Congratulations to Stefan Ritt on receiving the prestigious IEEE CANPS Award! For more than 30 years, the software MIDAS developed by Stefan Ritt at PSI Paul Scherrer Institut has helped particle physics experiments around the world process enormous amounts of data in real time. Today, this lifetime achievement is being recognised with the IEEE CANPS Award, honouring Stefan’s outstanding contributions to data processing and computing in nuclear and plasma sciences. With MIDAS