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THE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY (ACM) SELECTS A GLOBAL ROSTER
OF THIRTY MEMBERS AS NEW FELLOWS
New York, January 11, 2000...The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) -- the oldest and largest society
for computing and technology professionals worldwide recognize 30 of its members for their achievements in computer
science and information technology, as well as their contributions to further the mission of the ACM.
The 30 individuals will be inducted on Saturday, May 6, 2000 at the annual ACM Awards Banquet at the Fairmont Hotel in
San Francisco. These new inductees -- whose names are listed below -- bring the total member ACM Fellows to 384.
The Role of Fellows
The ACM Fellows serve as distinguished colleagues to whom the ACM and its members look toward for guidance and
leadership as the world of information technology evolves. Their technical contributions reflect the powers of their
ability to inspire while their works span all horizons in computer science producing solutions that are useful for
people everywhere.
About the ACM
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.
2000 ACM FELLOWS
Prithviraj Banerjee, Northwestern University
Francine Berman, University of California - San Diego
Laxmi Bhuyan, Texas A&M University
Alan W. Biermann, Duke University
Shahid H. Bokhari, University of Engineering & Technology (Pakistan)
Randal E. Bryant, Carnegie Mellon University
Peter Buneman, University of Pennsylvania
Stuart K. Card, Xerox PARC
Michael J. Carey, IBM Almaden Research Center
Douglas E. Comer, Purdue University
Karen A. Duncan, Health Information Systems
Deborah Estrin, University of Southern California
Ronald Fagin, IBM Almaden Research Center
Peter A. Freeman, Georgia Institute of Technology
W. Kent Fuchs, Purdue University
Donald J. Haderle, IBM Santa Teresa Laboratory - San Jose
Michael T. Heath, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Leonard Kleinrock, University of California - Los Angeles
Henry F. Korth, Lucent Technologies
Raymond A. Lorie, IBM Almaden Research Center
Donald W. Loveland, Duke University
Albert R. Meyer, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
James H. Morris, Carnegie Mellon University
Larry L. Peterson, Princeton University
Axel van Lamsweerde, Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
Moshe Y. Vardi, Rice University
David S. Warren, SUNY-Stony Brook
Reinhard Wilhelm, Universitaet des Saarlandes (Germany)
Robin Williams, IBM Almaden Research Center
Willy Zwaenepoel, Rice University
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