date of awarding: 15/04/2013
Amount of prize money: 5000 USD
About the distinction
For the contributions of Thomas Bartoschek and Johannes Schöning to GI@School (Geoinformatics at Schools), a program that encourages young people to develop a fascination for computer science and computer science research.
Link to the press release of the awarding organisation: http://awards.acm.org/lawler/all.cfm
Link zur Pressemitteilung der Universität Münster: http://www.uni-muenster.de/en/exec/upm.php?rubrik=Alle&neu=0&monat=201304&nummer=16624
About the award
This award is to recognize an individual or a group who have made a significant contribution through the use of computing technology. It will be given once every two years, assuming that there are worthy recipients. The award amount is $5,000 plus travel expenses to the Awards banquet.
The award is intentionally defined broadly. The professional credentials of the recipient(s) are not important. The recipient(s) need never to have earned a degree or published a paper, or even be considered to be a computer professional. The emphasis of the Award Committee will be on the significance of the contribution itself, within the prescribed areas of technology for humanitarian contributions in the field of computing.
Type of award: Prize for excellent research
Website of the award or committee: http://awards.acm.org/lawler/
Zeitraum der Vergabe: since 1999