tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post112826322795511220..comments2024-03-27T19:58:17.387-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: AwardsLance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1157897743689765002006-09-10T09:15:00.000-05:002006-09-10T09:15:00.000-05:00Tim is an obvious candidate, but probably not in t...Tim is an obvious candidate, but probably not in the very near future. The prize tends to be awarded not just for impact but also in the fair "order" (by time of the work that won the award). Under that way of reasoning, you would expect some sort of award for the Internet itself before you could ever see an award to Tim. For example, perhaps Reed and Clark for the End-to-End argument (a core design principle that, some believe, made the Internet possible). But Tim would presumably be a likely candidate eventually.<BR/><BR/>Seems like it would be about time for the award to go to a woman. So another way to speculate would be to ask whether, for example, the Fischer Lynch and Patterson result might merit a Turing Award (which would, therefore, go to Nancy Lynch). The prize is typically given in reference to some specific paper and there are many cases of them giving two prizes in the same year, so three is possible (even if it might be a stretch).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1128393464814065022005-10-03T21:37:00.000-05:002005-10-03T21:37:00.000-05:00So who's likely to be the next Turing Award candid...So who's likely to be the next Turing Award candidate(s)? The past 4 years<BR/>have seen awards being handed out to some superb inventions in software engineering/productivity, and stuff related to the web. Who's likely the next candidate? Tim Berners Lee?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1128298642302608182005-10-02T19:17:00.000-05:002005-10-02T19:17:00.000-05:00I don't have any inside knowledge but given what t...I don't have any inside knowledge but given what the prize aims for, Manindra Agrawal ought to be a strong candidate. Ditto for Wang, the cryptographer who broke SHA1 and MD5.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1128290244700968602005-10-02T16:57:00.000-05:002005-10-02T16:57:00.000-05:00Lance, are you implying any direct knowledge of th...Lance, are you implying any direct knowledge of the nominees for the Nevanlinna prize? If a person is on the prize selection committee, can his/her name be revealed (even if indirectly) before ICM 2006? Of course, you can perhaps use only the name of that person's _spouse_ and legally not be liable :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com