The Annual PyTorch Foundation Contributor Awards honor individuals who have made significant contributions to PyTorch Foundation projects and the community. The awards recognize exceptional contributions across technical development, community engagement, education, mentorship, and project growth.
Nominations for the 2026 PyTorch Foundation Contributor Awards will open on June 17, 2026 and close on July 17, 2026 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time.
Community members are encouraged to nominate individuals whose contributions have had a meaningful impact on PyTorch Foundation projects and the community.
Nominations may be submitted by community members, project maintainers, colleagues, or through self-nomination. Please review the award categories below before submitting a nomination.
Award recipients will be recognized during the PyTorch Conference 2026 , taking place October 20–21, 2026, in San Jose, California.
Questions? Please contact contributor-award@pytorch.org.
| Award | Award For |
|---|---|
| Outstanding Ambassador | Excellence in community growth and bringing new users into the ecosystem |
| Superhero | Excellence across all aspects of community contribution |
| Ecosystem Champion | Excellence in strengthening and growing the broader project ecosystem |
| Knowledge Enhancer | Excellence in documentation, tutorials, and knowledge sharing |
| Bug Buster | Excellence in uncovering, reporting, and resolving bugs |
| Newcomer | Excellence in New Contributions |
| Review Powerhouse | Excellence in Code Review |
| Innovator | Excellence in innovative features, approaches, and core architectural contributions |
| Catalyst | Excellence in improving developer workflows, automation, devinfra, and AI-assisted development |
| June 17, 2026 | Nominations open |
| July 17, 2026, 11:59 PM Pacific Time | Nominations close |
Nominations will open on June 17, 2026.
Zesheng Zong
Outstanding PyTorch Ambassador
Zingo Andersen
PyTorch Review Powerhouse
Xuehai Pan
PyTorch Problem Solver
Jonathan Dekhtiar
PyTorch Innovator
Justin Silver
PyTorch Trail Blazer
Aaron Gokaslan
PyTorch Rock Turner
Jiawei Li
PyTorch Ecosystem Champion
Irakli Salia
PyTorch Newcomer
Eikan Wang
PyTorch Pacesetter
Mingfei Ma
PyTorchbearer
Vincent Moens
PyTorch Superhero
Abdulsalam Yazid Bande
ghostspiders
Muhammed Tolga Cangöz
Yu Guangye
Masahiro Hiramori
Xu Han
Kaichao You
Simon Mo
Ralf Gommers
Logan Thomas
Sayak Paul
Hussain
Jerome Ku
PyTorch Newcomer
Aaron Gokasian
PyTorch Review Powerhouse
Natalia Gimelshein
PyTorch Problem Solver
Kaichao You
PyTorch Innovator
Andrew Hoblitzell
PyTorch Trail Blazer
Stefano Fabri
PyTorch Rock Turner
Phillipe Tillet
PyTorch Ecosystem Champion
Eddie Yan
PyTorch Pacesetter
Jiong Gong
PyTorchbearer
K. Frank
PyTorch Superhero
Eddie Yan
Jithun Nair
Masahiro Hiramori
Jonathan Chuang
Salman Mohammadi
Davis Wertheimer
Xuehai Pan
Sunita Nadampalli
Leslie Fang
Sahdev Zala
Thien Tran
Pritam Damania
SJeff Daily and Jack Cao
Pytorchbearer
Excellence in Long-Term Contributions Across All Modalities
James Keeble
PyTorch Pace-Setter
Excellence in High-Level Activity and Contributions
Tim Dettmers and Srishti Gureja
PyTorch Newcomer
Excellence in New Contributions
Mazen Alotaibi (Ma7dev), Stas Bekman, and Junghwan Park
PyTorch Ambassador
Excellence in Bringing New Users to the Community
Piotr Bialecki (ptrblck)
PyTorch Superhero
Excellence in All Aspects of Community Contributions
Aaron Gokaslan
Pytorch Review Powerhouse
Excellence in Code Review
Vadim Kantorov
PyTorch Problem-Solver
Excellence in Uncovering or Resolving Bugs
Emcastillo
PyTorch Innovator
Excellence in Innovative New Features or Approaches
José Luis Castro Garcia
PyTorch Trail-blazer
Excellence in Documentation and Knowledge Sharing
Bowen Bao
Yuanyuan Chen
Justin Chu
K. Frank
Jeremian Johnson
Jiawei Li
Li-Huai (Allan) Lin
Li Ning
Muhammad Qasim Khan
Fritz Obermeyer
Kulin Seth
ShiBo
Thomas Viehmann
Antoni Viros-i-Martin
Christian von der Weth
Ivan Yashchuk
Xiaobing Zhang
