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   NEW YORK, December 10, 2013 -- ACM has recognized 50 of its members for their contributions to computing that are driving innovations across multiple domains and disciplines.  The 2013 ACM Fellows,  from the world’s leading universities, corporations, and research labs, have achieved advances in computing research and development that are accelerating the digital revolution and impacting every dimension of how we live, work, and play…worldwide.  
   ACM President Vinton G. Cerf celebrated the impact of innovations achieved by this year’s ACM Fellows. “We recognize these scientists and engineers, creators and builders, theorists and practitioners who are making a difference in our lives,” he said.  “They’re enabling us to listen, learn, calculate, and communicate in ways that underscore the benefits of the digital age.  Their advances have led to opportunities for improved healthcare, enhanced security, expanded interactions, and enriched lifestyles.  Some recipients have also led efforts to extend computing across continents and countries including Brazil, China, and Germany.”
   Within the corporate sector, the 2013 ACM Fellows named from IBM Research were cited for contributions to knowledge discovery and data mining, and for leadership in probabilistic methods for data and system simulation management and analysis.  Raytheon BBN Technologies’ ACM Fellow was recognized for contributions to quantum communications, advanced networks, and programming literacy.  Liquid Robotics’ ACM Fellow was cited for contributions to programming languages, tools, and environments.  Boeing’s ACM Fellow was honored for achievements in computer graphics, user interaction, and visual analytics.  Other companies with 2013 ACM Fellows are Yahoo!, Google Inc., and Microsoft Research. Their respective contributions include industrial leadership and information retrieval; cryptography in systems security and privacy; and computer vision and multimedia.
    Among the universities with 2013 ACM Fellows is the University of California, with representatives from San Diego, Berkeley, Irvine, and Los Angeles campuses.  These Fellows were recognized for achievements in security methods for high-quality cryptography; software reliability and quality; information retrieval and computational linguistics, and algorithms for graph partitioning and commodity flows; foundations of automated reasoning and approaches to data mining and machine learning; and research on human interactions with information systems and data practices.  Cornell University’s ACM Fellows were honored for contributions to the science of information and social networks; languages and systems for implementing secure computing systems; and design and analysis of approximation algorithms.  At the University of Maryland, ACM Fellows were recognized for image processing, computer vision, and pattern recognition; and automated search and planning.  The ACM Fellows at Massachusetts Institute of Technology were cited for wireless networking and Internet congestion control, and synchronization in concurrent programming.  The University of Pennsylvania’s ACM Fellows were recognized for algorithmic approaches to program reliability and bioinformatics;  query languages and optimization, and data provenance. 
   Other North American universities with 2013 ACM Fellows include University of Michigan; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Duke University; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Carnegie Mellon University; University of Rochester; Texas A&M University; State University of New York Oswego; Stanford University; Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Rice University; Harvard University; New York University Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences; University of Southern California; Georgia Institute of Technology; and University of Texas, Austin.  ACM Fellows from these institutions were cited respectively for achievements in human computer interaction; multiprocessor and multicore real-time systems; sensor network infrastructure optimization; computer vision; software architecture; artificial intelligence for assistive technology; wireless communication and control; software for concurrency; natural language processing; high performance computing algorithms; parallel and high performance computing; verification of practical programming languages; data management; teamwork and security games; network communication and computation; and randomness and complexity theory.   
   Among universities outside of North America, the 2013 ACM Fellows hailed from University College London; Politecnico di Milano; Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro; Peking University; RWTH Aachen University, Germany; ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), RMIT University, Australia; Seoul National University; and National University of Singapore.  Fellows from these universities were recognized respectively for achievements in computer vision and image retrieval, and information retrieval theory and practice; database management; software engineering; video technology; conceptual modeling; operating systems and networking research; database query optimization; scalable data mining and query processing; and computational biology.  
   ACM will formally recognize the 2013 Fellows at its annual Awards Banquet on June 21, 2014, in San Francisco. Additional information about the ACM 2013 Fellows, as well as previous ACM Fellows and award winners is available on the ACM Awards site.
   2013 Fellows
    
   
    
     
      | Mark S. AckermanUniversity of Michigan
 For contributions to human computer interaction, with emphasis on finding and sharing expertise
 | Douglas S. LeaState University of New York, Oswego
 For contributions to software, particularly in support of concurrency
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      | Charu C. AggarwalIBM Research
 For contributions to knowledge discovery and data mining algorithms
 | Yoelle MaarekYahoo!
