ACM-SIGACT Awards and Prizes

Co-sponsored with Other Organizations

• The Gödel Prize for outstanding papers in the area of theoretical computer science (sponsored jointly by EATCS and SIGACT)
• The Donald E. Knuth Prize for outstanding contributions to the foundations of computer science (sponsored jointly by IEEE TCMFCS and SIGACT)
• The Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing (sponsored jointly by SIGACT and SIGOPS, with other corporate support)

ACM Awards Co-sponsored by SIGACT

• The Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award for specific theoretical accomplishments that have had a significant and demonstrable effect on the practice of computing (an ACM award co-sponsored by SIGACT)
• The Eugene L. Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions within Computer Science and Informatics (an ACM award co-sponsored by SIGACT)

SIGACT Prizes

• The ACM-SIGACT Distinguished Service Award for substantial service contributions to the Theoretical Computer Science community
• The Danny Lewin Best Student Paper Award for the best paper annually authored by a student or students at the Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing
• The Best Paper Award for exceptional papers at the Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing and the Annual IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science