Authors of the top four theses cited in the Householder award (front row, left to right): Michael Ng, Ming Gu (recipient of this year's prize), Niloufer Mackey, and Lina Hemmingsson. Prize committee members (back row, left to right): Paul Van Dooren, Charles Van Loan, Olof Widlund, and Axel Ruhe (chair); (absent: Ludwig Elsner).