The scientist Jack Dongala won the Turing Prize. What other honors has he won before?

Turing Award is the highest award in the computer field established in memory of mathematician Turing, and is known as the Turing Award in the computer field? Nobel Prize? . Jack Dongala was well-known in the scientific community before he won the Turing Award in 202 1. He has won SIAM/ACM Computing Science and Engineering Award, IEEE Computer Pioneer Award (also Translation Pioneer Award), ACM/IEEE Kennedy Award and other honors. He is a researcher at ACM, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Institute of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Supercomputing Conference and International Institute of Engineering Technology. He is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a member of the Royal Society.

First, the field of high-performance computing with wide influence: Jack Dongarra's main achievement is high-performance computing (also referred to as? Supercomputing? ) field. One of the main goals of high performance computing technology is to realize high performance data operation. The hardware of the computer is the central processing unit. In order to achieve high-performance computing, scientists schedule multiple CPUs to cooperate at the same time. So a supercomputing unit with thousands or even tens of thousands of CPUs was born. This is what we often call a supercomputer, which is the crystallization of high-performance computing technology. A supercomputer with a computing speed of one billion times per second, the amount of computation in one day is equivalent to that of an ordinary computer working for more than 10,000 years, thanks to today's powerful high-performance computing technology. The powerful computing power of this technology is of great help to aerospace, electronic information, biomedicine, equipment manufacturing and other fields. That's why Jeff Dean, senior vice president of Google Health, praised Jack Dongarra's research results. It has helped promote the development from drug discovery to aerospace engineering and many other fields. .

Second, outstanding contributions in the field of high-performance computing: Jack Dongarra is a pioneer, leader and core figure in the field of high-performance computing. Gabriele Kotsis, president of the American Computer Association, commented on Jack Dongala's scientific research work for more than 40 years. Jack Dongarra has played a central role in leading the development of high performance computing. His pioneering work can be traced back to 1979, and today he is still one of the most important leaders in the field of high performance computing. His career can be described as Turing Award's recognition of his "great contribution of lasting importance". ?

Third, China's old friend: Jack Dongarra is an old friend of China's high-performance computing community. Before the outbreak of COVID-19, Jack Dongala came to China several times a year and went to various supercomputing centers in China. Many scientists in the field of high performance computing in China have a deep friendship with Professor Dongala. After he won the prize, everyone sent a group photo to congratulate him in the WeChat circle of friends.