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The Fukuoka Ruby Award has been announced. It is "conducted with the dual aims of promotion of software industry and prevalence of Ruby in the world."

Applications are due on December 26, 2008. The winner will receive 1 million yen.

A call for nominations has been put out for the 2008 ACM SIGAda Awards. The awards "recognize individuals and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to the Ada community and to SIGAda."

The nomination deadline is September 21, 2008. The awards will be presented on October 30, 2008 at the ACM SIGAda 2008 International Conference, in Portland, Oregon.

It has been announced that Bertrand Meyer is this year's recipient of the ACM Software System Award. The Software System Award is awarded to "an institution or individual(s) recognized for developing a software system that has had a lasting influence, reflected in contributions to concepts, in commercial acceptance, or both.

Dr. Meyer receives the award for "designing and developing the Eiffel programming language, method and environment, embodying the Design by Contract approach to software development and other features that facilitate the construction of reliable, extendible and efficient software.

A call for nominations has been put out for the 2006 ACM SIGAda Awards. The awards will be presented on November 15, 2006, at the SIGAda 2006 conference being held in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The European Smalltalk User Group has announced their 3rd Innovation Technology Awards. Any Smalltalk-based software is eligible to compete.

The application deadline is June 30, 2006. The awards ceremony will be held at the 14th International Smalltalk Conference 2006.

Dr. Peter Naur has been named by the ACM as the winner of the 2005 A. M. Turing Award. He is awarded it for his work on Algol 60.

Nominations for the 2006 ACM SIGPLAN Programming Languages Achievement Award have been requested. The aim is to "recognize an individual or individuals who has made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of programming languages." Nominations should be submitted by January 5, 2006.