CRA Awards
A. Nico Habermann
CRA makes an award, usually annually, to a person who has made outstanding contributions aimed at increasing the numbers and/or successes of underrepresented groups in the computing research community. This award recognizes work in areas of government affairs, educational programs, professional societies, public awareness, and leadership that has a major impact on advancing these groups in the computing research community. Recognized contributions can be focused directly at the research level or at its immediate precursors, namely students at the undergraduate or graduate levels.
2011 Award Recipient
- Charles LickelRetired Executive Vice President, Global Research Software Strategy, Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Lickel’s accomplishments have had an impact at the national, local, and individual levels for underrepresented groups, and particularly for researchers in the GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered) computing community
Distinguished Service
CRA makes an award, usually annually, to a person who has made an outstanding service contribution to the computing research community. This award recognizes service in the areas of government affairs, professional societies, publications or conferences, and leadership that has a major impact on computing research.
2011 Award Recipient
- Jeannette M. WingPresident's Professor of Computer Science and Head, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University
Wing was nominated for the award for her national and international thought leadership with respect to Computational Thinking, and for her extraordinary performance as NSF Assistant Director for CISE from 2007‐2010.
Undergraduate Researchers
This award program recognizes undergraduate students in North American universities who show outstanding research potential in an area of computing research.
2012 Award Recipients
- Tufts UniversitySarah Cannon Female Awardee
- Cornell UniversityJustin Cheng Male Awardee
- Georgia Institute of TechnologyKarthik Narayan Male Awardee
- Swarthmore CollegeSarah Chasins Female Runner-Up
- Princeton UniversityLavanya Jose Female Runner-Up
- University of VirginiaPeter Chapman Male Runner-Up
- Harvard UniversitySvilen Kanev Male Runner-Up
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