Awards Committee
IEEE Computer Society awards honor achievements in the field of computing. The Awards Committee governs the entire awards recognition process.
The IEEE Computer Society sponsors an Awards Program to recognize both technical achievement and service to the Society. In the technical area, recognition may be given for pioneering and current contributions to the field of computer science and engineering. Service awards are given to both volunteers and staff for well-defined and highly valued contributions to the Society.
In addition, the Society encourages nominations of its members for appropriate IEEE Awards.
The Awards Committee selects and recommends recipients for awards administered by the Society, and nominates and recommends candidates for IEEE administered awards.
The Awards Committee is responsible for preserving the integrity of the evaluation and selection process, assuring that the process is both open and rigorous, and that the process contributes to the prestige of the Society and the award recipients.
The Awards Committee Chair is appointed by the Society president. Committee members, including the immediate past chair, chairs of all the awards subcommittees and one to three at-large members, are appointed by the Awards Committee chair with the concurrence of the Society President.
Awards Nomination System - List of featured awards and nomination deadlines.
Note: You must create a free IEEE account to start a nomination. Self-nominations are not accepted.
2026 Awards Committee
- Bhavani Thuraisingham, The University of Texas at Dallas
- Celia Shahnaz, Past Chair
Vice Chair
- Ling Liu, Georgia Tech
- ACM/IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award: Tim Sherwood ACM rep.
- ACM/IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award: William D. Gropp, CS rep.
- B. Ramakrishna Rau Award: Gilles Pokam
- Charles Babbage Award: Keshav Pingali
- Edward J. McCluskey Technical Achievement Award: Mei-Ling Shyu
- Hans Karlsson Standards Award: Paul Nikolich
- Harlan D. Mills Award: Massimiliano Di Penta
- Harry Goode Memorial Award: Moshe Y. Vardi
- IEEE Computer Society Artificial Intelligence Innovator Award (sponsored by the Distinguished Alumni of National Taiwan University): George Cybenko
- IEEE Computer Society Artificial Intelligence Rising Stars Award (sponsored by the Alumni of National Taiwan University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University): Walter Scheirer
- Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award: Satoshi Matsuoka
- Sidney Fernbach Memorial Award: Richard W. Vuduc
- W. Wallace McDowell Award: Rajesh Gupta
- Women of ENIAC Computer Pioneer Award: Elena Ferrari
Educational Awards
- Mary Kenneth Keller Computer Science & Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award: Rajendra K. Raj
- Taylor L. Booth Education Award: James J. Sluss Jr.
Service Awards
- Richard E. Merwin for Distinguished Service Award: Carolyn McGregor
- Service Awards: Bhavani Thuraisingham
Members-at-Large
- Ravi Sandhu
Staff
- Anne Marie Kelly
- Milagros (Millie) Lovos
Last update: 22 July 2026
