Since 2002, at the annual SECURE conference NASK has presented the Professor Tomasz Hofmokl Award “For Promoting the Idea of Information Society”.
The NASK-funded award honours people who have made a special contribution to the development of information society and support the idea originated in Poland in 1994 by the late prof. Tomasz Hofmokl, the founder and first director of NASK.
"Surfing Hero"
- statuette of NASK Award
designed by Maria T. Kuczyńska
The award has been presented to:
In 2002 — Andrzej Adamski
for promoting legal issues related to information society: a constructive contribution to the development of computer-related law and pioneering research on cyber crime
More 
In 2003 — Daniel J. Bem
for his pioneering role in building computer networks in Poland and his contribution to the development of the Polish Internet
More
In 2004 — Andrzej P. Wierzbicki
for his initiative and commitment to building metropolitan computer networks in Poland — a pioneering, globally unprecedented project — as well as disseminating knowledge about the influence of modern telecommunications and information technologies on social development
More
In 2005 — Włodzimierz Marciński
for creating the governmental bill and helping to pass the “eGovernment Act”, which lays the legal foundations for the development of information society in Poland.
More
In 2006 — Allegro.pl
for creating a successful auction system that has become one of the most popular Polish Internet sites
More
In 2007 — Merlin.pl
for creating Poland's largest online bookstore
More
In 2008 — Wacław Iszkowski
for a long work towards integration of the Polish IT and telecommunication circles, as well as for a consistent advocacy of the freedom to run economic activities in accordance with a legible and transparent law
More
In 2009 — Jan Węglarz
for his achievements in development of the broadband Internet in Poland
More |
