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IEEE CS Honors 2021 Distinguished Contributors

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., 23 March 2022 - The IEEE Computer Society (IEEE CS) announces the inaugural 2021 Class of Distinguished Contributors, which recognizes members for their technical contributions to the Computer Society and their profession at large.  

Established in 2021, the IEEE CS Distinguished Contributor Recognition Program is open to all IEEE CS members, including Affiliates, and is designed to recognize members' contributions to the Computer Society as well as other accomplishments and achievements to the computing profession.  

“The Computer Society is proud to recognize the inaugural recipients of the Distinguished Contributor Recognition Program that was established during the 50th anniversary of the Society,” said Edward Addy, the chair of the Membership Awards and Recognition Committee.  “These awardees have demonstrated technical achievements and contributions that exemplify our goal of leading the global technical community and contributing to the development and application of technology to improve global conditions.  Each recipient has made a broad range of technical contributions during a decade or more of volunteer service within the Society.  Congratulations to each for this well-deserved recognition.”

Listed below are the names of the 2021 Class of IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributors. Those with a * denote Charter Members. These individuals, along with all Computer Society members who have earned the distinction of IEEE Fellow and those who have been awarded an IEEE Computer Society named Technical Award, who meet the minimum length of membership requirement, are also being recognized as IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributors.

The 2021 inaugural Class of Distinguished Contributors:

Abielmona, Rami*

Aboulnaga, Ashraf

Addy, Edward

Ahn, Jung Ho

Bagchi, Saurabh*

Bailey, James

Bass, Julian

Behmann, Fawzi*

Berghel, Hal*

Binder, Robert

Bondurant, David

Bouguettaya, Athman*

Bresenham, Jack

Calheiros, Rodrigo

Cano, Jeimy

Charalampos, Patrikakis

Chrysanthis, Panos

Clausen, Thomas

Cuadros-Vargas, Ernesto*

Cummings, Roger

Dimopoulos, Nikitas

Donoso Meisel, Yezid Enrique*

Douglis, Fred*

Duarte, Carlos Henrique Cabral*

Ebert, David*

Elster, Anne*

Fahmy, Hossam M.A.*

Frailey, Dennis*

Fraser, Steven

Gaudiot, Jean-Luc*

Gezelter, Robert*

Goel, Sandeep

Gray, Jeff

Groner, Gabriel

Gurumurthi, Sudhanva

Harrod, Peter

Heaton, Jeff Heaton

Helal, Sumi*

Hinds, Chris N.

Jaatun, Martin Gilje

Jabbbar, Meerja Akhil

Jin, Zhi*

Jin, Zhi

Jorge, Joaquim Armando Pires

Kadry, Seifedine*

Kaiser, Gail*

Kassim, Mohamed Rawidean Mohd*

Katz, Daniel

Khan, Samee

Kuo, Sy-Yen*

Kursh, Steven

Lea, Perry*

Leeser, Miriam*

Lefurgy, Charles

Leung, Carson K.

Lindstrom, Peter

Liu, Ling*

Lomet, David*

Lorkowski, Joe

Lutz, David

Mancl, Dennis

McMillin, Bruce*

Membrey, Peter

Mercuri, Rebecca

Milenkovic, Milan

Miller, Gloria J.

Mitra, Tulika*

Morreale, Patricia

Mountain, David

Mueller, Gary

Murugesan, San*

Naef, Martin

Nikolopoulos, Dimitrios

Ogiela, Marek

Onwubiko, Cyril*

Ozdemir, Hasan Timucin

Paez, Nicholas*

Parhami, Behrooz*

Patel, Nita*

Paulk, Mark*

Peddie, Jon*

Pederson, Torben Bach

Piccardi, Massimo

Poellabauer, Christian

Popescu, Elvira*

Proeller, George*

Qiu, Meikang*

Quintana, Yuri*

Raghavan, Sridhar

Rahman, M Sohel*

Reisman, Sorel*

Rong, Chunming*

Sangwan, Raghvinder

Shukla, Sandeep Kumar*

Shyu, Mei-Ling*

Simmhan, Yogesh

Smith, Reid

Sood, Daman Dev

Soomro, Tariq*

Soomro, Tariq

Sousa, Leonel*

Spinellis, Diomidis*

Sridharan, Vilas

Thapliyal, Himanshu

Tripathi, Anand*

Vaidyanathan, Ramachandran

van Hemert, Jano

van Steen, Maarten*

Walz, John

Washizaki, Hironori*

Whitmire, Scott

Wolfe, Andrew

Wondolowski, Mike

Xu, Jiang*

Youn, Chan-Hyun

Yusoff, Fakhrul*

Zahran, Mohamed

Zanero, Stefano*

Zima, Hans

Ziv, Avi

Applicants were evaluated on contributions made in the following areas:

  • Awards and keynotes
  • Publications
  • Standards, patents, working groups, and government advisory
  • Presentations
  • Tutorials and training
  • Change management, corporate contributions, and [other] engineering

Key Dates for 2022 Submission:

  • Applications Open: 16 August 2022
  • Application Deadline: 15 October 2022
  • Applicants Notified: Mid December

For more information on the program, visit the Distinguished Contributors page. The Distinguished Contributor Program is a recognition program and is not an IEEE member grade.  Please contact distinguished-contributor-feedback@computer.org for more information.

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