Vicki Hanson

Congrats, Torsten Hoefler, on receiving the 2024 ACM Prize in Computing! Your contributions to high-performance computing have already made a major mark on society, advancing #AI and supercomputing.  Read more, here:  awards.acm.org/about/2024-acm…

Congrats to the 2025 @QEPrize winners, Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, John Hopfield, Yann LeCun, Jensen Huang, Bill Dally, and my friend @Fei-Fei Li.  Your groundbreaking contributions to machine learning have shaped today’s AI advancements. qeprize.org/winners/modern…

Congrats to the 2024 ACM Fellows! Each year, peers select ACM members who’ve made groundbreaking contributions to computing. This year’s honorees have made an impact across our field:  bit.ly/3WtTPY8

Congratulations to Michel Beaudouin-Lafon on your induction into the @AcadSciences, the French Academy of Sciences!  The @AcadSciences recognizes exceptional scientists and leading figures in their respective disciplines. A well-deserved honor!

So proud to see ACM Fellows @yolandagil & @DrJuanGilbert appointed by President Biden as Members of the @NSF_NSB. Their insights will ensure the Board is fit to make crucial decisions regarding #AI and technology.  Congrats to both of you!  bit.ly/3ZyfO0V

Young Researcher alumni have pursued illustrious careers and have received their own prestigious awards.  Apply for the 2025 @HLForum:  …ication.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org/site/index.php !

Check out ACM's recent panel on indigenous peoples' interests in the world of #AI for #NativeAmericanHistoryMonth -- it was interesting and offered a different perspective than we are used to seeing. #BigData #MachineLearning youtube.com/watch?v=BZlOkS…

E. Allen Emerson, ACM A.M. Turing Laureate, passed away on October 15. In 2007, he received the Turing Award for pioneering research in an automatic verification technique known as Model Checking. amturing.acm.org/award_winners/…

As #AI continues to touch all fields of science, I was impressed to see that the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three chemists who used AI and computer science to understand protein science.  youtube.com/watch?v=4tO-HR…

Congrats to ACM A.M. Turing Award Laureate Geoffrey Hinton on winning the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics! Hinton, alongside John Hopfield, was honored for groundbreaking work on machine learning with artificial neural networks.

Thrilled to see many sessions from last week's 11th @HLForum available on YouTube!  I was lucky enough to attend the event -- which brought together 25 laureates and 200 young researchers in computing and math: youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xXysvshz…

I am so happy to see former ACM President Barbara Simons honored by Nancy Pelosi and @VerifiedVoting her dedication to voter security.  Congratulations to Barbara on this well-deserved recognition!

Call for nominations:  Do you know anyone deserving of a #computing honor? Help recognize their achievements and nominate them for one of our 2024 ACM Awards.  We are seeking nominations of candidates from all disciplines and backgrounds: bit.ly/4dfG2tz

Congratulations to Eva Tuba, recipient of this year's ACM-W Rising Star Award! Your journey in computer science is certainly inspiring, rooted by a childhood passion!  I can't wait to see where your dedication to research and teaching takes you next!  bit.ly/3AnVcPR

Attention all software engineers! ACM has launched the first issue of Proceedings of the ACM on Software Engineering (PACMSE), a Gold Open Access journal dedicated to advancing software engineering research and covering topics from design to deployment: bit.ly/3YwVBti

Congrats to ACM Publications for their outstanding performance in the latest @Clarivate Journal Citation Reports! W/ standout journals like ACM Computing Surveys and @CACMmag leading the way, ACM continues to set the standard in computing research. Kudos! bit.ly/3T1rgjd

A very thoughtful statement with a great message about accessibility-first in Web and mobile development.

In New Statement, US Policy Arm of Global Computing Society Strongly Endorses Efforts to Make Digital Accessibility Part of the Americans with Disabilities Act | Via @theofficialacm buff.ly/4cNpI3T #a11y

Check out ACM's latest ByteCast episode -- Ramón Cáceres, co-developer of Google's Zanzibar, shares his journey from the Dominican Republic to Silicon Valley. What does he say is the biggest challenge in computing today? Preserving privacy. Worth a listen. learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep56-…

My congratulations to Maja Matarić, recipient of the ACM Athena Lecturer Award! Thank you, Maja, for your pioneering in the field of socially assistive robotics! #HCI" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">awards.acm.org/award-recipien… #robotics #Computerscience