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Web Pioneers Win Inaugural $1.5M Engineering Prize
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The inaugural Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering will go to Internet and World Wide Web pioneers Robert Kahn, Vinton Cerf, and Marc Andreessen of the United States, Louis Pouzin of France, and Sir Tim Berners-Lee of Britain. Created a year ago, the prize is an attempt to boost the profile of the industry. Queen Elizabeth II will present the award to Kahn, Cerf, Andreessen, Pouzin, and Berners-Lee in a formal ceremony in June, and they will share a $1.5 million prize.
Alec Broers, chair of the judging panel, noted that teams of people from around the world were involved in the development of the Internet and the Web. "However, these five visionary engineers, never before honored together as a group, led the key developments that shaped the Internet and Web as a coherent system and brought them into public use."
The award could help bring greater recognition to the revolutionary impact that engineering has on people's lives. "We need more skilled engineers to solve the world's most pressing problems, which requires not only excellent education and inspirational role models, but more attention focused on highlighting the wonders of modern engineering, wherever they may be," says the award's director Anji Hunter.
From Agence France-Presse
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