2027 HPCA Test of Time Award: Call for Nominations

The HPCA Test of Time (ToT) Award Committee is soliciting nominations for the HPCA ToT Award to be given at the International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA 2027). This award recognizes the most influential papers published in past HPCA conferences that have had a significant impact in the field.

The award will recognize an influential HPCA paper whose influence is still felt 18–22 years after its initial publication. In other words, the award will be given to at most one paper that was published at HPCA conferences in any of the years N-22, N-21, N-20, N-19, or N-18. This year, N = 2027, so papers published at HPCA conferences held in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, or 2009 are eligible. An eligible paper that has received at least 100 citations (according to Google Scholar) is
automatically nominated, but explicit nominations of such papers are still encouraged.

We’d like to invite anyone to submit a nomination by the deadline of January 6, 2027. Please submit your nomination via email to the award committee chair, Carole-Jean Wu (carolejean.wu@gmail.com).

The following describes the nomination submission process:

Which papers are eligible for the 2027 HPCA ToT (Test of Time) Award?

  • Only papers published at HPCA conferences that happened between 2005-2009 (inclusive). 

Who can nominate a paper?

  • Anyone can nominate a paper except for the author or co-author(s) of the nominated paper.

When is the last day to submit a nomination?

  • Nominations must be received by January 6, 2027.

How should a nomination be submitted?

What should be included in the nomination email?

  • Please use the email subject: “HPCA 2027 ToT Nomination”
  • The title, the author list, and publication year of the nominated paper.
  • A 100-word (maximum) nomination statement, describing why the paper deserves the HPCA 2027 Test of Time Award.
  • The name, title, affiliation of the nominator, and if appropriate, the relationship of the nominator to the authors.
  • Only one paper can be nominated in a single email.