The IEEE Computer Society sponsors a` robust program of awards designed to recognize both technical achievement and service to the society and the profession. In the technical area, recognition may be given for pioneering and significant contributions to the field of computer science and engineering. Service awards may be given to both volunteers and staff for well-defined and highly valued contributions to the society. The Awards Committee must take care to preserve the integrity of the evaluation and selection process to assure that it is both open and rigorous, and that it contributes to the prestige of the society and the award recipients.

Would you like to recognize a fellow member for their achievement? Nominating is a 6-stage process:

• 1Login with your IEEE web account to create a nomination or endorsement. Web accounts are free, get one now. (Link will open in a new window. Web account signup is several pages. When complete, close the new window to return to Awards.)
• 2 Find the appropriate award in the list below or click to view full list.
• 3Provide nominee details.
• 4Provide your details.
• 5Provide nomination criteria. (If you have information in an electronic format, a file upload widget is provided after this page - just click "Skip".)
• 6Invite Endorsers
• 7Submit Your Nomination
• NOTE: You may save and return to your nomination with your web account login, if you do not wish to complete it all in one session. Simply login and go to "My Nominations."

Eligibility - Franchised (voting) members of the IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors are not eligible to nominate, endorse, or receive any major named society awards, other than service awards. The franchised (voting) members of the IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors are the society president, president-elect, first and second vice presidents, the immediate past president, and the twenty-one elected members of the board.

Computer Entrepreneur Award

A sterling silver chalice is awarded to managers and leaders that are responsible for the growth of some segment of the computer industry, or technical managers whose entrepreneurial leadership built the computer industry. The efforts must have taken place over fifteen years earlier, and the industry effects must be generally and openly visible.

Computer Pioneer Award

A bronze medal is presented for significant contributions to concepts and developments in the electronic computer field which have clearly advanced the state of the art in computing. The contributions must have taken place fifteen or more years earlier.

Harry H. Goode Memorial Award

A bronze medal and $2,000 are awarded by the Computer Society on the basis of achievements in the information processing field which are considered either a single contribution of theory, design, or technique of outstanding significance, or the accumulation of important contributions on theory or practice over an extended time period, the total of which represent an outstanding contribution.

Tsutomu Kanai Award

Established in 1995 for recognition of major contributions to state-of-the-art distributed computing systems and their applications. A certificate, crystal memento, and $10,000 honorarium are presented. In addition, the recipient will receive a travel grant to attend two technical conferences.

Hans Karlsson Standards Award

Established in 1992 in memory of Hans Karlsson, chairman and father of the IEEE 1301 family of standards. A plaque and $2,000 honorarium is presented in recognition of outstanding skills and dedication to diplomacy, team facilitation and joint achievement, in the development or promotion of standards in the computer industry where individual aspirations, corporate competition, and organizational rivalry could otherwise be counter to the benefit of society. Eligibility is limited to present or past participants in IEEE CS Standards activities.

Richard E. Merwin Distinguished Service Award

The highest level volunteer service award of the Computer Society. A bronze medal and $5,000 are given for outstanding service to the profession at large, including significant service to the Computer Society or its predecessor organizations.

Harlan D. Mills Award

Established in Harlan D. Mill's name to recognize researchers and practitioners who have demonstrated long-standing, sustained, and meaningful contributions to the theory and practice of the information sciences, focusing on contributions to the practice of software engineering through the application of sound theory. This technical award was first given in 1999. The award consists of a $3,000 honorarium, museum-quality memento, and a possible invited talk during the week of the annual International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), co-sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Council on Software Engineering (TCSE).

Technical Achievement Award

A certificate and $2,000 honorarium are presented for outstanding and innovative contributions to the fields of computer and information science and engineering or computer technology, usually within the past ten, and not more than fifteen years.

W. Wallace McDowell Award

A bronze medal and $2,000 honorarium are presented for outstanding recent theoretical, design, educational, practical, or other similar innovative contributions that fall within the scope of Computer Society interest.