Dijkstra Prize (named in his honor)

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The Dijkstra Prize is a prestigious annual award in theoretical computer science that honors outstanding papers on distributed computing, named after pioneering computer scientist Edsger W. Dijkstra.

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instanceOf academic award
computer science award
distributed computing award
theoretical computer science award
alsoKnownAs Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing
awardFor outstanding papers on distributed computing
papers with long-lasting impact on distributed computing
category science and technology award
country United States
discipline computer science
field distributed computing
theoretical computer science
fieldOfHonor concurrency and synchronization
consensus and agreement protocols
distributed algorithms
distributed computability and complexity
fault-tolerant distributed systems
firstAwarded 2000
formerName PODC Influential-Paper Award
frequency annual
hasLanguage English
honors influential research in distributed computing
inception 2000
monetaryAward 1000 USD
namedAfter Edsger W. Dijkstra
namedForContributionArea foundational work in programming and distributed computing by Edsger W. Dijkstra
namedInHonorOf Edsger W. Dijkstra
notableAspect jointly sponsored by ACM SIGACT, ACM SIGOPS, and EATCS
recognizes work with at least a decade of perspective
organizer DISC Steering Committee
PODC Steering Committee
paperEligibility paper published at least 10 years before award year
presentedBy ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing
EATCS International Symposium on Distributed Computing
selectionCriteria influence on the theory or practice of distributed computing
originality of contribution
significant and lasting scientific impact
sponsoredBy ACM Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory
ACM Special Interest Group on Operating Systems
European Association for Theoretical Computer Science
typicalRecipient authors of a single influential paper
website https://www.podc-disc.org/dijkstra/

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Edsger W. Dijkstra
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