The Research of Science and Technology Innovation in Computer Science through the Analysis of the Turing Award

Abstract

The Turing Award is recognized as the highest distinction in computerscience and the Nobel Prize of computing. According to the Turing Award winners statistical data from 1966 to 2009, this paper analyses some characters of their research activity, such as achievement, angle of innovation, research field, age, the winner s interest and etc. The conclusion is that the Turing Award emphasizes on primitive theoretical innovation, interdisciplinary and it embodies research advantage accumulation and teamwork. At the same time it shows that most winners performed their award winner work when young or at middle age. At last, the paper provides some advice about science and technology innovation for computer research.