Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award

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ACM award computer science award theoretical computer science award

The Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award is an ACM honor recognizing theoretical computer science achievements that have had a significant and demonstrable impact on practical computing.

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Label	Occurrences
ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award	12
Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award canonical	5

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Target entity: Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award
Context triple: [Ronald L. Rivest, awardReceived, Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award]

A. Leroy P. Steele Prize
The Leroy P. Steele Prize is a prestigious American Mathematical Society award recognizing outstanding research and expository writing in mathematics.
B. ACM Prize in Computing
The ACM Prize in Computing is a prestigious annual award recognizing early to mid-career computer scientists for influential and innovative contributions to the field of computing.
C. IEEE John von Neumann Medal
The IEEE John von Neumann Medal is a prestigious technical award presented by the IEEE for outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology.
D. Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award
The Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award is a prestigious mathematics prize historically awarded for outstanding contributions to mathematical research, notably received by Emmy Noether.
E. ACM Distinguished Service Award
The ACM Distinguished Service Award is a prestigious honor presented by the Association for Computing Machinery to individuals who have made outstanding service contributions to the computing community.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award
Target entity description: The Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award is an ACM honor recognizing theoretical computer science achievements that have had a significant and demonstrable impact on practical computing.

A. Leroy P. Steele Prize
The Leroy P. Steele Prize is a prestigious American Mathematical Society award recognizing outstanding research and expository writing in mathematics.
B. ACM Prize in Computing
The ACM Prize in Computing is a prestigious annual award recognizing early to mid-career computer scientists for influential and innovative contributions to the field of computing.
C. IEEE John von Neumann Medal
The IEEE John von Neumann Medal is a prestigious technical award presented by the IEEE for outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology.
D. Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award
The Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award is a prestigious mathematics prize historically awarded for outstanding contributions to mathematical research, notably received by Emmy Noether.
E. ACM Distinguished Service Award
The ACM Distinguished Service Award is a prestigious honor presented by the Association for Computing Machinery to individuals who have made outstanding service contributions to the computing community.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ACM award ⓘ computer science award ⓘ theoretical computer science award ⓘ
administeredBy	Association for Computing Machinery ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award ⓘ surface form: ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award
awardedFor	theoretical computer science achievements with significant and demonstrable impact on the practice of computing ⓘ
category	research award ⓘ science and technology award ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currencyOfMonetaryComponent	US dollar ⓘ
eligibility	researchers in theoretical computer science whose work has practical impact ⓘ
field	computer science ⓘ theoretical computer science ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasComponent	certificate ⓘ monetary prize ⓘ
hasDomain	algorithms ⓘ computer systems ⓘ data structures ⓘ databases ⓘ distributed computing ⓘ programming languages ⓘ theory of computation ⓘ
honors	Paris C. Kanellakis ⓘ
inception	1996 ⓘ
isPartOf	ACM Awards Committee ⓘ surface form: ACM Awards Program
namedAfter	Paris C. Kanellakis ⓘ
namedInMemoryOf	Paris C. Kanellakis ⓘ
organizationTypeOfPresenter	professional computing society ⓘ
presentedBy	ACM ⓘ Association for Computing Machinery ⓘ
purpose	to recognize theoretical accomplishments that significantly affect the practice of computing ⓘ
relatedTo	Turing Award ⓘ surface form: ACM A. M. Turing Award Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery ⓘ surface form: ACM Fellows Program
selectionMethod	committee review ⓘ
sponsor	SIGACT ⓘ surface form: ACM SIGACT ACM SIGBED ⓘ ACM SIGDA ⓘ SIGKDD ⓘ surface form: ACM SIGKDD ACM SIGMETRICS ⓘ SIGMOD ⓘ surface form: ACM SIGMOD SIGOPS ⓘ surface form: ACM SIGOPS SIGPLAN ⓘ surface form: ACM SIGPLAN ACM SIGSAC ⓘ ACM SIGecom ⓘ ACM Special Interest Group ⓘ surface form: ACM Special Interest Groups
website	https://awards.acm.org/kanellakis ⓘ

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