ACM SIGSOFT Influential Educator Award
Education is vital to the advancement of the research and practice of Software Engineering. Yet, the contributions of an educator often go unnoticed, except perhaps by those closest to the educator. The SIGSOFT Influential Educator Award will be presented annually to an educator or educators who have made significant contributions to, and impact on, the field of software engineering with his/her accomplishments as a teacher, mentor, researcher (in education or learning), author, and/or policy maker. The award may be made to multiple collaborators for joint contributions, such as a co-authored text book.
Recipients receive a plaque engraved with their name and signed by the chair of SIGSOFT along with a $1000 honorarium. The award is presented by the SIGSOFT chair at ICSE during ICSE's award presentation session. The award recipient also receives support for travel to ICSE up to $2500 within their home continent and up to $3000 outside their home continent, including airfare, hotel, and conference registration for ICSE.
Nominations should be made electronically to sigsoft-educator-award@acm.org no later than December 15th of each year. Nominations should include
- a proposed citation (25 words),
- a succinct (100-250 words) description of the innovation/contribution, and
- a detailed statement to justify the nomination
Plain text is preferred. Up to three supporting letters are encouraged, but not required.
The following individuals are the previous winners:
| 2013 | Tony Wasserman | For early contributions to software engineering curriculum development and extensive academic and professional education in software engineering methods, tools, and management |
| 2012 | Mehdi Jazayeri | For significant and lasting contributions to software engineering and computer science education |
| David Notkin | For tremendous impact in graduate-level education, in mentoring junior researchers, and in nurturing future researchers | 2011 | Ian Sommerville | For his contribution to the education of successive generations of Software Engineers internationally, through his writings, his teaching, and his student mentoring |
| 2010 | Leon J. Osterweil | For pioneering software engineering as an academic discipline, contributions to software engineering scholarship and excellence through graduate education, and mentoring of new software engineering faculty |
| 2009 | Laurie Williams | For significant and lasting contributions to software engineering and computer science education |
| Nico Habermann (posthumously) | For significant and lasting contributions to the field of software engineering as a teacher and mentor |