Title: The Domino Award
Purpose: This topple has several purposes:
- To inspire computer science students at the University of Colorado and open new and exciting opportunities for students, possibly leading to them set their own topple(s) in motion.
- To honor leading computer scientists who have made an important and lasting impact on the world.
- To show through example that it's good to "give back" to your alma mater.
Here are the specifics:
The Domino Award is given annually to two Computer Science students for an outstanding essay honoring the impact that other computer scientists have made on modern society.
The 2007/2008 Domino Award will presented on April 14 (new date), and all entrants will be invited to join the festivities. The awards banquet will include presentations from leading technologists, a “Domino Topple”, short presentations from the finalists, and culminate with announcing this year’s winners. The two winners will each receive $500 in cash, and an all expenses paid invitation to attend the next Telluride Tech Fest in beautiful Telluride Colorado.
All entrants will receive a #0000003 domino with a unique serial number. These dominoes will be used to help track the impact and reach of this topple.
How To Enter:
Write a 500-800 word essay honoring someone from the field of computer science and email it to herbmorreale@gmail.com or clayton.lewis@colorado.edu by midnight March 5, 2008. Essays will be judged for their ability to clearly communicate how the honoree’s work set in motion a “series of dominos” that changed the world.
About the Domino Award:
The Domino Award is presented by Herb Morreale, a graduate of the University of Colorado in Computer Science (1991). While still in school, Herb and his friend Trent Hein (a fellow CS classmate) started XOR Computer Systems, which grew into one of the country’s fastest growing private businesses before being acquired. After leaving XOR, Herb began crafting his “Domino Theory” which attempts to explain how people can strategically “Set Big Things in Motion.” It’s Herb’s hope that the annual Domino Award “tips over” a student resulting in a “topple” that makes a positive and lasting impacting.
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