Longstanding members cited for trailblazing achievements across computing field
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ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has named 63 Distinguished Members for outstanding contributions to the field. All 2021 inductees are longstanding ACM members and were selected by their peers for a range of accomplishments that advance computing as a science and a profession. “Each year we are excited to recognize a new class of ACM Distinguished Members for their professional achievements, as well as their longstanding membership with ACM,” explains ACM President Gabriele Kotsis. “The Distinguished Members program is a way both to celebrate the trailblazing work of our members, and to underscore how participation with a professional society enhances one’s career growth. This award category also emphasizes how ACM’s worldwide membership is the foundation of our organization.”
The 2021 ACM Distinguished Members work at leading universities, corporations and research institutions in Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Chile, China, Germany, India, New Zealand, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. ACM Distinguished Members are selected for their contributions in three separate categories: educational, engineering, and scientific. This year’s class of Distinguished Members made advancements in areas including bioinformatics, computer architecture, computer graphics, data science, human-computer interaction, networking and distributed systems, semantic web research, security, and software engineering, among many other areas.
The ACM Distinguished Member program recognizes up to 10 percent of ACM worldwide membership based on professional experience and significant achievements in the computing field. To be nominated, a candidate must have at least 15 years of professional experience in the computing field, five years of professional ACM membership in the last 10 years, and must have achieved a significant level of accomplishment, or made a significant impact in the field of computing, computer science or information technology. A Distinguished Member is expected to have served as a mentor and role model by guiding technical career development and contributing to the field beyond the norm.
For Outstanding Educational Contributions to Computing:
Alison Clear Eastern Institute of Technology
Andrew Luxton-Reilly University of Auckland
Ingrid Russell University of Hartford
For Outstanding Engineering Contributions to Computing:
Cristian Cadar Imperial College London
Tawanna R. Dillahunt University of Michigan
Archan Misra Singapore Management University
Felix Naumann Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam
Knut Risvik Microsoft
m.c. schraefel University of Southampton
Nalini Venkatasubramanian University of California, Irvine
For Outstanding Scientific Contributions to Computing:
Bo An Nanyang Technological University
Marcelo Arenas Universidad Católica de Chile & IMFD Chile
Ranjita Bhagwan Microsoft Research India
Supratik Chakraborty Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Yingying (Jennifer) Chen Rutgers University
Rolf Drechsler University of Bremen, DFKI
Cecilia Aragon University of Washington
Rosa M. Badia Barcelona Supercomputing Center & Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Richard R. Brooks Clemson University
Jake Y. Chen University of Alabama at Birmingham
Zhigang Deng University of Houston
Xiaojiang Du Stevens Institute of Technology
Ashutosh Dutta Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
Marcus Foth Queensland University of Technology
Xiaoming Fu University of Goettingen
Ramaswamy Govindarajan Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
M. Shamim Hossain King Saud University
Trent Jaeger Pennsylvania State University
Ira Kemelmacher-Shlizerman University of Washington, Google
Miryung Kim University of California, Los Angeles
Jerry Chun-Wei Lin Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Antonija Mitrovic University of Canterbury
Max Mühlhäuser Technical University of Darmstadt
Sean Munson University of Washington
Leo Porter University of California, San Diego
M. Sohel Rahman Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Karthik Pattabiraman University of British Columbia
Guo-Jun Qi OPPO US Research Center
Balaraman Ravindran Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Katie A. Siek Indiana University
Yogesh Simmhan Indian Institute of Science
Sriram Subramanian University College London
XiaoFeng Wang Indiana University Bloomington
Ingmar Weber Qatar Computing Research Institute, HBKU
Chun Jason Xue City University of Hong Kong
Yusu Wang Halicioglu Data Science Institute & University of California, San Diego
Yonggang Wen Nanyang Technological University
Xiaokui Xiao National University of Singapore
Ke Yi Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Erez Zadok Stony Brook University
About ACM ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, 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. To be selected as an ACM Fellow, a candidate's accomplishments are expected to place him or her among the top 1% of ACM members. 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. ACM Distinguished Membership recognizes up to 10% of ACM's top members. 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. ACM Senior Member status recognizes the top 25% of ACM Professional Members. 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.
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