X-CGP-ClamAV-Result: CLEAN X-VirusScanner: Niversoft's CGPClamav Helper v1.25a (ClamAV 1.3.1/27445) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=simple/simple; d=cni.org; s=mail; bh=aYlXrO8On2r1ap1Um0w3qyHPht9hjNZzzbNZKyWG5ME=; h=Subject:Mime-Version:Content-Type:From:Message-ID:Date:To:Sender; b=JFardvk uQhj3qvYQUsB4pZ/o6IjqZt95VNfffcY+YDftWYcs2u9dcTDNIA1ZorX2FzFTHZpnxQdRowAs8x9O 9rMNnMqtxjzTz6QTcbjWI1rx9v0H/ajgmHLfrqkbx7bbMU0Fv5YMZ6eM9Se98oBxmMX/+MH8hxaug Spj2CEqRaA= Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:26:45 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [65.128.67.146] (account paige@cni.org HELO smtpclient.apple) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 7.1.9) with ESMTPSA id 42817052 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:25:03 -0400 From: Clifford Lynch Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_D39E1CA4-6501-4AE0-BFA4-F949BA887423" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3731.700.6\)) Subject: Tony Hey Receives Paul Evan Peters Award X-Original-Message-Id: <868CFF86-09C9-4566-8788-36B4334C9348@cni.org> X-Original-Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 09:25:05 -0400 X-Original-To: CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3731.700.6) --Apple-Mail=_D39E1CA4-6501-4AE0-BFA4-F949BA887423 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Washington, DC =E2=80=93 The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), = the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and EDUCAUSE are pleased to = announce that physicist and computer scientist Tony Hey has been named = the 2024 recipient of the Paul Evan Peters Award. The award recognizes = notable, lasting achievements in the creation and innovative use of = network-based information resources and services that advance = scholarship and intellectual productivity. =E2=80=9CTony is a wonderful choice for the Paul Evan Peters Award,=E2=80=9D= commented CNI Executive Director Clifford Lynch. =E2=80=9CWhile I think = he is probably best known to our community for his work envisioning and = advancing e-science (often called cyberinfrastructure in US circles), = it=E2=80=99s remarkable to me how his work and his leadership repeatedly = connect with the evolution of networked information=E2=80=94his = contributions to high-performance computing, repositories, and scholarly = communication, and the rich array of collaborations he established and = advanced during his time at Microsoft. And, of course, he edited and = highlighted the absolutely foundational Feynman Lectures on Computation. = What a tremendous set of contributions!=E2=80=9D In 2023, Hey retired after eight years as chief data scientist at the = Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) in the United Kingdom = (UK), following a prolific career in physics, high-performance = computing, computer science, and e-science. His role with STFC was = wide-ranging=E2=80=94he assisted in the development of STFC=E2=80=99s = strategy for data-intensive science and high-performance computing; = looked at research networks for transferring large amounts of = experimental and observational data at STFC and across the UK with the = Jisc and JANET networks; helped to develop a program of artificial = intelligence for science; and liaised with international partners. Hey = commented that, in this role, he =E2=80=9Cparticularly liked having the = freedom to look across all =E2=80=98big data=E2=80=99 issues for the = whole of STFC.=E2=80=9D He began his career as a physicist with a doctorate from the University = of Oxford and a post-doctoral fellowship at the California Institute of = Technology (Caltech) with Nobelist Richard Feynman. After time at CERN = (European Council for Nuclear Research) and a professorship at the = University of Southampton, he transitioned to work in computer science. = He led Southampton=E2=80=99s innovative transputer-based parallel = computing research group that pioneered parallel benchmarks for = distributed memory message-passing machines, and he co-wrote the first = draft of the message passing interface (MPI) message-passing standard.=20= After serving as head of department and dean of engineering at = Southampton and establishing one of the first open access digital = research repositories, he was appointed director of the UK e-Science = Initiative, where he recognized the significance of big data in science. = With support from Jisc, Hey was able to fund what was likely the = world=E2=80=99s first Digital Curation Centre (DCC) in Edinburgh in = 2004. The DCC established the first International Digital Curation = Conference and introduced the first attempt at a data management plan = (DMP) for scientists. =20 Hey worked at Microsoft and Microsoft Research, leading global = university research engagements. As chief data scientist at the = Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, he founded the Scientific Machine = Learning Group. He also held fellowships at the University of Washington = and completed sabbaticals at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, = Caltech, IBM Research, and Los Alamos National Laboratory. Hey was = awarded a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) for his contributions to = science. He is a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, the = American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Institute of = Engineering and Technology, the British Computer Society, the Institute = of Physics, and the Royal Academy of Engineering. =E2=80=9CTony Hey embodies the spirit of the Paul Evan Peters Award = through his unwavering commitment to advancing science via information = technology and his extensive and foundational contributions to the = field,=E2=80=9D Andrew Pace, ARL executive director, stated. A prolific author, Hey has written around 150 scientific papers and = several books, including Gauge Theories in Particle Physics, Artificial = Intelligence for Science: A Deep Learning Revolution, The New Quantum = Universe, and The Computing Universe: A Journey through a Revolution. He = worked closely with Turing Award winner Jim Gray and edited The Fourth = Paradigm: Data Intensive Scientific Discovery as a tribute to Gray=E2=80=99= s work. Two of his papers particularly relevant to CNI are =E2=80=9CThe = Data Deluge: An e-Science Perspective,=E2=80=9D co-authored with = Professor Anne Trefethen, which was one of the earliest papers on the = importance of curating and linking scientific data, and =E2=80=9Ce-Science= and Its Implications for the Library Community,=E2=80=9D co-authored = with Jessie Hey, which emphasized linking experimental datasets to = research papers. EDUCAUSE President and CEO John O=E2=80=99Brien noted =E2=80=9C=46rom = underscoring the vital role of big data in science to his extensive list = of published works, Hey has continually advanced pivotal efforts in = cyberinfrastructure, scholarship, research, science, and education.=E2=80=9D= Selection committee members included: Joshua Greenberg, director, Alfred = P. Sloan Foundation; Beth Sandore Namachchivaya, university librarian, = University of Waterloo; Xuemao Wang, dean of libraries and Charles = Deering McCormick University Librarian, Northwestern University; and = Diane Goldenberg-Hart, assistant executive director, CNI. The award will be presented during the CNI Fall 2024 Membership Meeting = in Washington, DC, December 9=E2=80=9310, where Hey will deliver the = Paul Evan Peters Memorial Lecture. The talk will be recorded and = released on CNI=E2=80=99s YouTube and Vimeo channels. Previous award = recipients include Paul Courant (2022), Francine Berman (2020), Herbert = Van de Sompel (2017), Donald A.B. Lindberg (2014), Christine L. Borgman = (2011), Daniel E. Atkins (2008), Paul Ginsparg (2006), Brewster Kahle = (2004), Vinton Gray Cerf (2002), and Tim Berners-Lee (2000). CNI, ARL, and EDUCAUSE sponsor the Paul Evan Peters Award, established = with additional funding from Microsoft and Xerox Corporations. The award = honors the memory of Paul Evan Peters (1947=E2=80=931996), a visionary = and coalition builder in higher education and scholarly communication. = He led CNI from its founding in 1990 with informed insight, exuberant = direction, eloquence, and awareness of the needs of its varied = constituencies of librarians, technologists, publishers, and others in = the digital world. For more information, visit the award website at = https://www.cni.org/go/pep-award. The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is a joint program of the = Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and EDUCAUSE that promotes the = use of information technology to advance scholarship and education. Some = 200 organizations representing higher education, publishing, information = technology, scholarly and professional organizations, foundations, = libraries, and library organizations, make up CNI=E2=80=99s members. = Learn more at cni.org . The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization = of research libraries in Canada and the US = whose = vision is to create a trusted, equitable, and inclusive research and = learning ecosystem and prepare library leaders to advance this work in = strategic partnership with member libraries and other organizations = worldwide. ARL=E2=80=99s mission is to empower and advocate for research = libraries and archives to shape, influence, and implement institutional, = national, and international policy. ARL develops the next generation of = leaders and enables strategic cooperation among partner institutions to = benefit scholarship and society. ARL is on the web at ARL.org = . EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to lead the way, = advancing the strategic use of technology and data to further the = promise of higher education. We connect and empower our member community = through insights, advocacy, resources, and learning opportunities to = anticipate trends and strengthen professional practice. Learn more at = educause.edu .= --Apple-Mail=_D39E1CA4-6501-4AE0-BFA4-F949BA887423 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Washington, DC =E2=80=93= The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the Association of = Research Libraries (ARL), and EDUCAUSE are pleased to announce that = physicist and computer scientist Tony Hey has been named the 2024 = recipient of the Paul Evan Peters Award. The award recognizes notable, = lasting achievements in the creation and innovative use of network-based = information resources and services that advance scholarship and = intellectual productivity.

