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ACM Turing Award Goes to Creator of Influential Innovations in Computer Software Design
![[article image]](/system/assets/0000/0371/031009_MIT_Liskov.large.jpg?1237581896&1237581895 "Barbara Liskov")
MIT / Donna Coveney
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has named Barbara Liskov of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) the winner of the 2008 ACM A.M. Turing Award. The award cites Liskov for her foundational innovations to designing and building the pervasive computer system designs that power daily life.
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(1)Kudos to Barbara Liskov!
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