NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- ACM has recognized 44 of its members for their contributions to computing technology that have generated a broad range of innovations to industry, commerce, entertainment, and education. The 2008 ACM Fellows, from the world's leading universities, industries, and research labs, created advances in computer theory as well as practice. These technology developments have consistently demonstrated their crucial role in forming the foundation for sustained economic growth in an information-based society.
"These men and women are the inventors of technology that impact the way people live and work throughout the world," said ACM President, Professor Dame Wendy Hall. "Their selection as 2008 ACM Fellows offers us an opportunity to recognize their dedicated leadership in this dynamic field, and to honor their contributions to solving complex problems, expanding the impact of technology, and advancing the quality of life for people everywhere."
The complete list of 2008 ACM Fellows is appended at the end of this announcement.
Within the corporate sector, the 2008 ACM Fellows named from Microsoft Research were cited for contributions ranging from computer security and verification to human-computer interaction, computational photography and distributed computing. IBM Almaden and Thomas J. Watson Research Centers each had Fellows, who were recognized for query-processing language, and computational geometry, which is often used in the development of computer graphics, computer-aided design, robotics, and other applications. Other corporate entities with 2008 Fellows were Intel Corp., Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, and Palo Alto Research Center . Their respective contributions include compiler technology and computer performance enhancement tools, database management and computer communications protocols.
Among the universities with 2008 ACM Fellows was Stanford University, whose Fellows were recognized for achievements in programming language theory, rendering theory for use in computer graphics, software engineering process discipline, and reinventing virtual machines for more efficient operating system functioning. Fellows from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were honored for achievements in computer networking and distributed systems, theory of mathematical programming, development of the Macsyma system for symbolic mathematics, and algorithms and complexity theory. Princeton University's Fellows were acknowledged for advances in probabilistically checkable proofs and optimization problems, computer music as well as physics-based sound synthesis, and network control and management systems. Carnegie Mellon University's Fellows were recognized for contributions to computer-aided design tools, for combinatorial auctions and mechanism design, often used in game theory, and for software engineering process discipline. Fellows from the University of Toronto were cited for contributions to the theory of computational complexity, and for computer-aided design of semiconductor devices known as field-programmable gate arrays.
Other North American universities with 2008 ACM Fellows include Georgia Institute of Technology; the University of Virginia; the University of Minnesota; the University of Texas at Austin; the University of Waterloo; the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rice University; and the University of California at Santa Cruz, Los Angeles, Berkeley, and Irvine. ACM Fellows from these institutions were cited for achievements in ubiquitous computing research, emphasizing applications for education, home, and health; compiler design and implementation; human-computer interaction; compilers and memory management; algorithms and data structures; fault-tolerant distributed computing; technologies for parallel computing; computer security; computer communications protocols; electronic design automation; computer vision; and computer-supported cooperative work.
Outside of North America, the universities with 2008 ACM Fellows include City University of Hong Kong in China; ETH (the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Zurich in Switzerland; the University of Cambridge and Newcastle University in the UK; and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. Fellows from these universities were recognized for contributions to the interface of algorithmic methodology and game theory; software engineering and programming languages; theorem provers and verification techniques; dependable computing and computer history; and design of high performance memory systems.
ACM also named a 2008 Fellow from Viewpoints Research Institute, a nonprofit research organization, who has made fundamental contributions to personal computing and object-oriented programming.
ACM will formally recognize the 2008 Fellows at its annual Awards Banquet on June 27, 2009, in San Diego, CA. Additional information about the ACM 2008 Fellows, the awards event, as well as previous ACM Fellows and award winners is available at www.acm.org/awards.
