There are numerous awards programs for HPC professionals and educators.
ACM Gordon Bell Prize -- The Gordon Bell Prize is awarded each year to recognize outstanding achievement in HPC. Now administered by the ACM, financial support of the $10,000 award is provided by Gordon Bell, a pioneer in high performance and parallel computing. The purpose of the award is to track the progress over time of parallel computing, with particular emphasis on rewarding innovation in applying HPC to applications in science. Gordon Bell prizes have been awarded every year since 1987. Prizes may be awarded for peak performance as well as special achievements in scalability, time-to-solution on important science and engineering problems, and low price/performance. Finalists will present their results in a technical session during the conference. Questions: gbellprize@info.supercomputing.org
The SC Education Program announces the categories of awards each year. More details are available at http://sc09.sc-education.org/opportunities/index.php
IEEE Seymour Cray and Sidney Fernbach Awards -- The Seymour Cray Computer Science and Engineering Award recognizes innovative contributions to HPC systems that best exemplify the creative spirit of Seymour Cray. The Sidney Fernbach Memorial Award honors innovative uses of HPC in problem solving. Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society, these prestigious honors are presented during special sessions held during the conference. Questions: awards@info.supercomputing.org
The SC Education Program announces the categories of awards each year. More details are available at http://sc09.sc-education.org/opportunities/index.php
Undergraduate Computational Engineering and Sciences (UCES) Award - The Undergraduate Computational Engineering and Sciences (UCES) Award promotes and enhances undergraduate education in Computational Engineering and Science (CES). The program will encourage further development of innovative educational resources and programs, recognize the achievements of CES educators, and disseminate educational material and ideas to the broad scientific and engineering undergraduate community. The UCES 2005, 2006, and 2007 awards provide examples of CES education that the UCES Award Program seeks to recognize.
CES involves the use of contemporary computer technology to advance the state of knowledge in a particular scientific or engineering discipline. Computational science emphasizes the use of the computer as an essential tool to solve problems. Representative projects in CES include computer predictions of environmental changes, structural responses to earthquakes, multidimensional international monetary fluctuations, and data mining of biological databases. Computational science should not be confused with computer science which focuses on the hardware and software aspects of the computer itself.
The SC Education Program announces the categories of awards each year. More details are available at http://sc09.sc-education.org/opportunities/index.php
Dr. Mary Ellen Verona Computational Science Teacher Leader Award -- This award recognizes those individuals who demonstrate computational science leadership through their use of computer-based models, simulations, and visualizations to enhance student learning in K-12 classroom or after-school settings and their active participation in sharing their strategies and methods with others. A Verona award will be given in each of the following categories:
The SC Education Program announces the categories of awards each year. More details are available at http://sc09.sc-education.org/opportunities/index.php