IEEE-CS Charles Babbage Award
In Recognition of Significant Contributions in the Field of Parallel Computing
Learn about Charles Babbage

Nomination Deadline:

1 October 2020 (11:59 pm EDT)
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Established in memory of Charles Babbage in recognition of significant contributions in the field of parallel computation. The candidate would have made an outstanding, innovative contribution or contributions to parallel computation. It is hoped, but not required, that the winner will have also contributed to the parallel computation community through teaching, mentoring, or community service.

This award covers all aspects of parallel computing including computational aspects, novel applications, parallel algorithms, theory of parallel computation, parallel computing technologies, among others.

A certificate and a $1,000 honorarium presented to a single recipient.  The winner will be invited to present a paper and/or presentation at the annual IEEE-CS International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS).

The IPDPS conference originated in 1986 as an activity of the Orange County (California) Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society Chapter. The founders of the first International Parallel Processing Symposium (IPPS) were primarily engineers from the semiconductor field and academics interested in computer architecture and high performance processing, looking to solve problems of computation through architectural and software innovation.

 

2019 Charles Babbage Award Subcommittee Chair

Marc Snir
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

Past Recipients
2019
Ian T. Foster

2017
Mateo Valero

2015
Alan Edelman
2014
Peter Kogge
2013
James Demmel
2012
Chris Johnson
2011
Jack Dongarra
2010
Burton Smith
2009
Wen-Mei Hwu
2008
Joel Saltz
2007
Mike Flynn
2006
Bill Dally
2005
Yale N. Patt
2004
Christos Papadimitriou
2003
Michel Cosnard
2002
Steve Wallach
2001
Thomson Leighton
2000
Michael O. Rabin
1999
K. Mani Chandy
1998
Jim Gray
1997
Frances Allen
1995
Richard Karp
1994
Arvind
1993
K. Mani Chandy
1992
David Kuck
1991
Harold Stone
1990
H.T. Kung
1989
Irving S. Reed

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