B. Ramakrishna Rau Award
Past Recipients
2025
Antonio Gonzalez
For contributions to the design of energy-efficient and resilient computer architectures.
For contributions to the design of energy-efficient and resilient computer architectures.
2024
Todd Austin
For seminal contributions to microarchitecture, performance analysis, and innovations in secure architectures.
For seminal contributions to microarchitecture, performance analysis, and innovations in secure architectures.
2023
Joel S. Emer
For pioneering contributions to microarchitectural analysis, microarchitecture features, and for bringing clarity to the field with fundamental concepts and terminology.
For pioneering contributions to microarchitectural analysis, microarchitecture features, and for bringing clarity to the field with fundamental concepts and terminology.
2022
Scott A. Mahlke
For contributions to compiler technology for instruction-level parallelism and application-specific architectures.
For contributions to compiler technology for instruction-level parallelism and application-specific architectures.
2021
2020
2018
Ravi Nair
For contributions to branch prediction in processors, microarchitecture techniques in heterogeneous processing, microarchitecture support for virtual machines, and near-memory processing.
For contributions to branch prediction in processors, microarchitecture techniques in heterogeneous processing, microarchitecture support for virtual machines, and near-memory processing.
2017
Guang R. Gao
For contributions to compiler techniques and microarchitectures for instruction-level and thread-level parallel computing.
For contributions to compiler techniques and microarchitectures for instruction-level and thread-level parallel computing.
2016
Gurindar S. Sohi
For pioneering techniques enabling instruction-level parallelism and speculative multithreading via cooperative resource scheduling between offline compiler and runtime micro-architecture elements.
For pioneering techniques enabling instruction-level parallelism and speculative multithreading via cooperative resource scheduling between offline compiler and runtime micro-architecture elements.
2015
Robert P. Colwell
For contributions to critical analysis of microarchitecture and the development of the Pentium Pro processor.
For contributions to critical analysis of microarchitecture and the development of the Pentium Pro processor.
2014
Wen-mei W. Hwu
For contributions to Instruction Level Parallelism technology, including compiler optimization, program representation, microarchitecture, and applications.
For contributions to Instruction Level Parallelism technology, including compiler optimization, program representation, microarchitecture, and applications.
2013
Kemal Ebcioglu
For contributions to VLIW, instruction-level-parallelism, binary translation,Java performance, and service to the community
For contributions to VLIW, instruction-level-parallelism, binary translation,Java performance, and service to the community
2012
Joseph A. (Josh) Fisher
For the development of trace scheduling compilation and pioneering work in VLIW (Very Long Instruction Word) architectures.
For the development of trace scheduling compilation and pioneering work in VLIW (Very Long Instruction Word) architectures.
2011
Yale N. Patt
For significant contributions and inspiring leadership in the microarchitecture community with respect to teaching, mentoring, research, and service.
For significant contributions and inspiring leadership in the microarchitecture community with respect to teaching, mentoring, research, and service.