 For contributions to industrial leadership and to information retrieval and Web search
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      | James H. AndersonUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 For contributions to the implementation and analysis of multiprocessor and multicore real-time
 systems
 | Christopher D. ManningStanford University
 For contributions to natural language processing research and education
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      | Mihir BellareUniversity of California, San Diego
 For contributions to provable security methods supporting high-quality, cost-effective cryptography
 | Madhav V. MaratheVirginia Bioinformatics Institute and Virginia Polytechnic Institute
 For contributions to high performance computing algorithms and software environments for simulating and analyzing socio-technical systems
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      | Christine L. BorgmanUniversity of California, Los Angeles
 For contributions to research on human interaction with information systems, data practices, and information policy
 | John M. Mellor-CrummeyRice University
 For contributions to parallel and high performance computing
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      | Stefano CeriPolitecnico di Milano
 For contributions to database management, including distributed databases, rule-processing, and search computing
 | Greg MorrisettHarvard University
 For contributions to mathematically-based methods for ensuring the efficient implementation and verification of practical programming languages
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      | Krishnendu ChakrabartyDuke University
 For contributions to optimization methods for system-on-chip test automation, microfluidic biochips, and sensor network infrastructure
 | Andrew C. MyersCornell University
 For contributions to languages and systems that use information flow for implementing secure computing systems
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      | Ramalingam ChellappaUniversity of Maryland
 For contributions to image processing, computer vision, and pattern recognition
 | Dana NauUniversity of Maryland
 For contributions to automated search and planning
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      | Ingemar CoxUniversity of Copenhagen/University College London
 For contributions to computer vision, image retrieval, and digital watermarking
 | Satish RaoUniversity of California, Berkeley
 For contributions to algorithms for graph partitioning and for single- and multi-commodity flows
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      | Carlos J. P. De LucenaPontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
 For contributions in software engineering and multiagent systems, and for computer science
 leadership in Brazil
 | S.E. RobertsonUniversity College London
 For contributions to the theory and practice of information retrieval
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      | Rina DechterUniversity of California, Irvine
 For contributions to the algorithmic foundations of automated reasoning with constraint-based and probabilistic information
 | Timothy RoscoeETH Zurich
 For contributions to operating systems and networking research
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      | Chip ElliottRaytheon BBN Technologies
 For scientific contributions enabling quantum communications, advanced tactical networks, and programming literacy
 | Timoleon K. SellisRMIT University (Australia)
 For contributions to database query optimization, spatial data management, and data warehousing
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      | David ForsythUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 For contributions to computer vision
 | Dennis E. ShashaCourant Institute, New York University
 For technical and literary contributions over a broad range of data management topics
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      | Wen GaoPeking University
 For contributions to video technology, and for leadership to advance computing in China
 | Nir N. ShavitMassachusetts Institute of Technology
 For contributions to the theory and practice of synchronization in concurrent programming
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      | David GarlanCarnegie Mellon University
 For contributions to the development of software architecture as a discipline in
 software engineering
 | Kyuseok ShimSeoul National University
 For contributions to scalable data mining and query processing
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      | James GoslingLiquid Robotics
 For Java, NeWS, Emacs, NetBeans, and other contributions to programming languages, tools, and environments
 | Padhraic SmythUniversity of California, Irvine
 For contributions to probabilistic and statistical approaches to data mining and machine learning
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      | Peter HaasIBM Research – Almaden
 For leadership in probabilistic methods for the management and analysis of data and for system simulation
 | Milind TambeUniversity of Southern California
 For contributions to theory and practice of multi-agent systems, teamwork and security games
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      | Marti HearstUniversity of California, Berkeley
 For contributions to information retrieval and computational linguistics
 | Val TannenUniversity of Pennsylvania
 For contributions to query languages, query optimization and data provenance
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      | Matthias JarkeRWTH Aachen University (Germany Aachen University of Technology)
 For contributions to conceptual modeling, requirements engineering, metadata management, and computer science leadership in Germany
 | David P. WilliamsonCornell University
 For contributions to the design and analysis of approximation algorithms
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      | Sampath K. KannanUniversity of Pennsylvania
 For contributions to algorithmic approaches to program reliability, bioinformatics, and for
 service to the computer science research community
 | Limsoon WongNational University of Singapore
 For contributions to database theory and computational biology
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      | David J. KasikBoeing
 For contributions to computer graphics, user interface software, and visual analytics
 | Moti YungGoogle Inc.
 For contributions to cryptography and its use in security and privacy of systems
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      | Dina KatabiMassachusetts Institute of Technology
 For contributions in cross-layer wireless networking, wireless network coding, and
 Internet congestion control
 | Ellen ZeguraGeorgia Institute of Technology
 For contributions to communication and computation in intermittingly-connected networks
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      | Henry A. KautzUniversity of Rochester
 For contributions to artificial intelligence and pervasive computing with applications to assistive technology and health
 | Zhengyou ZhangMicrosoft Research
 For contributions to computer vision and multimedia
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      | Jon KleinbergCornell University
 For contributions to the science of information and social networks
 | Yuanyuan ZhouUniversity of California, San Diego
 For contributions to software reliability and quality
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      | Panganamala KumarTexas A&M University
 For contributions to wireless communication and control technologies
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      David ZuckermanUniversity of Texas at Austin
 For contributions to randomness extraction, pseudorandomness, and their role in complexity theory
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   About ACM
   ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery 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.