=E2=80=9CTony is a = wonderful choice for the Paul Evan Peters Award,=E2=80=9D commented CNI = Executive Director Clifford Lynch. =E2=80=9CWhile I think he is probably = best known to our community for his work envisioning and advancing = e-science (often called cyberinfrastructure in US circles), = it=E2=80=99s remarkable to me how his work and his leadership repeatedly = connect with the evolution of networked information=E2=80=94his = contributions to high-performance computing, repositories, and scholarly = communication, and the rich array of collaborations he established and = advanced during his time at Microsoft. And, of course, he edited and = highlighted the absolutely foundational Feynman Lectures on = Computation. What a tremendous set of = contributions!=E2=80=9D

In 2023, Hey retired = after eight years as chief data scientist at the Science and Technology = Facilities Council (STFC) in the United Kingdom (UK), following a = prolific career in physics, high-performance computing, computer = science, and e-science. His role with STFC was wide-ranging=E2=80=94he = assisted in the development of STFC=E2=80=99s strategy for = data-intensive science and high-performance computing; looked at = research networks for transferring large amounts of experimental and = observational data at STFC and across the UK with the Jisc and JANET = networks; helped to develop a program of artificial intelligence for = science; and liaised with international partners. Hey commented that, in = this role, he =E2=80=9Cparticularly liked having the freedom to look = across all =E2=80=98big data=E2=80=99 issues for the whole of = STFC.=E2=80=9D

He began his career as a = physicist with a doctorate from the University of Oxford and a = post-doctoral fellowship at the California Institute of Technology = (Caltech) with Nobelist Richard Feynman. After time at CERN (European = Council for Nuclear Research) and a professorship at the University of = Southampton, he transitioned to work in computer science. He led = Southampton=E2=80=99s innovative transputer-based parallel computing = research group that pioneered parallel benchmarks for distributed memory = message-passing machines, and he co-wrote the first draft of the message = passing interface (MPI) message-passing = standard. 

After serving as head of = department and dean of engineering at Southampton and establishing one = of the first open access digital research repositories, he was appointed = director of the UK e-Science Initiative, where he recognized the = significance of big data in science. With support from Jisc, Hey was = able to fund what was likely the world=E2=80=99s first Digital Curation = Centre (DCC) in Edinburgh in 2004. The DCC established the first = International Digital Curation Conference and introduced the first = attempt at a data management plan (DMP) for scientists. =  

Hey worked at Microsoft and Microsoft = Research, leading global university research engagements. As chief data = scientist at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, he founded the = Scientific Machine Learning Group. He also held fellowships at the = University of Washington and completed sabbaticals at the Massachusetts = Institute of Technology, Caltech, IBM Research, and Los Alamos National = Laboratory. Hey was awarded a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) for = his contributions to science. He is a fellow of the Association for = Computing Machinery, the American Association for the Advancement of = Science, the Institute of Engineering and Technology, the British = Computer Society, the Institute of Physics, and the Royal Academy of = Engineering.

