The ACM A. M. Turing Award is an annual prize given by the

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(ACM) for contributions of lasting and major technical importance to

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. It is generally recognized as the highest distinction in

and is colloquially known as or often referred to as the " Nobel Prize of Computing". The award is named after

Alan Turing Alan Mathison Turing (; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist. Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical c ...

, who was a British mathematician and

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in mathematics at the

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. Turing is often credited as being the key founder of

theoretical computer science Theoretical computer science (TCS) is a subset of general computer science and mathematics that focuses on mathematical aspects of computer science such as the theory of computation, lambda calculus, and type theory. It is difficult to circumsc ...

and

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. From 2007 to 2013, the award was accompanied by an additional prize of US$250,000, with financial support provided by

Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the devel ...

and Google. Since 2014, the award has been accompanied by a prize of US$1 million, with financial support provided by Google. The first recipient, in 1966, was

Alan Perlis Alan Jay Perlis (April 1, 1922 – February 7, 1990) was an American computer scientist and professor at Purdue University, Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University. He is best known for his pioneering work in programming languages and was t ...

, of

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. The first female recipient was

Frances E. Allen Frances Elizabeth Allen (August 4, 1932August 4, 2020) was an American computer scientist and pioneer in the field of optimizing compilers. Allen was the first woman to become an IBM Fellow, and in 2006 became the first woman to win the Turing ...

of IBM in 2006. The latest recipient, in 2021, is

Jack Dongarra Jack Joseph Dongarra (born July 18, 1950) is an American computer scientist and mathematician. He is the American University Distinguished Professor of Computer Science in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the Unive ...

, of the

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External links

ACM Chronological listing of Turing Laureates

Visualizing Turing Award Laureates

ACM A.M. Turing Award Centenary Celebration

ACM A.M. Turing Award Laureate Interviews

Celebration of 50 Years of the ACM A.M. Turing Award
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