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> It should not have taken this long to officially recognize his contributions. His contributions have been officially recognized many times before, this is no
by Jtsummers 3y ago
> It should not have taken this long to officially recognize his contributions.
His contributions have been officially recognized many times before, this is not the first time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kahn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kahn - check out the list of awards. 13 in all over the last 30 years including this one. He received the Turing Award in 2004 with Vint Cerf and also the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal in 1997.
- rramadass 3y agoYes, of course; i meant why this one took so long.
- Jtsummers 3y agoBecause it's a career achievement award. Look at the other people who have received it and when, in their lives, they received it. It's also a bit of a broader category of award than the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal he received 3 decades ago which is for the field of telecommunications. Vint Cerf only received it last year himself. It also looks like it's not awarded to more than one person at a time, and it's only awarded annually, so that limits the number of people who could ever possibly receive it quite a bit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_Medal_of_Honor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_Medal_of_Honor
- rramadass 3y agoAgreed; but sometimes it just feels like these award committees have no sense of timing and it often appears like a case of "too little too late". Awards should be given as soon as a person's discoveries/inventions have been validated and when people are still aware of them to make an impact on public consciousness.