The 2025 SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engineering will be awarded to the principal authors of the deal.II Project in recognition of their contributions to finite element calculations.
Among the awardees, Luca Heltai and Martin Kronbichler, leaders of the dealii-X project, have played a pivotal role in advancing deal.II’s capabilities. Their work in dealii-X extends deal.II’s functionality, pushing the boundaries of high-performance computing in finite element simulations.
The full list of awardees includes Daniel Arndt, Wolfgang Bangerth, Bruno Blais, Marc Fehling, Rene Gassmoeller, Timo Heister, Luca Heltai, Guido Kanschat, Martin Kronbichler, Matthias Maier, Peter Munch, Jean-Paul Pelteret, Bruno Turcksin, and David Wells.
deal.II, a widely used open-source finite element library, has set a benchmark in software quality and modularity. Through its well-documented and comprehensive approach, it has empowered researchers and engineers to develop more advanced computational models than ever before.
This achievement highlights the ongoing importance of open-source software in advancing computational methods across scientific disciplines.