CRA Congratulates New New AAA&S, AAAI, AAAS, ACM, and IEEE-CS Fellows
By Matt Hazenbush, Director of Communications
The Computing Research Association (CRA) proudly congratulates several members of the computing research community who have recently been honored as members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAA&S) and Fellows of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS). This recognition highlights their outstanding contributions to the field of computing, and reflects their dedication to innovation, excellence in scholarship, and impactful advancements that will shape the future of technology and society.
Below, we acknowledge those community members who achieved these career milestones and affirmed their willingness to be recognized by CRA in Computing Research News.
CRA is very fortunate to be led and supported by our passionate volunteers – talented computing researchers who dedicate their valuable time to bringing CRA’s programs, initiatives, and events to life. We are especially pleased to acknowledge and thank new members and Fellows who have contributed to CRA’s fulfillment of its mission through volunteering their time, energy, and expertise with us. Thank you, and congratulations!
American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAA&S) – New Academy Members Elected in 2024
AAA&S is one of the oldest and most prestigious honorary society and independent policy research centers in the United States. The Academy elects members who have made significant contributions to scholarly and public life.
The following individuals were announced as new AAA&S members elected in 2024 who affirmed their willingness to be recognized by CRA.
Nancy M. Amato, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Nancy M. Amato, Head of the Computer Science Department and Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, was elected as a new AAA&S member in the computer sciences section. Her numerous contributions to CRA include service on the Board of Directors since 2014 – including as Vice Chair (2019-2021) and Chair (2021-present). She has also long served as a leader of CRA’s Widening Participation Committee, including as a member of the Board of Directors (2000-present) and Steering Committee (2011-present), as well as serving as CRA-WP Co-chair (2014-2017) and Program Chair of the DREU program (2000-present). In addition, she served as a Board member to CRA’s Education Committee (2011-2020). She was honored with the 2014 CRA A. Nico Habermann Award in recognition of her leadership and outstanding contributions to increasing the numbers and successes of groups who have been minoritized in the computing research community.
Jason (Jingsheng) Cong, University of California, Los Angeles
Jason (Jingsheng) Cong, the Volgenau Chair for Engineering Excellence, Director of the Center for Customizable Domain-Specific Computing, and Director of the VLSI Architecture, Synthesis, and Technology (VAST) Laboratory at the University of California, Los Angeles, was elected as a new AAA&S member in the computer sciences section.
Lise Getoor, University of California, Santa Cruz
Lise Getoor, Distinguished Professor and Jack Baskin Chair in Computer Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was elected as a new AAA&S member in the computer sciences section.
Juan E. Gilbert, University of Florida
Juan E. Gilbert, the Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and Department Chair in the Computer & Information Science & Engineering Department and the Director of the Computing for Social Good Lab at the University of Florida, was elected as a new AAA&S member in the computer sciences section. He has served as a mentor in CRA-WP’s Early & Mid-Career Mentoring Workshop and participated in several Congressional Visit Days (CVD) organized by CRA Government Affairs.
Read his Policy Spotlight interview in this month’s Computing Research News.
Elizabeth Mynatt, Northeastern University
Elizabeth Mynatt, Dean of the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, was elected as a new AAA&S member in the computer sciences section. She served on the CCC Council for 10 years, culminating as CCC Chair from 2016 to 2018, during which she simultaneously served on the CRA Board of Directors. During her CCC tenure, she helped lead workshops and white papers on numerous topics, including Health IT, Intelligent Infrastructure, Inclusive Online Content, Technology to Support Aging, and generally how computing can help address national societal needs.
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) – 2024 Fellows
AAAI is a nonprofit that aims to advance and promote research in, and the responsible use of, artificial intelligence. AAAI’s elected Fellows are individuals who have made significant, sustained contributions to the field of artificial intelligence. The association’s Fellows Selection Committee typically selects 5-10 new Fellows each year.
The following individual is one AAAI Fellow elected in early 2024 who affirmed their willingness to be recognized by CRA
Jennifer Dy, Northeastern University
Jennifer Dy, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, was elected as a AAAI Fellow for significant contributions to unsupervised and interpretable machine learning, advancing AI to address health care challenges, and service to the AI community.
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) – 2023 Fellows
AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society. Its mission is to advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all people. AAAS Fellows are recognized for their contributions to science and technology, scientific leadership, and efforts to advance science for the benefit of society.
The following individuals are 2023 AAAS Fellows (announced in early 2024) who affirmed their willingness to be recognized by CRA.
