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Gordon Bell, known as “the father of the minicomputer,” has been named the recipient of the 2014 IEEE Computer Society Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award for his work in designing computer systems that significantly changed high-performance computing. Bell, a researcher emeritus in the Microsoft Research Silicon Valley Laboratory, was recognized “for his exceptional contributions in designing and bringing several computer systems to market that changed the world of high-performance computing and of computing in general, the two most important of these being the PDP-6 and the VAX-11/780.”  To read further, please visit http://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/gordon-bell-receives-seymour-cray-computer-engineering-award/.