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Contact: Tina Angelone 212-626-0532 angelone@acm.org IMMEDIATE
New York, November 19, 1996…Hal Berghel, computer science professor at the University of Arkansas, has been selected as the winner of the 1996 Association for Computing's (ACM) Distinguished Service Award. The award is presented to an individual on the basis of value and degree of services to the computing community at large. Berghel will receive the award during the ACM awards banquet, on Mar. 2, 1997, which will be held in conjunction with "ACM97: The Next Fifty Years in Computing," a world-wide interactive event on the longterm impact of information technology. Berghel has been recognized by ACM "for wide- ranging contributions to applied computing and service to the computing community." These contributions include research in approximate string matching algorithms and information customization. In addition, he has provided significant service to different computer organizations and to his state of residency. Berghel served as both past director and co-founder of the University of Arkansas's center for artificial intelligence and expert systems. His research interests include electronic information management and software development. His published work --articles, columns and editorials-- appears regularly in both scientific and technical publications such as Communications of the ACM, IEEE Computer and PC AI. ACM is a major force in advancing the skills of information technology professionals and students. ACM serves its global membership by delivering cutting-edge information and transferring ideas from theory to practice. ACM, with its world-class journals and magazines, dynamic special interest groups, numerous conferences, workshops and forums, is a primary resource to the IT field. For additional information on ACM, visit our web site at http://www.acm.org.
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