The NVIDIA GPU Award for Best GPU Poster rewards those researchers who have demonstrated outstanding computational chemistry research carried-out using a GPU, whether; (1) programming new GPU-accelerated algorithms or (2) performing simulations with a GPU-accelerated software application, e.g., AMBER, NAMD, GROMACS, LAMMPS, TeraChem, GAMESS or other computational chemistry packages or (3) both. 

Winners receive a professional workstation-level GPU (determined by NVIDIA and may change based on availability).

The rules (read carefully!):

1. Submit your abstract to the NVIDIA GPU Award session on MAPS (part of the COMP Technical Program). Deadlines are listed on http://www.acscomp.org/meetings/national-acs-program. 

2. Within your abstract clearly state in 1 or 2 sentences how you used GPUs in your work; see above GPU usage criteria. Abstracts that do not discuss how GPUs made a significant impact on the project will not be considered.

3. Up to 5 GPU-based technology posters based on submitted abstracts will be selected for further review in the GPU category at the COMP Poster Session. All other abstracts will become part of the general COMP Poster Session.

4. At the COMP Poster Session, the presenters of the selected GPU-based project posters will be interviewed by a collection of judges (COMP Division, industry representative and NVIDIA representative).

5. The winning GPU-based technology research project will be selected and awarded that evening at the COMP Poster Division Awards!

6. Eligibility: the competition is open to all researchers, including industry, academia and national labs, as well as postdocs, grad students and even undergraduates - anyone that is eligible to present a poster at the ACS National Meetings.

Please contact  the ACS COMP awards committee (acs.comp.awards AT gmail.com) for more information or if you have any questions.