Renowned International Thought Leaders Speaking on the Most Important Topics in Computing Today
ACM Speakers represent a broad range of companies, colleges and universities, including: IBM, Microsoft, BBN Technologies, Raytheon, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Siemens Information Systems, Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon, University of British Columbia, Georgia Tech, UCLA, McGill University, Tsinghua University and many more.
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Topics for Every Interest
Over 400 lectures are available from more than 125 speakers with topics covering Software Engineering, High Performance Computing, Human Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming, Mobile Computing, and dozens more.
Meet Featured ACM Distinguished Speaker Doris Lee
Doris Lee is the CEO and co-founder of Ponder. Doris received her PhD from the UC Berkeley RISE Lab and School of Information in 2021, where she developed tools that help data scientists explore and understand their data. She is the recipient of Forbes 30 under 30 for Enterprise Technology in 2023. Her lectures include "Data Science at Scale Everywhere for Everyone," in which she explores the limitations of these tools and pain points that data scientists encounter when dealing with data at scale.
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ACM Distinguished Speaker lectures can turn your event into a dynamic and informative experience that your guests are sure to remember and learn from. View photos from talks by the renowned international thought leaders from ACM’s Distinguished Speaker program on the most important topics in computing today at a variety of venues around the world.
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Speakers By Name
- Haider Abbas Islamabad, Pakistan
- Rizwan Ahmed Nagpur, India
- Mohammed M. Alani Mississauga, ON, Canada
- David Atienza Lausanne, Switzerland
- Ronald Michael Baecker Toronto, ON, Canada
- Ricardo Baeza-Yates Palo Alto, CA, United States
- Santhosh Kumar Balan Hyderabad, India
- Nelly Bencomo Durham, United Kingdom
- Emery D Berger Amherst, MA, United States
- Ann Blandford London, United Kingdom
- Athman Bouguettaya Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Stephen Brewster Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Duncan P Brumby London, United Kingdom
- Erik Brunvand UT, United States
- Margaret Burnett Corvallis, OR, United States
- Heloisa Candello Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
- Zehong (Jimmy) Cao Adelaide, SA, Australia
- Federico Cerutti Brescia, Italy
- Eugenio Cesario Rende (CS), Italy
- Tanmoy Chakraborty New Delhi, India
- Samarjit Chakraborty Chapel Hill, NC, United States
- Sharma Chakravarthy Bedford, TX, United States
- Polo Chau Atlanta, GA, United States
- Geeta Chauhan Santa Clara, CA, United States
- Nitesh Chawla Notre Dame, IN, United States
- Muhammad Aamir Cheema Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Pin-Yu Chen WHITE PLAINS, NY, United States
- Junying Chen Guangzhou, China
- Betty H.C. Cheng East Lansing, MI, United States
- Albert M. K. Cheng Houston, TX, United States
- Aswani Kumar Cherukuri Vellore, India
- Yuejie Chi Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo San Antonio, TX, United States
- Kenneth W Church Boston, MA, United States
- Luigina Ciolfi Cork, Ireland
- Gilbert Cockton Sunderland, United Kingdom
- Benjamin Richard Cowan Dublin, Ireland
- Ernesto Cuadros-Vargas Lima, Peru
- Rik Das Ranchi, India
- Swagatam Das Kolkata, India
- Kalyanmoy Deb MI, United States
- Gianluca Demartini Queensland, Australia
- Ilke Demir Hermosa Beach, CA, United States
- Xin Luna Dong Seattle, WA, United States
- Rolf Drechsler Bremen, Germany
- Henry Duh Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Ashutosh Dutta Laurel, MD, United States
- Josiah Dykstra Severn, MD, United States
- Kaoutar El Maghraoui Yorktown Heights, NY, United States
- Lance Eliot Palo Alto, CA, United States
- Bjoern M Eskofier Erlangen, Germany
- Yuguang "Michael" Fang Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Francesco Flammini Västerås, Sweden
- Marcus Foth Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- João Gama Porto, Portugal
- Dan Garcia Millbrae, CA, United States
- Swaroop Ghosh State College, PA, United States
- Donald Gotterbarn Johnson City, TN, United States
- Nitesh Goyal Stamford, CT, United States
- Angel Goñi-Moreno Madrid, Spain
- Colin M. Gray Bloomington, IN, United States
- John Grundy Melbourne, Australia
- Sumit Gulwani Redmond, WA, United States
- Kiran Gunnam Austin, TX, United States
- Zhu Han Houston, TX, United States
- Marc Hassenzahl Siegen, Germany
- Gernot Heiser Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Kasper Hornbæk Copenhagen, Denmark
