PEARC25 Awards
Best Paper Awards
Best Paper Awards will be given in each of the three tracks for Full Papers and for Short Papers that are deemed to be comprehensively well-rounded, present a novel concept or apply existing concepts in a compelling manner, advance the state of practice, and are of very high quality overall. The award winners are selected by a combination of reviewer recommendations, track chair/co-chair recommendations, and an Awards committee jury. Student Papers will be evaluated for Best Student Full Paper and Best Student Short Paper Awards separately from non-student papers.
Phil Andrews Award
The Phil Andrews award is granted to a manuscript deemed to be the most impactful in practice of research computing, broadly interpreted to encompass all areas in scientific research, technical innovation, state of practice and workforce development. Determination of the award is made by a combination of reviewer recommendations, track chair/co-chair recommendations, and an Awards committee jury selecting from the best papers awarded in all tracks.
About the Phil Andrews Award
The Phil Andrews Award is offered in memory of Dr. Phil Andrews (1956-2011). A pioneer in advanced computing infrastructure for more than 25 years, Phil brought tremendous passion and creative energy to NICS, PSC, SDSC, TeraGrid and XSEDE. With degrees in physics, mathematics, and plasma physics from Cambridge, Purdue, and Princeton Universities, he was experienced in artificial intelligence, visualization, archiving, digital libraries, and computational medicine. During his career, Andrews authored approximately 40 papers on distributed and data-intensive computing and visualization techniques, theoretical plasma physics and nonlinear dynamics.
Best Poster Award
The Best Poster Award at the PEARC conference is given to the authors of the most outstanding poster presentation. This award recognizes innovative research and effective communication of complex ideas through visual and oral presentation. The winning poster typically demonstrates significant contributions to the field of advanced research computing, showcasing novel methodologies, impactful results, and clear, engaging presentation. Best Student Poster Award will also be given to the authors of the most outstanding student poster.