• Source: J. W. Graham Medal

The J.W. Graham Medal in Computing and Innovation is an award given annually by the University of Waterloo and the University of Waterloo Faculty of Mathematics to "recognize the leadership and many innovative contributions made to the University of Waterloo, and to the Canadian computer industry." Recipients of this award receive a gold medal and certificate. Recipients are graduates of the University of Waterloo Faculty of Mathematics from business, education, or government.
The medal was established in 1994 to recognize Canadian computer industry veteran James Wesley Graham (known as "Wes Graham"). Graham was born in Copper Cliff, Ontario on January 17, 1932. He enrolled in the University of Toronto in 1950, and graduated with a BA in Mathematics and Physics in 1954, and an MA in Mathematics in 1955. He worked as a systems engineer for IBM in Canada, and then joined the faculty of the University of Waterloo in 1959. A team of his students developed the WATFOR series of compilers starting in 1965. He formed a computer science research group, known as the "Computer Systems Group," to distribute and maintain the software, and was also responsible for several spin-off organizations, including Watcom in 1981. He was made a member of the Order of Canada in April 1999. He died later that year on August 23, 1999. In 2001 his papers formed the start of the J. Wesley Graham History of Computer Science Research Collection at the University of Waterloo library.




Recipients


The following people have received the J. W. Graham Medal:

1995 - Ian McPhee
1996 - William Reeves
1997 - James G. Mitchell
1998 - Dan Dodge
1999 - Kim Davidson
2000 - Paul Van Oorschot
2001 - Terry Stepien
2002 - Peter Savich
2003 - F. David Boswell
2004 - David P. Yach
2005 - Garth A. Gibson
2006 - Deanne Farrar
2007 - Ricardo Baeza-Yates
2008 - Eric Veach
2009 - Craig Eisler
2010 - Steven Woods
2011 - Zack Urlocker
2012 - Stephen M. Watt
2013 - Jay Steele
2014 - Jeromy Carriere
2015 - Tom Duff
2016 - Tas Tsonis
2017 - Vicki Iverson
2018 - Alex Nicolaou
2019 - Eldon Sprickerhoff
2020 - Joanne McKinley
2021 - Don Cowan
2024 - Beryl Tomay and Brice Steven Nkengsa




See also


List of computer science awards
Prizes named after people




References

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