The Academy congratulates its president, Prof. David Harel, upon being awarded The 2023 Harlan D. Mills Award, by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). The Harlan D. Mills Award recognizes researchers and practitioners who have demonstrated long-standing, sustained, and impactful contributions to software engineering practice and research through the development and application of sound theory. This is the first time the award is won by an Israeli scientist.

Prof. Harel was awarded for the development of visual formalisms and for the invention of Statecharts, which had a profound impact on software engineering.