The SC Conference showcases the best and brightest in HPC, both the rising stars and those who have made a lasting impression. A variety of awards from computing societies and the SC Conference honor important accomplishments in the field, from innovative achievements to work of enduring historical impact. Make your nomination today!

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IEEE-CS Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award

The Seymour Cray Award recognizes innovative contributions to high performance computing systems that best exemplify the creative spirit demonstrated by Seymour Cray. The award consists of a crystal memento and an honorarium of $10,000. This award requires 3 endorsements. Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society.

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IEEE-CS Sidney Fernbach Memorial Award

The Sidney Fernbach Memorial Award, which consists of a certificate and a $2,000 honorarium, is presented annually to an individual for an outstanding contribution in the application of high performance computers using innovative approaches. This award requires 3 endorsements. Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society

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ACM/IEEE-CS Ken Kennedy Award

A certificate and $5,000 honorarium are awarded jointly by the ACM and the IEEE Computer Society for outstanding contributions to programmability or productivity in high-performance computing together with significant community service or mentoring contributions. This award requires 2 endorsements. Cosponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery and the IEEE Computer Society. 

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SC began recognizing an outstanding paper for the prestigious Test of Time Award in 2013. Learn the requirements for nomination from SC20 Test of Time Award Chair Amanda Randles.  

Amanda Randles
SC20 Test of Time Award Chair

Q: What is the Test of Time Award, and what kind of projects should be nominated?

A: These are SC papers that have become milestones in the field. We are looking for works whose contributions end up defining and driving the research of many projects that followed. We are looking for papers that have had a significant impact either broadly in the area of supercomputing or in a specific subdomain.

Q: How do you judge the impact of the nominated papers?

A: We look at a number of factors such as breadth of influence, citation count, duration of citations (for example the 2019 winner was still getting heavily cited a decade after its publication), and general impact in HPC. We are looking for papers that have had a clear contribution such as changing HPC trends or clearly setting the path for new research. These papers must have appeared in the SC Conference Series.

Q: Are you surprised by the papers that have (and haven’t) been nominated?

A: We haven’t received any yet. From last year, I would say that some submissions that were surprising were papers on architectures that at the time may have seemed niche but when the field ended up favoring that architecture, early papers have a profound impact on the research directions.

Nominations for the Test of Time Award close on May 8. 

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Amanda Randles
SC20 Test of Time Award Chair