Aneesur Rahman Prize
The Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics is a prize that has been awarded annually by the American Physical Society since 1993.{{Cite journal |date=1993-01-01 |title=APS Creates Rahman Prize |url=https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808780 |journal=Physics Today |volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=66–66 |doi=10.1063/1.2808780 |issn=0031-9228}} The recipient is chosen for "outstanding achievement in computational physics research" and it is the highest award given by the APS for work in computational physics.{{Cite journal |last=Evans |first=Robert |last2=Frenkel |first2=Daan |last3=Galindo |first3=Amparo |last4=Jackson |first4=George |date=2021-10-18 |title=Special issue in honour of Michael L. Klein FRS |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00268976.2021.1999639 |journal=Molecular Physics |language=en |volume=119 |issue=19-20 |doi=10.1080/00268976.2021.1999639 |issn=0026-8976|doi-access=free }} The prize is named after Aneesur Rahman (1927–1987), pioneer of the molecular dynamics simulation method. The prize was valued at $5,000 from 2007 to 2014, and is currently valued at $10,000.{{cite web |url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/rahman.cfm|title=
Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics|publisher=American Physical Society|accessdate= 24 September 2020}}
Recipients
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Source: [http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/rahman.cfm American Physical Society]
- 2025 Chris G. Van de Walle
- 2024 Gustavo E. Scuseria
- 2023 Pablo G. Debenedetti
- 2022 Giulia Galli
- 2021 Anders W. Sandvik
- 2020 Antoine Georges and Gabriel Kotliar
- 2019 Sharon C. Glotzer
- 2018 {{ill|Hans Jürgen Herrmann|de}}
- 2017 Sauro Succi
- 2016 Matthias Troyer
- 2015 John D. Joannopoulos
- 2014 Robert Swendsen
- 2013 James R. Chelikowsky
- 2012 Kai-Ming Ho
- 2011 James M. Stone
- 2010 Frans Pretorius
- 2009 {{ill|A. Peter Young|de|Allan Peter Young}}
- 2008 Gary S. Grest
- 2007 Daan 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
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See also
References
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