| ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award | |
| Presenter: | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Country: | New York, (United States) |
| Reward: | US $5,000 |
| Year: | 1999 |
| Year2: | 2022 |
The ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award is awarded every two or three years by the Association for Computing Machinery to an individual or a group of individuals who have made a significant contribution to the use of information technology for humanitarian purposes in a wide range of social domains.[1] [2] It is named after the computer scientist Eugene Lawler.[3] The award includes a financial reward of US$5,000.[4]
| 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. |