The awards, which were presented by Shaun Fisher at Ipsos and ASC director AJ Johnson on 21^st May at The Oval in London, saw Bjorn Haugland, former managing director and founder at Confirmit, become one of the hall of fame’s founding members for his work in web-based research platforms.

Diane Hessan was awarded for founding Communispace in 2000, now known as C Space, and for her work in continuous online consumer communities.

Jon Puleston joined the hall of fame for his innovation work in research methodology and technology, from his early days at Media Intelligence through to work in gamification and survey optimisation at Kantar, and his current role as chief methodologist at Ipsos.

Adrian Scamell (Abo) was recognised for his work in data processing, having begun his career at NOP in 1976 and having managed the data processing for the Financial Research Survey at ATP in his more than 30-year career in the field.

Steve Jenkins also joined the hall of fame, having co-founded Mercator Computer Systems and also served chief software developer for Snap Surveys, as well as serving on the ASC committee since 1992 and being a founder member of the Triple-S standardised data format initiative.

The final founding member was Ed Ross, who founded Quantime in 1978, creating the Quantum, Quanvert and Quancept survey computing products.

AJ Johnson said: “Our inductees are true industry legends whose innovation, dedication and lasting impact have helped shape research technology for generations.

“My sincere thanks also go to our judges for their hard work in ensuring these remarkable individuals are recognised and celebrated in the way they deserve.”