<s>
The	B-Device
Seymour	I-Device
Cray	I-Device
Computer	I-Device
Engineering	I-Device
Award	I-Device
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Seymour	O
Cray	O
Award	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
award	O
given	O
by	O
the	O
IEEE	O
Computer	O
Society	O
,	O
to	O
recognize	O
significant	O
and	O
innovative	O
contributions	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
high-performance	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
award	O
honors	O
scientists	O
who	O
exhibit	O
the	O
creativity	O
demonstrated	O
by	O
Seymour	O
Cray	O
,	O
founder	O
of	O
Cray	O
Research	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
early	O
pioneer	O
of	O
supercomputing	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cray	O
was	O
an	O
American	O
electrical	O
engineer	O
and	O
supercomputer	B-Architecture
architect	O
who	O
designed	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
computers	O
that	O
were	O
the	O
fastest	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
for	O
decades	O
,	O
and	O
founded	O
Cray	O
Research	O
which	O
built	O
many	O
of	O
these	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Called	O
"	O
the	O
father	O
of	O
supercomputing	B-Architecture
,	O
"	O
Cray	O
has	O
been	O
credited	O
with	O
creating	O
the	O
supercomputer	B-Architecture
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
year	O
after	O
Cray	O
's	O
death	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
IEEE	O
created	O
the	B-Device
Seymour	I-Device
Cray	I-Device
Computer	I-Device
Engineering	I-Device
Award	I-Device
in	O
honor	O
of	O
his	O
creative	O
spirit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Seymour	I-Device
Cray	I-Device
Computer	I-Device
Engineering	I-Device
Award	I-Device
presentation	O
and	O
reception	O
are	O
held	O
at	O
the	O
SC	O
conference	O
,	O
the	O
international	O
conference	O
for	O
high-performance	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
networks	O
,	O
storage	O
,	O
and	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
other	O
IEEE	O
sponsored	O
awards	O
are	O
presented	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
event	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
ACM	O
Gordon	O
Bell	O
Prize	O
,	O
the	O
ACM/IEEE	O
-CS	O
Ken	O
Kennedy	O
Award	O
,	O
the	O
ACM/IEEE	O
-CS	O
George	O
Michael	O
Memorial	O
HPC	B-Architecture
Fellowship	O
,	O
the	O
ACM	O
SIGHPC	O
/	O
Intel	O
Computational	O
&	O
Data	O
Science	O
Fellowships	O
,	O
the	O
IEEE-CS	O
Seymour	B-Device
Cray	I-Device
Computer	I-Device
Engineering	I-Device
Award	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
IEEE-CS	O
Sidney	O
Fernbach	O
Memorial	O
Award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2000Glen	O
J	O
.	O
Culler	O
"	O
For	O
pioneering	O
contributions	O
to	O
the	O
foundation	O
and	O
practice	O
of	O
high	B-Architecture
performance	I-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
in	O
array	O
and	O
very	B-General_Concept
long	I-General_Concept
instruction	I-General_Concept
word	I-General_Concept
(	O
VLIW	B-General_Concept
)	O
processing	O
especially	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
interactive	O
scientific	O
exploration.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
2001John	O
L	O
.	O
Hennessy	O
"	O
For	O
pioneering	O
contributions	O
to	O
the	O
foundation	O
,	O
teaching	O
,	O
and	O
practice	O
of	O
high	B-Architecture
performance	I-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
,	O
especially	O
in	O
distributed	B-Operating_System
shared	I-Operating_System
memory	I-Operating_System
multiprocessor	O
architectures	O
and	O
in	O
design	O
and	O
application	O
of	O
reduced	B-Architecture
instruction	I-Architecture
set	I-Architecture
architectures.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
2002Monty	O
Denneau	O
"	O
For	O
ingenious	O
and	O
sustained	O
contributions	O
to	O
designs	O
and	O
implementations	O
at	O
the	O
frontier	O
of	O
high	B-Architecture
performance	I-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
leading	O
to	O
widely	O
used	O
industrial	O
products.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
2003Burton	O
J	O
.	O
Smith	O
"	O
For	O
ingenious	O
and	O
sustained	O
contributions	O
to	O
designs	O
and	O
implementations	O
at	O
the	O
frontier	O
of	O
high	B-Architecture
performance	I-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
and	O
especially	O
for	O
sustained	O
championing	O
