Aditya Akella and Emmett Witchell Selected as 2023 ACM FELLOWS

Computer Scientists Aditya Akella and Emmett Witchel have been named 2023 Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery. 

Each year the ACM recognizes a small number of its members for their accomplishments in computing and information technology, as well as their service to the computing community. This year 68 Fellows received recognition for contributions to computing science and technology, based on the recommendation of their peers.

“ACM is proud to include nearly 110,000 computing professionals in our ranks and ACM Fellows represent just 1% of our entire global membership,” said ACM President Yannis Ioannidis.  “This year’s inductees include the inventor of the World Wide Web, the ‘godfathers of AI’ and other colleagues whose contributions have all been important building blocks in forming the digital society that shapes our modern world.”

Aditya Akella, professor of computer science and the leader of UT Networked Systems, was recognized for his contributions that improve the performance, efficiency, and robustness of cluster computing. He holds the Regents Chair in Computer Sciences #1.

Emmett Witchel, professor of computer science, was recognized for his contributions to high-performance, concurrent, and secure systems.

The ACM is the “world’s largest educational and scientific computing society” bringing together educators, researchers and professionals across industry and academia to promote technical excellence. Witchel and Akella will join a distinguished list of colleagues who continue to advance the field of computing and information technology.