Sarita Adve, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Sarita Adve, the Richard T. Cheng Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, was elected as a Fellow of AAAS in the Information, Computing & Communication section affiliation. Among her many contributions to CRA include service on the Board of Directors (2009-2018), leadership on several committees, twice co-chairing the CRA Career Mentoring Workshop, and speaking at the CRA Conference at Snowbird. She led the first CARES committee (Committee to Aid Reporting on Discrimination and Harassment Policy Violations) as a ACM SIGARCH Officer – an effort that was honored with the 2020 CRA Distinguished Service Award.
Nitesh Chawla, University of Notre Dame
Nitesh Chawla, the Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and the Founding Director of the Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society at the University of Notre Dame, was elected as a Fellow of AAAS in the Information, Computing & Communication section affiliation. He served as a PhD advisor to a past CRA-E Graduate Fellow.
Martín Farach-Colton, New York University
Martín Farach-Colton, Computer Science and Engineering Department Chair and Leonard J. Shustek Professor of Computer Science at the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University, was elected as a Fellow of AAAS in the Information, Computing & Communication section affiliation.
Matthew T. Mason, Carnegie Mellon University
Matthew T. Mason, Professor Emeritus at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University and Chief Scientist at Berkshire Grey, was elected as a Fellow of AAAS in the Information, Computing & Communication section affiliation. He participated in the CCC’s robotics visioning effort, which culminated in the National Robotics Roadmap and the National Robotics Initiative.
Ramesh K. Sitaraman, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ramesh K. Sitaraman, Distinguished University Professor of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, was elected as a Fellow of AAAS in the Information, Computing & Communication section affiliation.
Boleslaw K. Szymanski, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Boleslaw K. Szymanski, the Claire & Roland Schmitt Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Network Science and Technology Center (NeST) at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was elected as a Fellow of AAAS in the Information, Computing & Communication section affiliation.
Michela Taufer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Michela Taufer, Dongarra Professor in High Performance Computing and Director of the Global Computing Laboratory at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, was elected as a Fellow of AAAS in the Information, Computing & Communication section affiliation. She is a current member of the CCC Council.
Kishor Trivedi, Duke University
Kishor Trivedi, the Hudson Chair in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, was elected as a Fellow of AAAS in the Information, Computing & Communication section affiliation.
Holly Yanco, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Holly Yanco, Chair, Professor, Distinguished University Professor, and NERVE Center Director at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, was elected as a Fellow of AAAS in the Information, Computing & Communication section affiliation. She is a current CCC Council member and has served since 2020.
Benjamin Zorn, Microsoft Research
Benjamin Zorn, Partner Researcher at Microsoft Research, was elected as a Fellow of AAAS in the Information, Computing & Communication section affiliation. He is a current member of the CRA Board of Directors and Co-chair of the CRA-Industry Committee. He has previously served as a member of the CCC Council (2014-2020), the CRA Strategic Planning Committee (2019-2020), and the Industry Working Group (2019-2020).
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) – 2023 ACM Fellows
ACM is a professional organization dedicated to advancing the field of computing. The ACM Fellows award recognizes the top 1 percent of ACM Members for their important work and contributions to the computing field.
The following individuals are ACM Fellows named in early 2024 who affirmed their willingness to be recognized by CRA.
Aditya Akella, The University of Texas at Austin
Aditya Akella, the Regents Chair in Computer Sciences and Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions that improve the performance, efficiency, and robustness of cluster computing.
Akella said: “CRA generously supported three postdocs in my research group via the CIFellows program. Thank you, CRA!”
Maria-Florina Balcan, Carnegie Mellon University
Maria-Florina Balcan, the Cadence Design Systems Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to the foundations of machine learning and its applications to algorithmic economics and algorithm design.
Nikhil Bansal, University of Michigan
Nikhil Bansal, the Patrick C. Fischer Professor of Theoretical Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to the foundations of approximate and online algorithms, and their connections to mathematics.
Vaughn Timothy Betz, University of Toronto
Vaughn Timothy Betz, Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to the architecture and computer-aided design of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).
Ramón Cáceres, Google
Ramón Cáceres, former Software Engineer at Google, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to mobile and edge computing. He has served on the CRA-Widening Participation Committee Board of Directors (2018-2024) and co-chaired CRA-WP’s Grad Cohort for IDEALS (2020-2024), in addition to speaking at many CRA-WP events, including Grad Cohort for IDEALS, Grad Cohort for Women, and the CRA-WP Career Mentoring Workshop.
Yingying (Jennifer) Chen, Rutgers University
Yingying (Jennifer) Chen, Department Chair and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Peter D. Cherasia Faculty Scholar at Rutgers University, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to the design and application of mobile sensing and mobile security systems. She participated in the CRA-WP Early Career Mentoring Workshop.
