ACM SIGHPC Emerging Women Leader in Technical Computing Awarded to Dr. Sunita Chandrasekaran @ SC25

The ACM SIGHPC Emerging Woman Leader in Technical Computing (EWL/TC) Award is a prestigious international honor that recognizes women who are shaping the future of high-performance and technical computing. Established by the ACM Special Interest Group on High Performance Computing (SIGHPC), the award highlights women who have been actively engaged in HPC and technical computing research, education, and/or practice for roughly 5–15 years after their highest degree.

The award is presented at the annual SC (Supercomputing) conference, the flagship global conference for high-performance computing, networking, storage, and analysis. Beginning in 2022, EWL/TC became an annual award, with the recipient honored on stage during SC and recognized alongside other major ACM and IEEE awards.

In 2025, ACM SIGHPC named, our very own, Professor Sunita Chandrasekaran (University of Delaware) as the EWL/TC award recipient. The award was presented at SC25 in St. Louis, Missouri, recognizing her outstanding contributions to GPU-accelerated, AI-driven workflows, her leadership in the exascale computing ecosystem, and her sustained commitment to mentoring students and building inclusive HPC communities.