Nominations Open for PRACE €20 000 HPC Excellence Award

April 13, 2022 — The newly created PRACE HPC Excellence Award recognizes an outstanding individual or team for ground-breaking research that leads to significant scientific advances through HPC. The award can be given to any individual or team that demonstrates that the work has been communicated and peer-reviewed within five years preceding the nomination deadline.

Go here to learn how to make a nomination. Here is more information about the award.

The winner will receive a prize sum of €20 000, and plenary speaking slot at PASC22 where the 2022 edition of the Award will be presented.

Nominations, which should not exceed more than sic pages, are open until 20 May, and the winner will be notified by 6 June.

The members of the Prize Committee are:

  • Dr Laura Grigori, INRIA (Chair of the Prize Committee, and former Chair of the PRACE Scientific Steering Committee)
  • Prof. George Biros, University of Texas at Austin
  • Prof. Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee
  • Prof. Erik Lindahl, Stockholm University
  • Prof. Nathalie Reuter, University of Bergen (Chair of the PRACE Scientific Steering Committee)
  • Prof. Matej Praprotnik, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana (Member of the PRACE Scientific Steering Committee)