Editing Linus Torvalds (section)

== Awards and achievements ==
[[File:Linus-Torvalds_IEEE_Ibuka_Award_2018.jpg|thumb|right|Linus Torvalds receiving 2018 IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award from ICCE 2018 Conference Chair [[Saraju Mohanty|Saraju P. Mohanty]] and IEEE President James A. Jefferies at ICCE 2018 on 12 January 2018 in Las Vegas]]
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|+ Awards and achievements
! Year !! Award !! Notes
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|2019
|[[Great Immigrants Award]]
|[[The Carnegie Corporation of New York]] honored Torvalds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Linus Torvalds |url=https://www.carnegie.org/awards/honoree/linus-torvalds/ |access-date=June 27, 2024 |website=Carnegie Corporation of New York}}</ref>
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|2018
|IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award
|[[IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award]] is conferred by the [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] for outstanding contributions to consumer electronics technology has been named in honor of the co-founder and honorary chairman of Sony Corporation, Masaru Ibuka. 2018 Ibuka award was conferred to Linus Torvalds "For his leadership of the development and proliferation of Linux."<ref name="ibuka_rl" />
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|2014
|IEEE Computer Pioneer Award
|On 23 April 2014, the [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] named Torvalds as the 2014 recipient of the IEEE Computer Society's [[Computer Pioneer Award]]. The Computer Pioneer Award was established in 1981 by the IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors to recognize and honor the vision of those whose efforts resulted in the creation and continued vitality of the computer industry. The award is presented to outstanding individuals whose main contribution to the concepts and development of the computer field was made at least 15 years earlier.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.computer.org/portal/web/pressroom/Linus-Torvalds-Named-Recipient-of-the-2014-IEEE-Computer-Society-Computer-Pioneer-Award|title=Linus Torvalds Named Recipient of the 2014 IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award|publisher=[[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]]|date=23 April 2014|access-date=5 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504034244/http://www.computer.org/portal/web/pressroom/Linus-Torvalds-Named-Recipient-of-the-2014-IEEE-Computer-Society-Computer-Pioneer-Award|archive-date=4 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|2012
|Internet Hall of Fame
|On 23 April 2012, at [[Internet Society]]'s Global INET conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Torvalds was one of the inaugural inductees into the [[Internet Hall of Fame]], one of ten in the Innovators category and thirty-three overall inductees.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/year/2012 |title=2012 Internet Hall of Fame inductees 2012 |publisher=[[Internet Hall of Fame]] |access-date=24 April 2012 |archive-date=13 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213033309/http://internethalloffame.org/inductees/year/2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|2012
|Millennium Technology Prize
|On 20 April 2012, Torvalds was declared one of two winners of that year's [[Millennium Technology Prize]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/linus-torvalds-wins-the-tech-equivalent-of-a-nobel-prize-the-millennium-technology-prize/10789 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420125910/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/linus-torvalds-wins-the-tech-equivalent-of-a-nobel-prize-the-millennium-technology-prize/10789 |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 April 2012 |title=Linus Torvalds wins the tech. equivalent of a Nobel Prize: the Millennium Technology Prize. |publisher=ZDNet |date=19 April 2012 |access-date=24 April 2012}}</ref> along with [[Shinya Yamanaka]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120420004348.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120422081904/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120420004348.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 April 2012|title=Yamanaka wins Finnish award for iPS work : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri) |work=Yomiuri Shimbun |location=Japan |date=21 April 2012}}</ref> The honor is widely described as technology's equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
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|2010
|C&C Prize
|He was awarded the [[C&C Prize]] by the [[NEC Corporation]] in 2010 for "contributions to the advancement of the information technology industry, education, research, and the improvement of our lives".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Linus-Torvalds-awarded-2010-C-C-Prize-1122542.html |title=Linus Torvalds awarded 2010 C&C Prize |first=Chris |last=von Eitzen |work=The H |publisher=[[Heinz Heise]] |date=21 October 2010 |access-date=22 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101024130712/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Linus-Torvalds-awarded-2010-C-C-Prize-1122542.html |archive-date=24 October 2010 }}</ref>
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|2008
|Hall of Fellows
| In 2008, he was inducted into the Hall of Fellows of the [[Computer History Museum]] in [[Mountain View, California]], "for the creation of the Linux kernel and the management of open source development of the widely used Linux operating system."<ref>{{Cite press release| url=http://www.computerhistory.org/press/2008-Fellows-Award-Announcement.html | title=The Computer History Museum Announces the 2008 Fellow Awards Recipients | publisher=[[Computer History Museum]] | date=18 June 2008 | access-date=22 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/bios/Linus,Torvalds/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709010531/http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/bios/Linus%2CTorvalds/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 July 2010 |title=Fellow Awards: Linus Torvalds |work=[[Computer History Museum]] |date=21 October 2008 |access-date=22 October 2010 }}</ref>
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|2005
|Vollum Award
|In August 2005, Torvalds received the [[Howard Vollum|Vollum Award]] from [[Reed College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.reed.edu/news_center/press_releases/2005-2006/082205LinuxCreator.html |title=Linux creator Linus Torvalds honored with Reed College's Vollum Award |publisher=Web.reed.edu |date=24 August 2005 |access-date=13 March 2010}}</ref>
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|2003
|Linus (Moon)
|In 2003, the naming of the asteroid moon [[Linus (moon)|Linus]] was motivated in part by the fact that the discoverer was an enthusiastic Linux user. Although the naming proposal referred to the mythological [[Linus (mythology)|Linus]], son of the muse [[Calliope]] and the inventor of melody and rhythm, the name was also meant to honor Linus Torvalds, and [[Linus van Pelt]], a character in the [[Peanuts]] comic strip.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.ess.ucla.edu/~jlm/research/MBAs/Kalliope/index.html|author=Margot, Jean-Luc|title=Adaptive Optics Observations of Kalliope-Linus|year=2004|work=UCLA|access-date=30 August 2013}}</ref>
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|2001
|Takeda Award
| In 2001, he shared the Takeda Award for Social/Economic Well-Being with [[Richard Stallman]] and [[Ken Sakamura]].
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|2000
|Lovelace Medal
|In 2000, he was awarded the [[Lovelace Medal]] from the [[British Computer Society]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.14769|title=Talking to Torvalds|publisher=[[British Computer Society]]|date=September 2007|access-date=13 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002224451/http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.14769|archive-date=2 October 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|1998
|EFF Pioneer Award
|In 1998, Torvalds received an [[EFF Pioneer Award]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://w2.eff.org/awards/pioneer/1998.php |title=Torvalds, Stallman, Simons Win 1998 Pioneer Awards |publisher=W2.eff.org |access-date=13 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007125420/http://w2.eff.org/awards/pioneer/1998.php |archive-date=7 October 2010 }}</ref>
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|1997
|Academic Honors
|In 1997, Torvalds received his master's degree (Laudatur Grade) from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Helsinki. Two years later he received honorary doctor status at [[Stockholm University]], and in 2000, he received the same honor from his ''alma mater''.<ref>[[#Torvalds|Torvalds]], p. 28</ref>
University of Helsinki has named an auditorium after Torvalds and his computer is on display at the Department of Computer Science.
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|1996
|9793 Torvalds (Asteroid)
|In 1996, the asteroid [[9793 Torvalds]] was named after him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=9793|title=9793 Torvalds (1996 BW4)|access-date=22 November 2022}}</ref>
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