2025 · Cryptography & quantumCharles H. Bennett
Quantum physics became a resource for secure communication and computation.
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2025 · Cryptography & quantumGilles Brassard
Quantum physics became a resource for secure communication and computation.
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2024 · Artificial intelligenceAndrew Barto
Reinforcement learning connects actions, rewards and improving predictions.
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2024 · Artificial intelligenceRichard Sutton
Reinforcement learning connects actions, rewards and improving predictions.
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2023 · Theory & algorithmsAvi Wigderson
Complexity theory connected random choices with some of computation’s deepest limits.
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2022 · Networks & the WebBob Metcalfe
Ethernet made local networking a shared, practical technology.
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2021 · Theory & algorithmsJack Dongarra
Numerical libraries connect mathematical algorithms with changing hardware.
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2020 · Languages & softwareAlfred Aho
Automata, grammars and algorithms helped make compilers teachable and dependable.
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2020 · Languages & softwareJeffrey Ullman
Automata, grammars and algorithms helped make compilers teachable and dependable.
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2019 · Graphics & interactionEd Catmull
Computer graphics made geometry, light and surfaces into the ingredients of film.
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2019 · Graphics & interactionPat Hanrahan
Computer graphics made geometry, light and surfaces into the ingredients of film.
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2018 · Artificial intelligenceGeoffrey Hinton
Deep networks learn useful representations through many layers of computation.
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2018 · Artificial intelligenceYann LeCun
Deep networks learn useful representations through many layers of computation.
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2018 · Artificial intelligenceYoshua Bengio
Deep networks learn useful representations through many layers of computation.
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2017 · Computer systemsDavid Patterson
Computer architecture became a quantitative study of useful work and trade-offs.
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2017 · Computer systemsJohn Hennessy
Computer architecture became a quantitative study of useful work and trade-offs.
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2016 · Networks & the WebTim Berners-Lee
URLs, HTTP and HTML made information across the Internet browsable.
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2015 · Cryptography & quantumMartin Hellman
Public-key methods changed how strangers could establish secure communication.
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