IFIP makes a
number of awards - both to members of the IFIP community for their service to
IFIP, and to others for their accomplishments. Internal awards recognize the
dedication of IFIP volunteers; external awards serve both to honor the
recipients and make the public aware of the role IFIP plays in the
international information-processing community.
Isaac
L. Auerbach Award
The best known
of the awards is the Isaac L. Auerbach Award, named in memory of the founder of
IFIP, which is presented every other year (at the IFIP Congresses) for
extraordinary support of IFIP in its mission. The recipients of this internal
award are nominated by IFIP Full Member societies, and the selection is made by
the IFIP Executive Board. A medallion and monetary award are conferred. The
recipients have been Prof. Calvin Gottlieb (CA) in 1994, Prof. Lubomir Iliev
(BG) in 1996, Prof. Heinz Zemanek (AT) in 1998, Prof. Asbjorn Rolstadas (NO) in
2000, and Prof. Wilfried Brauer (DE) in 2002.
Another major
IFIP award, the Namur Award, is granted by the Working Group on Social
Accountability (WG9.2) for an outstanding contribution to the creation of
awareness of the social implications of information technology. It is presented
biannually in
Informatics
Olympiad Trophy
The IFIP
Technical Committee on Education (TC3) presents the IFIP Trophy to the
participant with the highest score in the International Olympiad in Informatics
(IOI). The IOI is an annual competition to foster problem-solving and programming
skills and to promote international understanding and friendship among
contestants from all over the world. The competition was initiated by UNESCO in
1989.
Beckman
Award
IFIP TC11 on
Security and Protection in Information Processing Systems presents the Kristian
Beckman Award, named in honor of its founding chairman.
Student
Award in Learning Theory
In 1997, WG1.4
(Computational Learning Theory), in cooperation with TC1 (Foundations of
Computer Science), decided to award a $500 (
The
Brian Shackel Award
The Brian Shackel Award
is associated with each INTERACT Conference, usually biennial, and is to
recognize the most outstanding contribution in the form of a refereed paper
submitted to and delivered at the Conference. The purpose is to draw attention
to the need for a comprehensive human-centered approach in the design and use
of information technology in which the human and social implications have been
taken into account. The Award consists of a commemorative plaque and a
certificate.
The Manfred Paul Award
TC2 annually recognizes excellence in its area
of software, theory are practice by means of an award made to an outstanding
researcher. The award is made for a published paper, and consists of a prize of
1024 euros and a plaque or certificate. The award is named after the Manfred
Paul, who was chairman of TC2 from 1977 to 1986 and the representative for
Internal
Awards
In addition,
IFIP has two internal awards for service to IFIP, the Silver Core Award and the Outstanding Service Award (OSA). The former is
conferred on those who have served IFIP as General Assembly (GA) members,
committee officers, members of IFIP Congress Program Committees, and editors of
proceedings of IFIP conferences. The required length of service varies with the
role. The president of IFIP may also propose individuals who have given
exceptional service to IFIP. (Those readers who have entered the field of
information processing in recent years may not realize that the IFIP logo
represents a magnetic core <a toroidal memory device that was once the most
common type of computer memory> and its wires, with a globe superimposed.
The award, first established in 1974, was named after this symbol of the
computer technology of that time.)
The OSA,
established in 1988, is given for services rendered to IFIP by TC and WG
members, on recommendation of TC chairman and approval by the Internal Awards
Committee. Eligible for nomination are TC and WG members not normally eligible
for the Silver Core Award.
In 1988, a plan
was approved by the IFIP GA to offer a pair of IFIP awards for outstanding
contributions in the field of information processing, the equivalent of the
Nobel Prize for this field. One would be for fundamental achievements and the
other for application-oriented achievements. The awards would be made at every
IFIP Congress. It was felt that a sizeable monetary award (ca. $100 000
TC 6
Best Paper Award
The program committees of IFIP TC6 conferences select winners from among the
submitted papers. The awards, paid from TC6 funds, help increase the visibility
of TC6 events.