THE ACM
A. M. TURING
AWARD
BY THE COMMUNITY...
FROM THE COMMUNITY...
FOR THE COMMUNITY...
ACM, INTEL, AND
GOOGLE CONGRATULATE
BARBARA H. LISKOV
FOR HER FOUNDATIONAL
INNOVATIONS IN
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
DESIGN THAT HAVE MADE
SOFTWARE MORE
RELIABLE AND HER
MANY CONTRIBUTIONS
TO BUILDING AND
INFLUENCING THE
PERVASIVE COMPUTER
SYSTEMS THAT POWER
DAILY LIFE.
“Google is delighted to help recognize Professor Liskov for her
research contributions in the areas of data abstraction, modular
architectures, and distributed computing fundamentals—areas
of fundamental importance to Google. We are proud to be a
sponsor of the ACM A. M. Turing Award to recognize and encour-
age the research that is essential not only to computer science,
but to all the fields that depend on its continued advancement.
Alfred Z. Spector
Vice President, Research and
Special Initiatives, Google
For more information, see http://www.google.com/corporate/
index.html and http://research.google.com/.
Financial support for the ACM A. M. Turing Award is provided by Intel Corporation and Google.
Intel is a proud sponsor of the ACM A. M. Turing Award, and
is pleased to join the community in congratulating this year’s
recipient, Professor Barbara Liskov. Her contributions lie at
the foundation of all modern programming languages and
complex distributed software. Barbara’s work consistently
reflects rigorous problem formulation and sound mathematics,
a potent combination she used to create lasting solutions.”
Andrew A. Chien
Vice President, Corporate Technology Group
Director, Intel Research
For more information see www.intel.com/research.