About the Awards
Since 2006, the Van Wijngaarden Awards have been presented every five years during a festive CWI Soirée. Each winner receives a bronze sculpture by Hanneke van den Bergh.
The most recent Van Wijngaarden Awards were presented on 3 November 2022 to computer scientist Marta Kwiatkowska and mathematician Susan A. Murphy. The presentation had originally been scheduled for 2021, but was postponed due to COVID-19 measures.
About Adriaan van Wijngaarden
Adriaan van Wijngaarden (1916–1987) was director of Mathematisch Centrum, now CWI, from 1961 to 1980. He played an important role in the development of CWI and in the emergence of computer science in the Netherlands. His work also contributed to the foundations of modern programming languages.
In 2016, CWI marked Van Wijngaarden’s 100th birthday. ERCIM News published an article on Van Wijngaarden and his role in informatics, which is also available on CWI’s website.
Previous winners
2022
2016
2011
2006
