Assn for Computing Machinery

🙌 Meet the 2024 ACM Technical Awards Recipients!
We’re proud to honor this year’s innovators in autonomous systems, cryptography, and software for parallel computers:

🏆 Peter Stone – ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award
For significant contributions to the theory and practice of artificial intelligence (AI), especially in reinforcement learning, multiagent systems, transfer learning, and intelligent robotics.
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Peter Stone, Professor, University of Texas at Austin, receives the ACM - AAAI Allen Newell Award

Peter Stone, Professor, University of Texas at Austin, receives the ACM - AAAI Allen Newell Award for significant contributions to the theory and practice of artificial intelligence (AI), especially in reinforcement learning, multiagent systems, transfer learning, and intelligent robotics. The ACM - AAAI Allen Newell Award is presented to an individual selected for career contributions that have breadth within computer science, or that bridge computer science and other disciplines. The Newell award is accompanied by a prize of $10,000, provided by ACM and the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), and by individual contributions.

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🏆 MPICH Team – ACM Software System Award
William Gropp, Pavan Balaji, Rajeev Thakur, Yanfei Guo, Kenneth Raffenetti & Hui Zhou
For MPICH, which has powered 30 years of progress in computational science and engineering by providing scalable, robust, and portable communication software for parallel computers.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4lTs4mK
William Gropp, University of Illinois; Pavan Balaji, Meta; Rajeev Thakur, Yanfei Guo, Kenneth Raffenetti, and Hui Zhou (all of Argonne National Laboratory), receive the ACM Software System Award for MPICH

William Gropp, University of Illinois; Pavan Balaji, Meta; Rajeev Thakur, Yanfei Guo, Kenneth Raffenetti, and Hui Zhou (all of Argonne National Laboratory), receive the ACM Software System Award for MPICH, which has powered 30 years of progress in computational science and engineering by providing scalable, robust, and portable communication software for parallel computers. The ACM Software System Award is presented to an institution or individual(s) recognized for developing a software system that has had a lasting influence, reflected in contributions to concepts, in commercial acceptance, or both. The Software System Award carries a prize of $35,000. Financial support for the Software System Award is provided by IBM.

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🏆 Hugo Krawczyk – ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award
For pioneering and lasting contributions to the theoretical foundations of cryptographically secure communications, and to the protocols that form the security foundations of the Internet.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4jBJjHX

👏 Congratulations to all the awardees shaping the future of computing!

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Hugo Krawczyk, Senior Principal Scientist, Amazon, receives the ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award

Hugo Krawczyk, Senior Principal Scientist, Amazon, receives the ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award for pioneering and lasting contributions to the theoretical foundations of cryptographically secure communications, and to the protocols that form the security foundations of the Internet. The ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award honors specific theoretical accomplishments that have had a significant and demonstrable effect on the practice of computing. This award is accompanied by a prize of $10,000 and is endowed by contributions from the Kanellakis family, with additional financial support provided by ACM’s Special Interest Groups on Algorithms and Computation Theory (SIGACT), Design Automation (SIGDA), Management of Data (SIGMOD), and Programming Languages (SIGPLAN), the ACM SIG Projects Fund, and individual contributions.

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@ACM it’s pretty cool to see this and remember having to use MPI in college to understand true concurrency.