ACM Honors Distinguished Computer Scientists, Engineers and Educators for Innovations

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NEW YORK, NY, November 20, 2013—ACM (the Association for Computing Machinery) has named 40 Distinguished Members for their individual contributions and their singular impacts on the vital field of computing.  Their achievements have advanced the science, engineering, and education of computing, and highlight the widening role that computing plays in a range of disciplines and domains around the globe. The 2013 Distinguished Members hail from universities in Denmark, Japan, Israel, Italy, China, and the United Kingdom in addition to North America, and from leading international corporations and research institutions.  

ACM President Vinton G. Cerf described the recipients as “the problem solvers, prophets, and producers who are powering the future of the digital age.”  He noted that these ACM members “are the driving force for enabling the computing community to change how we live and work. They demonstrate the advantages of ACM membership, which empowers self-improvement and inspires a bold vision for their own careers as well as their impact on the future.”  

The ACM Distinguished Member program can recognize the top 10 percent of ACM worldwide membership based on professional experience as well as significant achievements in the computing field.  ACM’s current worldwide membership exceeds 100,000. 

Seventy percent of the 2013 recipients are from leading international academic institutions around the world.  Another 30 percent represent prominent corporate and national research laboratories from North America, the UK, Europe and India.  Their achievements in critical areas of computing include high performance computing, computer architecture, data management, user interface, cybersecurity, wireless network management, software engineering, and innovative instruction.  

For more information about the selection criteria and the 2013 Distinguished Members, click on http://awards.acm.org/distinguished_member/.

 

The following ACM Members have been recognized as 2013 Distinguished  Educators:

 

Owen Astrachan Duke University		Michael Caspersen Aarhus University (Denmark)
Douglas Jacobson Iowa State University		Thomas L. Naps University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh

 

The following ACM Members have been recognized as 2013 Distinguished  Engineers:

 

Rong N. Chang IBM T.J. Watson Research Center		James H. Cownie Intel Corporation (UK) Ltd
Marcus Fontoura Google Inc.		Terence P. Kelly Hewlett Packard Labs
Ray Simar Rice University		Patrick H. Worley Oak Ridge National Laboratory

 

The following ACM Members have been recognized as 2013 Distinguished Scientists:

 

Saurabh Bagchi Purdue University		Ethan L. Miller University of California, Santa Cruz
Fred Chong University of California, Santa Barbara		T. M. Murali Virginia Tech
Graham Cormode University of Warwick, Coventry, UK		Jitendra D. Padhye Microsoft Research
Prasad M. Deshpande IBM Research, India		Sushil Prasad Georgia State University
Maria R. Ebling IBM T. J. Watson Research Center		Lili Qiu University of Texas at Austin
Mark Giesbrecht University of Waterloo		Gregg Rothermel University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Takahiro Hara Osaka University (Japan)		Paolo Santi Istituto di Informatica e Telematica del CNR (Italy)
Tobias H. Höllerer University of California, Santa Barbara		Evgenia Smirni College of William and Mary
Vanja Josifovski Google Inc.		Geoffrey Smith Florida International University
Günter Karjoth IBM Research—Zurich		Il-Yeol Song Drexel University
Tsvi Kuflik The University of Haifa		Eswaran Subrahmanian Carnegie Mellon University
Yung-Hsiang Lu Purdue University		André van der Hoek University of California, Irvine
Jock D. Mackinlay Tableau Software		R. Michael Young North Carolina State University
Sriganesh Madhvanath Hewlett Packard Labs		Zhi-Hua Zhou Nanjing University (China)
Filippo Menczer Indiana University		Qiang Zhu University of Michigan—Dearborn

About ACM
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery www.acm.org, is the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, uniting computing educators, researchers and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources and address the field’s challenges. ACM strengthens the computing profession’s collective voice through strong leadership, promotion of the highest standards, and recognition of technical excellence. ACM supports the professional growth of its members by providing opportunities for life-long learning, career development, and professional networking.

About the ACM Recognition Program
The ACM Fellows program, initiated in 1993, celebrates the exceptional contributions of the leading members in the computing field. These individuals have helped to enlighten researchers, developers, practitioners and end-users of information technology throughout the world. The ACM Distinguished Member program, initiated in 2006, recognizes those members with at least 15 years of professional experience who have made significant accomplishments or achieved a significant impact on the computing field. The ACM Senior Member program, also initiated in 2006, includes members with at least 10 years of professional experience who have demonstrated performance that sets them apart from their peers through technical leadership, technical contributions and professional contributions. The new ACM Fellows, Distinguished Members, and Senior Members join a list of eminent colleagues to whom ACM and its members look for guidance and leadership in computing and information technology.