The Scientific Computing World 75
Scientific Computing World is proud to present the SCW75: an annual programme honouring the individuals whose strategic decisions about research computing infrastructure change what science can achieve.
Behind almost every modern research breakthrough is a computing infrastructure.
And behind that infrastructure is a person – making decisions worth millions of pounds, enabling work that would otherwise be impossible and navigating the complex intersection of technology and scientific ambition. Yet these leaders rarely receive the recognition they deserve.
The SCW75 changes that. After 30 years serving the research computing community, Scientific Computing World is shining a light on the 75 individuals who are actively transforming their organisations through the strategic deployment of scientific computing.
This year's list is divided into three sections drawn from the scientific computing landscape, a veritable Who's Who of High-performance computing (HPC), Lab informatics and digitalisation, and Computer-aided engineering, modelling and simulation.
Scroll down to see all of this year's honourees, or click the links below to jump to that section.
Thank you to our SCW75 2026 commercial partners
High-performance computing
The individuals managing and evolving the high-performance computing infrastructure that underpins large-scale research - from job throughput improvements to major architecture deployments
Laboratory informatics and digitalisation
The people building, using and overseeing the data management systems - LIMS, ELNs and beyond - that turn experimental results into reproducible, actionable science
Computer-aided engineering, modelling and simulation
Leaders driving simulation-based R&D across engineering, climate science and beyond, translating computational power into tangible research outcomes
