SIAG/Linear Algebra Best Paper Prize
Principal Guideline
The SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra Best Paper Prize (SIAG/LA Best Paper Prize), established in 1987, is awarded to the author(s) of the most outstanding paper, as determined by the prize committee, on a topic in applicable linear algebra published in English in a peer-reviewed journal.
Prize Committee
Formation
The prize committee will consist of a panel of five members of the
SIAG/LA. The Vice Chairperson of the SIAG/LA during the last year of the
award period will serve as chairperson of the committee. The remaining
four members will be appointed by the SIAM Vice President at Large (SIAM VP) upon the
recommendations of the SIAG/LA Chairperson. The SIAG Chair, in consultation with the other officers, will form a list of SIAG/LA members and will submit the list to the SIAM VP for approval prior to inviting the committee members to serve. The SIAG officers will seek to ensure a diverse composition of the prize committee in research area, gender, geography, employment sector (industry, national laboratories, universities), and under-represented groups. The appointments will be made at least twelve months in advance of the prize award date.
Tenure
The term of office will be from the date of appointment until the date of the prize award.
Rules of Operation
The committee will solicit nominations for the prize from the general
membership of the SIAG/LA, using SIAM office resources as needed, and from
other members of the scientific community. If a committee member accepts nomination for the award, the SIAG officers will appoint a replacement upon notification by the committee chair and with the approval of the SIAM VP.
Selection Procedures
Eligibility
Candidate papers must be published in English in a peer-reviewed journal
bearing a publication date within the award period. They must contain
significant research contributions to the field of linear algebra, as
commonly defined in the mathematical literature, with direct or potential
applications.
Prize Committee's Recommendation
The prize committee will notify the SIAM VP of its selection at
least five months prior to the award date. The prize committee must select
one paper that determines the prize winner(s). The notification must be
accompanied by a written justification and a citation not exceeding 25
words that can be used for a certificate and read at award time.
The SIAM VP will accept or reject the nomination at least four months prior to the award date.
If the recommendation is accepted, the award presentation will be made according to the procedure below. If the recommendation is not accepted, the SIAM VP and the Chairperson of the Prize Committee will select an acceptable paper at least three months prior to the award date.
Notification of Award
The Chairperson of the Prize Committee will notify the recipient(s) of the award at least three months in advance of the award date. An invitation will also be extended to the recipient(s) to attend the award ceremony to receive the award and to present the paper.
Description of the Award
Type
The award will consist of a certificate containing the
citation. If the selected paper has multiple authors, each author will
receive a certificate. There will be no cash award associated
with the prize.
Award Date and Eligibility Period
The prize is awarded every third year (starting in 1988) at the triennial
SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra, the only all SIAG/LA meeting.
The award period will be the four calendar years preceding the year of the meeting. The overlap in award periods is intended to ensure that no paper will fail to be considered because of differences between the official publication date of the journal issue containing the paper and the actual time when that issue reaches its subscribers or because of the requirements that the committee notify the SIAM VP at least five months prior to the awarding of the prize.
Obligations of Recipient
At least one of the awardees is expected to attend the award ceremony and
to present the paper at the meeting. Travel funds will be made available to reimburse the speaker for reasonable travel expenses incurred in attending the award ceremony and giving the lecture.
The Award Presentation
The Chairperson of the SIAG/LA will announce the award at the chosen meeting and present the award to the recipient(s) who is present. The recipient(s) is not required to be present to receive the award.
An announcement of the award recipient(s) will appear in SIAM News and the SIAG/LA Newsletter.
Prize History
Through 2015, the prize was awarded under the title SIAG/Linear Algebra Prize.
Previous recipients of the SIAG/Linear Algebra Best Paper Prize:
- 1988 James W. Demmel
- 1991 James W. Demmel and William Kahan
- 1994 Roland Freund, Noel Nachtigal, Anne Greenbaum, and Zdenek Strakos
- 1997 Stanley Eisenstat, Ming Gu, Gerard Sleijpen, and Henk Van Der Vorst
- 2000 Olga V. Holtz, Alan Edelman, Erik Elmroth, and Bo Kågström
- 2003 Karen Braman, Ralph Byers, and Roy Mathias
- 2006 Inderjit S. Dhillon and Beresford N. Parlett
- 2009 Zlatko Drmač and Krešimir Veselić
- 2012 Grey Ballard, James Demmel, Olga Holtz, and Oded Schwartz
Sou-Cheng T. Choi, Christopher C. Paige, and Michael A. Saunders - 2015 David Bindel and Amanda Hood View Presentation from the 2015 Conference on Applied Linear Algebra.
- 2018 Jiawang Nie
The next award is to be made in 2018.
Selection Committee
Click here to see a list of selection committee members by year.
