2018 ACM Fellows Honored for Pivotal Achievements that Underpin the Digital Age
Computing Professionals Recognized for Transformative Contributions in Areas Including Accessible Voting, Computer Animation, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, and Software
New York, NY, December 5, 2018—ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has named 56 members ACM Fellows for significant contributions in areas including computer architecture, mobile networks, robotics, and systems security. The accomplishments of the 2018 ACM Fellows underpin the technologies that define the digital age and greatly impact our professional and personal lives. ACM Fellows are composed of an elite group that represents less than 1% of the Association’s global membership.
"In society, when we identify our tech leaders, we often think of men and women in industry who have made technologies pervasive while building major corporations,” said ACM President Cherri M. Pancake. “At the same time, the dedication, collaborative spirit and creativity of the computing professionals who initially conceived and developed these technologies goes unsung. The ACM Fellows program publicly recognizes the people who made key contributions to the technologies we enjoy. Even when their work did not directly result in a specific technology, they have made major theoretical contributions that have advanced the science of computing. We are honored to add a new class of Fellows to ACM’s ranks and we look forward to the guidance and counsel they will provide to our organization."
Underscoring ACM’s global reach, the 2018 Fellows hail from universities, companies and research centers in Finland, Greece, Israel, Sweden, Switzerland, and the US.
The 2018 Fellows have been cited for numerous contributions in areas including accessibility, augmented reality, algorithmic game theory, data mining, storage, software and the World Wide Web.
ACM will formally recognize its 2018 Fellows at the annual Awards Banquet, to be held in San Francisco on June 15, 2019. Additional information about the 2018 ACM Fellows, and the awards event, as well as previous ACM Fellows, is available through the ACM Fellows site.
2018 ACM Fellows
Gul Agha |
Jessica K. Hodgins |
Krste Asanovic |
John Hughes |
N Asokan |
Charles Lee Isbell |
Paul Barham |
Kimberly Keeton |
Peter L. Bartlett |
Sanjeev Khanna |
David Basin |
Lillian Lee |
Elizabeth M. Belding |
Tom Leighton |
Rastislav Bodik |
Fei-Fei Li |
Katy Borner |
Michael Littman |
Amy S. Bruckman |
Huan Liu |
Jan Camenisch |
Jiebo Luo |
Adnan Darwiche |
Bruce M. Maggs |
Andre M. Dehon |
Bangalore S. Manjunath |
Premkumar T. Devanbu |
Vishal Misra |
Tamal Dey |
Frank Mueller |
Sandhya Dwarkadas |
David Parkes |
Steven Feiner |
Gurudatta Parulkar |
Tim Finin |
Toniann Pitassi |
Thomas Funkhouser |
Lili Qiu |
Minos Garofalakis |
Matthew Roughan |
Mario Gerla |
Amit Sahai |
Juan E. Gilbert |
Alex Snoeren |
Mohammad T. Hajiaghayi |
Gerald Tesauro |
Dan Halperin |
Bhavani Thuraisingham |
Johan Håstad |
Salil Vadhan |
Tian He |
Ellen M. Voorhees |
Wendi Beth Heinzelman |
Avi Wigderson |
Aaron Hertzmann |
Alec Wolman |
About ACM
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, is the world's largest educational and scientific computing society, uniting 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 Fellows 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 new ACM Fellows join a distinguished list of colleagues to whom ACM and its members look for guidance and leadership in computing and information technology.
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