Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics

To recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in computational physics research. The prize consists of $5,000, an allowance for travel to the meeting of the Society at which the prize is awarded and at which the recipient will deliver the Rahman Lecture, and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient. The prize will be presented annually.

Establishment & Support

The prize was established in 1992 with support from IBM, Corporation as a means of recognizing outstanding work and disseminating information in computational physics.

Rules & Eligibility

Nominations are open to scientists of all nationalities regardless of the geographical site at which the work was done. The prize shall ordinarily be awarded to one person, but a prize may be shared when all recipients have contributed to the same accomplishments. Nominations are active for three years.

Nomination & Selection Process

This year’s deadline has passed. Please check back soon for next year’s nomination information.

2009 Selection Committee: Geril Ceder, Annabella Selloni, Gary S. Grest, Christopher McKee, Giulia Galli

2009 Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics Recipient:
A.P. Young
University of California, Santa Cruz

Past Recipients:

2008:	Gary S. Grest
2007:	Daniel Frenkel
2006:	David Vanderbilt
2005:	Uzi Landman
2004:	Farid Abraham
2003:	Steven R. White
2002:	David P. Landau
2001:	Alex Zunger
2000:	Michael John Creutz
1999:	Michael L. Klein
1998:	David Matthew Ceperley
1997:	Donald H. Weingarten
1996:	Steven Gwon Sheng Louie
1995:	Roberto Car and Michele Parrinello
1994:	John M. Dawson
1993:	Kenneth G. Wilson