This is SPEC's highest honor, recognizing one person annually who has provided outstanding service and leadership to SPEC over a significant period of time.

This year's SPEC Presidential Award recognizes someone who served as chair of the Graphics and Workstation Performance Group (GWPG) for nine years; has been a major contributor to every GWPG committee, providing insightful feedback and guidance on each benchmark (including workload definitions and development methods, graphical user interface design, metrics definitions, licensing clarifications, and fair-use documentation); and who has served the broader SPEC organization as an active participant in the board's Communications Committee, leading the effort to refresh the SPEC logo.

• The 2023 Presidential Award
  

The Kaivalya Dixit Distinguished Dissertation Award, named in memory of SPEC's long-time president Kaivalya Dixit, honors outstanding dissertations within the scope of the SPEC Research Group. The award encompasses a diverse range of entries, including the design of metrics for system evaluation as well as the development of methodologies, techniques and tools for measurement, load testing, profiling, workload characterization, dependability, and efficiency evaluation of computing systems.

• The 2022 Kaivalya Dixit Distinguished Dissertation Award Winner