IEEE CS Charles Babbage Award

In Recognition of Significant Contributions in the Field of Parallel Computing
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Nomination Deadline:

1 September 2025 - 11:59PM 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.

 

2025 Charles Babbage Award Subcommittee Chair

Keshav Pingali, University of Texas, Austin

 

Learn about Charles Babbage
Past Recipients
2025
Srinivas Aluru

For pioneering contributions to the field of Parallel Computational Biology.
2024
Franck Cappello

For pioneering contributions and inspiring leadership in distributed computing, high-performance computing, resilience, and data reduction.
2023
Keshav Pingali

For contributions to high-performance compilers and graph computing.
2022
Dhabaleswar K. (DK) Panda

For contributions to high performance and scalable communication in parallel and high-end computing systems..
2021
Guy Blelloch

For contributions to parallel programming, parallel algorithms, and the interface between them.
2020
Yves Robert

For contributions to parallel algorithms and scheduling techniques.
2019
Ian T. Foster

For sustained contributions to high-performance computing and distributed systems at the highest level.
2017
Mateo Valero

For contributions to parallel computation through brilliant technical work, mentoring PhD students, and building an incredibly productive European research environment.
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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