Call for Nominations for ACM's Lawler Award

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Barbara Simons <simons () acm org>
Date: October 26, 2009 1:13:48 AM EDT
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Resending: Call for Nominations for ACM's Lawler Award

Hi, Dave. Please distribute this to your list.  Thanks.  Barbara

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Below you will find the call for nomination for the ACM Eugene L. Lawler
Award for Humanitarian Contributions within Computer Science and
Informatics. Highlights are:

- the person being nominated does NOT have to be a computer scientist,
but must have used computer science, technology, and/or informatics in
the large (inclusive sense) to do good. But s/he of course can be a CS
person. A group can also qualify, it does not have to be an individual.

- there is a $5000 cash award.

- the deadline is November 30th.

- additional information can be found at http://awards.acm.org/lawler/.

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The ACM is currently accepting nomination for the Lawler award for  
Humanitarian Contributions within Computer Science and Informatics.  
Nominations will be accepted until November 30, 2009. For a list of  
previous award recipients visit www.acm.org/awards.

Eugene L. Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions within Computer  
Science and Informatics

This award is to recognize an individual or a group who have made a  
significant contribution through the use of computing technology. The  
award is intentionally defined broadly. The professional credentials  
of the recipient(s) are not important. The recipient(s) need never to  
have earned a degree or published a paper, or even be considered to be  
a computer professional. The emphasis of the Award Committee will be  
on the significance of the contribution itself, within the prescribed  
areas of technology for humanitarian contributions in the field of  
computing.

Some examples of the types of contributions that this award is created  
to recognize are: technology for social justice, access to education,  
economic empowerment, application of computer technology to aid the  
disabled; creative research concerning intellectual property issues;  
expansion of educational opportunities in Computer Science for women  
and underrepresented minorities; application of computers or computing  
techniques in the developing countries.

This ACM award was established in honor of Eugene Lawler who was a  
professor at UC Berkeley. Eugene Lawler was a unique individual in  
computing who was concerned not just about technology but about social  
justice, improvement of humanity, and the questions of how technology  
influences and shapes society and social structures. Can technology be  
a force for good and fairness? Gene's interest in inclusion led him to  
pioneer the first women's re-entry program, which created an  
educational path for talented women to return to school and pursue a  
degree in computer science. His influence on the entire Berkeley  
curriculum was unusual as he created courses that dealt with  
technology’s ability to influence politics, government, and social  
institutions. In short, he was a role model for fairness and equity  
and asked all of us to ponder these issues and think about our roles  
as technologists in our evolving social, political, and economic world.

Nominations will be accepted until November 30, 2009. They should be  
submitted to the chair, Nina Bhatti, at nina.bhatti () hp com. The  
submission should include:

1) Name, email, mailing address, and phone number of person making the  
nomination.

2) Name, email and mailing address of candidate for whom an award is  
recommended.

3) A statement (between 200 and 500 words long) as to why the  
candidate deserves the particular award.

4) The name(s) and address(es) or telephone number(s) of others who  
agree with the recommendation and their supporting statements.




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