MIT professor Barbara Liskov has been honoured with Turing Award. Google Inc and Intel Corp supported, Turing Award is one of the most prestigious honors in computing, which is given for helping to make computer programs more reliable, secure and easy to use. This time Turing Award worth $250,000 has been given to a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor.MIT professor Barbara Liskov was honored for pioneering new designs in computer languages that gird everyday digital applications. Professor Barbara Liskov is only the second woman to win this prestigious prize. The prize money for the Turing Award comes from Google Inc and Intel Corp.
The Association for Computing Machinery, which honors the Turing Award, said Barbara Liskov revolutionized the programming field after she was the first US woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in computer science. Liskov got her Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1968, and she has been an MIT professor since 1972.
According to MIT Provost L. Rafael Reif, “Her exceptional achievements have leapt from the halls of academia to transform daily life around the world. Every time you exchange e-mail with a friend, check your bank statement online or run a Google search, you are riding the momentum of her research.”
The prestigious Turing Award is named for the late British mathematician Alan Turing. Past winners of this award include Internet pioneers Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn. Professor Barbar Liskov will be honored with Turing Award on June 27 in San Diego.
On the occasion of her winning the Turing Award, Professor Barbara Liskov participated in an interview with the MIT News Office, which you can find here.
MIT Professor Barbara Liskov on winning Turing Award
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