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EECS professors Franklin, Vazirani named ACM fellows
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) named Berkeley EECS professors Michael Franklin and Umesh Vazirani to its fellows program, established in 1993 to distinguish the computing industry’s leaders among the association’s 80,000 members.
Franklin, who joined the faculty in 1999, was recognized for his contributions to distributed information management. Vazirani (Ph.D.’86 CS) was named for his work in theoretical computer science and quantum computation. He joined the faculty in 1987.
The two are among 34 fellows recognized in 2005, bringing to 532 the total number named since the program’s inception. ACM fellows represent the world’s leading industries, research labs and universities for their contributions to both the practical and theoretical aspects of computing, says the association. They will be formally inducted on May 20, 2006, in San Francisco.
“These individuals demonstrate the astonishing potential for innovation in the computing discipline and the broad-based, profound and enduring impacts of their achievements for the way we live and work in the 21st century,” said ACM president David Patterson, the E.H. and M.E. Pardee Chair of Computer Science in Berkeley’s EECS Department.
The world’s first computing society, the ACM was founded in 1947 to advance the skills of information technology professionals and students worldwide. |
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