New York, NY, January 10, 2006 - ACM has recognized 34 of its members for their contributions to both the practical and theoretical aspects of computing and information technology. The new ACM Fellows, from some of the world’s leading industries, research labs, and universities made significant advances that are having lasting effects on the lives of citizens throughout the world.

Within the corporate sector, Intel Corporation garnered two Fellows, with achievements recognized in mobile and ubiquitous systems, and high performance processors and multimedia architectures. AT&T Labs also had two Fellows, whose contributions were in algorithms and data structures, and the theory of e-commerce and market-based, decentralized computation. Other corporate research facilities with 2005 Fellows were Microsoft Research; IBM Almaden Research Center; Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, and Thomson Research Paris Lab. Their contributions included database query processing; application of logic in computer science; packet processing and traffic management algorithms; and analysis of computer networks.

Topping the list of universities with multiple winners was Carnegie Mellon University, with three 2005 ACM Fellows. Their contributions were made in the fields of programming languages, interactive programming environments, and network architecture, protocols and algorithms.

Several other universities, including Stanford, Illinois, Georgia Tech, Washington, Berkeley, Wisconsin and Brown, had double award winners, with achievements in a variety of fields. Among the technology areas cited were: verifiable voting systems; software reliability and security; active and semi-structured database systems; high performance discrete-event simulation; theory and computing infrastructure for real time computing systems; shared-memory multiprocessing; and compiler construction.

"These individuals deserve our acclaim for their dedication, creativity, and success in pursuing productive careers in information technology," said ACM President David Patterson. "By seizing these opportunities, they 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. On a personal note, I am pleased that I've known and collaborated with many of these new fellows for several years."

ACM will formally recognize the new Fellows at its annual Awards Banquet on May 20, 2006, in San Francisco, CA. Additional information about the ACM 2005 Fellows, the awards event, as well as previous ACM Fellows and award winners is available at www.acm.org/awards.

About ACM
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery http://www.acm.org, is an educational and scientific society uniting the world's computing educators, researchers and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources and address the field's challenges. ACM strengthens the profession's collective voice through strong leadership, promotion of the highest standards, and recognition of technical excellence. ACM supports the professional growth of its members by providing opportunities for life-long learning, career development, and professional networking.

About the ACM Fellows Program
Initiated in 1993, the Fellows program celebrates the exceptional contributions of the leading members in the computing field. These individuals have helped to enlighten researchers, developers, practitioners and end-users of information technology throughout the world. The new ACM Fellows join a distinguished list of colleagues to whom ACM and its members look for guidance and leadership in computing and information technology.