SIGPLAN bestows the following awards on an annual basis to recognize service and achievements in the programming language community. Details about the nomination process for a particular award can be found on the specific award web page.
See SIGPLAN’s statement about the 2020 ACM Turing Award.
Programming Languages Achievement Award
The
Programming Languages Achievement Award is
given by ACM SIGPLAN to recognize an individual or individuals who
has made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of
programming languages. The contribution can be a single event or a
life-time of achievement. The award includes a prize of $5,000.
Distinguished Service Award
The
Distinguished Service Award is given by ACM
SIGPLAN to recognize the value and degree of services to the
Programming Languages Community. The award recognizes contributions
to ACM SIGPLAN, its conferences, publications, or its local
activities. The award includes a prize of $2,500.
Distinguished Educator Award
The
Distinguished Educator Award is given by
ACM SIGPLAN to recognize pedagogical contributions to
Programming Languages at any educational level. The award
recognizes contributions in both innovative content and
delivery. The award includes a prize of $2,500.
Programming Languages Software Award
The
Programming Languages Software Award is
awarded to an institution or individual(s) to recognize the
development a software system that has had a significant impact on
programming language research, implementations, and tools. The
impact may be reflected in the wide-spread adoption of the system
or its underlying concepts by the wider programming language
community either in research projects, in the open-source
community, or commercially. The award includes a prize of $2,500.
Robin Milner Young Researcher Award
The
Robin Milner Young Researcher Award
is given by ACM SIGPLAN to
recognize outstanding contributions by young investigators in the
area of programming languages. Individuals are eligible if their
computer-related professional career (graduate school or full-time
employment, whichever began first) started no earlier than 20 years
prior to the nominations deadline. The award includes a prize of $2,500.
John C. Reynolds Doctoral Dissertation Award
The
John C. Reynolds Doctoral Dissertation Award is presented
annually to the author of the outstanding doctoral dissertation in
the area of Programming Languages.
Most Influential Paper Awards
SIGPLAN presents these awards to the author(s) of a paper presented at
the POPL, PLDI, ICFP, and OOPSLA held 10 years prior to the award
year. The award includes a prize of $1,000 to be split among the
authors of the winning paper. The papers are judged by their
influence over the past decade. Each award is presented at the
respective conference.
ACM Fellows
The programming language community has many members who are ACM
Fellows.