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.The Computer World Smithsonian Awards, 1989–2001, Smithsonian Institution.Guide to the Computer World Smithsonian Awards
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, University of Illinois; BI Home Escort System; University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator; Live Aid, Uplinger Enterprise; The Eyegaze Computer, LC Technologies; American Airlines SABRE Reservation Service; The Innovis DesignCenter.
1992 1992 — A Search for New Heroes
1993 1993 — Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, 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)
1995 1995 — NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. Integrated Technology Plan 1995 - PharMark Corporation, RationalMed
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.
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
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, Larry Magid, founder of SafeKids.com and SafeTeens.com
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., 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.
Case Study Institutions Australia
Commonwealth Science and Industry Research Organisation National Library of Australia National Museum of Australia, Research Library University of New South Wales
Austria
Vienna University
Belgium
University of Ghent
Brazil
Biblioteca Nacional Centro Ministerio da Ciencia e Tecnologia Programa Comunidade Solidaria-Unidade de Gerencia do Programa Universidade de São Paulo
Canada
University of Toronto University of Waterloo
Chile
University of Chile, Santiago
China
Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Science and Technology Information of China Tsinghua University
Colombia
Colombian Institute for the Development of Science & Technology
Czech Republic
Academy of Science of the Czech Republic
Denmark
Technical University of Denmark
Ecuador
Banco Central del Ecuador
Egypt
American University in Cairo
Finland
Helsinki University of Technology
France
Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers La Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control
Germany
Deutsches Museum, Munich Frankfurt Museum of Applied Arts Heinz Nixdorf Museum
Guatemala
Secretaria de Planificacion y Programacion
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Baptist University Library
India
Cognizant Corporate Library Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology University of Madras
Indonesia
Bandung Institute of Technology
Ireland
Trinity College Dublin
Italy
Centro Cefriel
Japan
Himeji Institute of Technology
Kenya
Kenyatta University
Malaysia
Universiti Teknologi MARA
Netherlands
National Research Institute for Mathematics & Computer Science University of Amsterdam Computer Museum
New Zealand
University of Auckland
Nigeria
University of Lagos
Norway
Norwegian University of Technology and Science
Peru
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia
Philippines
University of the Philippines Manila
Russia
Russian Academy of Science St. Petersburg State Technical University
Singapore
Singapore Polytechnic University
South Africa
Castle of Good Hope
Sweden
Royal Institute of Technology
Switzerland
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne ICARE Research Institute in Computing and Telematics University of Zurich, Z-Link
Taiwan
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Thailand
King Mongkut's University Technology Thonburi
Turkey
Middle East Technical UniversityUnited Kingdom
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Museum of the History of Science The British Library The Royal Society University College London University of Cambridge, Whipple Collection University of Oxford, Bodleian Library University of Sussex
United States
Arizona State University Brown University, John D. Rockefeller Library California Institute of Technology Carnegie Museum Case Western Reserve University Computer History Museum, California DePauw University Duke University Emory University Georgia Institute of Technology Harvard University, Technology and Entrepreneurship Center Howard University Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Internet Public Library Louisiana State University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michigan State University Minnesota State University Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago Museum of Science, Boston New Jersey Institute of Technology New York Hall of Science New York Institute of Technology Northern Michigan University Ohio State University Pepperdine University Princeton University Purdue University Rice University Rutgers University St. John's University St. Mary's Episcopal School, Memphis Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum South Dakota State University Stanford University State of Florida Library Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Jefferson Library United Way of Massachusetts Bay University of California at Berkeley University of Cincinnati University of Colorado University of Connecticut University of Dayton University of Florida University of Georgia University of Houston, College of Technology University of Kentucky University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Missouri University of North Carolina University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flager Business School University of Pittsburgh University of San Diego University of South Carolina University of Virginia University of Washington University of Wisconsin University of Wyoming Virginia Tech University Washington State University Wesleyan University Western Carolina University Yale University
Venezuela
Universidad Simon Bolivar
See also
List of awards for contributions to society
References
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