The Association for Computing Machinery, today announced the recipients of three prestigious technical awards. This year’s awardees are recognized for groundbreaking innovations ….
Jason Cong Wins ACM Breakthrough in Computing Award for Contributions to FPGAs
April 8, 2025 by
New York, April 9, 2025 – ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today announced that Jingsheng Jason Cong, the holder of the Volgenau Chair for Engineering Excellence at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, is the recipient of the 2024 ACM Charles P. “Chuck” Thacker Breakthrough in Computing Award. Cong is recognized for fundamental contributions […]
Torsten Hoefler Wins ACM Prize in Computing for Contributions to HPC and AI
March 26, 2025 by
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today named Torsten Hoefler, a professor at ….
Vanguards of HPC-AI: Oak Ridge Lab’s Verónica G. Melesse Vergara — Unleashing ‘Breakthrough Science’
February 5, 2025 by
“One of the most fun aspects of HPC engineering is that you get to solve a broad range of problems getting an application to run well and run at scale – sometimes to even run at all. There is always something new to learn and the feeling of finding a solution ….”
David Padua to Receive Ken Kennedy HPC Award
September 18, 2024 by
David A. Padua, professor emeritus in Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been named the recipient of the 2024 ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award. The award recognizes groundbreaking achievements in parallel and HPC ….
Livermore Lab’s Dr. Kathryn Mohror Wins ACM SIGHPC Emerging Woman Leader In Technical Computing Award
September 3, 2024 by
Sept. 3, 2024 — Dr. Kathryn Mohror, a distinguished member of technical staff and deputy director of the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has been named the winner of the ACM SIGHPC Emerging Woman Leader In Technical Computing award. The Emerging Woman Leader in Technical Computing award honors mid-career […]
Dec. 15 Nomination Deadline for ACM Award to Recognize Researchers from Historically Underrepresented Communities
August 15, 2024 by
New York, Aug. 13, 2024 – ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today announced that it has initiated the Luiz André Barroso Award to recognize researchers from historically underrepresented communities who have made fundamental contributions to computer science. Nomination information for the ACM Luiz André Barroso Award can be found here. For questions, contact the ACM at […]
Ke Fan and Daniel Nichols Win ACM-IEEE CS George Michael Memorial HPC Fellowships
August 14, 2024 by
New York, August 14, 2024 – ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the IEEE Computer Society announced today that Ke Fan of the University of Illinois at Chicago and Daniel Nichols of the University of Maryland are the recipients of the 2024 ACM-IEEE CS George Michael Memorial HPC Fellowships. The fellowship honors exceptional PhD […]
Nvidia’s Wen-mei Hwu Receives ACM-IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award
June 27, 2024 by
New York, June 26, 2024 – ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today announced that Wen-mei W. Hwu, a Senior Distinguished Research Scientist at NVIDIA and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is the recipient of the ACM-IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award. Hwu is recognized for pioneering and foundational contributions to the design and […]
ACM Announces Awards in AI, Graph Processing, OS Software and Internet Privacy
June 19, 2024 by
New York, June 18, 2024 – ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today announced the recipients of four technical awards. They are: David Blei, Columbia University, receives the ACM – AAAI Allen Newell Award. Blei is recognized for significant contributions to machine learning, information retrieval, and statistics. His signature accomplishment is in the machine learning […]
