GoKawiilDaniel Reed Receives 2026 Ken Kennedy Award from IEEE CS and ACM
The IEEE Computer Society and the Association for Computing Machinery named Daniel Reed, PhD, as the recipient of the 2026 Ken Kennedy Award. Reed is a Presidential Professor in Computational Science (emeritus) at the University of Utah and previously served as Corporate Vice President of Technology Policy at Microsoft.
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The Ken Kennedy Award recognizes substantial contributions to computer science, so the honor signals peer recognition of Reed's career spanning academia, government advising, and industry leadership. His background crossing research and corporate policy roles may lend weight to ongoing discussions about computational science's direction in both sectors.
- Daniel Reed wins the 2026 Ken Kennedy Award from IEEE CS and ACM.
- Reed holds an emeritus professorship at the University of Utah in computational science.
- He previously led technology policy as a corporate vice president at a major tech company.
Source: wpcms.computer.org, 2026-10-15
Published there as: “IEEE CS and ACM Honor Daniel Reed with 2026 Ken Kennedy Award”
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