Doha: Raj Reddy, founding director, the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) was honoured at a function held in the presence of H H Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned, yesterday.

The function was held in parallel with the ongoing "Innovations in Education" symposium at the Four Seasons Hotel.

Raj Reddy, the recipient of "2006 Vannevar Bush Award", was honoured for his contributions in the field of computer science.

Reddy is considered a leader in transforming computer science from a disparate group of academic disciplines into an integrated field. His work has helped the US lead in a range of compute science developments.

Reddy co-chaired the US President's Information Technology Advisiory Committee (PITAC) in the late 1990s, laying the groundwork for a national policy to significantly increase federal investments in information technology service.

Reddy's other major project is to combine the personal computer, telephone, television and video-phone into an inexpensive device. Reddy was a key note speaker at yesterday's Education symposium.