Awards and Nominations

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“For application-aware design of HPC algorithms, systems and architectures, and transformative impact on scientific computing and industry.”
“For pioneering contributions to microarchitectural analysis, microarchitecture features, and for bringing clarity to the field with fundamental concepts and terminology.”
For contributions to programmability of high-performance parallel computing on irregular algorithms and graph algorithms.
“For Outstanding Leadership in Cyber Security Education and Data Science Education as well as Mentorship of Members of Systemically Marginalized Groups.”
“For pioneering contributions to scheduling and management of packet-switched networks, impacting the theory and practice of communication networks.”
“For the development of visual formalisms and for the invention of Statecharts, which had a profound impact on software engineering.”
“For key standards development in measurement and systems engineering, broad outreach, and diplomatic leadership..”
“For exceptional contributions to the computing profession and sustained impactful service to the IEEE Computer Society.”
"For leadership in developing applied multi-disciplinary team-learning opportunities for engineering students and for promoting professional development education, engineering ethics education and inclusive teaching and mentoring."
“For pioneering and enduring contributions to information integration, data and service semantics, and knowledge-enhanced computing.”
“For contributions to object recognition, unsupervised domain adaptation and visual search.”
“For contributions to the design and realization of resource-efficient cloud computing.”
“For significant and pioneering contributions to algorithms, protocols and architectures for routing in computer networks and the Internet.”
“For contributions to high-performance compilers and graph computing.”
“For contributions to oblivious and encrypted computation.”
“For contributions to energy-efficient circuits and architectures and related design methods and tools.”

Award Nominations

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Other Award

The IEEE Computer Society TCHPC Early Career Researchers Award for Excellence in High Performance Computing recognizes up to 3 individuals who have made outstanding, influential, and potentially long-lasting contributions in the field of high-performance computing within 5 years of receiving their PhD degree as of January 01 of the year of the award. It is […]

Nomination Deadline:   24 July 2024
Student Awards & Scholarship

The Executive Council of Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) encourages academic excellence for students in the computing discipline. UPE initiated this award with the IEEE Computer Society, as the largest association of computer professionals, to raise the importance of academic achievement in our future computing professionals. Up to four awards of $1,000 each are given each […]

Nomination Deadline:   31 October Every Year
Student Awards & Scholarship

Best Student Paper Contest The Lance Stafford Larson Award was established in 1983 by the Larson family in memorial for their son, who died in an electrical accident while an undergraduate at the University of Maryland. The Larson family, which includes IEEE Past President Robert Larson, created this award to encourage students to develop excellence […]

Nomination Deadline:   31 October Every Year
Most Recent Recipient
Service Award

No Endorsement is required. NOMINATIONS ARE ACCEPTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.   2023 Service Awards and Certificates Subcommittee Chair Mark Allen Weiss Florida International University   Past Recipients 2021 Certificate of Appreciation Recipients  Anne Benoit Sanjukta Bhowmick Kyle Chard Adam Cron Ronald Demara Akshaye Dhawan Anand Jagadeesh Arie Kaufman David Keyes Erik Jan Marinisen Zhuozhao Li […]

Nomination Deadline:   31 December 2023
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Technical Award

This award nomination requires a minimum of 2 endorsements. Nomination Questions (pdf)  |  Open Nominations (pdf)     2023 Edward J. McCluskey Technical Achievement Award Subcommittee Chair Ahmed Louri, George Washington University  

Nomination Deadline:   Deadline: 1 October 2023 - 11:59PM EDT
Most Recent Recipient
Technical Award

Award presented in recognition of substantial contributions in the field of computer microarchitecture and compiler code generation.

