Jan. 14, 2020 — The call for nominations for the Royal Society Milner Award and Lecture, is now open. Nominations are scheduled to close on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020 at 3:00 pm.
The Royal Society Milner Award and Lecture, supported by Microsoft Research, is the premier European award for outstanding achievement in computer science. It is awarded to candidates at the peak of their career who have made a substantial contribution to computer science in Europe, with the strategic aim of supporting European researchers and institutes. The recipient is a European researcher or researcher who has been resident in Europe for 12 months or more, and is chosen by the Council of the Royal Society on the recommendation of the Milner Award Committee. The Committee is made up of Fellows of the Royal Society, Members of the Académie des sciences (France) and Members of Leopoldina (Germany). The award is named in honor of Professor Robin Milner FRS (1934-2010), a pioneer in computer science. The medal is of bronze, is awarded annually and is accompanied by a gift of £5,000 (~$6,490).
Please refer to the Medals and Awards guidance notes (PDF) to check nominee eligibility.
Past winners
Dr. Cordelia Schmid will be awarded the 2020 Royal Society Milner Award and Lecture for her work in computer vision and her fundamental contributions to the representation of images and videos for visual recognition.
Professor Eugene Myers will be awarded the 2019 Royal Society Milner Award and Lecture for his development of computational techniques that have brought genome sequencing into everyday use, underpinned key biological sequencing tools, and made large scale analysis of biological images practical.
Professor Marta Kwiatkowska FRS was awarded the 2018 Royal Society Milner Award and Lecture for her contribution to the theoretical and practical development of stochastic and quantitative model checking.
To view the full list of past Royal Society Milner Award winners, click here.
About The Royal Society
The Society’s fundamental purpose, reflected in its founding Charters of the 1660s, is to recognise, promote, and support excellence in science and to encourage the development and use of science for the benefit of humanity. The Society has played a part in some of the most fundamental, significant, and life-changing discoveries in scientific history and Royal Society scientists continue to make outstanding contributions to science in many research areas.
Source: The Royal Society