ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has named 71 members
ACM Fellows for wide-ranging and fundamental contributions in areas
including algorithms, computer science education, cryptography,
data security and privacy, medical informatics, and mobile and
networked systems ─ among many other areas. The accomplishments of
the 2021 ACM Fellows underpin important innovations that shape the
technologies we use every day.
The ACM Fellows program recognizes the top 1% of ACM Members for
their outstanding accomplishments in computing and information
technology and/or outstanding service to ACM and the larger
computing community. Fellows are nominated by their peers, with
nominations reviewed by a distinguished selection committee.
“Computing professionals have brought about leapfrog advances in
how we live, work, and play,” said ACM President Gabriele Kotsis.
“New technologies are the result of skillfully combining the
individual contributions of numerous men and women, often building
upon diverse contributions that have emerged over decades. But
technological progress would not be possible without the essential
building blocks of individual contributors. The ACM Fellows program
honors the creativity and hard work of ACM members whose specific
accomplishments make broader advances possible. In announcing a new
class of Fellows each year, we celebrate the impact ACM Fellows
make, as well as the many technical areas of computing in which
they work.”
In keeping with ACM’s global reach, the 2021 Fellows represent
universities, corporations, and research centers in Belgium, China,
France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, and the United States.
The contributions of the 2021 Fellows run the gamut of the
computing field―including cloud database systems, deep learning
acceleration, high performance computing, robotics, and theoretical
computer science ─ to name a few.
Additional information about the 2021 ACM Fellows, as well as
previously named ACM Fellows, is available through the ACM Fellows
website.
2021 ACM Fellows
Leonard AdlemanRetiredFor contributions to making public-key
cryptography useful in practice
David A. BaderNew Jersey Institute of TechnologyFor
contributions to high-performance computing systems, graph
analytics, and technical leadership in parallel computing
Meenakshi BalakrishnanIndian Institute of Technology, DelhiFor
contributions to system-level design, embedded systems and
assistive technologies for the visually impaired
Nikolaj Bjorner Microsoft ResearchFor contributions to SMT
solvers and network verification
Mark BravermanPrinceton UniversityFor contributions to
computational complexity, information theory, and algorithmic
mechanism design
Linda Jean CampIndiana UniversityFor contributions to computer
security and e-crime measures
Edward Y. ChangStanford UniversityFor contributions to scalable
machine learning and healthcare
Tanzeem ChoudhuryCornell TechFor contributions to mobile systems
for behavioral sensing and health interventions
Daniel Cohen-OrTel Aviv UniversityFor contributions to computer
graphics, geometry processing, and visual computing
Gautam DasUniversity of Texas at ArlingtonFor contributions to
database search and graph algorithms
Anind DeyInformation School, University of WashingtonFor
contributions to ubiquitous computing and large-scale behavioral
studies
Lieven EeckhoutGhent UniversityFor contributions in computer
architecture performance analysis and modeling
Martín Farach-ColtonRutgers UniversityFor contributions to data
structures for biocomputing and big data
Amos FiatTel Aviv UniversityFor contributions to cryptography,
online algorithms, and algorithmic game theory
Hubertus FrankeIBM ResearchFor contributions to the
communication, concurrency and resource control in parallel
systems
Batya FriedmanUniversity of WashingtonFor contributions to human
values in the technical design process
Evgeniy GabrilovichGoogleFor contributions to the acquisition,
representation, and dissemination of web-knowledge with
applications to the medical domain
Judith Gal-EzerOpen University of IsraelFor contributions to
research and implementation in computer science education
Deepak GanesanUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstFor
contributions to ultra-low power wireless sensing systems
Anupam GuptaCarnegie Mellon UniversityFor contributions to
approximation algorithms, online algorithms, stochastic algorithms.
and metric embeddings
Zygmunt J. HaasUniversity of Texas at DallasFor contributions to
communication and security protocols for ad hoc and sensor
networks.
