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Milner Award and Lecture

This award is made for outstanding achievement in computer science by a European researcher.

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The award

蘑菇视频 Milner Award and Lecture, supported by  in order to help sustain a thriving research community in Europe, is the premier European award for outstanding achievement in computer science. It is awarded to an outstanding European computer scientist who has made a substantial contribution to the field and demonstrates the potential for further significant achievement.

The recipient is a European researcher or researcher who has been resident in Europe for 12 months or more, and is chosen by the Council of 蘑菇视频 on the recommendation of the . The Committee is made up of Fellows of 蘑菇视频, Members of the (France) and Members of (Germany). The award is named in honour of Professor Robin Milner FRS (1934-2010), a pioneer in computer science. The medal is of bronze, is awarded annually and is accompanied by a gift of £5,000.

Eligibility

蘑菇视频 Milner award is open to European citizens or those who have been residents for at least 12 months. Nominees cannot be employed by Microsoft and its subsidiaries (full- or part-time), including anybody who had had a remunerative relationship with the company in the 12 months prior to nomination.

While there are no restrictions on career stage, nominees should still be active in their career and not retired, or retired from the post in which the body of research is what they are being nominated for. Early- to mid-career computer scientists should have made major contributions to and impact in their field of research.

Nominations are closed

Nominations are closed and will reopen on 30 November 2026.

Royal Society Milner Prize Lecture

蘑菇视频 Milner Prize Lecture by the 2026 winner, Professor Johan Håstad, will take place on Thursday 12 November 2026. To attend this lecture either in person or online, .

2027 winner

  • Professor Monika Henzinger

    Professor Monika Henzinger

    The Milner Award and Lecture 2027 is awarded to Professor Monika Henzinger for pioneering research in areas including efficient algorithms, differential privacy, web information retrieval, and systems profiling, and having a long-lasting impact in academia and industry.

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Past winners

  • Professor Johan Håstad
    Awarded in 2026

    Professor Johan Håstad

    For the sustained and transformational impact in multiple fields, including circuit complexity, cryptography, parallel computing and approximate optimisation.
  • Professor Iryna Gurevych
    Awarded in 2025

    Professor Iryna Gurevych

    For her major contributions to natural language processing (NLP) and artificial intelligence that combine deep understanding of human language and cognitive faculty with the latest paradigms in machine learning. Picture Credit: TU Darmstadt; Rüdiger Dunker
  • Artur Ekert
    Awarded in 2024

    Professor Artur Ekert FRS

    For his pioneering contributions to quantum communication and computation, which transformed the field of quantum information science from a niche academic activity into a vibrant interdisciplinary field of industrial relevance.
  • Stephane Mallat
    Awarded in 2023

    Professor Stéphane Mallat

    For his key advances in the fundamental principles of wavelets, including theory for audio, image and video processing, his entrepreneurship, and for contributing significantly to advancing the understanding of deep neural networks.
  • Professor Yvonne Rogers FRS
    Awarded in 2022

    Professor Yvonne Rogers FRS

    For contributions to Human-Computer Interaction and the design of human-centred technology.
  • Zoubin Ghahramani
    Awarded in 2021

    Professor Zoubin Ghahramani

    For his fundamental contributions to probabilistic machine learning
  • Dr Cordelia Schmid
    Awarded in 2020

    Dr Cordelia Schmid

    For her work in computer vision and her fundamental contributions to the representation of images and videos for visual recognition.
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    Awarded in 2019

    Dr Eugene Wimberly Myers Jr.

    For his development of computational techniques that have brought genome sequencing into everyday use, underpinned key biological sequencing tools, and made large scale analysis of biological images practical.
  • Professor Marta Kwiatkowska FRS
    Awarded in 2018

    Professor Marta Kwiatkowska FRS

    In recognition of her contribution to the theoretical and practical development of stochastic and quantitative model checking.
  • Professor Andrew Zisserman FRS
    Awarded in 2017

    Professor Andrew Zisserman FRS

    For his work on computational theory and commercial systems for geometrical images and as a pioneer in machine learning for vision.
  • Professor Xavier Leroy
    Awarded in 2016

    Professor Xavier Leroy

    In recognition of his exceptional achievements in computer programming which includes the design and implementation of the OCaml programming language.
  • Professor Thomas Henzinger ForMemRS
    Awarded in 2015

    Professor Thomas Henzinger ForMemRS

    For fundamental advances in the theory and practice of formal verification and synthesis of reactive, real-time, and hybrid computer systems.