ACM Turing Award Lectures

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1966: Alan J. Perlis: The Synthesis of Algorithmic Systems. J. ACM 14(1): 1-9(1967)
1967: Maurice V. Wilkes: Computers Then and Now. J. ACM 15(1): 1-7(1968)
1968: Richard Wesley Hamming: One Man's View of Computer Science. J. ACM 16(1): 3-12(1969)
1969: Marvin Minsky: Form and Content in Computer Science (1970 ACM turing lecture). J. ACM 17(2): 197-215(1970)
1970: James Hardy Wilkinson: Some Comments from a Numerical Analyst. J. ACM 18(2): 137-147(1971)
1971: John McCarthy: Generality in Artificial Intelligence. Commun. ACM 30(12): 1029-1035(1987)
1972: Edsger W. Dijkstra: The Humble Programmer. Commun. ACM 15(10): 859-866(1972)
1973: Charles W. Bachman: The Programmer as Navigator. Commun. ACM 16(11): 635-658(1973)
1974: Donald E. Knuth: Computer Programming as an Art. Commun. ACM 17(12): 667-673(1974)
1975: Allen Newell, Herbert A. Simon: Computer Science as Empirical Inquiry: Symbols and Search. Commun. ACM 19(3): 113-126(1976)
1976: Michael O. Rabin: Complexity of Computations. Commun. ACM 20(9): 625-633(1977)
1976: Dana S. Scott: Logic and Programming Languages. Commun. ACM 20(9): 634-641(1977)
1977: John W. Backus: Can Programming Be Liberated From the von Neumann Style? A Functional Style and its Algebra of Programs. Commun. ACM 21(8): 613-641(1978)
1978: Robert W. Floyd: The Paradigms of Programming. Commun. ACM 22(8): 455-460(1979)
1979: Kenneth E. Iverson: Notation as a Tool of Thought. Commun. ACM 23(8): 444-465(1980)
1980: C. A. R. Hoare: The Emperor's Old Clothes. Commun. ACM 24(2): 75-83(1981)
1981: E. F. Codd: Relational Database: A Practical Foundation for Productivity. Commun. ACM 25(2): 109-117(1982)
1982: Stephen A. Cook: An Overview of Computational Complexity. Commun. ACM 26(6): 400-408(1983)
1983: Dennis Ritchie: Reflections on Software Research. Commun. ACM 27(8): 758-760(1984)
1983: Ken Thompson: Reflections on Trusting Trust. Commun. ACM 27(8): 761-763(1984)
1984: Niklaus Wirth: From Programming Language Design to Computer Construction. Commun. ACM 28(2): 159-164(1985)
1985: Richard M. Karp: Combinatorics, Complexity, and Randomness. Commun. ACM 29(2): 97-109(1986)
1986-1: John E. Hopcroft: Computer Science: The Emergence of a Discipline. Commun. ACM 30(3): 198-202(1987)
1986-2: Robert Endre Tarjan: Algorithmic Design. Commun. ACM 30(3): 204-212(1987)
1987-1: Abraham Peled: Introduction: Turing Award Lecture (on behalf of John Cocke). Commun. ACM 31(3): 249(1988)
1987-2: John Cocke: The Search for Performance in Scientific Processors (Turing Award Lecture). Commun. ACM 31(3): 250-253(1988)
1988-1: Ivan E. Sutherland: Micropipelines. Commun. ACM 32(6): 720-738(1989)
1988-2: Karen A. Frenkel: An Interview with Ivan Sutherland. Commun. ACM 32(6): 712-718(1989)
1990-1: Fernando J. Corbató: On Building Systems That Will Fail. Commun. ACM 34(9): 72-81(1991)
1990-2: Karen A. Frenkel: An Interview With Fernando Jose Corbató. Commun. ACM 34(9): 82-90(1991)
1991: Robin Milner: Elements of Interaction - Turing Award Lecture. Commun. ACM 36(1): 78-89(1993)
1993-1: Juris Hartmanis: Turing Award Lecture: On Computational Complexity and the Nature of Computer Science. Commun. ACM 37(10): 37-43(1994)
1993-2: Richard Edwin Stearns: Turing Award Lecture: It's Time to Reconsider Time. Commun. ACM 37(11): 95-99(1994)
1994-1: Edward A. Feigenbaum: How the "What" Becomes the "How" - Turing Award Lecture. Commun. ACM 39(5): 97-104(1996)
1994-2: Raj Reddy: To Dream The Possible Dream - Turing Award Lecture. Commun. ACM 39(5): 105-112(1996)
1998: Jim Gray:
What Next? A Few Remaining Problems in Information Technlogy, SIGMOD Conference 1999, ACM Turing Award Lecture, Video.
2005: Peter Naur:
Computing versus human thinking. 85-94