page_title: Charles Babbage Premium
hierarchical_section_title: Charles Babbage Premium
caption_attribution_description: Obituary portrait of Charles Babbage (1791-1871) published in Illustrated London News on 4 November 1871. The caption is "The late Mr. Babbage." This portrait was derived from a photograph of Babbage taken at the Fourth International Statistical Congress which took place in London in July 1860.[1] Hook, Dinan (2002). Origins of cyberspace: a library on the history of computing, networking, and telecommunications. Norman Publishing. pp. 161, 165, ISBN&#160;0930405854
context_page_description: The Charles Babbage Premium was an annual award "for an outstanding paper on the design or use of electronic computers".
  The award was established in 1959. It was initiated by the British Institution of Radio Engineers, which became the Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers. In 1988, it merged with the Institution of Electrical Engineers, which later became the Institution of Engineering and Technology in 2006. Winners have been announced in journals such as Nuclear Power: The Journal of British Nuclear Engineering, Electronic Engineering, British Communications and Electronics, and the Software Engineering Journal.
  The Premium was named after the mathematician Charles Babbage FRS, inventor of the Analytical Engine, a design for an early mechanical computer.
  The IET now makes separate Premium Awards for papers in each of its journals, named after the journal itself. This includes the IET Software Premium Award, the nearest equivalent to the Charles Babbage Premium Award.
context_section_description: The Charles Babbage Premium was an annual award "for an outstanding paper on the design or use of electronic computers".
  The award was established in 1959. It was initiated by the British Institution of Radio Engineers, which became the Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers. In 1988, it merged with the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE), which later became the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in 2006. Winners have been announced in journals such as Nuclear Power: The Journal of British Nuclear Engineering, Electronic Engineering, British Communications and Electronics, and the Software Engineering Journal.
  The Premium was named after the mathematician Charles Babbage FRS (1791–1871), inventor of the Analytical Engine, a design for an early mechanical computer.
  The IET now makes separate Premium Awards for papers in each of its journals, named after the journal itself. This includes the IET Software Premium Award, the nearest equivalent to the Charles Babbage Premium Award.
caption: Charles Babbage, after whom the award is named
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