Computerworld Smithsonian Award
The Computerworld Smithsonian Award is given out annually to individuals who have used technology to produce beneficial changes for society. Nominees are proposed by a group of 100 CEOs of information technology companies. The award has been given since 1989.[https://web.archive.org/web/20180208064052/http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!140524!0 The Computer World Smithsonian Awards, 1989–2001], Smithsonian Institution.{{Cite web|url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2591796/computerworld-honors-program-recognizes-outstanding-heroic-achievements-in-information-technology.html|title=Computerworld Honors Program Recognizes Outstanding Heroic Achievements in Information Technology|last=staff|first=Computerworld|date=2001-04-10|website=Computerworld|language=en|access-date=2019-11-20|archive-date=2019-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113000539/https://www.computerworld.com/article/2591796/computerworld-honors-program-recognizes-outstanding-heroic-achievements-in-information-technology.html|url-status=live}}{{cite book |author1=Computerworld Honors Program. |title=Computerworld Smithsonian Program 1988-2002 : a Search for New Heroes |date=June 2002 |publisher=Computerworld, Inc. |location=Boston, MA |quote=Notes: June 2002 issue of the Laureate : Journal of the Computerworld Honors Program. -- Cover, p.[1]. |oclc=51557697}}[https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/NMAH.AC.0425.pdf Guide to the Computer World Smithsonian Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517074230/https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/NMAH.AC.0425.pdf|date=2024-05-17}}
Winners
= 1989 =
- 1989 - Inaugural winners, all listed: Bell & Howell's Image Plus Search System; Orangeburg School District 5, Orangeburg, South Carolina; Passaic River Basin Early Flood Warning System, Sierra-Micro Inc.; FIX and FAST, Fidelity Investments; The Missing Children Project, Larry Magid, founder of SafeKids.com and SafeTeens.com, University of Illinois; BI Home Escort System; University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator; Live Aid, Uplinger Enterprise; The [https://eyegaze.com Eyegaze Computer], LC Technologies; American Airlines SABRE Reservation Service; The Innovis DesignCenter.
= 1992 =
- 1992 — A Search for New Heroes
= 1993 =
- 1993 — Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center,{{cite web|url=http://www.psc.edu/publicinfo/news/1993/cwsmithson.html|title=Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Wins Computerworld Smithsonian Award for Science|access-date=2012-11-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103181726/http://www.psc.edu/publicinfo/news/1993/cwsmithson.html|archive-date=2013-01-03|url-status=dead}} a joint project of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh together with Westinghouse Electric Corporation, established in 1986 by a grant from the National Science Foundation with support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Its purpose is to develop and make available state-of-the-art high-performance computing for scientific researchers nationwide.
= 1994 =
- 1994 — LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY Parallel Ocean Program (POP){{cite web|url=http://www.cwhonors.org/search/caa_5.asp|title=ComputerWorld Honors Website|access-date=2012-11-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923230625/http://www.cwhonors.org/search/caa_5.asp|archive-date=2015-09-23|url-status=dead}}
= 1995 =
= 1996 =
- 1996 — Carnegie Mellon FastLab, a multi-university real time financial trading simulator, for visionary use of information technology in the field of education and academia.{{cite web|url=http://public.tepper.cmu.edu/facultydirectory/FacultyDirectoryProfile.aspx?id=104|title=Carnegie Mellon University, Bio of Professor John O'Brien|access-date=2012-11-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025113712/http://public.tepper.cmu.edu/facultydirectory/FacultyDirectoryProfile.aspx?id=104|archive-date=2012-10-25|url-status=dead}}
= 1997 =
- 1997 — METROPOLITAN TORONTO POLICE, the "Metropolis" program, for technology innovations in policing, including the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system, the automated 911 Emergency Response System, the Computer-Aided Scheduling of Courts system, the Repository of Integrated Computer Images (mugshot) system, the Criminals Information Processing System, the Computer Assisted Reconstruction Enhancement System, and many othersMetro Toronto Police Computerworld Smithsonian Case Study {{cite web |url=http://www.cwhonors.org/Search/his_4a_detail.asp?id=2718 |title=2005 Computerworld Honors Program |accessdate=2013-07-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130725142729/http://www.cwhonors.org/Search/his_4a_detail.asp?id=2718 |archivedate=2013-07-25 }}
= 1998 =
- 1998 — UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY'S SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE (SETI) PROGRAM
- 1998 - William E. Kelvie, Fannie Mae, the first internet originated mortgage
- 1998 - Mark R. Basile, Incredible Card Corporation, digital biometric emergency health security and retrieval system
- 1998 - Home Automated Living, Tim Shriver, voice-activated home automation control software
= 1999 =
- 1999 — Virtual Operating Room{{cite web|url=http://www.cwhonors.org/Search/his_4a_detail.asp?id=962 |title=Virtual Operating Room (Virtual-OR) |work=Computerworld Honors |accessdate=2012-05-07 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229195942/http://www.cwhonors.org/Search/his_4a_detail.asp?id=962 |archivedate=2012-02-29 |url-status=dead }}
= 2000 =
- 2000 — EBay, Montgomery County Public Schools, Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries, Proton World, Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa, Danfoss Drives, National Marrow Donor Program, RealNetworks, Hawkes Ocean Technology, Delta Air Lines, Blackboard Inc.,{{cite web|url=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/45660/Technology_innovators_presented_with_Smithsonian_awards_ |title=Technology innovators presented with Smithsonian awards |date=June 8, 2000 |author=Linda Rosencrance |archivedate=2012-10-09 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009131005/http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/45660/Technology_innovators_presented_with_Smithsonian_awards_ |publisher=Computerworld |url-status=dead }} ROGER MAHABIR, CIO, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA DOMINION SECURITIES for advanced internet security techniques support the buying and selling of foreign currencies over the internet, supporting billions of dollars of business in the first year of operation.{{Cite web |title=Royal Bank of Canada Dominion Securities, Computerworld Smithsonian Case Study |url=http://www.cwhonors.org/Search/his_4a_detail.asp?id=3807 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130725142731/http://www.cwhonors.org/Search/his_4a_detail.asp?id=3807 |archivedate=July 25, 2013}}
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See also
References
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External links
- {{cite web |title=2000 Computerworld Smithsonian Awards |url=http://www.cwsmithsonian.org/home.html |website=cwsmithsonian.org |access-date=25 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010331174330/http://www.cwsmithsonian.org/home.html |archive-date=2001-03-31}}
- {{cite web |title=2001 Computerworld Honors Program |url=http://www.cwheroes.org:80/home.asp |website=cwheroes.org |access-date=25 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010501041406/http://www.cwheroes.org:80/home.asp |archive-date=2001-05-01}}
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Category:Awards established in 1989