An award is something given to a person or group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field. Awards are often objects, for example trophies, certificates, or plaques but they do not have to be. An award can simply be the public acknowledgment of excellence.
One common type of award is the 'employee of the month.' award, in which typically the recipients' names are listed in a prominent place in the business for that month.
Lifetime achievement awards
A lifetime achievement award is an award given to an individual to honor his or her life-long contributions. Many organizations give out such awards, including entertainment, sports, academia, and charity.
In Australia an award is also the minimum wage for a particular occupation, based on the skills required for a particular occupation. See award (Australian industrial relations).
The ACL LifetimeAchievementAward was instituted on the occasion of the 40th anniversary meeting of the Association.
The award is a crystal trophy (the nearly transparent object being present to Aravind Joshi in the accompanying photo), and the recipient is invited to give a 45-minute speech on his views on the development of Computational Linguistics at the annual meeting.
The award was presented at the 40th meeting of the ACL on July 8, 2002, at the University of Pennsylvania.
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