Seems as if it is restricted to people with PhDs. Avi
On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 1:13 PM J C Nash <profjcn...@gmail.com> wrote: > It occurs to me that there could be packages developed by early career R > developers that might fit > this prize which is considered quite prestigious (not to mention the cash) > in the numerical methods community. > It is also likely that people may not be aware of the award in the R > community. > > Cheers, JN > > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: [SIAM-OPT] June 1 Entry Deadline - James H. Wilkinson > Prize for Numerical Software > Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 14:22:41 +0000 > From: SIAM Prize Program <prizead...@siam.org> > CC: Optimization SIAG mailing list <siam-...@siam.org> > > > > James H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software > > *cid:image001.png@01D29F3D.6ECC9B50* < > https://siam2019.secure-platform.com/a/solicitations/home/5> > > The deadline is June 1 for entries for the James H. Wilkinson Prize for > Numerical Software > <http://www.siam.org/prizes/nominations/nom_wilkinson_ns.php>. We are > looking for submissions of high-quality numerical > software from early career teams. If you or your team are developing > numerical software for scientific computing, act as > a nominator and enter your software for the prize. To submit an entry, you > first need to create an account at the SIAM > Prize Portal. Click on the “Submit” button above to start the process. > > The James H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software is awarded every four > years to the authors of an outstanding piece > of numerical software. The prize is awarded for an entry that best > addresses all phases of the preparation of > high-quality numerical software. It is intended to recognize innovative > software in scientific computing and to > encourage researchers in the earlier stages of their career. > > SIAM will award the Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software at the SIAM > Conference on Computational Science and > Engineering (CSE19). The award will consist of $3,000 and a plaque. As > part of the award, the recipient(s) will be > expected to present a lecture at the conference. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *Eligibility Criteria:* > > Selection will be based on: clarity of the software implementation and > documentation, importance of the application(s) > addressed by the software; portability, reliability, efficiency, and > usability of the software implementation; clarity > and depth of analysis of the algorithms and the software in the > accompanying paper; and quality of the test software. > > Candidates must have worked in mathematics or science for at most 12 years > (full time equivalent) after receiving their > PhD as of January 1 of the award year, allowing for breaks in continuity. > The prize committee can make exceptions, if in > their opinion the candidate is at an equivalent stage in their career. > > For the 2019 award, a candidate must have received their PhD no earlier > than January 1, 2007. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *Entry Deadline:* > > *June 1, 2018* > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *Required Materials:* > > · CVs of the authors of the software, at most two pages per author > (PDF) > > · A two-page summary of the main features of the algorithm and > software implementation (PDF) > > · A paper describing the algorithm and the software implementation > (PDF) > > · Open source software written in a widely available high-level > programming language. The software should be > submitted in a gzipped .tar archive with a README file describing the > contents of the archive. Each submission should > include documentation, examples of the use of the software, a test > program, and scripts for executing the test programs. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > *Previous recipients:* > > > > Previous recipients of the James H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software > are: > > > > *2015*Patrick Farrell, Simon Funke, David Ham, and Marie Rognes for > dolfin-adjoint > *2011 *Andreas Waechter and Carl Laird for IPOPT > > *2007 *Wolfgang Bangerth, Guido Kanschat, and Ralf Hartmann for deal.II > > *2003 *Jonathan Shewchuk for Triangle > > *1999 *Matteo Frigo and Steven Johnson for FFTW > *1995 *Chris Bischof and Alan Carle for ADIFOR 2.0 > *1991 *Linda Petzold for DASSL > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *Selection Committee:* > > Jorge Moré (Chair), Argonne National Laboratory > Sven Hammarling, Numerical Algorithms Group Ltd and University of > Manchester > Michael Heroux, Sandia National Laboratories > Randall J. 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