- Juan Pablo Hourcade Iowa City, IA, United States
- David Howard Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Longbo Huang Beijing, China
- Rasheed Hussain Bristol, United Kingdom
- Nikolas Ioannou Zurich, Switzerland
- Letizia Jaccheri Trondheim, Norway
- Daniel Jackson Cambridge, MA, United States
- Sheldon H Jacobson Urbana, IL, United States
- Jim Jansen Doha, Qatar
- Anura Jayasumana Fort Collins, CO, United States
- Gwanggil Jeon Incheon, Republic of Korea
- Joaquim A Jorge Lisboa, Portugal
- Arijit Khan Aalborg, Denmark
- Latifur Rahman Khan Plano, TX, United States
- Irwin King Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Amy J Ko Seattle, WA, United States
- Aditya Kumar San Jose, CA, United States
- Manoj Kumar Kumar Sydney, Australia
- C.-C. Jay Kuo Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Eren Kurshan New York, NY, United States
- Michele Lanza Lugano, Switzerland
- Doris Lee El Dorado Hills, CA, United States
- Uichin Lee Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Minming Li Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Antonio Lieto Salerno, Italy
- Sung Kyu Lim Suwanee, GA, United States
- Zitao Liu Beijing, China
- Seng Loke Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Andrés Lucero Helsinki, Finland
- Artur Lugmayr Perth, WN, Australia
- Zhihan Lyu Vizby, Sweden
- Walid Maalej Hamburg, Germany
- A. Cristiano I. Malossi Rüschlikon, Switzerland
- Regan Mandryk Victoria, Canada
- Maja Mataric´ South Pasadena, CA, United States
- Ujjwal Maulik Kolkata, India
- John McCarthy Cork, Ireland
- Weizhi Meng Copenhagen, Denmark
- Ajmal Saeed Mian Crawley, WN, Australia
- Mehdi Mirakhorli Rochester, NY, United States
- Prasant Kumar Misra Bangalore, India
- Kenny Mitchell Burbank, CA, United States
- David Mohaisen Orlando, FL, United States
- Florian 'Floyd' Mueller Melbourne, Australia
- San Murugesan Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Suranga Chandima Nanayakkara Auckland, New Zealand
- Olfa Nasraoui Louisville, KY, United States
- Gonzalo Navarro Santiago, Chile
- Themis Palpanas Paris, France
- Corina Pasareanu Sunnyvale, CA, United States
- Sudeep Pasricha Fort Collins, CO, United States
- Fabio Paternò Pisa, Italy
- Steven Pemberton Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Silvio Peroni Bologna, Italy
- Zeeshan Pervez Paisley, United Kingdom
- Denys Poshyvanyk Williamsburg, VA, United States
- Junaid Qadir Doha, Qatar
- M. Sohel Rahman Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Md. Saidur Rahman Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Nitendra Rajput Gurgaon, India
- Danda B Rawat Washington, DC, United States
- Peter Robinson Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Jennifer Rode London, United Kingdom
- Sripana Saha Bihta Patna District, India
- David Sankoff Ontario, Canada
- KC Santosh SD, United States
- Federica Sarro London, United Kingdom
- Corina Sas Lancaster, United Kingdom
- Björn Schuller Munich, Germany
- Abhronil Sengupta University Park, PA, United States
- Neha Sharma Pune, India
- Yehonathan Sharvit Jerusalem, Israel
- RK Shyamasundar Mumbai, India
- Biplab Sikdar Singapore, Singapore
- Nicolas Sklavos Patra, Greece
- Carol J Smith Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- Yan Solihin Orlando, FL, United States
- Houbing Song Baltimore, MD, United States
- Diomidis Spinellis Athens, Greece
- Ram Sriram Gaithersburg, MD, United States
- Gautam Srivastava Brandon, MB, Canada
- Anthony Steed London, United Kingdom
- Per Stenstrom Gothenburg, Sweden
- David G. Stork Portola Valley, CA, United States
- Zhendong Su Zurich, Switzerland
- Bidyadhar Subudhi Ponda Goa, India
- Daniel Takabi ATLANTA, GA, United States
- Kim W. Tracy Terre Haute, IN, United States
- Christoph Trattner Bergen, Norway
- Athena Vakali Thessaloniki, Greece
- Mauro Vallati Huddersfield, United Kingdom
- Salvador Elias Venegas-Andraca Mexico City, Mexico
- Sunil Kumar Vuppala Bangalore, India
- Gabriel Wainer Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Zhangyang "Atlas" Wang Austin, TX, United States
- Dakuo Wang Cambridge, MA, United States
- Ingmar G Weber Doha, Qatar
- Titus Winters Long Island City, NY, United States
- Allison Woodruff Mountain View, CA, United States
- Feng Xia Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Ming Xiao Stockholm, Sweden
- Xing Xie BEIJINGSHI, China
- Chun Jason Xue Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Elad Yom-Tov Hoshaya, Israel
- Daron Yondem Istanbul, Türkiye
- Dong Yu Bothell, WA, United States
- Mohamed Zahran New York, NY, United States
- Stefano Zanero Milano, Italy
- Bronis R de Supinski Livermore, CA, United States
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