of	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
multithreading	B-General_Concept
to	O
enable	O
parallel	O
execution	O
and	O
overcome	O
latency	O
and	O
to	O
achieve	O
high	O
performance	O
in	O
industrially	O
significant	O
products.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
2004William	O
J	O
.	O
Dally	O
"	O
For	O
fundamental	O
contributions	O
to	O
the	O
design	O
and	O
engineering	O
of	O
high-performance	O
interconnection	O
networks	O
,	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
computer	I-Operating_System
architectures	O
,	O
and	O
high-speed	O
signaling	O
technology.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
2005Steven	O
L	O
.	O
Scott	O
"	O
For	O
advancing	O
supercomputer	B-Architecture
architecture	O
through	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Cray	B-Device
T3E	I-Device
,	O
the	O
Cray	B-Device
X1	I-Device
and	O
the	O
Cray	O
Black	O
Widow	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2006Tadashi	O
Watanabe	O
"	O
For	O
serving	O
as	O
lead	O
designer	O
of	O
the	O
NEC	B-Device
SX	I-Device
series	O
of	O
supercomputers	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
especially	O
for	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
Earth	B-Device
Simulator	I-Device
,	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
fastest	O
supercomputer	B-Architecture
from	O
2002	O
to	O
2004.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
2007Ken	O
Batcher	O
"	O
For	O
fundamental	O
theoretical	O
and	O
practical	O
contributions	O
to	O
massively	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
computation	I-Operating_System
,	O
including	O
parallel	O
sorting	O
algorithms	O
,	O
interconnection	O
networks	O
,	O
and	O
pioneering	O
designs	O
of	O
the	O
STARAN	B-Device
and	O
MPP	B-Device
computers.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
2008Steve	O
Wallach	O
For	O
his	O
"	O
contribution	O
to	O
high-performance	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
through	O
design	O
of	O
innovative	O
vector	B-Operating_System
and	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
systems	O
,	O
notably	O
the	O
Convex	O
mini-supercomputer	O
series	O
,	O
a	O
distinguished	O
industrial	O
career	O
and	O
acts	O
of	O
public	O
service.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
2009Kenichi	O
Miura	O
For	O
his	O
"	O
ingenuity	O
in	O
developing	O
supercomputer	B-Architecture
software	O
and	O
hardware	O
that	O
advanced	O
the	O
state-of-the	O
art	O
in	O
technical	O
computing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
2010Alan	O
Gara	O
For	O
his	O
"	O
innovations	O
in	O
low	O
power	O
,	O
densely	O
packaged	O
supercomputing	B-Architecture
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2013	O
Marc	O
Snir	O
For	O
his	O
"	O
contributions	O
to	O
the	O
research	O
,	O
development	O
,	O
theory	O
,	O
and	O
standardization	O
of	O
high-performance	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
including	O
the	O
IBM	B-Operating_System
RS/6000	I-Operating_System
SP	I-Operating_System
and	O
Blue	B-Operating_System
Gene	I-Operating_System
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
2014Gordon	O
Bell	O
"	O
For	O
his	O
exceptional	O
contributions	O
in	O
designing	O
and	O
bringing	O
several	O
computer	O
systems	O
to	O
market	O
that	O
changed	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
high	B-Architecture
performance	I-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
and	O
of	O
computing	O
in	O
general	O
,	O
the	O
two	O
most	O
important	O
of	O
these	O
being	O
the	O
PDP-6	O
and	O
the	O
VAX-11/780.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
2015Mateo	O
Valero	O
"	O
In	O
recognition	O
of	O
seminal	O
contributions	O
to	O
vector	B-Operating_System
,	O
out-of-order	B-General_Concept
,	O
multithreaded	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
VLIW	B-General_Concept
architectures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
2016William	O
Camp	O
"	O
For	O
visionary	O
leadership	O
of	O
the	O
Red	B-Operating_System
Storm	I-Operating_System
project	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
decades	O
of	O
leadership	O
of	O
the	O
HPC	B-Architecture
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
2018David	O
E	O
.	O
Shaw	O
"	O
For	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
special-purpose	O
supercomputers	B-Architecture
for	O
biomolecular	O
simulations.	O
"	O
</s>
