IEEE Fellows

IEEE is accepting nominations for the IEEE Fellow Class of 2027.  The deadline for nominations is 7 February 2026.

To be nominated as a Fellow, a recipient must:

• Have accomplishments that have contributed importantly to the advancement or application of engineering, science and technology, bringing the realization of significant value to society;
• Hold Senior Member or Life Senior Member grade at the time the nomination is submitted; and
• Have been a member in good standing in any grade for a period of five cumulative years or more preceding 1 January of the year of elevation. 
  IEEE Society affiliate membership does not apply.

Find out more about the IEEE Fellow Nomination process and Steps to Become an IEEE Fellow.

Any person, including non-IEEE members, is eligible to serve as a nominator. The following are exceptions: members of the IEEE Board of Directors, members of the IEEE Fellow Committee, Chair, Vice Chair, or Member (Evaluator) of any Society/Council Fellow Evaluating Committee (S/C FEC) evaluating the nomination, member of the Cohort Fellow Evaluating Committee (CFEC) evaluating the nomination, or IEEE Staff.   Self-nomination is not permitted.

Nominators, please complete the following tasks:

• Preparing the online IEEE Fellow Grade Nomination Form.  See Nomination Quick Help Guide.  See IEEE Fellow Contribution Categories Matrix.  Nominations FAQs.
• The nominator is responsible for soliciting at least three, but no more than five, references capable of assessing the nominee’s contributions.
  (NOTE: A reference must be an IEEE Fellow in good standing. The following individuals are ineligible to serve as IEEE Fellow references: members of the IEEE Board of Directors, members of the Fellow Committee, members of the IEEE Society/Technical Council Fellow Evaluating Committee reviewing the nomination or IEEE Staff. In addition, a nominator may not serve as a reference for a nomination he/she is submitting.
  Exception: References will be accepted if a reference is an IEEE Senior or Life Senior member from Region 9, in good standing and the nominee they are serving as a reference resides in Region 9).  See Fellow Reference Help Guide.   Reference Quick Help Guide (PDF),  Sample Reference Form (PDF)
• There is the option of soliciting no more than three endorsements capable of supporting the nomination. Any person, including non-IEEE members, may submit an endorsement.  See  Endorsement Form, Fellow Endorsement Help Guide (PDF).  Sample Endorsement Form, (PDF),
• Identify an IEEE Society/Technical Council whose evaluating committee will assess the nominee’s technical qualifications and contributions.

Find out more about the IEEE Fellow Evaluation Process.

GOVERNANCE DOCUMENTS

• IEEE Bylaws (PDF)
• IEEE Fellows Operations Manual (PDF) Feb. 2025
• IEEE Fellow Committee Handbook – Updates Pending
• Society/Council IEEE Fellow Evaluating Committee Handbook – Updates Pending

USER GUIDES

• Nomination Quick Help Guide
• Sample Nomination Form
• Reference Quick Help Guide
• Sample Reference Form
• Endorsement Quick Help Guide
• Sample Endorsement Form
• IEEE Fellow Contribution Categories Matrix – NEW
• IEEE Fellow Program Brochure. NEW

OTHER HELPFUL RESOURCES

• Fellow Committee Scoring Program.  You will be prompted to log in with your IEEE Primary Account. 
• IEEE Fellow Directory
• How to order a Fellow Pin or Certificate
• Contact us!  If you have a question not addressed here, please email fellows@ieee.org or your Society Admin.

The IEEE Computer Society Fellow Evaluating Committee (S/C FEC) assists the IEEE Fellow Committee in recognizing IEEE members who, in its opinion, meet the qualifications for the grade of Fellow because of contributions to the areas of interest to the Society. The committee members must determine whether the work of each candidate is recognized and considered outstanding in the Society’s field of interest. The committee provides a succinct statement of the candidate’s qualifications for a Fellow grade. The members rate the candidate’s contributions relative to the contributions of IEEE Fellows.  The IEEE CS Fellow Evaluating Committee chair is responsible for merging the evaluators’ input into a coherent whole, for reaching consensus with the committee on ranking the candidates, and for making the final decision on the content of the evaluation forms.

New IEEE Fellow Procedures: The IEEE CS Fellow Evaluating Committee (S/C FEC) chair is appointed by the president-elect.  Starting in 2023 each S/C President receives a list from IEEE Fellows staff which includes all Fellows and Life Fellows who are active members of their S/C, along with their region, gender, organizational affiliation, and whether they are a member of IEEE Standards Association. This information is used to help develop a S/C FEC within the diversity representation per the new implemented guidelines for Societies and Councils (pdf).   S/C FEC’s must be completed by 1 September of each year.

