Computerworld Smithsonian Award

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

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