J. H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software
Encyclopedia
The J. H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software is awarded every four years to honor outstanding contributions to the field of numerical software.
to the field of numerical software, an award of US $3000 is given every four years by the Argonne National Laboratory
, the National Physical Laboratory, and the Numerical Algorithms Group
.
tool for Fortran 77 programs. The code is available for educational and non-profit research here.
, a C library for computing the discrete Fourier transform
.
for Triangle, a two-dimensional mesh generator and Delaunay Triangulator
. It is freely available here.
s. It is freely available here.
Overview
In honour of the outstanding contributions of James H. WilkinsonJames H. Wilkinson
James Hardy Wilkinson was a prominent figure in the field of numerical analysis, a field at the boundary of applied mathematics and computer science particularly useful to physics and engineering.-Early life:...
to the field of numerical software, an award of US $3000 is given every four years by the Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory is the first science and engineering research national laboratory in the United States, receiving this designation on July 1, 1946. It is the largest national laboratory by size and scope in the Midwest...
, the National Physical Laboratory, and the Numerical Algorithms Group
Numerical Algorithms Group
The Numerical Algorithms Group is a software company which provides methods for the solution of mathematical and statistical problems, and offers services to users of HPC systems. Its products and services are employed by tens of thousands of users from Global 500 companies, universities,...
.
Eligibility and Selection Criteria
The winner must be at most 40 years of age as of January 1 of the year of the award. The award is given on the basis of:- Clarity of the software implementation and documentation.
- Clarity of the paper accompanying the entry.
- Portability, reliability, efficiency and usability of the software implementation.
- Depth of analysis of the algorithm and the software.
- Importance of application addressed by the software.
- Quality of the test software
1991
The first prize in 1991 was awarded to Linda Petzold for DASSL, a differential algebraic equation solver. This code is available in the public domain here.1995
The 1995 prize was awarded to Chris Bischof and Alan Carle for ADIFOR 2.0, an automatic differentiationAutomatic differentiation
In mathematics and computer algebra, automatic differentiation , sometimes alternatively called algorithmic differentiation, is a set of techniques to numerically evaluate the derivative of a function specified by a computer program...
tool for Fortran 77 programs. The code is available for educational and non-profit research here.
1999
The 1999 prize was awarded to Matteo Frigo and Steven G. Johnson for FFTWFFTW
FFTW, for "Fastest Fourier Transform in the West", is a software library for computing discrete Fourier transforms , developed by Matteo Frigo and Steven G. Johnson at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology....
, a C library for computing the discrete Fourier transform
Discrete Fourier transform
In mathematics, the discrete Fourier transform is a specific kind of discrete transform, used in Fourier analysis. It transforms one function into another, which is called the frequency domain representation, or simply the DFT, of the original function...
.
2003
The 2003 prize was awarded to Jonathan ShewchukJonathan Shewchuk
Jonathan Richard Shewchuk is an Associate Professor in Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley.He obtained his B.S. in Physics and Computing Science from Simon Fraser University in 1990, and his M.S. and Ph.D...
for Triangle, a two-dimensional mesh generator and Delaunay Triangulator
Delaunay triangulation
In mathematics and computational geometry, a Delaunay triangulation for a set P of points in a plane is a triangulation DT such that no point in P is inside the circumcircle of any triangle in DT. Delaunay triangulations maximize the minimum angle of all the angles of the triangles in the...
. It is freely available here.
2007
The 2007 prize was awarded to Wolfgang Bangerth, Guido Kanschat, and Ralf Hartmann for deal.II, a software library for computational solution of partial differential equations using adaptive finite elementFinite element method
The finite element method is a numerical technique for finding approximate solutions of partial differential equations as well as integral equations...
s. It is freely available here.