TCHPC Awards

 

IEEE CS TCHPC Early Career Researchers Award for Excellence in High Performance Computing – 2023

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 within 5 years of receiving their PhD degree as of January 01 of the year of the award. It is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Community on High Performance Computing (TCHPC) and its member Technical Committees:

  • Technical Committee on Parallel Process (TCPP)
  • Technical Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC)
  • Technical Committee on Distributed Processing (TCDP)
  • Technical Committee on Cloud Computing (TCCLD)
  • Task Force on Rebooting Computing (TFRC)
  • Technical Committee on Computational Life Sciences (TCCLS)

Nominations

A candidate must be nominated by member(s) of the community. An individual may nominate at most one candidate for this award. The nomination application must be submitted via email to tchpc-awards@computer.org as a single PDF file and should contain the following details:

  1. Name/email of person making the nomination (self-nominations are not eligible).
  2. Name/email of candidate for whom the award is recommended.
  3. A statement by the nominator (maximum of 500 words) as to why the nominee is highly deserving of the award. Note that since the award is for outstanding contributions, the statement and supporting letters should address what the contributions are and why they are both outstanding and significant. The nomination should also list the names and email of up to 3 persons who have provided letters supporting the nomination.
  4. CV of the nominee.
  5. Up to three letters of support from persons other than the nominator – these should be collected by the nominator and included in the nomination.

Important Dates

Nomination Deadline:       June 26, 2023 July 24, 2023 
Notification:                      July 26, 2023 August 24, 2023

Award Selection Committee:

  • Sunita Chandrasekaran, University of Delaware, US
  • Yue Cheng, University of Virginia, US
  • Vladimir Getov, University of Westminster, UK (Co-Chair)
  • Hang Liu, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, US
  • Verónica G. Melesse Vergara, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US (Co-Chair)
  • Elliott Slaughter, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, US
Note that members of the selection committee cannot be nominators or provide support letters.

Award & Presentation Note

Awardees will be presented a plaque and provided with complimentary IEEE and IEEE CS membership for one year. They will also be recognized by IEEE Computer Society and TCHPC websites, newsletters, and archives. The awards will be presented at the SC23 conference that will be held in Denver, Colorado USA during November 12–17, 2023. Details of the conference can be found at http://sc23.supercomputing.org/.

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

 


SC23 Student Travel Awards Applications for Graduate and Undergraduate Students – Deadline Oct. 6

TCHPC will be sponsoring travel awards to students for attending the SC23 conference scheduled for Denver, CO from November 12 – 17. We are looking to fund a diverse group including graduate and undergraduate students, from USA and international universities. Preference will be given to students who are first-time attendees and/or from minority or underrepresented groups, and who are giving a presentation at SC23. The travel award will cover travel costs up to $1000 for recipients from North American Universities and $1500 for recipients outside of North America.

 

To apply please fill out the form at: https://forms.gle/p8x7fJkM32GxRQ7E6

Students receiving the award are expected to (i) attend the TCHPC career panel and (ii) complete a post conference survey on their experiences at SC23.

The application will close on October 6th, 2023 (AOE, firm deadline). We will send notifications by October 20th, 2023. If you have any questions regarding the travel award, please send an email to tchpcstudents@computer.org.