diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 012861366c..e0e4238ca1 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +_Recipient of the **[2023 James H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software](https://www.siam.org/prizes-recognition/major-prizes-lectures/detail/james-h-wilkinson-prize-for-numerical-software)**_ + +_Recipient of the **[2020 SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing Best Paper Prize](https://www.siam.org/prizes-recognition/activity-group-prizes/detail/siag-sc-best-paper-prize)**_ + + ![The BLIS cat is sleeping.](http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/field/blis_cat.png) [![Build Status](https://api.travis-ci.com/flame/blis.svg?branch=master)](https://app.travis-ci.com/github/flame/blis) @@ -22,12 +27,14 @@ Contents * **[Discussion](#discussion)** * **[Contributing](#contributing)** * **[Citations](#citations)** +* **[Awards](#awards)** * **[Funding](#funding)** Introduction ------------ -BLIS is a portable software framework for instantiating high-performance +BLIS is an [award-winning](#awards) +portable software framework for instantiating high-performance BLAS-like dense linear algebra libraries. The framework was designed to isolate essential kernels of computation that, when optimized, immediately enable optimized implementations of most of its commonly used and computationally @@ -99,16 +106,30 @@ all of which are available for free via the [edX platform](http://www.edx.org/). What's New ---------- + * **BLIS selected for the 2023 James H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software!** We +are thrilled to announce that Field Van Zee and Devin Matthews were chosen to receive +the [2023 James H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software](https://www.siam.org/prizes-recognition/major-prizes-lectures/detail/james-h-wilkinson-prize-for-numerical-software). +The selection committee sought to recognize the recipients "for the development of +BLIS, a portable open-source software framework that facilitates rapid instantiation +of high-performance BLAS and BLAS-like operations targeting modern CPUs." This prize +is awarded once every four years to the authors of an outstanding piece of numerical +software, or to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to an existing +piece of numerical software. It is awarded to an entry that best addresses all phases +of the preparation of high-quality numerical software, and is intended to recognize +innovative software in scientific computing and to encourage researchers in the +earlier stages of their career. The prize will be awarded at the +[2023 SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering](https://www.siam.org/conferences/cm/conference/cse23) in Amsterdam. + * **Join us on Discord!** In 2021, we soft-launched our [Discord](https://discord.com/) server by privately inviting current and former collaborators, attendees of our BLIS -Retreat, as well as other participants within the BLIS ecosystem. We've been thrilled by -the results thus far, and are happy to announce that our new community is now open to -the broader public! If you'd like to hang out with other BLIS users and developers, -ask a question, discuss future features, or just say hello, please feel free to join us! -We've put together a [step-by-step guide](docs/Discord.md) for creating an account and -joining our cozy enclave. We even have a monthly "BLIS happy hour" event where people -can casually come together for a video chat, Q&A, brainstorm session, or whatever it -happens to unfold into! +Retreat, as well as other participants within the BLIS ecosystem. We've been thrilled +by the results thus far, and are happy to announce that our new community is now open +to the broader public! If you'd like to hang out with other BLIS users and developers, +ask a question, discuss future features, or just say hello, please feel free to join +us! We've put together a [step-by-step guide](docs/Discord.md) for creating an account +and joining our cozy enclave. We even have a monthly "BLIS happy hour" event where +people can casually come together for a video chat, Q&A, brainstorm session, or +whatever it happens to unfold into! * **Addons feature now available!** Have you ever wanted to quickly extend BLIS's operation support or define new custom BLIS APIs for your application, but were @@ -622,10 +643,10 @@ releases. The source packages may build on other rpm-based distributions. the source rpms may build for others. * **GNU Guix**. Guix has BLIS packages, provides builds only for the generic -target and some specific x86_64 micro-architectures. +target and some specific `x86_64` micro-architectures. * **Conda**. conda channel [conda-forge](https://github.com/conda-forge/blis-feedstock) -has Linux, OSX and Windows binary packages for x86_64. +has Linux, OSX and Windows binary packages for `x86_64`. Discussion ---------- @@ -795,6 +816,29 @@ within the BLIS Framework}, } ``` +Awards +------ + + * **[2023 James H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software.](https://www.siam.org/prizes-recognition/major-prizes-lectures/detail/james-h-wilkinson-prize-for-numerical-software)** +This prize is awarded once every four years to the authors of an outstanding piece of +numerical software, or to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to an +existing piece of numerical software. The selection committee sought to recognize the +recipients "for the development of [BLIS](https://github.com/flame/blis), a portable +open-source software framework that facilitates rapid instantiation of +high-performance BLAS and BLAS-like operations targeting modern CPUs." The prize will +be awarded at the +[2023 SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering](https://www.siam.org/conferences/cm/conference/cse23) in Amsterdam. + + * **[2020 SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing Best Paper Prize.](https://www.siam.org/prizes-recognition/activity-group-prizes/detail/siag-sc-best-paper-prize)** +This prize is awarded once every two years to the authors of the most outstanding +paper, as determined by the selection committee, in the field of parallel scientific +and engineering computing published within the four calendar years preceding the +award year. The prize was chosen for the paper ["The BLIS Framework: Experiments in +Portability."](#citations) and awarded at the [2020 SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing](https://www.siam.org/conferences/cm/conference/pp20) in Seattle where Robert van de Geijn delivered [a talk on BLIS](https://meetings.siam.org/sess/dsp_programsess.cfm?SESSIONCODE=68266) and accepted the prize alongside other coauthors. +See also: + * [SIAM News | January 2020 Prize Spotlight](https://sinews.siam.org/Details-Page/january-2020-prize-spotlight#Field&Robert) + * [Oden Institute's SHPC Group Win SIAM Best Paper Prize](https://www.oden.utexas.edu/about/news/ScienceHighPerfomanceComputingSIAMBestPaperPrize/) + Funding -------