ACM/IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award

Established in memory of Ken Kennedy, the founder of Rice University's nationally ranked computer science program and one of the world's foremost experts on high-performance computing. A certificate and $5,000 honorarium are awarded jointly by the ACM and the IEEE Computer Society for outstanding contributions to programmability or productivity in high-performance computing together with significant community service or mentoring contributions.
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Nomination Deadline:

30 June 2026 - 11:59PM EDT

This award nomination requires a minimum of 2 endorsements by the award deadline

See Nomination Questions (pdf) |  Self- nominations will not be accepted.  Read Policies & Procedures

2025 Presentations Dates at SC25:
Award Presentation:  Tuesday, 18 November 2025   |   Recipient Keynote:  Wednesday, 19 November 2025


 

2025 ACM/IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Subcommittee Chair

Mary Hall
Kahlert School of Computing – The University of Utah
ACM Representative

 


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