Torsten Hoefler Wins ACM Prize for AI and HPC Contributions

Torsten Hoefler, a professor at ETH Zurich, has been awarded the 2024 ACM Prize in Computing for his significant contributions to high-performance computing and AI advancements.

Torsten Hoefler, a professor at ETH Zurich, has been awarded the 2024 ACM Prize in Computing for his groundbreaking work in high-performance computing (HPC) and its impact on artificial intelligence (AI), announced in a press release. The award, presented by the Association for Computing Machinery, recognizes early-to-mid-career computer scientists whose research has a fundamental impact.

Hoefler's contributions include advancements in the Message Passing Interface (MPI) and the development of 3D parallelism, which have significantly enhanced the capabilities of modern supercomputers. His work has enabled AI algorithms to be processed on hundreds of thousands of nodes, revolutionizing the field of distributed deep learning.

The ACM Prize in Computing, supported by an endowment from Infosys Ltd, carries a $250,000 award. Hoefler will be formally presented with the prize at ACM's annual Awards Banquet in San Francisco on June 14, 2025.

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