Witold Lipski Prize
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Witold Lipski Prize was initiated by three Polish computer scientists living abroad: Krzysztof Apt, Wiktor Marek, and Mirosław Truszczyński.[1] The goal of the Prize is to promote excellence in theoretical and applied research in computer science in Poland and to commemorate its patron, Witold Lipski, a distinguished Polish computer scientist.
The Prize was established in 2005, the year that marked the twentieth anniversary of Lipski's premature death, by Polish Foundation for Computer Science Research[2] in cooperation with the Polish Chapter of the Association for Calculating Machines,and the Polish Computer Science Society
In 2021, the initiators of the Prize joined by Tomasz Imieliński and Celina Imielińska proposed to expand the scope of the Prize to emphasize the importance of applied computer science. Their efforts attracted a new sponsor for the Prize and defined two thematic areas in which the Prize is to be awarded: theoretical computer science and applied computer science. As a result of these efforts, the task of organizing annual editions of the Prize was transferred in 2022 from the Foundation of the Development of Computer Science to the Kosciuszko Foundation.