Nomination Deadline:   Deadline: 1 June 2024 - 11:59PM EDT
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Technical Award

Endorsement(s) are optional. Nomination Questions (pdf)  |  Presentation: IEEE Computer Society Awards Ceremony All members of the profession are invited to nominate a colleague who they consider most eligible to be considered for this award.  The Award is named for the Women of ENIAC but is open to all professionals, regardless of gender or gender […]

Nomination Deadline:   Extended Deadline: 30 November 2023 - 11:59PM EDT
Most Recent Recipient
Service Award

The award nomination requires a minimum of 2 endorsements. NOMINATIONS ARE ACCEPTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.   2023 Service Certificates Subcommittee Chair Mark Allen Weiss Florida International University    

Nomination Deadline:   31 December 2023
Most Recent Recipient
Technical Award

The award nomination requires a minimum of 3 endorsements by the award deadline. Review Nomination Questions (pdf)  |  Download Call for Nominations (pdf) This technical award was first given in 1999. The award consists of a $3,000 honorarium, museum-quality memento, and a possible invited talk during the week of the annual International Conference on Software Engineering […]

Nomination Deadline:   Deadline: 1 October 2023 - 11:59PM EDT
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Other Award

Next Deadline:  1 May 2024  The award committee is selected by the two societies and includes past winners as well as leaders in the field.  The Fellowship includes a $5000 honorarium, recognition on the ACM, IEEE CS, and ACM SIGHPC websites, and travel expenses to attend SC. The recipients will be honored at the SC Conference […]

Nomination Deadline:   1 May 2024 - End of Day, Anywhere on Earth (AoE), UTC -12
Most Recent Recipient
Technical Award

Award nominations require a minimum of 3 endorsements. Nomination Questions (pdf)  |  View and Share the 2023 Richard Merwin Award Call (html) 2023 Richard E. Merwin Subcommittee Chair John Johnson, Docent Institute

Nomination Deadline:   Next Deadline: 1 October 2024 - 11:59PM EDT
Most Recent Recipient
Service Award

The award nomination requires a minimum of 2 endorsements. NOMINATIONS ARE ACCEPTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.     2023 Service Certificates Subcommittee Chair Mark Allen Weiss Florida International University     2021 Recipients 2021 George Proeller For outstanding service as Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitor Program, Vice Chair of the inaugural Distinguished Contributor […]

Nomination Deadline:   31 December 2023
Most Recent Recipient
Technical Award

The award nomination requires a minimum of 3 endorsements. Nomination Questions (pdf)  |  Download Wallace McDowell Award flyer (pdf)     2023 W. Wallace McDowell Award Subcommittee Chair Baining Guo, Microsoft  

Nomination Deadline:   Deadline: 1 October 2023 - 11:59PM EDT
Most Recent Recipient
Technical Award

This award nomination requires a minimum of 2 endorsements by the award deadline. Nomination Questions (pdf)  |  Presentation: SC23   2023 ACM/IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Subcommittee Chair Dongmei Zhang, Microsoft, ACM Rep  

Nomination Deadline:   Deadline: 30 June 2024 - 11:59PM EDT
Most Recent Recipient
Technical Award

This award nomination requires a minimum of 3 endorsements. Nomination Questions (pdf)  |  Open Nominations (pdf)   2023 Hans Karlsson Award Committee Chair Katherine L. Morse, PhD IEEE Fellow The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Nomination Deadline:   Deadline: 1 October 2023 - 11:59PM EDT
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Technical Award

Nominate an Individual or Group The award nomination requires a minimum of 1 endorsement.  Download, Print, and Share The Humphrey Award Flyer >> About The Humphrey Award The IEEE CS/SEI Watts S. Humphrey Software Quality Award is named for Watts S. Humphrey, known as the “Father of Software Quality.” Humphrey, following a long career with IBM, […]

Nomination Deadline:   Deadline: 1 September 2023
Most Recent Recipient
Service Award

The award nomination requires a minimum of 3 endorsements. NOMINATIONS ARE ACCEPTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. Call for Harry Hayman Nominations (pdf)  

