TCHPC Awards

 

IEEE CS TCHPC Early Career Researchers Award for Excellence in High Performance Computing – 2025

The IEEE Computer Society TCHPC Early Career Researchers Award for Excellence in High Performance Computing recognizes up to 3 individuals who have made outstanding, influential, and potentially long-lasting contributions in the field of high-performance computing (HPC) within 5 years of receiving their PhD degree as of January 1, 2025. It is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Community on High Performance Computing (TCHPC).

Nominations

Nominations must follow these guidelines:

  • A candidate must be nominated by a member of the community. Please note that self-nominations are not permitted.
  • An individual may nominate at most one candidate for this award.
  • The nominee must be within 5 years of receiving their PhD degree as of January 1, 2025.
  • The nomination should provide evidence of the nominee’s outstanding, influential, and potentially long-lasting contributions in the field of HPC.

The nominator must submit the nomination by the deadline via https://ssl.linklings.net/applications/ieee-cs-tchpc-early-career-award/ and should include the following:

  1. Name, email, and institution of the person making the nomination.
  2. Name, email, and institution of the candidate for whom the award is recommended.
  3. A nomination statement not to exceed 500 words describing why the nominee is highly deserving of the award.
    • Note that since the award is for outstanding contributions in HPC, the statement and supporting letters should address what the contributions are and why they are outstanding and significant.
  4. Name, email, and institution of 2 individuals who have agreed to provide letters supporting the nomination.
    • Individuals listed will receive an email from the submission system to upload their letters of support directly.
  5. CV of the nominee.

Important Dates

Nomination Deadline:       July 14, 2025
Notification:                      August 18, 2025

Award Selection Committee:

  • Maciej Besta, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
  • Sunita Chandrasekaran, University of Delaware, US (Co-Chair)
  • Guanpeng Li, University of Iowa, US
  • Xin Liang, University of Kentucky, US
  • Verónica G. Melesse Vergara, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US (Co-Chair)
  • Rafael Ferreira da Silva, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US
  • Ewa Deelman, University of Southern California, US
  • Suren Byna, The Ohio State University, US
  • Guillaume Pallez, INRIA, France
Note that members of the selection committee cannot be nominators or provide support letters.

Award Information & Presentation

The awards will be presented at the SC25 conference that will be held in St. Louis, Missouri, USA during November 16–21, 2025. Details of the conference can be found at http://sc25.supercomputing.org/. Awardees will also be recognized by IEEE Computer Society and TCHPC websites, newsletters, and archives.

Awardees will receive the following benefits:

  • An individual plaque to be presented during the SC25 Awards ceremony1.
  • Complimentary IEEE and IEEE CS membership for 20261.
  • A $1,000 honorarium1.
  • Complimentary SC25 Technical Program registration including Workshops and Tutorials2.
  • Up to 4 hotel nights at SC252.

For more information, please send an email to tchpc-awards@computer.org.

1Provided by IEEE CS.
2Provided by SC25.

 

Applications for the TCHPC/TCPP HPC Student Cohort

We welcome applications to the HPC Student Cohort (HPCSC). HPCSC cohort will be administered as travel awards to attend Supercomputing (SC) in 2025 and IPDPS in 2026. By providing funding to multiple conferences, HPCSC aims to help students engage regularly with the HPC community, and enable frequent and continued interactions among members of the cohort, leading to more effective networking. HPCSC will be formed of students spanning from diverse backgrounds and include undergraduates, Masters, early stage and late stage doctoral students.

Members of the cohort should commit to attending both the conferences and are expected to attend events organized by the HPCSC committee, such as career panels, and Q & A sessions between members of the cohort. Further, members of the cohort will be assigned to groups, with the goal of maximizing diversity in each group. Each group will work together to:

  1. Submit a pre-conference self-reflection document on what they expect to gain from the conference, including networking within the cohort
  2. Submit a post conference report on their shared experience at the conference, including what they learned at the conference and from the members of the cohort, and plans for continued interactions with members of the cohort.
The cohort encourages participation of students from underrepresented groups, especially those who are first time conference attendees and are interested in a career in HPC.
  • For undergraduates, masters and early stage Ph.D. students, there is no strict requirement of activities at SC 25 other than the cohort activities.
  • For 3rd year and above Ph.D. students, preferences will be given to those applicants who anticipate participating at some activity in SC25 or IPDPS26 (e.g. presenting in main conference, workshop, poster, BoF, doctoral showcase, etc.).

Application Process: Link to the Google form.

  • Application deadline: October 3, 2025 (AOE)
  • Award notification: October 7, 2024 (AOE)
  • Award Amount: $2500 for both conferences combined for students from institutions outside USA, $1200 for both conferences combined for students from USA-based institutions.

For questions/queries, send an email to hpcstudentcohort@gmail.com

We cannot advise on Visa-related queries and timelines; if needed, we can provide a Visa letter stating the award amount received by a candidate.

Award restrictions:

  1. Applicant must be currently registered as graduate or undergraduate students at institutions of higher education.
  2. Applicant should be a registered student at least till May 2026, that is, when IPDPS 2026 takes place.