UW CS Professor Suman Banerjee was recognized by the Association for Computing Machinery for his Outstanding Scientific Contribution to Computing. Read the press release here:
2018 ACM DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS RECOGNIZED FOR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HAVE REVOLUTIONIZED HOW WE LIVE, WORK AND PLAY
Major Achievements in Computer Engineering, Education and Science Have Contributed to Some of Today’s Most Exciting Technologies
New York, NY, November 7, 2018 – ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has named 49 Distinguished Members for outstanding contributions to the field. The 2018 Distinguished Members are exemplars for their peers, and represent ACM’s worldwide geographic reach, as well as the exciting range of subdisciplines that constitute today’s technology landscape.
“By honoring these individuals, we highlight the professional achievements behind the technologies that have transformed both our daily lives and society in general,” explains ACM President Cherri M. Pancake. “Each Distinguished Member has also demonstrated a commitment to being part of the professional community through his or her longstanding membership in ACM. These computing leaders really epitomize ACM’s mission of ‘advancing computing as a science and a profession.’”
The 2018 ACM Distinguished Members work at leading universities, corporations and research institutions around the world. They represent countries including Australia, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Sweden, the United States and the United Kingdom. These innovators have made contributions in a wide range of technical areas including algorithms, artificial intelligence, computer architecture, computer science education, cybersecurity, graphics, human-computer interaction, and networking.
The ACM Distinguished Member program recognizes up to 10 percent of ACM worldwide membership based on professional experience as well as significant achievements in the computing field.
2018 ACM DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS For Outstanding Contributions to Computing:
Eytan Adar
University of Michigan
Niklas Elmqvist
University of Maryland, College Park
For Outstanding Educational Contributions to Computing:
Christine Alvarado
University of California, San Diego
Tim Bell
University of Canterbury
Andrew McGettrick
University of Strathclyde
Lynn Andrea Stein
Olin College of Engineering
Chris Stephenson
For Outstanding Engineering Contributions to Computing:
Kazuaki Ishizaki
IBM Research
Rajkumar Kettimuthu
Argonne National Laboratory and University of Chicago
Stefan Saroiu
Microsoft Research
Jingdong Wang
Microsoft Research, Beijing
For Outstanding Scientific Contributions to Computing:
Sven Apel
University of Passau
Brian P. Bailey U
niversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rajesh Krishna Balan
Singapore Management University
** Suman Banerjee
University of Wisconsin-Madison **
Emery Berger
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Yi Chang
Jilin University
Marsha Checkik
University of Toronto
Lei Chen
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Yiran Chen
Duke University
Tanzeem Choudhury
Cornell University and HealthRhythms Inc.
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