Assn for Computing Machinery23h ago

One. Day. Away. 🏆

From the foundations of AI to the architecture of the modern web, the ACM A.M. Turing Award honors the visionaries who have redefined what is possible.

Join us tomorrow as we announce the recipient of the 2025 ACM A.M. Turing Award and celebrate a lifetime of extraordinary technical achievement.

🗓️ March 18, 2026

#ACMTuringAward #Computing

Assn for Computing MachineryMar 5
HBD to Yoshua Bengio, 2018 #ACMTuringAward Laureate! Bengio received the award for conceptual and engineering breakthroughs that have made deep neural networks a critical component of computing. In this HLF interview, Bengio discusses the nature of intelligence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHhFI8JexLg.
Assn for Computing MachineryFeb 26

Today, let’s remember Charles Thacker, who was born on this day in 1943. Thacker received the #ACMTuringAward in 2009 for the pioneering design and realization of the first modern personal computer -- the Alto at Xerox PARC -- and seminal inventions and contributions to local area networks (including the Ethernet), multiprocessor workstations, snooping cache coherence protocols, and tablet personal computers.

Read more about him, here: https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/thacker_1336106.cfm #OTD

Assn for Computing MachineryFeb 15
Today, let’s remember Niklaus Wirth, who was born #OTD in 1934. Wirth received the 1984 #ACMTuringAward for developing a sequence of innovative computer languages, EULER, ALGOL-W, MODULA and PASCAL. Read more about him, here: https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/wirth_1025774.cfm #OTD
Assn for Computing MachineryFeb 11
Today, let’s remember Richard Hamming, who was born #OTD 1915. Hamming received the 1968 #ACMTuringAward for his work on numerical methods, automatic coding systems, and error-detecting and error-correcting codes. Read Hamming’s bio, here: https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/hamming_1000652.cfm
Assn for Computing MachineryFeb 7
HBD, Leslie Lamport! Lamport received the #ACMTuringAward in 2013 for fundamental contributions to the theory and practice of distributed and concurrent systems. He explains how he formalized precise semantics of memory when multiple processes interact: https://youtu.be/iAqyufwYcHc
Assn for Computing MachineryFeb 4
HBD, Ken Thompson! Thompson received the 1983 #ACMTuringAward with Dennis Ritchie, for their development of generic operating systems theory and specifically for the implementation of the #UNIX operating system. Thompson explains creating UNIX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E2cCqAS9AM
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Why oh why hasn't Trump been given this #ACMTuringAward ???

Assn for Computing MachineryJan 30
Today in 1925, #ACMTuringAward recipient Douglas Engelbart was born. Engelbart received the Turing Award in 1997 for his inspiring vision of the future of interactive computing and the invention of key technologies to help realize this vision. https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/engelbart_5078811.cfm
Assn for Computing MachineryJan 20

Happy Birthday, Edward Feigenbaum! Feigenbaum received the 1994 #ACMTuringAward for pioneering the design and construction of large scale artificial intelligence systems, demonstrating the practical importance and potential commercial impact of artificial intelligence technology.

Feigenbaum remembers his work with Julian Feldman to edit Computers and Thought, the first textbook for artificial intelligence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfr2GnWNYzg