Nomination Deadline:   31 December 2023
Most Recent Recipient
Technical Award

This award nomination requires a minimum of 3 endorsements. Nomination Questions (pdf)  |  Download Harry Goode Award Flyer (pdf)   2023 Harry H. Goode Award Subcommittee Chair Ming C. Lin University of Maryland

Nomination Deadline:   Deadline: 1 October 2023 - 11:59PM EDT
Technical Award

The award nomination requires a minimum of 3 endorsements by the award deadline. Review Nomination Questions (pdf)  | Presentation: SC23 2023 Sidney Fernbach Memorial Award Subcommittee Chair Mary Hall, University of Utah

Nomination Deadline:   30 June 2024 - 11:59PM EDT
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Technical Award

Named for John Presper Eckert and John William Mauchly, the Eckert-Mauchly Award recognizes outstanding contributions to computer and digital systems architecture.

Nomination Deadline:   30 March 2024 11:59pm EDT
Most Recent Recipient
Service Award

The award nomination requires a minimum of 3 endorsements. NOMINATIONS ARE ACCEPTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 2023 Service Certificates Subcommittee Chair Mark Allen Weiss Florida International University

Nomination Deadline:   31 December 2023
Most Recent Recipient
Other Award

The award nomination requires a minimum of 2 endorsements. The contributions can be at undergraduate or graduate teaching (BTech/BCA/ MCA,MTech or PhD).  Contributions may include writing influential texts, course materials, and papers on Research or education; inspirational teaching; and innovative teaching and/or development of curriculum or methodology. Eligibility Nominees should be teaching in India, preferably […]

Nomination Deadline:   1 October 2021
Most Recent Recipient
Education Award

A certificate and $2,000 honorarium are awarded for outstanding contributions to undergraduate education through teaching and service, and for helping to maintain interest in the field and make a statement about the importance with which the IEEE Computer Society views undergraduate education.     The award nomination requires a minimum of 2 endorsements. Nomination Questions […]

Nomination Deadline:   Extended Deadline: 3 November 2023 - 11:59PM EDT
Most Recent Recipient
Technical Award

The award nomination requires a minimum of 3 endorsements by the award deadline. Review Nomination Questions (pdf)  | Presentation:  SC23   2023 Seymour Cray Subcommittee Chair Mary Hall, University of Utah  

Nomination Deadline:   30 June 2024 - 11:59PM EDT
Most Recent Recipient
Service Award

No endorsement is required. NOMINATIONS ARE ACCEPTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 2023 Service Awards and Certificates Subcommittee Chair Mark Allen Weiss Florida International University Past recipients for Continuous Service Adel S. Elmaghraby Anne Gattiker Anthony Ambler Benoit Nadeau-Dostie Burnell G. West Carey Kornfeld Cecilia Metra Cheng-Wen Wu Christain Landrault Daniel J. Graham David Keezer Dilip K. […]

Nomination Deadline:   31 December 2023
Most Recent Recipient
Technical Award

This award nomination requires a minimum of 3 endorsements. Nomination Questions (pdf)  |  Open Nominations Award Flyer (pdf) 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 […]

Nomination Deadline:   Deadline: 1 October 2023 - 11:59PM EDT
Most Recent Recipient
Education Award

The award nomination requires a minimum of 3 endorsements. Nomination Questions (pdf)  |  Download CS Education Award flyer (pdf) The individual must meet two or more of the following criteria in the computer science and engineering field: Achieving recognition as a teacher of renown. Writing an influential text. Leading, inspiring, or providing significant education content during […]

Nomination Deadline:   Deadline: 1 October 2023 - 11:59PM EDT
Student Awards & Scholarship

IEEE Computer Society offers $40,000 in student scholarships to recognize and reward active student volunteers in IEEE Student Branches or IEEE Computer Society Student Branch Chapters who show promise in their academic and professional efforts. Students are eligible for up to US $1,000. Created in honor of the late Richard E. Merwin, past president of […]

Nomination Deadline:   30 April and 15 October

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