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New York, March 20, 2004 -- Dr. Ruzena Bajcsy, who established the Information technology Research Initiative within the National Science Foundation has been given the ACM 2003 Distinguished Service Award. As Director of NSF's Directorate for Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering, Dr. Bajcsy initiated efforts to significantly increase NSF's support for computer sciences and engineering research at universities nationwide. As a member of the Computing Research Association Board of Directors, Dr. Bajcsy helped boost the participation of women in computer science through mentoring programs and networking programs. She was instrumental in establishing the first Grace Murray Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in 1994, which continues today. Dr. Bajcsy was appointed Director of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) at the University of California in 2001. She was chair of the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science from 1985-1990, and a professor at Penn from 1972-1985, and from 1990-1999. A recipient of the 2001 ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award for research contributions resulting in major impacts in robotics, computer vision, and artificial intelligence, Dr. Bajcsy earned Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University and Slovak Technical University. She is a Fellow of ACM and of IEEE, and a Founding Fellow of the AAAI. She is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Science Institute of Medicine. ACM will present the 2003 Distinguished Service Award to Dr. Bacjsy at its annual Awards Banquet on June 5, at the Plaza Hotel in New York. The Distinguished Service Award honors an individual on the basis of value and degree of service to the computing community, including activities in other computing organizations. About ACM ACM (www.acm.org) is widely recognized as the premier organization for computing professionals, delivering a broad array of resources that advance the computing and IT disciplines, enable professional development, and promote policies and research that benefit society. |
