Sir Tim Berners-Lee Awarded 2016 ACM A.M. Turing Award
ACM honored Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a Professor at MIT and the University of Oxford, with the 2016 ACM A.M. Turing Award for his pioneering contributions to the development of the World Wide Web.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
4.5K views • Jun 29, 2017
About this video
ACM named Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Oxford, the recipient of the 2016 ACM A.M. Turing Award. Berners-Lee was cited for inventing the World Wide Web, the first web browser, and the fundamental protocols and algorithms allowing the Web to scale. Considered one of the most influential computing innovations in history, the World Wide Web is the primary tool used by billions of people every day to communicate, access information, engage in commerce, and perform many other important activities.
Read more here: http://awards.acm.org/about/2016-turing
Read news release here: http://www.acm.org/media-center/2017/april/turing-award-2016
Read more here: http://awards.acm.org/about/2016-turing
Read news release here: http://www.acm.org/media-center/2017/april/turing-award-2016
Tags and Topics
Browse our collection to discover more content in these categories.
Video Information
Views
4.5K
Likes
51
Duration
6:32
Published
Jun 29, 2017
User Reviews
4.3
(4) Related Trending Topics
LIVE TRENDSRelated trending topics. Click any trend to explore more videos.