Elad HazanPrinceton UniversityFor contributions to efficient
algorithms for convex and nonconvex optimization
Xiaobo Sharon HuUniversity of Notre DameFor contributions to the
design of power-constrained and real-time embedded systems
Paola InverardiUniversity of L'AquilaFor contributions to
software architecture
Zachary IvesUniversity of PennsylvaniaFor contributions to data
integration, sharing, and management for scientific
applications
Sushil JajodiaGeorge Mason UniversityFor contributions to cyber
security, data protection, and privacy
Ranjit JhalaUniversity of California San DiegoFor contributions
to software verification
David R. KaeliNortheastern UniversityFor contributions to
computer architecture and compilers
Jonathan KatzUniversity of MarylandFor contributions to
cryptographic protocol design and cryptography education
Robert KleinbergCornell UniversityFor contributions to online
learning and decision problems
Thomas LengauerMax Planck SocietyFor contributions to
bioinformatics and medical informatics
Hai “Helen” LiDuke UniversityFor contributions to neuromorphic
computing and deep-learning acceleration
Feifei LiAlibaba CloudFor contributions to query processing and
optimization and to cloud database systems
Ninghui LiPurdue UniversityFor contributions to data privacy,
access control, and trust management
Tie-Yan LiuMicrosoft Research AsiaFor contributions to machine
learning algorithms and their applications
Steve MarschnerCornell UniversityFor contributions to modeling
the appearance of physical materials
Matthew T. MasonCarnegie Mellon UniversityFor contributions to
robotic manipulation and manipulation path planning
Dale A. MillerInria SaclayFor contributions to proof theory and
computational logic
Elchanan MosselMITFor contributions to theoretical computer
science and inference
Bernhard NebelAlbert-Ludwigs UniversitätFor contributions to
knowledge representation and reasoning, automatic planning, and
their applications in robotics
Rafail OstrovskyUCLAFor contributions to the foundations of
cryptography
Joël OuaknineMax Planck Institute for Software SystemsFor
contributions to algorithmic analysis of dynamical systems
David Z. PanThe University of Texas at AustinFor contributions
to electronic design automation, including design for manufacturing
and physical design
Rosalind W. PicardMIT Media LabFor contributions to
physiological signal sensing for individual health and
wellbeing
Shaz QadeerNovi, MetaFor contributions to software verification,
software testing, and programming languages
Glenn RicartUS IgniteFor leadership in creating advanced
research infrastructure, including the first Internet
interconnection point
Tajana RosingUniversity of California San DiegoFor contributions
to power, thermal, and reliability management
Robert B. RossArgonne National LaboratoryFor contributions to
high-performance computing in storage and parallel I/O
Szymon RusinkiewiczPrinceton UniversityFor contributions to
acquisition, representation, analysis, rendering, and fabrication
of 3D models
Pierangela SamaratiUniversità degli Studi di Milano, ItalyFor
contributions to data security and privacy
Sunita SarawagiIIT BombayFor contributions to statistical
machine learning for information analysis, extraction, and
integration
Bernt SchieleMPI for Informatics / Saarland UniversityFor
contributions to large-scale object recognition, human detection,
and pose estimation
Mubarak Ali ShahUniversity of Central FloridaFor contributions
to human action recognition in video and leadership for
undergraduate research experience
Alla ShefferUniversity of British ColumbiaFor contributions to
geometry processing, mesh parameterization, and perception-driven
shape analysis and modeling
Munindar P. SinghNorth Carolina State UniversityFor
contributions to artificial intelligence and multiagent systems and
their applications in service-oriented computing and sociotechnical
systems
Aravinda Prasad SistlaUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoFor
contributions to verifying concurrent programs, probabilistic
systems, security, and database systems
Scott SmolkaStonybrook UniversityFor contributions in process
algebra, model checking, and runtime verification
Jie TangTsinghua UniversityFor contributions to information and
social network mining
Mark TehranipoorUniversity of FloridaFor contributions to
microelectronics security and trust
Luca TrevisanBocconi UniversityFor contributions to complexity
theory and combinatorial optimization
Wenping WangTexas A&M UniversityFor contributions to
geometric modeling and computer graphics
Brent WatersUniversity of Texas Austin & NTT ResearchFor
contributions to cryptography
Ryen W. WhiteMicrosoft ResearchFor contributions to information
retrieval, human-computer interaction, and computational health
Jacob O.WobbrockUniversity of Washington For contributions to
human-computer interaction and accessible computing
Tao XiePeking UniversityFor contributions to software testing
and analytics
Ming-Hsuan YangUniversity of California Merced, Google, Yonsei
UniversityFor contributions to visual tracking, face processing,
and low-level vision
Mohammed ZakiRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteFor contributions
to data mining algorithms and foundations
Ben Yanbin ZhaoUniversity of ChicagoFor contributions to
peer-to-peer systems and online social networks
Lin ZhongYale UniversityFor contributions to mobile and network
systems
Shlomo ZilbersteinUniversity of Massachusetts at AmherstFor
contributions to automated planning, resource-bounded
reasoning, and multi-agent systems
Thomas ZimmermannMicrosoft ResearchFor contributions to mining
software repositories and defect prediction
About ACMACM, 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 Fellows ProgramThe 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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Jim Ormond
Association for Computing Machinery
(212) 626-0505
ormond@hq.acm.org
