user_groups@NeXT.com (06/12/91)
Congratulations to NeXT Computer's, Richard Crandall, for his application "Zilla" which won the 1991 Computerworld Smithsonian Award for Science. The awards are based on achieving exellence through Information Technology in a particular field. Zilla is an application for creating community supercomputing networks. There are some new applications of Zilla emerging, notably in these fields: biology image processing color animation neural networks Until last night NeXT Computer, Inc. was one of five finalists for this award. The distinguished competition included: Project Center for Supercomputing, ETH Zurich Algorithms that permit the study of large chemical systems using rigorous theoretical methods have been developed and applied. University of California, Davis A highly sophisticated neural-network-based image classifier with broad applicability in medicine and industry. University of Maryland ASTROLABS uses computer simulations of telescope observations to explore, measure and interpret a variety of astronomical phenomena from the motions of the satellites of Jupiter to the expansion of the Universe. Wistar Institute/European Molecular Biology Laboratory Computer visualization techniques have enabled them to provide the first detailed 3-D structure of adeno-virus. The Award ceremony consisted of a reception and banquet. The Master of Ceremonies was Mr. Ed Bradley, CBS News Correspondent and Co-editor, "60 Minutes." The sponsors of the event are the Smithsonian Museum and International Data Group/Computerworld. Attendees, included: the Chairman of IDG, Patrick J. McGovern, the Chairman of MCI, William G. McGowan, the Chairman of Siemens, Dr. Hans Decker the Chairman of Price Waterhouse, William H. Cawly and more. Awards were also given in the fields of: Business and Related Services, Education and Academia, Enviroment, Energy and Agriculture, Finance, Insurance and Real Estate, Goverment and Non-Profit Organizations, Manufacturing, Media, Arts and Entertainment, Medicine, and Transportation The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to the late, Robert Noyce, founder of Fairchild Semiconductor, and founder of Intel Corporation. Ronald Weissman, Director of Higher Education, received the award for Richard Crandall and NeXT Computer while a video played on the main screen. This event could be likened to the OSCARs! Congratulations Richard Crandall for such an outstanding job!!!!