HAMBURG, Germany, November 10 – We are excited to announce that nominations for the 2027 ISC Jack Dongarra Award are now open. As this award recognizes up-and-coming researchers who have made significant contributions to high performance computing (HPC), we encourage the community to submit nominations for deserving candidates.
This award was first introduced in 2023 and it honors Professor Jack Dongarra’s lifelong contributions to the field and the HPC community. If you know a researcher making exceptional contributions to HPC in the areas of numerical algorithms and software libraries, computational sciences, mathematics, machine learning, or emerging technologies, they could be a deserving candidate for this award.
Nominees should have between four and 10 years of experience after completing their PhD. As careers do not always follow a straight line, we have extended the eligibility period by up to four years for researchers who have become parents, served as primary caregivers, or faced significant personal challenges after graduating. We encourage nominators to use this option and, in particular, to nominate outstanding women researchers. Nominations are welcome regardless of gender, nationality, ethnicity, social origin, disability, or sexual orientation.
During nomination, nominators should state the nominee’s graduation year and the reason for the extension. Nominations must be submitted by February 12, 2027 via an online submission site. Please be aware that self-nominations are not accepted.
The Award
The award recipient will be invited to deliver a presentation as part of the ISC Jack Dongarra Lecture Series on June 9, 2027, followed by the award ceremony on June 10, where Jack Dongarra himself will hand out the award. The winner will also receive a cash prize of 5,000 euros. The lecture will be published in the Elsevier Journal, Future Generation Computer Systems.
An international committee headed by Prof. Michela Taufer of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA, will review all nominations and select a winner.
Previous award winners include Devesh Tiwari (2026), Lin Gan (2025), Amanda Randles and Edgar Solomnik (2024), and Torsten Hoefler (2023).
About ISC
ISC High Performance 2027 will take place June 7-11, 2027, in Hamburg, Germany. Now in its 42nd edition, ISC is renowned as the world’s oldest and Europe’s most-attended event for HPC, AI, and quantum computing. ISC brings together researchers, engineers, architects, technology providers, system operators, policymakers, and students to learn about the latest research and technologies, connect with the community, and showcase new solutions. Join us for ISC High Performance 2027 in Hamburg!
Nages Sieslack
nages.sieslack@isc-group.com
