The Real Academia de Ingeniería has recognised his pioneering work on the remote virtualisation of accelerators for general-purpose computing and the use of heterogeneous memory systems in high-performance computing
The researcher at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) Antonio Peña has received the Agustín de Betancourt y Molina Prize for young researchers awarded by the Real Academia de Ingeniería (RAI). This award recognises professionals who have made original and relevant contributions in any of the fields of engineering, specifically valuing aspects related to technology transfer.
The jury of the Premios Jóvenes Investigadores in this 2023 edition has valued the extra-academic impact of technology transfer of Antonio Peña's research, with contributions to the MPICH implementation of the message passing standard "MPI", whose derivatives are used in the largest supercomputers in the world, thus contributing to much of the progress in the fields of computational science, as well as his collaborations with Intel and NVIDIA in R&D in software for the democratisation of the use of heterogeneous resources in supercomputing, such as different accelerators and memory subsystems.
The awards ceremony was held on 21 November at the headquarters of the Real Academia de Ingeniería in Madrid.
About Antonio Peña and his research
Antonio José Peña Monferrer, Computer Engineer and PhD in Advanced Computer Systems from the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló, is currently Leading Researcher and Group Manager at the BSC. This prestigious award is given annually by the Real Academia de Ingeniería to young researchers who stand out in the field of engineering. The RAI awards Peña the prize for his pioneering work on remote virtualisation of accelerators for general-purpose computing and on the use of heterogeneous memory systems in high-performance computing.