May 3, 2017 — In the fields of high performance (HPC) and technical computing – as elsewhere in computing – there are fellowships and awards for achievements occurring at the graduate student, early-career, and mature-career stages. There are very few awards recognizing individuals in the middle stage of their careers, and none aimed specifically at women. These are the years when faculty are working toward promotion and practitioners are moving through middle levels of management, a period which can be especially challenging for women. “Technical computing” includes all of the various fields that are part of what we think of as HPC – areas such as visualization, analytics, operations, scientific application software (creation and porting/tuning), libraries, and so on – as well as professionals working with everything from small, workgroup-sized systems, to leading systems on the TOP500 list.
The ACM SIGHPC Emerging Woman Leader in Technical Computing (EWL/TC) is a biennial award open to any woman who has engaged in HPC and technical computing research, education, and/or practice for 5-15 years since receiving her highest degree. This international award creates a new career milestone achievement, and consists of a $2,000 honorarium, travel support to the SC conference, and a recognition plaque. It also establishes a cohort of role models for students and professional who are just getting started in our field.
- Submissions open: April 13, 2017
- Submissions close: June 30, 2017
- Winner announced: July 2017
The award is presented every two years, with the first presentation in November during SC17.
See our how to nominate section for a description of what is required to nominate a candidate.
Award Committee
Francine Berman, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Candace Culhane (Chair), Los Alamos National Laboratory
Lori Diachin, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Ron Perrott, University of Oxford
Source: SIGHPC