For leadership and contributions to large-scale data visualization, the Association for Computing Machinery, or ACM, has named Distinguished Professor Kwan-Liu Ma to its 2023 cohort of fellows.
The ACM Fellow is the international association's most prestigious member grade. It is reserved for the top one percent of society members, recognizing outstanding contributions in computing and information technology or service to ACM and the larger computing community.
The UC Davis Distinguished Professor Emeritus received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society's 2024 Harlan D. Mills Award for his contributions to the software engineering field.
The UC Davis professor joined the 2023 class of leaders in cybersecurity and was honored for his contributions to the field through education and research.
Last month, Foram Shah, a University of California, Davis, computer science student, attended an invitation-only STEM conference and took home a first-place win and a $3,000 prize for SPEAK, a hand-held and low-cost language learning device.
The Farm Robotics Challenge is a national competition for students to create automated solutions to issues farmers face during production. One UC Davis team took the top prize.
Four College of Engineering faculty members were among those honored with 2023 Academic Senate and Academic Federation Awards when laurels were announced this week. The Academic Senate and Academic Federation will hold a joint awards reception in the spring, with details to be announced at a later date.
Computer Science Professor Matt Bishop was named a Distinguished Member of the Association for Computer Machinery, or ACM, for his outstanding scientific contributions to computing.
Computer Science Professor Matt Bishop recently received two prestigious honors in recognition of his research and teaching: The Taylor L. Booth Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society and election to the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) Hall of Fame. Bishop is the first UC Davis faculty member to receive either honor.
“I’m surprised and pleased to receive these honors,” he said. “They speak to my teaching and research, and speak well of both of them.”
