Now in its fourth year, the Wolfram Innovator Awards are an established tradition and one of our favorite parts of the annual Wolfram Technology Conference. This year, Stephen Wolfram presented seven individuals with the award. Join us in celebrating the innovative ways the winners are using Wolfram technologies to advance their industries and fields of research.

Candidates are nominated by Wolfram employees and evaluated by a panel of experts to determine the winners. We are excited to announce the US recipients of the 2014 Innovator Awards:

Prof. Richard J. Gaylord Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Emeritus, University of Illinois	Mark Kotanchek CEO, Evolved Analytics LLC
John Michopoulos Head of Computational Multiphysics Systems Laboratory, Naval Research Laboratory	Rodrigo Murta Retail Intelligence Manager, St Marche Supermercados
Bruce Torrence Professor of Mathematics, Randolph-Macon College	Yves Papegay Research Scientist, French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control
Chad Slaughter System Architect, Enova Financial

Earlier this year, European Innovator Award winners were announced at the European Wolfram Technology Conference in Frankfurt, Germany:

Congratulations to all of our 2014 Wolfram Innovator Award winners! Read more about our deserving recipients and their accomplishments.