The Lovelace Medal, established by the British Computer Society in 1998, is presented to individuals who have advanced Information Systems or added significantly to their understanding.

The award is named after Ada Lovelace, a mathematician who both worked with and inspired computer pioneer Charles Babbage.

The medal is intended to be presented to individuals who have made a contribution which is of major significance in the advancement of Information Systems or which adds significantly to the understanding of Information Systems in industry, academia, technical or managerial domains.

It is generally anticipated that there will be one medallist each year, but the regulation does not preclude either several medallists or no medallist.

Awardees:

*2005 Nicholas McKeown *2004 John Warnock of Adobe Systems *2002 Ian Foster and Carl Kesselman, for their pioneering work in Computer architecture. *2001 Douglas C. Engelbart *2000 Linus Torvalds, for his creation of Linux *1998 Michael A. Jackson and Chris Burton

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