The Highest Honor: Turing Award Winners

Often called the "Nobel Prize of Computing," the ACM A.M. Turing Award is the highest distinction in computer science. Established in 1966 by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), it recognizes individuals for fundamental contributions that have shaped the field. Named after Alan Turing, a founding figure in computing and artificial intelligence, the award celebrates innovations that continue to influence research and technology today.

Hover over or click on a laureate to learn more about their contributions.

A Journey Through Time: Foundations of Computer Science

Computer Science didn't just happen overnight. It was shaped by decades of brilliant ideas, paradigm shifts and problem-solving breakthroughs. This timeline highlights some of the most privotal moments in the history of computer science from Alan Turing's pioneering work on the concept of a machine that could compute anything, to the birth of the World Wide Web and today's AI revolution.

Hover over each dot in the timeline below to discover why each moment matters.

Which research areas intrigue you the most?

The landscape of computer science research is constantly evolving. This plot shows the percentage of papers published in various subfields over time (between 2001 and 2020). Some traditional fields like computer networks have seen a gradual decline in percentage while others like machine learning have experienced a rise in popularity, becoming the dominant field in recent years.
Training models on large datasets challenges the limits of traditional computing, leading to new innovations in areas such as distributed computing which, as you can see, has also increased in popularity.

Growth of subfields over time

Top Research at a Glance

Now that we've covered the foundations and the major trends, let's highlight some specific examples of highly influential work as evidenced by their citation count. We offer you an interactive overview of their impact, authors and publication venues.

Influential papers in your favourite field

It's time to dive deep into your own interests. In this section, we identified major papers for different subfields and gathered papers that build upon them. This interactive cloud allows you to discover new papers, their impact and how the authors are connected to each other. AI & Data Science, Computer Systems and CS Theory are the major fields that we focused on. For each of them, we selected a number of subfields to explore.

Click on a word in the cloud and you will either be redirected to its subfields or to the graphs related to it. Make sure to click on a subfield (e.g. "Computer Vision").