Year |
Recipients |
Citation |
1999 |
Antonia Stone |
For her role as founder of Playing to Win and CTCNet |
2001 |
John Blitch |
For his leadership in the prior development and rapid deployment of the urban search and rescue robots used after the September 11 attacks |
2003 |
Patrick Ball |
for his leadership in the creation of open source software |
2005 |
Ernest Siva,
Solomon Mbuguah,
Albrecht Ehrensperger |
For their contributions to the Nakuru Local Urban Observatory project in Kenya |
2007 |
Randy Wang |
For founding and leading the Digital Study Hall Project |
2009 |
Gregory Abowd[5] |
For his work on how advanced information technologies can be used in homes and schools to support people with autism |
2012 |
Johannes Schöning,[6]
Thomas Bartoschek[7] |
For their contributions to GI@School (Geoinformatics at Schools), a program that encourages young people to develop a fascination for computer science and computer science research |
2014 |
Robin Murphy[8] |
For her pioneering work in humanitarian disaster response through search and rescue robotics |
2016 |
Ken Banks |
For developing FrontlineSMS, using mobile technology and text messaging to empower people to share information, organize aid, and reconnect communities during crises. |
2018 |
Meenakshi Balakrishnan |
For research, development, and deployment of cost-effective embedded-system and software solutions addressing mobility and education challenges of the visually impaired in the developing world. |
2020 |
Richard Anderson |
For developing a range of innovative applications in health, education, the internet, and financial services, benefiting underserved communities around the globe. |
2022 |
Jelani Nelson |
For founding and developing AddisCoder, a nonprofit organization which teaches programming to underserved students from all over Ethiopia. |