2008 Fellows and Citations
- Martin Abadi
Microsoft Research Silicon Valley /University of California, Santa Cruz
For contributions to computer security and verification of computer systems
- Gregory D. Abowd
Georgia Institute of Technology
For contributions to ubiquitous computing research, with emphasis on applications for education, home and health
- Alexander S. Aiken
Stanford University
For contributions to programming language theory and systems
- Sanjeev Arora
Princeton University
For foundational work on probabilistically checkable proofs and approximate solutions to NP-hard optimization problems
- Hari Balakrishnan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
For contributions to computer networking and distributed systems
- William Buxton
Microsoft Research
For contributions to the field of human-computer interaction
- Kenneth Clarkson
IBM Almaden Research Center
For contributions to computational geometry
- Jason (Jingsheng) Cong
University of California at Los Angeles
For contributions to electronic design automation
- Stephen A. Cook
University of Toronto
For fundamental contributions to the theory of computational complexity
- Perry R. Cook
Princeton University
For contributions to computer music, physics-based sound synthesis and voice analysis/synthesis
- Jack W. Davidson
University of Virginia
For contributions in compiler design and implementation
- Umeshwar Dayal
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
For contributions to managing federated, active, and heterogeneous databases
- Xiaotie Deng City
University of Hong Kong
For contributions to the interface of algorithmic methodology and game theory
- Jose Joaquin Garcia-Luna-Aceves
University of California, Santa Cruz /Palo Alto Research Center
For contributions to the theory and design of computer communication protocols
- Michel X. Goemans
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
For contributions to the theory of approximation algorithms and mathematical programming
- Patrick Hanrahan
Stanford University
For contributions to rendering theory and systems
- Charles H. House
Stanford University MediaX Program
For distinguished service and contributions to ACM and the computing community
- Watts S. Humphrey
Carnegie Mellon University
For contributions to software engineering process discipline
- Alan C. Kay
Viewpoints Research Institute
For fundamental contributions to personal computing and object-oriented programming
- Joseph A. Konstan
University of Minnesota
For contributions to human-computer interaction
- Roy Levin
Microsoft Research Silicon Valley
For contributions to software and systems
- P. Geoffrey Lowney
Intel Corp.
For contributions to compiler technology and performance enhancement tools
- Jitendra Malik
University of California, Berkeley
For contributions to computer vision
- Kathryn S. McKinley
University of Texas at Austin
For contributions to compilers and memory management
- Bertrand Meyer
ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Zurich
For contributions to software engineering and programming languages
- John C. Mitchell
Stanford University
For contributions to the theory of programming languages
- Joel Moses
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
For developing the Macsyma computer system for formula manipulation
- J. Ian Munro
University of Waterloo
For contributions to algorithms and data structures
- Judith S. Olson
University of California at Irvine
For contributions to human-computer interaction and computer-supported cooperative work
- Lawrence C. Paulson
University of Cambridge, Computer Laboratory
For contributions to theorem provers and verification techniques
- Hamid Pirahesh
IBM Almaden Research Center
For contributions to query processing and query languages
- Brian Randell
Newcastle University
For contributions to dependable computing and computer history
- Michael K. Reiter
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
For contributions to computer security and fault-tolerant distributed computing
- Jennifer Rexford
Princeton University
For contributions to network control and management systems
- Jonathan S. Rose
University of Toronto
For contributions to the architecture and computer-aided design of field-programmable gate arrays
- Mendel Rosenblum
Stanford University
For contributions to reinventing virtual machines
- Rob A. Rutenbar
Carnegie Mellon University
For contributions to computer-aided design tools for mixed-signal integrated circuits
- Tuomas Sandholm
Carnegie Mellon University
For contributions to combinatorial auctions and mechanism design
- Vivek Sarkar
Rice University
For contributions to technologies for parallel computing
- Mark S. Squillante
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
For contributions to the theory and practice of stochastic modeling
- Per Stenstrom
Chalmers University of Technology
For contributions to the design of high-performance memory systems
- Madhu Sudan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
For contributions to algorithms and complexity theory
- Richard Szeliski
Microsoft Research
For contributions to computational photography
- Douglas Terry
Microsoft Research Silicon Valley
For contributions to distributed computing
About ACM
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery (http://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 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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