Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility
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The Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility was established in 1987 in honor of Norbert Wiener
to recognize contributions by computer
professionals to socially responsible use of computers. It is awarded annually by CPSR
, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.
There is also a Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics
awarded by American Mathematical Society and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and a Norbert Wiener Award granted by the journal Kybernetes.
Norbert Wiener
Norbert Wiener was an American mathematician.A famous child prodigy, Wiener later became an early researcher in stochastic and noise processes, contributing work relevant to electronic engineering, electronic communication, and control systems.Wiener is regarded as the originator of cybernetics, a...
to recognize contributions by computer
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
professionals to socially responsible use of computers. It is awarded annually by CPSR
CPSR
CPSR may refer to:*Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility*Current Program Status Register, an ARM computer processor feature - see Jazelle - CPSR: Mode indication*Canadian Political Science Review*Constant Power Speed Ratio...
, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.
Winners
- 1987: David ParnasDavid ParnasDavid Lorge Parnas is a Canadian early pioneer of software engineering, who developed the concept of information hiding in modular programming, which is an important element of object-oriented programming today. He is also noted for his advocacy of precise documentation.- Biography :Parnas earned...
- 1988: Joseph WeizenbaumJoseph WeizenbaumJoseph Weizenbaum was a German-American author and professor emeritus of computer science at MIT.-Life and career:...
- 1989: Daniel McCracken
- 1990: Kristen NygaardKristen NygaardKristen Nygaard was a Norwegian computer scientist, programming language pioneer and politician. He was born in Oslo and died of a heart attack in 2002.-Object-oriented programming:...
- 1991: Severo OrnsteinSevero OrnsteinSevero M. Ornstein is a retired computer scientist and son of Russian-American composer Leo Ornstein. In 1955 he joined MIT's Lincoln Laboratory as a programmer and designer for the SAGE air-defense system. He later joined the TX-2 group and became a member of the team that designed the LINC. He...
and Laura Gould - 1992: Barbara SimonsBarbara SimonsBarbara Simons is a computer scientist and past president of the Association for Computing Machinery . She has held various technical, administrative, and public policy positions with the ACM since the early 1990s ; she is founder and former Chair of USACM, the ACM U.S. Public Policy Committee...
- 1993: Institute for Global CommunicationsInstitute for Global CommunicationsThe Institute for Global Communications or IGC Internet is an institution that provides Internet presence for groups deemed "progressive" for example, the Andrea Dworkin archive.IGC Internet is a project of the Tides Center....
- 1994: Antonia StoneAntonia StoneAntonia "Toni" Stone created the United States' first community technology centers. In 1980, Toni Stone set up Playing to Win . Playing to Win, a nonprofit organization dedicated to countering inequities in computer access. PTW looked to serve inmates and ex-offenders by teaching them computer...
- 1995: Tom Grundner
- 1996: Phil ZimmermannPhil ZimmermannPhilip R. "Phil" Zimmermann Jr. is the creator of Pretty Good Privacy , the most widely used email encryption software in the world. He is also known for his work in VoIP encryption protocols, notably ZRTP and Zfone....
- 1997: Peter NeumannPeter G. NeumannPeter G. Neumann is a researcher who has worked on the Multics operating system in the 1960s. He edits the Computer Risks columns for ACM Software Engineering Notes and Communications of the ACM. He founded ACM SIGSOFT and is a Fellow of the ACM, IEEE and AAAS.He studied at Harvard University ,...
- 1998: Internet Engineering Task ForceInternet Engineering Task ForceThe Internet Engineering Task Force develops and promotes Internet standards, cooperating closely with the W3C and ISO/IEC standards bodies and dealing in particular with standards of the TCP/IP and Internet protocol suite...
- 1999: The Free SoftwareFree softwareFree software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
& Open SourceOpen sourceThe term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
Movements - 2000: Marc RotenbergMarc RotenbergMarc Rotenberg is President and Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, DC. He teaches Information Privacy Law at Georgetown University Law Center, and testifies frequently before Congress on emerging privacy and civil liberties issues, such as access to...
- 2001: Nira Schwartz and Theodore PostolTheodore PostolTheodore A. Postol is a professor of Science, Technology, and International Security at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a prominent critic of U.S. government statements about missile defense.-Background:...
- 2002: Karl AuerbachKarl AuerbachKarl Auerbach is a California attorney and internet protocol engineer who in 2002 sued the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers —of which he was an elected board member—for refusing to share corporate records...
- 2003: Mitch KaporMitch KaporMitchell David Kapor is the founder of Lotus Development Corporation and the designer of Lotus 1-2-3. He is also a co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and was the first chair of the Mozilla Foundation...
- 2004: Barry Steinhardt
- 2005: Douglas EngelbartDouglas EngelbartDouglas Carl Engelbart is an American inventor, and an early computer and internet pioneer. He is best known for his work on the challenges of human-computer interaction, resulting in the invention of the computer mouse, and the development of hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to GUIs...
- 2008: Bruce SchneierBruce SchneierBruce Schneier is an American cryptographer, computer security specialist, and writer. He is the author of several books on general security topics, computer security and cryptography, and is the founder and chief technology officer of BT Managed Security Solutions, formerly Counterpane Internet...
There is also a Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics
Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics
The Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics is a $5000 prize awarded every three years to for an outstanding contribution to "applied mathematics in the highest and broadest sense." It was endowed in 1967 in honor of Norbert Wiener by MIT's mathematics department and is provided jointly by the...
awarded by American Mathematical Society and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and a Norbert Wiener Award granted by the journal Kybernetes.
See also
- Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied MathematicsNorbert Wiener Prize in Applied MathematicsThe Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics is a $5000 prize awarded every three years to for an outstanding contribution to "applied mathematics in the highest and broadest sense." It was endowed in 1967 in honor of Norbert Wiener by MIT's mathematics department and is provided jointly by the...
- List of awards
- Prizes named after peoplePrizes named after peopleThis is a list of prizes that are named after people.For other lists of eponyms see Lists of etymologies.* Ansari X Prize - Anousheh Ansari, Amir Ansari* Prince of Asturias Awards - Felipe, Prince of Asturias-A:...