The Department of Computer Science (DCS) and the Association for Computing Machinery - UP Student Chapter (UP ACM) held the historic live webcast of the ACM A.M. Turing Award Lecture last August 23, 2005 at the College of Engineering Theater.

Vinton G. Cerf and Robert E. Kahn, recipients of the 2004 A.M. Turing Award and pioneers of the Internet, lectured on "Assessing the Internet: Lessons Learned, Strategies for Evolution, and Future Possibilities." Cerf and Kahn developed TCP/IP (Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), enables computers in diverse environments to communicate with each other.

The Alan M. Turing award, considered to be the Nobel Prize in Computing, and named after the famous British mathematician and a founder of Computer Science, carries a $100,000 cash prize with financial support from Intel Corporation.

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