From bf87507443ceba4374281640074a2f56a67670dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Field G. Van Zee" Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2022 12:59:16 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Edits to README.md to cite Wilkinson Prize. --- README.md | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 012861366c..e7b58ca1fb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +_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)**_ + + + ![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) @@ -27,7 +33,8 @@ Contents Introduction ------------ -BLIS is a portable software framework for instantiating high-performance +BLIS is an [award-winning](https://www.siam.org/prizes-recognition/major-prizes-lectures/detail/james-h-wilkinson-prize-for-numerical-software) +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 ---------- From fac8112bf5c61a1c01bc08885c61ba574804d981 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Field G. Van Zee" Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2022 15:13:21 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/5] More edits. --- README.md | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e7b58ca1fb..9f371a49b4 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,8 +1,6 @@ _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)**_ - ![The BLIS cat is sleeping.](http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/field/blis_cat.png) @@ -28,12 +26,13 @@ Contents * **[Discussion](#discussion)** * **[Contributing](#contributing)** * **[Citations](#citations)** +* **[Awards](#awards)** * **[Funding](#funding)** Introduction ------------ -BLIS is an [award-winning](https://www.siam.org/prizes-recognition/major-prizes-lectures/detail/james-h-wilkinson-prize-for-numerical-software) +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 @@ -816,6 +815,25 @@ 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." + + * **[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. + - [Oden Institute’s SHPC Group Win SIAM Best Paper Prize](https://www.oden.utexas.edu/about/news/ScienceHighPerfomanceComputingSIAMBestPaperPrize/) + Funding ------- From 6cdec9ba4aaedcba7f58bf1e9c23edcba8c605ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Field G. Van Zee" Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2022 15:21:11 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Tweaks. --- README.md | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9f371a49b4..2402775e58 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ _Recipient of the **[2023 James H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software](https _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) @@ -818,7 +819,7 @@ 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)** + * **[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 @@ -832,7 +833,9 @@ paper, as determined by the selection committee, in the field of parallel scient 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. - - [Oden Institute’s SHPC Group Win SIAM Best Paper Prize](https://www.oden.utexas.edu/about/news/ScienceHighPerfomanceComputingSIAMBestPaperPrize/) +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 ------- From 54e28ccf02e8f339f426f1274fed55a70c72022d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Field G. Van Zee" Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2022 18:32:26 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Added link to SIAM CSE'23. --- README.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2402775e58..f987a90b31 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -825,7 +825,9 @@ numerical software, or to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution 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." +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 From 688a5c048f492fc361353542152f02c3e3e6da7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Field G. Van Zee" Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 16:51:13 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Trailing whitespace nixage. --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f987a90b31..e0e4238ca1 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ 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