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February 2009
The Association for Computing Machinery
has named Andreas Girgensohn (PhD 1992)
one of 37 new Distinguished Members recognized for individual contributions
to both the practical and theoretical aspects of computing and information
technology. The new ACM Distinguished Members include computer scientists
and engineers from some of the world's leading corporations, research labs,
and universities. They are being honored for significant advances in computing
technology that have dramatically influenced progress in science, engineering,
business, and many other areas of human endeavor.
"These prominent men and women originate from many parts of the computing
field, but they have in common a commitment to technology and a passion for
progress," said Dame Wendy Hall, president of ACM.
"Their respective contributions to computing drive innovations that determine
the economic and social developments that, in turn, sustain competitiveness in
the global arena. Their achievements touch virtually every industry in the
world, and we celebrate their entrepreneurial and creative spirit for the way
it has changed our lives."
Nineteen of the 2008 recipients represent renowned corporations in the high
technology sector. Their multi-faceted achievements have resulted in a variety
of innovations, including data mining, requirements analysis in systems
engineering, memory and storage systems and processor designs, artificial
intelligence, mobile services platforms, electronic commerce, usability
research, process management technology, Web searching, and optical networking
protocols.
Within the academic universe, 18 recipients from prominent universities were
recognized for achievements in a wide range of areas including optimization
techniques, programming languages, software engineering, artificial
intelligence, information retrieval modeling, computational complexity theory,
design automation, behavioral authentication data, neural network techniques,
natural language programming, grid computing, fault tolerance, and
computational electromagnetics.
Girgensohn, a Principal Scientist at the FX Palo Alto Laboratory (FXPAL),
was named a Distinguished Scientist.
He is currently involved in several projects pertaining to the design,
development, deployment, and evaluation of applications for video editing and
indexing and for organizing digital photos. He is the Project Leader of the
Video Surveillance team at FXPAL. Andreas' research combines his interests in
creating tools to support developers and end users, designing user interfaces,
and improving communication and collaboration among people using multiple media
and the Web. Previously, Andreas worked at NYNEX on task-oriented user
interface design and development, on support for software developers, and on
tools for improving communication and collaboration. Andreas has published
extensively at HCI, CSCW, and Multimedia conferences.
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