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W. Wallace McDowell Award

the highest technical award made solely by the IEEE Computer Society where selection of the awardee is based on the "highest level of technical accomplishment and achievement"
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W. Wallace McDowell Award

Summary

W. Wallace McDowell Award is an award[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • W. Wallace McDowell Award's instance of is recorded as award[3].
  • William Wallace McDowell is named after W. Wallace McDowell Award[4].
  • +1966-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of W. Wallace McDowell Award[5].
  • W. Wallace McDowell Award's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02x3w74[6].
  • W. Wallace McDowell Award's official website is recorded as https://www.computer.org/volunteering/awards/mcdowell[7].
  • W. Wallace McDowell Award's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'W. Wallace McDowell Award'}[8].
  • W. Wallace McDowell Award's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Q32783866[9].

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Designation and Status

W. Wallace McDowell Award's instance of is recorded as award[3].

History and Context

+1966-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of W. Wallace McDowell Award[5]. William Wallace McDowell is named after it[4].

Why It Matters

W. Wallace McDowell Award ranks in the top 4% of award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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