Taylor L. Booth Education Award
For an outstanding record in computer science and engineering education
A bronze medal and US$5,000 honorarium are awarded for an outstanding record in computer science and engineering education.
Nomination Deadline:
1 October 2026 - 11:59PM EDT
The award nomination requires a minimum of 3 endorsements.
The individual must meet two or more of the following criteria in the computer science and engineering field:
Achieving recognition as a teacher of renown.
Writing an influential text.
Leading, inspiring, or providing significant education content during the creation of a curriculum in the field.
Inspiring others to a career in computer science and engineering education.
Learn more about Taylor L. Booth.
2026 Taylor Booth Education Subcommittee Chair
James J. Sluss Jr. - The University of Oklahoma
Recent Award Recipient
University of Florida
2026 Taylor L. Booth Education Award
“For outstanding leadership in hardware security education, development of large-scale training programs, composing pioneering textbooks, and novel curriculum development.”
Past Recipients
- 2025 Vipin Kumar: For contributions to Computational Science and Engineering through his foundational textbooks, outstanding mentoring and exceptional scientific leadership.
- 2024 Gerald Jay Sussman: For providing a novel, long-lasting, and inspirational approach to the teaching of computer science through functional programming that has impacted students from a broad range of STEM disciplines.
- 2023 Bhavani Thuraisingham: For Outstanding Leadership in Cyber Security Education and Data Science Education as well as Mentorship of Members of Systemically Marginalized Groups.
- 2022 Matt Bishop: For contributions as an educator, author, and technical leader in cybersecurity education.
- 2021 Charles C. Weems: For outstanding contributions to computer science education worldwide spanning four decades, through numerous textbooks, and curriculum development efforts.
- 2020 Paul Curzon: For outstanding contributions to the rebirth of computer science as a school subject.
- 2019 Susan H. Rodger: For leadership in undergraduate and K-12 computer-science education, and for broadening participation of women in computing.
- 2018 Daniel P. Siewiorek: For contributions to computer architecture, wearable computing, and human computer interaction education through his pioneering textbooks, mentoring, and leadership.
- 2017 Mark Allen Weiss: For his outstanding books and contributions to the Advanced Placement program, and their impact in the teaching of data structures and programming.
- 2016 C.-C. Jay Kuo: For excellence as an inspiring educator and for distinguished contributions to multimedia education with impact on academic and industry realms.
- 2015 Judith Gal-Ezer: For outstanding research and its practical application in the field of computer science education.
- 2014 Charles E. Leiserson: For worldwide computer science education impact through writing a best-selling algorithms textbook, and developing courses on algorithms and parallel programming.
- 2013 Nell B. Dale: For inspiring hundreds of people to careers in computer science through both her excellent teaching and her award-winning textbooks.
- 2012 Eric Roberts: For contributions to computing education as demonstrated by teaching excellence, education publications, curricula development, and student mentoring.
- 2011 Wen-Tsuen Chen: For contributions to computer science education in Taiwan and worldwide, and for promoting computer networking education at all levels.
- 2009 Michael T. Heath: For contributions to computational science and engineering education, curriculum and scholarship.
- 2008 James P. Cohoon: For sustained effort to transform introductory computer science education through lab-based multimedia pedagogy coupled with examples that attract a diverse student body.
- 2008 Jack W. Davidson: For sustained effort to transform introductory computer science education through lab-based multimedia pedagogy coupled with examples that attract a diverse student body.
- 2007 Alan Clements: For outstanding contributions to education in the field of computer architecture, as demonstrated by teaching, education publications, and dedication to nurturing the future leaders for the computing professions.
- 2004 Tadao Nakamura: For leadership in the reform of advanced information science education and for important and substantive contributions to information science and computer engineering education in Japan.
- 2003 Eugene H. Spafford: For excellence as an educator, and for outstanding contributions to the definition, materials and practice of information security and computing.
- 2002 Abraham Silbershatz: For distinguished contributions in advancing computer science and engineering education through teaching, mentoring, and writing influential textbooks in the operating systems and database systems areas.
- 2001 James F. Kurose: For distinguished contributions in advancing computer science and engineering education through teaching, writing and innovative textbook, curriculum development, and mentoring in the networking area.
- 2000 Prithviraj Banerjee: For outstanding contributions in advancing computer science and engineering education through research, teaching, writing a graduate level textbook, and developing a new computational science and engineering graduate program.
- 1999 Harold S. Stone: For outstanding contributions in advancing computer science and engineering education through your research, teaching and most important through innovative writing of seminal textbooks that established computer architecture on a firm foundation.
- 1998 Tosiyasu L. Kunii: For initiating and promoting computer and information science education in Japan and for your seminal contributions towards the integration of computer-based education in all academic disciplines.
- 1997 Sartaj K. Sahni: For contributions to computer science and engineering education in the areas of data structures, algorithms, and parallel algorithms.
- 1996 Edward S. Davidson: For contributions to the establishment of computer engineering as an academic discipline and for nurturing many leaders of this field during their formative years the profession.
- 1995 Harold Abelson: For continued contributions to the pedagogy and teaching of introductory computer science, exemplified by the Logo and Scheme languages and their associated methodologies.
- 1994 David L. Gries: For your commitment to education in Computer Science and Engineering as demonstrated by your record of outstanding teaching and mentoring, writing of textbooks, curriculum development and professional.
- 1993 Melvin A. Breuer: For outstanding contributions to the fields of design automation and testing by writing and editing three major tests, developing related curriculum, and the training of future educators and scholars.
- 1992 C.L. Liu: Outstanding contribution to computer science education through curriculum development, preparation of text books, supervision of graduate students, classroom instruction, & participation in accreditation activities.
- 1991 Edward J. McCluskey: Outstanding service as a computer science & engineering educator and for inspiring students and educators alike through his prolific contribution as a teacher, author, curriculum developer & graduate research supervisor.
- 1989 C.V. Ramamoorthy: For outstanding contributions to Computer Science & Engineering education.
- 1988 J.T. (Tom) Cain: Outstanding contributions to Computer Science & Engineering education.
