Awards
Peter J. Denning
Peter Denning has received 26 awards.
He holds three professional society fellowships,
- IEEE Fellow, for "contributions in virtual memory." (1982)
- AAAS Fellow, for "contributions to computer system development and service to the profession." (1984)
- ACM Fellow, inaugural group, for "For outstanding service to ACM in many capacities over many years -- including President, Council Member, Chairman of the Editorial Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Computing Surveys and Communications of the ACM, and for notable contributions to the computing profession as an author, editor, and communicator." (1993)
He holds
six awards for technical contribution,
- Southern Connecticut Science Fair Grand Award for "Algebraic Computer" (1959) (news clipping)
- ACM Best System Paper (1968) for "The Working Set Model
for Program Behavior"
(PDF).
- AFIPS Best Paper (1972) for "Undergraduate Computer Science
Curricula and Operating Systems Principles"
- SIGOPS Hall of Fame of seminal papers that most influenced
operating system research (2005) for "The Working Set Model for
Program Behavior".
(Press release).
- NSF Distinguished Education Fellow (2007). (Press releases).
- ISOC Jon Postel Award for CSNET (2009). (Press release).
six distinguished service awards,
- CRA Computing Research Award (1989)
(citation)
- ACM Distinguished Service Award (1989)
(citation)
- Centennial Engineering Award, Manhattan College (1992).
- ACM Outstanding Contribution Award (1999)
(citation)
- Information Technology Leadership, George Mason University
(2002)
- ACM Recognition for 40 Years of Service (2007) (citation).
seven education awards,
- Princeton University Engineering Association Outstanding
Faculty Member Award (1971)
- ACM SIGCSE Outstanding CS Educator Award (1999)
(citation)
- ACM Karl Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award (1996)
(citation)
- George Mason University Teaching Excellence Award (2002)
- George Mason University, School of Information Technology and
Engineering, Best Teacher(2002)
(citation)
- Commonwealth of Virginia Teaching Excellence Award (2003).
- ACM SIGCSE Lifetime Achievement Award (2009).
and three honorary degrees
- Concordia University, Doctor of Laws (1984)
- Manhattan College, Doctor of Science (1985)
- Pace University, Doctor of Science (2002)
(citation)
He is the only person to hold 7 major ACM awards.
He also holds a Quality Customer Service Award for the CS office staff at George Mason University (1996).
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