About her workshop experience, Chen said: “I still remembered those encouragement from senior mentors, which have accompanied me during ups and downs. Many junior faculties that I met at the workshop have become my long-term friends and we grow together sharing both happy and bitter moments along the academic roads.”
Kenneth Ward Church, Northeastern University
Kenneth Ward Church, Professor of the Practice at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to empirical methods in natural language processing.
Roger B. Dannenberg, Carnegie Mellon University
Roger B. Dannenberg, Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, Art & Music at Carnegie Mellon University, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to the field of computer science through innovative computer music systems.
Wenliang Du, Syracuse University
Wenliang (Kevin) Du, Professor in the College of Engineering & Computer Science at Syracuse University, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to cybersecurity education and research.
Jeffrey S. Foster, Tufts University
Jeffrey S. Foster, Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science at Tufts University, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to program analysis and techniques to build more reliable and secure software.
Ian Goldberg, University of Waterloo
Ian Goldberg, Canada Research Chair in Privacy Enhancing Technologies and Professor at the Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to the development and deployment of privacy enhancing technologies.
Zhu Han, University of Houston
Zhu Han, Moores Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to distributed and autonomous management for large-scale communication networks.
Geoffrey Hinton, University of Toronto
Geoffrey Hinton, Professor Emeritus at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto, was named an ACM Fellow for conceptual and engineering breakthroughs that have made deep neural networks a critical component of computing.
Trent Jaeger, The Pennsylvania State University
Trent Jaeger, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to research and education for operating systems and software security.
Christopher Kruegel, University of California, Santa Barbara
Christopher Kruegel, Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to systems security, malware detection, and vulnerability analysis.
Kwan-Liu Ma, University of California, Davis
Kwan-Liu Ma, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Director of the UC Davis Center for Visualization, and Head of VIDI Labs at the University of California, Davis, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to and leadership in large-scale data visualization research.
Wenjig Lou, Virginia Polytechnic University
Wenjig Lou, the W.C. English Endowed Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Polytechnic University, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to information and network security. She has been a speaker for CRA-WP’s Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) as a part of the ACM Capital Region Celebration of Women in Computing.
Gerard G. Medioni, Amazon
Gerard G. Medioni, Vice President and Distinguished Scientist, AWS Applications, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to computer vision and its consumer facing applications. He will be a speaker at the 2024 CRA Conference at Snowbird.
Deborah McGuinness, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Deborah McGuinness, Tetherless World Senior Constellation Chair, Professor of Computer Science, Cognitive Science, and Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to knowledge technologies including ontologies and knowledge graphs.
Sharad Mehrotra, University of California, Irvine
Sharad Mehrotra, Distinguished Professor in the School of Information and Computer Science and Director of the Center for Emergency Response Technologies (CERT) at the University of California, Irvine, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to the fields of data management, multimedia information retrieval, and emergency response.
Skrikanth Narayanan, University of Southern California
Skrikanth Narayanan, the Niki and Max Nikias Chair in Engineering at the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to speech, language, multimedia processing, affective computing, and their human-centered applications. He was a panelist and speaker at the CCC organized event Improving Mental Health and Supporting Self-regulation with Technology at the AAAS Meeting in Washington DC, in June 2023.
Benjamin Raphael, Princeton University
Benjamin Raphael, Professor of Computer Science at the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Princeton University, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to computational biology including algorithms in cancer genomics/evolution and biological network analysis.
Tim Roughgarden, Columbia University
Tim Roughgarden, Professor of Computer Science in the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to algorithmic game theory.
Stefan Saroiu, Microsoft Research
Stefan Saroiu, Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to memory security and trusted computing.
Noah Snavely, Cornell Tech and Google Research
Noah Snavely, a Professor of Computer Science at Cornell Tech and a Research Scientist at Google Research, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to computer vision and computer graphics.
Kilian Weinberger, Cornell University
Kilian Weinberger, Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Cornell University, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to machine learning and deep learning research.
Emmett Witchel, The University of Texas at Austin
Emmett Witchel, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to high-performance, concurrent, and secure systems. He is a past participant of CRA’s Leadership in Science Policy Institute (LiSPI) workshop.
IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) – 2024 Class of Fellow
IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. Its Board of Directors confers the title of Fellow upon a person of outstanding and extraordinary qualifications and experience in IEEE-designated fields, who has made important individual contributions to one or more of those fields.
The following individuals were announced as a part of the IEEE-CS 2024 Class of Fellow late last year and affirmed their willingness to be recognized by CRA.
Zhipeng Cai, Georgia State University
Zhipeng Cai, Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Georgia State University, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to resource management and scheduling for high-performance computing.
Songqing Chen, George Mason University
Songqing Chen, Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at George Mason University, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to internet streaming, content delivery, and security.
