Assn for Computing MachineryMay 1

🙌 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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@ACM it’s pretty cool to see this and remember having to use MPI in college to understand true concurrency.
May 4 at 1:25pmWeb