Heinz Billing Prize

(Learn how and when to remove this message)

In 1993, the Heinz Billing Prize for the advancement of scientific computation was presented for the first time. The aim of this award is to honour the achievements of those who have spent time and effort developing the hardware and software crucial for scientific advances. It is the purpose of the award to honour outstanding scientific contributions in all areas of computational science, specifically:^[1]

Modelling and computer simulation
Design of user interfaces based on new scientific findings
Data handling and data analysis procedures
Scientific visualization of data and processes

Previous Winners

1993 Dr. Hans Thomas Janka, Dr. Ewald Müller, Dr. Maximilian Ruffert
1994 Dr. Rainer Goebel
1995 Dr. Ralf Giering
1996 Dr. Klaus Heumann
1997 Dr. Florian Mueller
1998 Prof. Dr. Edward Seidel
1999 Dr. Alexander Pukhov
2000 Dr. Oliver Kohlbacher
2001 Dr. Jörg Haber
2002 Dipl. Ing. Daan Broeder, Dr. Hennie Brugman and Dipl. Ing. Reiner Dirksmeyer
2003 Dipl. Phys. Roland Chrobok, Dr. Sigurður F. Hafstein and Dipl. Phys. Andreas Pottmeier
2004 Dr. Markus Rampp and Dr. Thomas Soddemann
2005 Dr. Patrick Jöckel and Dr. Rolf Sander
2006 Rafal Mantiuk
2007 Axel Fingerle and Klaus Röller/ Hannah Bast and Stefan Funke
2011 Peter Wittenburg
2013 Thomas Hrabe
2015 Andreas Brandmeier
2017 Dr. Christian Schulz
2019 Tim Dietrich
2021 Prof. Dr. Adam Runions
2023 Dr. Andrea Kölzsch and Dr. Anne Scharf