=E2=80=9CTony Hey embodies the = spirit of the Paul Evan Peters Award through his unwavering commitment = to advancing science via information technology and his extensive and = foundational contributions to the field,=E2=80=9D Andrew Pace, ARL = executive director, stated.

A prolific author, = Hey has written around 150 scientific papers and several books, = including Gauge Theories in Particle Physics, Artificial = Intelligence for Science: A Deep Learning Revolution, The New = Quantum Universe, and The Computing Universe: A Journey through a = Revolution. He worked closely with Turing Award winner Jim Gray and = edited The Fourth Paradigm: Data Intensive Scientific Discovery = as a tribute to Gray=E2=80=99s work. Two of his papers particularly = relevant to CNI are =E2=80=9CThe Data Deluge: An e-Science = Perspective,=E2=80=9D co-authored with Professor Anne Trefethen, which = was one of the earliest papers on the importance of curating and linking = scientific data, and =E2=80=9Ce-Science and Its Implications for the = Library Community,=E2=80=9D co-authored with Jessie Hey, which = emphasized linking experimental datasets to research = papers.

EDUCAUSE President and CEO John = O=E2=80=99Brien noted =E2=80=9C=46rom underscoring the vital role of big = data in science to his extensive list of published works, Hey has = continually advanced pivotal efforts in cyberinfrastructure, = scholarship, research, science, and = education.=E2=80=9D

Selection committee members = included: Joshua Greenberg, director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Beth = Sandore Namachchivaya, university librarian, University of Waterloo; = Xuemao Wang, dean of libraries and Charles Deering McCormick University = Librarian, Northwestern University; and Diane Goldenberg-Hart, assistant = executive director, CNI.

The award will be = presented during the CNI Fall 2024 Membership Meeting in Washington, DC, = December 9=E2=80=9310, where Hey will deliver the Paul Evan Peters = Memorial Lecture. The talk will be recorded and released on CNI=E2=80=99s = YouTube and Vimeo channels. Previous award recipients include Paul = Courant (2022), Francine Berman (2020), Herbert Van de Sompel (2017), = Donald A.B. Lindberg (2014), Christine L. Borgman (2011), Daniel E. = Atkins (2008), Paul Ginsparg (2006), Brewster Kahle (2004), Vinton Gray = Cerf (2002), and Tim Berners-Lee (2000).

CNI, = ARL, and EDUCAUSE sponsor the Paul Evan Peters Award, established with = additional funding from Microsoft and Xerox Corporations. The award = honors the memory of Paul Evan Peters (1947=E2=80=931996), a visionary = and coalition builder in higher education and scholarly communication. = He led CNI from its founding in 1990 with informed insight, exuberant = direction, eloquence, and awareness of the needs of its varied = constituencies of librarians, technologists, publishers, and others in = the digital world.

For more information, visit = the award website at https://www.cni.org/go/pep-award= .

The Coalition for Networked = Information (CNI) is a joint program of the Association of Research = Libraries (ARL) and EDUCAUSE that promotes the use of information = technology to advance scholarship and education. Some 200 organizations = representing higher education, publishing, information technology, = scholarly and professional organizations, foundations, libraries, and = library organizations, make up CNI=E2=80=99s members. Learn more = at cni.org.

The = Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit = organization of rese= arch libraries in Canada and the US whose vision is to create a = trusted, equitable, and inclusive research and learning ecosystem and = prepare library leaders to advance this work in strategic partnership = with member libraries and other organizations worldwide. ARL=E2=80=99s = mission is to empower and advocate for research libraries and archives = to shape, influence, and implement institutional, national, and = international policy. ARL develops the next generation of leaders and = enables strategic cooperation among partner institutions to benefit = scholarship and society. ARL is on the web at ARL.org.

EDU= CAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to lead the way, = advancing the strategic use of technology and data to further the = promise of higher education. We connect and empower our member community = through insights, advocacy, resources, and learning opportunities to = anticipate trends and strengthen professional practice. Learn more = at educause.edu.
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