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What award was renamed in Dijkstra's honor?

  • Nobel Prize

  • Dijkstra Prize

  • Fields Medal

  • Turing Award

Answer

The Dijkstra Prize is an award named in honor of the Dutch computer scientist Edsger W. Dijkstra. It is awarded annually by the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) to recognize outstanding contributions to Theory of computing. The prize was established in 2002 and is considered one of the most prestigious awards in the field of computer science.
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