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.

The award nomination requires a minimum of 3 endorsements.

Nomination Questions (pdf)

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.

2025 Taylor Booth Education Subcommittee Chair

Deborah A. Trytten

The University of Oklahoma

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.