SEYMOUR CRAY COMPUTER ENGINEERING AWARD - Established in late 1997 in memory of Seymour Cray, the Seymour Cray Award is awarded to recognize innovative contributions to high performance computing systems best exemplify the creative spirit demonstrated by Seymour Cray.  The award consists of a crystal memento and honorarium of $10,000.  This award requires 3 endorsements.

SIDNEY FERNBACH MEMORIAL AWARD - Established in 1992 by the Board of Governors of the IEEE Computer Society.  It honors the memory of the late Dr. Sidney Fernbach, one of the pioneers on the development and application of high performance computers for the solution of large computational problems.  The award, which consists of a certificate and a $2,000 honorarium, is presented annually to an individual for “an outstanding contribution in the application of high performance computers using innovative approaches.”  This award requires 3 endorsements.

ACM / IEEE-CS KEN KENNEDY AWARD - Established in memory of Ken Kennedy, the founder of Rice University's nationally ranked computer science program and one of the world's foremost experts on high-performance computing.   A certificate and $5,000 honorarium are awarded jointly by the ACM and the IEEE Computer Society for outstanding contributions to programmability or productivity in high-performance computing together with significant community service or mentoring contributions.   This award requires 2 endorsements.

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