Behind almost every modern research breakthrough is a computing infrastructure. And behind that infrastructure are people who make scientific computing usable, scalable, and impactful.

We are delighted that Prof. Sarah M. Neuwirth and Prof. Thomas Lippert have been named to the inaugural SCW75 list by Scientific Computing World!

The SCW75 recognizes 75 individuals who are actively transforming their organizations through the strategic deployment of scientific computing across high-performance computing, lab informatics and digitalization, and computer-aided engineering, modelling, and simulation.

As Professor at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Director of NHR@SW, Sarah’s work focuses on explainable, data-centric, and energy-aware HPC systems. Her research advances the vision of self-explaining storage and I/O systems that capture workload context, identify bottleneck causes across system layers, and provide actionable insights for more efficient and sustainable data movement in scientific and AI-driven workflows.

Prof. Thomas Lippert, Director of the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) and Professor at Goethe University Frankfurt, is also closely connected to NHR@SW as the main PI of our Simulation and Data Lab Quantum Computing. His work has helped shape large-scale supercomputing systems and Europe’s strategy for technological sovereignty in HPC.

This recognition highlights the importance of advancing modern scientific computing, from performance and scalability to usability, reproducibility, sustainability, and emerging quantum-HPC approaches.

Congratulations to Sarah, Thomas, and all members of the inaugural SCW75 class! 👏🥳

Further information: https://www.scientific-computing.com/scientific-computing-world-75