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Allen Newell Award
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Research Director Emphasized Role of Computer Science in Scientific Progress New York, March 4, 2002...The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has recognized Dr. Ruzena Bajcsy for her research contributions in image processing, artificial intelligence, medical imaging and machine perception. Dr. Bajcsy was instrumental in shaping the field of computational anatomy. With her work in bringing together the disparate fields of control and computer vision, she has had a major influence on the field of robotics and artificial intelligence. She was recently named director of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) at the University of California Berkeley. She will receive the Allen Newell Award, which is cosponsored by ACM and the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). Dr. Bajcsy recently served as Assistant Director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the National Science Foundation. "At NSF Dr. Bajcsy was instrumental in convincing the technology policy community that computing goes beyond laptops and workstations, and that basic computer science is important to the progress of all of science," said John R. White, Executive Director and CEO of ACM. ACM will present the Allen Newell Award at the annual ACM Awards Banquet on April 27, 2002, at the University of Toronto. The award was named for Allen Newell, a pioneer in artificial intelligence. About ACM The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is a major force in advancing the skills of information technology professionals and students. ACM serves its global membership by delivering cutting edge technical information and transferring ideas from theory to practice. ACM hosts the computing industry's leading Portal to Computing Literature. With its world-class journals and magazines, dynamic special interest groups, numerous conferences, workshops and electronic forums, ACM is a primary resource to the information technology field. For additional information about ACM and the ACM Portal, see www.acm.org.
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