First Place, PhD Forum Award (ISC 2021)

Award year: 2021

Category: Other Award

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Awarding organization: ISC High Performance, sponsored by Springer

Ayesha Afzal received First Place in the 2021 ISC High Performance PhD Forum Award, sponsored by Springer. The ISC PhD Forum Award recognizes the three most outstanding posters submitted by doctoral researchers, as selected by the PhD Forum Committee. Springer supports the award to promote excellence and emerging talent in high-performance computing research, providing cash prizes of €500, €300, and €150 for first, second, and third place. 

Her poster, “Noise-Driven Cluster-Level Performance Modelling and Engineering,” authored with Georg Hager and Gerhard Wellein, was selected as the top-ranked submission, highlighting the originality, scientific quality, and impact of the research. The award acknowledges her contribution to advancing performance modeling in HPC and her promise as an emerging researcher in the field.

URL: https://www.isc-hpc.com/awards-2021.html

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