At SC10, James W. Demmel will receive the 2010 IEEE Computer Society Sidney Fernbach Award for his contributions to high-performance linear algebra software. Demmel is a professor of mathematics and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he holds the Dr. Richard Carl Dehmel Distinguished Professorship of Engineering.
Established in 1992 in memory of HPC pioneer Sidney Fernbach, the award recognizes outstanding contributions in the application of high-performance computers using innovative approaches.
James Demmel joins the highly respected ranks of past recipients:
- 2009 Roberto Car and Michele Parrinello
- 2008 William D. Gropp
- 2007 David E Keyes
- 2006 Edward Seidel
- 2005 John B. Bell
- 2004 Marsha Berger
- 2003 Jack Dongarra
- 2002 Robert Harrison
- 2000 Stephen W. Attaway
- 1999 Michael L. Norman
- 1998 Phillip Collela
- 1997 Charbel Farhat
- 1996 Gary A. Glatzmaier
- 1995 Paul R. Woodward
- 1994 Charles S. Peskin
- 1993 David H. Bailey