LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., 2 February 2021 – Nominations are now being accepted for the Eckert-Mauchly Award, which recognizes high-impact achievements in computer and digital systems architecture. The Eckert-Mauchly Award, co-sponsored by ACM and IEEE Computer Society since 1979, is known as the computer architecture community’s most prestigious award.
The nomination deadline is 30 March 2021.
To make a nomination, visit https://www.computer.org/volunteering/awards/eckert-mauchly.
Nomination Guidelines:
- Open to all. Anyone may nominate.
- Self-nominations are not accepted.
- This award requires 3 endorsements.
The award was named for John Presper Eckert and John William Mauchly, who collaborated on the design and construction of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), the pioneering large-scale electronic computing machine, which was completed in 1947.
The award comes with a $5,000 prize and will be presented at the 48th International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA2021) May 22–26, 2021 in Valencia, Spain. To register, visit iscaconf.org/isca2021/.
For the full list of past recipients, visit the awards page here.
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