Chair

• Jaideep Vaidya, Chair
  Rutgers University

Vice Chairs

• Maya B. Gokhale
• Hai Jin
• Anupam Joshi
• Ming C. Lin
• Huan Liu
• Ahmed Louri
• Pierangela Samarati
• Dacheng Tao

Staff Support

• Anne Marie Kelly
• Millie Lovos

The 2026 IEEE-CS Fellow Evaluating Committee work is to scheduled to begin by mid-February 2026 until all evaluations are due per the Society’s timeline.  Every evaluator/vice chair must Accept/Decline their role by 21 January 2026 in the IEEE Fellow Scoring System.

Serving committee members cannot serve as nominators, endorsers, or references for any nominee being evaluated by the IEEE Computer Society.

Evaluator Members: 

1. Robert C Aitken
2. Srinivas Aluru
3. Walid G Aref
4. Jean M Bacon
5. Calin Cascaval
6. Ramalingam Chellappa
7. Xiaofeng Chen
8. Yingying Chen
9. Yiran Chen
10. George Cybenko
11. Bronis R de Supinski
12. Frederick Douglis
13. David S Ebert
14. Lieven Eeckhout
15. Reza Ghanadan
16. Dimitris Gizopoulos
17. Sergiu R Goma
18. John C Grundy
19. Gang Hua
20. Hans-Arno Jacobsen
21. Roozbeh Jafari
22. Mohan S Kankanhalli
23. Murat Kantarcioglu
24. Ashish Kundu
25. Lizy Kurian John
26. Tieyan Liu
27. Larry H Matthies
28. Tim Menzies
29. Hermann Ney
30. Panagiotis Papadimitratos
31. Gopal S Pingali
32. Fatih M Porikli
33. Eugene Santos
34. Mei-Ling Shyu
35. Matteo Sonza Reorda
36. Guy L Steele
37. My T Thai
38. Nian-Feng Tzeng
39. Nalini Venkatasubramanian
40. Guiling Wang
41. Li Xiong
42. Yuanyuan Yang
43. Lei Zhang
44. Xiaodong Zhang
45. Surya Nepal

Alternate Members: 

1. Athman Bouguettaya
2. C W Clifton
3. Bingsheng He
4. Jaejin Lee
5. Keqin Li
6. Carlton Pu
7. Bjoern W Schuller
8. Houbing Song
9. Jie Tang

Important 2026 Deadlines:

IEEE CS Fellow Evaluating Committee “Evaluators and Alternate” members must be current (2026) members of the IEEE Computer Society and complete Legal and Compliance training by 13 February 2026 and attend at least one SC/C-FEC orientation sessions in late January 2026.  Alternates members will be notified of any change of roles by end of January 2026.  Society Evaluation period will begin mid-February 2026.

The Fellow Search Committee (S/C-FSC) is tasked to identify suitable nominees for possible elevation to IEEE Fellow with particular emphasis on nominees who reflect the diversity of IEEE and the diversity of the professional communities identified with IEEE. It is expected that the S/C-FSC will seek input from other IEEE Senior Members of the S/C community to identify suitable nominees, including diverse nominees, for nomination.

Responsibilities

• S/C Senior volunteers should be tasked with identifying suitable diverse nominees encouraged by the  S/C-FSC committee.
• Diversity demographic data for previous 5 years of S/C Fellow nomination cycles should be used to guide and prioritize the search process.
• Each S/C-FSC should prepare a report that includes diversity demographic data of the resulting S/C nominee pool as well as a summary of diversity priorities for the next IEEE Fellow nomination cycle.
• Each S/C-FSC should also prepare a report that includes a compilation of any best practices used for the successful identification of Fellow nominees from under-represented groups.

2026 IEEE Fellow Search Committee

The S/C-FSC members shall serve one-year terms and are eligible for reappointment for up to two additional terms.  The membership shall consist of at least seven and up to eleven members appointed by the Society’s Board of Governors.

IEEE Fellow Search Chair

• Ram Sriram, National Institute of Standards (NIST)

IEEE Fellow Search Members

• Anita D. Carleton
• Adolfo Guzman
• Pankaj Jalote
• Sandra K. Johnson
• D. Richard Kuhn
• David Lo
• M.B. Thuraisingham
• Josep Domingo Ferrer
• Reinaldo Bergamaschi

Each year, dozens of outstanding IEEE Computer Society members receive the distinction of becoming an IEEE Fellow.  Newly elevated IEEE Fellows are announced shortly after the fourth quarter IEEE Board of Directors meeting, normally scheduled in late-November of each year.

The selection of the 2026 IEEE Fellow Class evaluated by the IEEE Computer Society has been announced!

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