Some Questions
On my mind:
- Should ACM/SIGACT/EATCS do a Gödel Prize for Applied Algorithms (theoretical algorithms research that has demonstrable impact on practice), notwithstanding the difficulties in defining and quantifying that?
- Who are some of the finalists for the Simons Institute for Theory of Computing?
- Is there an emergence of network coding in practice?
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posted by metoo at 3:51 PM
7 Comments:
Don't we have a Kanellakis prize for applied algorithms with impact?
http://awards.acm.org/kanellakis/
In fact, don't we already have the Turing award for all of Computer Science, so why do we need any more?
* Turing is across all areas of CS, specialized awards like Godel Prize have a place.
* I thought Kanellakis award was not a acm+sigact act, but now that I check the details (apologies), it is more than acm+sigact and includes sigmod+sigda... Sounds good to me.
-- Metoo
One should wish for fewer prizes, not more. It would be great to have no prizes whatsoever...
Yes, fewer or no prizes is good (at some point, I argued all theory researchers in research labs should get the same bonus, no differentiation/discrimination). But in the past few months while writing letters for some folks, I discovered awards/prizes as a (lazy man's) proxy.
-- Metoo
no response to the last question
but how was the proposal of Rutgers for the Simons Institute for Theory of Computing?
Rutgers was part of a proposal that was not invited for the second round.
-- Metoo
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