Prof. Washizaki joined SC2024, which was jointly sponsored by IEEE-CS and ACM, to present awards, including the ACM/IEEE Computer Society Ken Kennedy Award, the IEEE Computer Society Sidney Fernbach Memorial Award, and the IEEE Computer Society Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award. Congratulations to all recipients, Dr. David Padua, Dr. Bill Tang, and Dr. Norm Jouppi. This year, SC2024 attracted around 18K attendees, a record-breaking number!