Harold Pender Award
The Harold Pender Award is an award for outstanding engineers who have made significant contributions to society, presented by the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania . It is named after Harold Pender , former dean of the university's Moore School of Engineering. It has been awarded annually since 1972 and then at more irregular intervals.
Award winners
- 2018: Yann LeCun , artificial intelligence
- 2013: Barbara Liskov , programming languages, distributed systems
- 2010: Robert E. Kahn and Vinton G. Cerf , TCP / IP Protocol for the Internet
- 2006: Mildred Dresselhaus , carbon-based nanostructures
- 2003: Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson , Unix, C
- 2002: John J. Hopfield , Neural Networks
- 2000: Jack Kilby , Integrated Circuits
- 1999: John H. Holland , genetic algorithms
- 1995: George Dantzig , simplex algorithm, linear programming
- 1993: Hiroshi Inose , Digital Communication, Influence of Information Technology on Society
- 1991: Arno Penzias , cosmic microwave background
- 1990: Dana S. Scott , Semantics Programming Languages
- 1989: Leo Esaki , tunnel phenomena in semiconductors, quantum wells
- 1988: John Bardeen , co-inventor of the transistor and theory of superconductivity
- 1987: Herbert A. Simon , artificial intelligence, cognitive science
- 1986: Ronold WP King , leader in the theory of antennas
- 1985: Amnon Yariv , quantum electronics, integrated optics
- 1984: Carver Mead and Lynn Conway , development of CAD techniques for VLSI systems and authors of a corresponding textbook on VLSI design
- 1983: John Backus , Speed-Coding and FORTRAN
- 1982: Maurice V. Wilkes , developer of EDSAC and author of the first textbook for programmers
- 1981: Richard W. Hamming , father of coding theory
- 1980: Robert Noyce , inventor of the integrated circuit
- 1979: Edwin H. Land , inventor of the instant camera
- 1978: Claude E. Shannon , founder of information theory
- 1977: Jan Rajchman , electronics, computer science
- 1976: Hyman G. Rickover , Admiral and father of nuclear propulsion in the US Navy
- 1975: Chauncey Starr , founder of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
- 1974: Peter C. Goldmark , inventor of the 33-1 / 3 rpm long-playing record
- 1973: John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert , inventors of ENIAC
- 1972: Edward E. David Jr., Scientific Advisor to the US President
Web links
- ^ Kristen Grabarz: Penn Engineering honors prof Barbara Liskov. In: thedp.com. September 20, 2013, accessed November 28, 2018 .