NVIDIA Founder Jensen Huang and Chief Scientist Bill Dally Receive Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
This week in the U.K., Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, and chief scientist Bill Dally were awarded the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. They are among seven laureates recognized for their significant contributions to modern machine learning and AI.
The prize was presented by His Majesty King Charles III at St James’s Palace, honoring Huang and Dally for their leadership in developing GPU architectures that drive today’s AI systems and machine learning algorithms.
Impact on Accelerated Computing and AI
The award emphasizes their pioneering work in accelerated computing, which has transformed the computer industry at large. This breakthrough is revolutionizing technology layers from chips and systems to algorithms and applications, igniting a new era of AI innovation.
“To be recognized among the pioneers whose work has shaped the world we live in today is an extraordinary honor,” Huang said, honoring visionaries of technologies like the internet and GPS that changed industries and daily life.
Huang added, “We are living through the most profound transformation in computing since the invention of the microprocessor. AI has become essential infrastructure — as vital to future progress as electricity and the internet were to previous generations."
Summary
The award celebrates Huang and Dally’s visionary contributions that established GPUs as core to AI’s rapid growth and the broader shift in computing technology.
Author’s Summary
Jensen Huang and Bill Dally’s GPU innovations have sparked a computing revolution, making AI a foundational technology as transformative as electricity and the internet.