ACM Honors Distinguished Members For Contributions to Computing

ACM has named 49 of its members as recipients of a newly created recognition program for their contributions to both the practical and theoretical aspects of computing and information technology. The new ACM Distinguished Members, from some of the world’s leading industries, research labs, and universities, have made significant advances that are having lasting effects on the lives of citizens throughout the world.

ACM created the Distinguished Member category earlier this year as a complement to its prestigious Fellows program, established in 1993 to recognize ACM members for their outstanding accomplishments to the computing and IT community. These inaugural designees have been cited for achievements that have solved problems in virtually every industry including computer security, robotics, computer graphics, mobile computing, wireless networking, and Web searching, among others.

"The computing disciplines are the drivers behind much of the world’s innovations," said David Patterson, past president of ACM, who oversaw the launch of this advanced member recognition program to honor the continuing contributions of the computing community. "These prominent scientists, engineers, and professionals have made breakthroughs in computing that benefit our world every day."

The ACM Distinguished Engineer, Scientist, and Membership Program recognizes those members with at least 15 years of professional experience who have made significant accomplishments or achieved a significant impact on the computing field. For more information about the selection criteria and a complete list of 2006 Distinguished Members, click on distinguished.acm.org.

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Distinguished Engineer

Larry L. Constantine Constantine & Lockwood Ltd.
R. Kent Dybvig Indiana University
Jo Ebergen Sun Microsystems Laboratories
Sandra K. Johnson IBM
Susan Landau Sun Microsystems Laboratories
Robert M. Lefkowitz
Timothe Litt Intel
John Nolan Craigfad, U.K.
Charles Campbell Palmer IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Arun K. Somani Iowa State University, Ames
David A. Thomas Bedarra Research Labs
David M. Ungar Sun Microsystems Laboratories
Guido van Rossum Google, Inc.
Christopher A. Vick Sun Microsystems Laboratories
Mario Wolczko Sun Microsystems Laboratories
Feng Zhao Microsoft Research
Albert Y. Zomaya University of Sydney

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Distinguished Member

Reinaldo A. Bergamaschi IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Ruth E. Davis Santa Clara University
Michael Franz University of California, Irvine
Laura Hill Sun Microsystems Laboratories
Elaine R. Palmer IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Susan H. Rodger Duke University
Holly Rushmeier Yale University
Robert A. Walker Kent State University

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Distinguished Scientist

Eric Allender Rutgers University
George S. Avrunin University of Massachusetts, Amherst
David F. Bacon IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Henry G. Baker Baker Capital Corp.
Hans-J. Boehm HP Labs
Ronald F. Boisvert National Institute of Standards and Technology
Ramón Cáceres IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Tracy Camp Colorado School of Mines
Alan David Fekete University of Sydney
Maria L. Gini University of Minnesota
Michael T. Goodrich University of California, Irvine
Richard E. Jones University of Kent, U.K.
Joseph A. Konstan University of Minnesota
Kathryn S. McKinley The University of Texas at Austin
Dianne P. O’Leary University of Maryland
Jan Pedersen Yahoo! Research
Vivek Sarker IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Robert S. Schreiber HP Labs
Stuart C. Shapiro University at Buffalo,The State University of NY
John A. Tomlin Yahoo! Research
David S. Touretzky Carnegie Mellon University
Gregory S. Tseytin IBM
Michael Worboys University of Maine
Shumin Zhai IBM Almaden Research Center