Charles Babbage Award
“For seminal contributions to the theory of PRAM computing, and for inventing numerous work-efficient parallel algorithms.”
Each year, the IEEE Computer Society (CS) presents its major achievement awards to the brightest professionals and scientists in the field of computer science and computer engineering. Awardees are nominated by their peers for their outstanding discoveries and contributions.
Last year’s awards ceremony took place in conjunction with the IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors meeting on Thursday, 13 November 2025 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Charles Babbage Award
“For seminal contributions to the theory of PRAM computing, and for inventing numerous work-efficient parallel algorithms.”
Harlan D. Mills Award
“For sustained contributions to software debugging, program analysis, mining software repositories, and automated test generation.”
IEEE Computer Society (IEEE CS) announced that 52 IEEE CS members and 21 IEEE members evaluated by the IEEE CS Fellow Evaluation Committee will be elevated to IEEE Fellow grade in 2026. The grade of IEEE Fellow recognizes exceptional distinction in the engineering profession.