NAG turns 40; students get the presents

Stephen Withers
Wednesday, 17 March 2010 17:46

IT Industry - Development

The Numerical Algorithms Group is marking its 40th anniversary by expanding its student prize program.

The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) has for decades provided top-notch computational software used by university researchers, commercial organisations and others. NAG started as a UK-based inter-university activity coordinated from Nottingham University.

The software was originally written in Algol 60 and Fortran, and ran on certain ICL mainframe systems. A lot has happened since then, including the formation of a not-for-profit company, the creation of multi-platform libraries, and the development of related tools such as the world's first Fortran 90 compiler, visualisation software, and code for high-performance computing.

NAG continues to focus on accuracy, robustness, and accessibility.

The Group already funds The Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software; the NAG Prize in Applied Numerical Computing and the NAG Prize in Mathematical Finance, and has now announced the NAG 40th Anniversary Awards which will be open to students around the world.

Awards will be offered through participating institutions around the world for the best performances in a Masters of Science program, best projects and/or best numerical solutions.

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