Call for Nominations: The 2018 IEEE TCCA Young Computer Architect Award

The IEEE TCCA Young Computer Architect Award recognizes outstanding research contributions by an individual in the field of Computer Architecture, who received his/her PhD degree within the last 6 years. The Award will be presented at the Awards Banquet at the 2018 International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA). The IEEE Computer Society administers the award.

ELIGIBILITY:
The award is open to any individual who has completed his/her PhD degree after March 15, 2012 (within last 6 years). At the discretion of the awards committee, eligibility may be adjusted for documented family-related or medical leaves from employment. The winner of the award will be someone who has made outstanding contributions to computer architecture research.

NOMINATION PROCESS:
Anyone can nominate a candidate (but no self-nominations). The following information must be provided at the time of nomination:
1. Name/email of person making the nomination.
2. Name/email of candidate for whom the award is recommended.
3. A statement by the nominator (maximum of 500 words long) as to why the nominee deserves the award. As the award is for outstanding contributions in research, the statement and supporting letters should address the contributions and why they are both outstanding and significant.
4. CV of the candidate.
5. The names and email addresses of two persons who the nominator has contacted to supply supporting letters.

All materials, including the two supporting letters, should be sent to the Chair of the Selection Committee by March 15, 2018. The award will be presented at the Awards Banquet of the 45th International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA) in Los Angeles, US, June 2-6 2018.

SELECTION COMMITTEE:
Ronny Ronen (Technion) – Chair (ronny.ronen@gmail.com)
Onur Mutlu (ETH Zürich)
Martha Kim (Columbia University)

PAST WINNERS:
2017: Dr. Eric Chung, Microsoft Research, in recognition of outstanding and high-impact research contributions in enabling FPGAs as first-class scalable and high-performance computational engines
2016: Prof. Vijay Janapa Reddi, The University of Texas at Austin, in recognition of outstanding research contributions in mobile computing and resilient architectures
2015: Prof. Ronald Dreslinski, The University of Michigan, in recognition of outstanding research contributions in computer architectures for emerging low-power circuit techniques
2014: Prof. Engin Ipek, The University of Rochester, in recognition of outstanding research contributions for computer architectures that leverage emerging technologies
2013: Prof. Luis Ceze, The University of Washington, in recognition of outstanding research contributions for improving multi-core programmability and correctness
2012: Prof. Karthikeyan Sankaralingam, The University of Wisconsin, in recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of computer architecture in both research and education
2011: Prof. Onur Mutlu, Carnegie Mellon University, in recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of computer architecture in both research and education