Knuth Prize

The Donald E. Knuth Prize is a prize for outstanding contributions to the foundations of computer science, named after the American computer scientist Donald E. Knuth.

The prize is awarded by ACM SIGACT and by IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on the Mathematical Foundations of Computing.

The recipient of the Knuth Prize delivers a lecture at the conference.

[1] For instance, David S. Johnson "used his Knuth Prize lecture to push for practical applications for algorithms.

"[2] In contrast with the Gödel Prize, which recognizes outstanding papers, the Knuth Prize is awarded to individuals for their overall impact in the field.

Gary Miller presents Volker Strassen with the 2008 Knuth Prize at SODA 2009