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 2024 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, 2018 (within the last 6 years). At the discretion of the awards committee, eligibility may be adjusted for documented family-related, medical leaves from employment, or other unusual circumstances. The winner of the award will be someone who has made outstanding contributions to computer architecture research.

2024 IEEE CS TCCA Young Computer Architect Award Call for Nominations

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.

Nominees for the IEEE TCCA Young Architect Award are expected to have adhered to the IEEE Code of Ethics. Nominators and supporting letter writers for the award must disclose whether they are aware of any violation by the nominee in the last six years. The Code’s general ethical principles are as follows:

  1. To uphold the highest standards of integrity, responsible behavior, and ethical conduct in professional activities.
  2. To treat all persons fairly and with respect, to not engage in harassment or discrimination, and to avoid injuring others.
  3. To strive to ensure this code is upheld by colleagues and co-workers.

Winners of the ACM SIGMICRO Early Career Award are not eligible for the IEEE TCCA Young Computer Architect Award. All materials, including the two supporting letters, should be submitted by this web form by March 15, 2024. The award will be presented at the Awards Banquet of the 51st International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 29-July 3 2024.

Selection Committee

  • Gilles Pokham, Intel, US
  • Alberto Ros, University of Murcia, Spain (chair)
  • Cristina Silvano, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Past Winners

2022: Yakun Sophia Shao, UC Berkeley, in recognition of her contributions to domain-specific accelerator modeling and design.

2021: Adrian Sampson, Cornell University, in recognition of pioneering research in approximate computing and hardware synthesis from high-level representations.

2020: Christina Delimitrou, Cornell University, in recognition of leading research in ML-driven management and design of cloud systems.

2019: Brandon Lucia, Carnegie Mellon University, in recognition of pioneering research in parallel debugging and intermittent computing.

2018: Hadi Esmaeilzadeh, University of California, San Diego, in recognition of outstanding contributions to novel computer architectures in emerging domains, especially in machine learning and approximate computing.

2017: 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: Vijay Janapa Reddi, The University of Texas at Austin, in recognition of outstanding research contributions in mobile computing and resilient architectures.

2015: Ron Dreslinski, University of Michigan, in recognition of outstanding research contributions in computer architectures for emerging low-power circuit techniques.

2014: Engin Ipek, The University of Rochester, in recognition of outstanding research contributions for computer architectures that leverage emerging technologies.

2013: Luis Ceze, The University of Washington, in recognition of outstanding research contributions for improving multi-core programmability and correctness.

2012: Karthikeyan Sankaralingam, The University of Wisconsin, in recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of computer architecture in both research and education.

2011: Onur Mutlu, Carnegie Mellon University, in recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of computer architecture in both research and education.