The call is going out for the 2017 Knuth Prize. The call will be up on the SIGACT Web page shortly, but until it shows up there here's a pdf. Key date: deadline is February 15 for nominations.
Key info (but please read the actual call for full details):
The Donald E. Knuth Prize for outstanding contributions to the foundations
of computer science is awarded for major research accomplishments and contributions
to the foundations of computer science over an extended period of time.
Nomination Procedure: Anyone in the Theoretical Computer Science community
may nominate a candidate. To do so, please send nominations to :
knuth.prize.2017@gmail.com with a subject line of Knuth Prize nomination
by February 15, 2017. The nomination should state the nominee’s
name, summarize his or her contributions in one or two pages, provide a CV for
the nominee or a pointer to the nominees webpage, and give telephone, postal,
and email contact information for the nominator. Any supporting letters from
other members of the community (up to a limit of 5) should be included in the
package that the nominator sends to the Committee chair. Supporting letters
should contain substantial information not in the nomination. Others may endorse
the nomination simply by adding their names to the nomination letter. If
you have nominated a candidate in past years, you can re-nominate the candidate
by sending a message to that effect to the above address. (You may revise
the nominating materials if you desire).
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