Trump gives Musk, Huang, Su and Brin the National Medal of Science

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Six technology leaders received the country’s highest honours for science and technology from President Donald Trump on Thursday, the White House said. Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang and Lisa Su got the National Medal of Science. Michael Dell and Satya Nadella got the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.

Trump presented the medals at the Science: A New Golden Age Summit in Washington. Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, joined him on stage.

The six citations

Musk’s citation honours his engineering work in space exploration, intelligent systems and communications, and in American manufacturing. Brin’s citation names his foundational algorithms for information retrieval and data processing.

Huang’s citation credits him with turning the graphics processing unit into a general-purpose computing architecture. Su’s names her work on processor architecture and chiplet-based integration, which powered the world’s first exascale supercomputer.

Dell’s citation credits him...

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