The Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award is granted yearly by the
Association for Computing Machinery
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(ACM) to honor "specific theoretical accomplishments that have had a significant and demonstrable effect on the practice of computing".
[ It was instituted in 1996, in memory of Paris C. Kanellakis, a ]computer scientist
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Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation. Although computer scientists can also focus their work and research on ...
who died with his immediate family in an airplane crash in South America in 1995 ( American Airlines Flight 965).[ The award is accompanied by a prize of $10,000 and is endowed by contributions from Kanellakis's parents, with additional financial support provided by four ACM Special Interest Groups ( SIGACT, SIGDA, SIGMOD, and ]SIGPLAN
SIGPLAN is the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group (SIG) on programming languages. This SIG explores programming language concepts and tools, focusing on design, implementation, practice, and theory. Its members are progra ...
), the ACM SIG Projects Fund,[ and individual contributions.][
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Winners
See also
* List of computer science awards
References
External links
Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award
on the ACM website.
The Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award Committee
on the ACM website.
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Awards of the Association for Computing Machinery
Computer science awards