Kaushik Chowdhury, Northeastern University
Kaushik Chowdhury, Associate Dean for Research and Professor in the College of Engineering at Northeastern University, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to development of cognitive radio networks and applied machine learning for wireless systems. He has partnered with CRA on advocacy for increased investment in the area of AI/ML, specifically concerning advanced communications and networking.
Min Dong, Ontario Tech University
Min Dong, Professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering at Ontario Tech University, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to transmission design and resource optimization for wireless communications.
Niklas E. Elmqvist, Aarhus University
Niklas E. Elmqvist, a Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Aarhus University, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to mobile, ubiquitous, and immersive technologies for data visualization.
Azim Eskandarian, Virginia Commonwealth University
Azim Eskandarian, the Alice T. and William H. Goodwin Jr. Dean of the College of Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to the communication and control of intelligent autonomous vehicles.
Joan Feigenbaum, Yale University
Joan Feigenbaum, the Grace Murray Hopper Professor of Computer Science & Economics in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Yale University, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to trust-management systems and internet algorithmics. She has served on the CRA-Widening Participation Board of Directors.
Alex K. Jones, University of Pittsburgh
Alex K. Jones, Professor in the Swanson Electrical & Computer Engineering Department at the University of Pittsburgh, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to sustainable computing. He led a CCC workshop series and report on extreme scale design automation and helped launch a workshop series on diversity in design automation and test.
Hyesoon Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology
Hyesoon Kim, Professor at the School of Computer Science in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to resource modeling and partitioning in heterogeneous computing systems. She has served as a mentor in CRA-WP’s Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (DREU) program.
Ming Li, University of Arizona
Ming Li, Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to information and network security. He was a third place co-recipient of the the CCC Blue Sky Ideas Award for Best Vision Paper for a paper published in ACM SIGSPATIAL 2015: Privacy-Preserving Inference of Social Relationships from Location Data: A Vision Paper.
Gopal Pandurangan, University of Houston
Gopal Pandurangan, Professor of Computer Science at the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Science Institute at the University of Houston, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to theory and algorithms for distributed computing and networks.
Denys Poshyvanyk, College of William and Mary
Denys Poshyvanyk, Chancellor Professor and a Graduate Director in the Computer Science Department at the College of William & Mary, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to integrating software analyses and machine learning. He has served on the CRA-E Board of Directors since 2018.
Rakesh Kumar, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Rakesh Kumar, Professor and John Bardeen Faculty Scholar in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to energy-efficient processor architecture and design.
Benjamin C. Lee, University of Pennsylvania
Benjamin C. Lee, Professor in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering and the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to the design of microprocessors with machine learning and game theory.
Zhiqiang Lin, The Ohio State University
Zhiqiang Lin, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at The Ohio State University, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to automated vulnerability discovery, code hardening, and monitoring in mobile and systems security.
Bradley Malin, Vanderbilt University
Bradley Malin, the Accenture Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Computer Science and Vice Chair for Research Affairs in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to data engineering, privacy, and security in biomedicine.
Klaus D. Mueller, Stony Brook University
Klaus D. Mueller, Professor in the Computer Science Department at Stony Brook University and Senior Scientist at the Computational Science Initiative at Brookhaven National Lab, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to image reconstruction and visualization. He is a past participant of CRA’s Leadership in Science Policy Institute (LiSPI) workshop.
Dimitrios Nikolopoulos, Virginia Tech
Dimitrios Nikolopoulos, the John W. Hancock Professor of Engineering in the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to dynamic execution environments and multiprocessor memory management.
Sudeep Pasricha, Colorado State University
Sudeep Pasricha, Professor in the Walter Scott Jr. College of Engineering and Director of the Embedded, High Performance, and Intelligent Computing (EPIC) Lab at Colorado State University, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to design and optimization of chip-scale communication architectures for manycore computing.
Karthikeyan Sankaralingam, University of Wisconsin–Madison and NVIDIA
Karthikeyan Sankaralingam, the Mark D. Hill and David A. Wood Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Principal Research Scientist at NVIDIA, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to identifying and mitigating the challenges of dark silicon.
Forrest Shull, Department of Defense
Forrest Shull, Principal Director for Advanced Computing and Software at the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD (R&E)), was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to software engineering research. He currently serves on the CRA Board of Directors (2021-present).
Karin Strauss, Microsoft Research
Karin Strauss, Senior Principal Research Manager at Microsoft Research, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to storage systems.
Hao Zhang, Simon Fraser University
Hao (Richard) Zhang, Distinguished Professor in the School of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to shape analysis and synthesis in visual computing.
Zhi Wei, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Zhi Wei, Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Ying Wu College of Computing at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, was elevated to IEEE Fellow grade for contributions to knowledge discovery from biological data.
