Program Purpose
The Mission of the Distinguished Speakers Program
The DSP is an outreach program of ACM that brings distinguished speakers from academia, industry, and government to give presentations to ACM chapters, members, and the greater IT community in a variety of venues and formats.
The History of the Distinguished Speakers Program
The Distinguished Speakers Program has been in existence for over twenty years. Traditionally, the program was comprised of speakers from academe that traveled to individual ACM chapters and larger, regional "magnet events" to deliver lectures on their field(s) of expertise. A core group of lecturers would commit to serve for one year, with the option to stay on. Now, a speaker is given a 3 year term. ACM headquarters reimbursed lecturers for their travel expenses; chapters were responsible for local expenses. In this way it served as indirect financial support for chapters, especially those struggling with access to quality content and speakers.
In recent years, the program has been almost exclusively marketed to, and used by, student chapters, with positive feedback from both students and speakers. Recognizing the potential for the DSP to serve as a premier outreach program for all ACM chapters and members, the Membership Services Board created a committee in 2005 to review the current program and to set goals for expanding its size and scope.
The newly reconstituted committee updated the program's topic categories based on feedback from different constituencies, including ACM members, student and professional chapters, Special Interest Groups, and ACM Board Chairs. With an updated topic listing in place, recruitment began for new speakers, from academe, industry, and government.
The Distinguished Speakers Program has always operated in the spirit of service and outreach. Its goals are to provide some of the best content ACM has to offer through its network of high quality speakers and to facilitate professional networking. The committee is still accepting nominations for speakers. If you know someone who would like to participate, or you yourself would like to participate, please see our nomination form.
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Computing Topic
- Applied Computing
- Architecture, Embedded Systems and Electronics, Robotics
- Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Natural language processing
- Computational Theory, Algorithms and Mathematics
- Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
- Hardware, Power and Energy
- Human Computer Interaction
- Information Systems, Search, Information Retrieval, Database Systems, Data Mining, Data Science
- Networks and Communications
- Security and Privacy
- Society and the Computing Profession
- Software Engineering and Programming
- Web, Mobile and Multimedia Technologies
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Speakers By Name
- Haider Abbas Islamabad, Pakistan
- Siddhant Agarwal Bengaluru, India
- Mohiuddin Ahmed Perth, WN, Australia
- Rizwan Ahmed Nagpur, India
- Naveed Akhtar Perth, WN, Australia
- Mohammed M. Alani Mississauga, ON, Canada
- Mamoun Alazab Bayview, ACT, Australia
- Dan Alistarh Klosterneuburg, Austria
- David Atienza Lausanne, Switzerland
- Parameshachari B D Karnataka, India
- 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
- 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
- Samarjit Chakraborty Chapel Hill, NC, United States
- Tanmoy Chakraborty New Delhi, India
- Sharma Chakravarthy Bedford, TX, United States
- Polo Chau Atlanta, GA, United States
- Geeta Chauhan Santa Clara, CA, United States
- Muhammad Aamir Cheema Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Junying Chen Guangzhou, China
- Albert M. K. Cheng Houston, TX, United States
- Aswani Kumar Cherukuri Vellore, India
- Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo San Antonio, TX, United States
- Luigina Ciolfi Cork, Ireland
- Gilbert Cockton Sunderland, United Kingdom
- Benjamin Richard Cowan Dublin, Ireland
- Rik Das Ranchi, India
- Swagatam Das Kolkata, India
- Gianluca Demartini Queensland, Australia
- Ilke Demir Hermosa Beach, CA, United States
- Henry Duh Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Schahram Dustdar Vienna, Austria
- Ashutosh Dutta Laurel, MD, United States
- Josiah Dykstra Severn, MD, United States
- Bjoern M Eskofier Erlangen, Germany
- Yuguang "Michael" Fang Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Francesco Flammini Västerås, Sweden
- Marcus Foth Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Ujwal Gadiraju Delft, Netherlands
- 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
- John Grundy Melbourne, Australia
- Giancarlo Guizzardi Bolzano, Italy
- Kiran Gunnam Austin, TX, United States
- Zhu Han Houston, TX, United States
- Gernot Heiser Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Juan Pablo Hourcade Iowa City, IA, United States
- Longbo Huang Beijing, China
- Rasheed Hussain Bristol, United Kingdom
- Nikolas Ioannou Zurich, Switzerland
- Letizia Jaccheri Trondheim, Norway
- Alec Jacobson Toronto, ON, Canada
- Sheldon H Jacobson Urbana, IL, United States
- Jim Jansen Doha, Qatar
- Muhammad Awais Javed Islamabad, Pakistan
- 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
- Asad Masood Khattak Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Charalambos Konstantinou Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Aditya Kumar San Jose, CA, United States
- Manoj Kumar Kumar Chennai, India
- C.-C. Jay Kuo Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Michele Lanza Lugano, Switzerland
- Doris Lee El Dorado Hills, CA, United States
- Minming Li Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Antonio Lieto Turin, 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 Lv Qingdao, China
- Walid Maalej Hamburg, Germany
- A. Cristiano I. Malossi Rüschlikon, Switzerland
- 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
- Sanjay Misra Lagos, Nigeria
- Prasant Kumar Misra Bangalore, India
- David Mohaisen Orlando, FL, United States
- Nour Moustafa Canberra, ACT, Australia
- San Murugesan Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Suranga Chandima Nanayakkara Auckland, New Zealand
- Gonzalo Navarro Santiago, Chile
- Themis Palpanas Paris, France
- Sanjaya Kumar Panda Warangal, India
- Sudeep Pasricha Fort Collins, CO, United States
- Silvio Peroni Bologna, Italy
- Zeeshan Pervez Paisley, United Kingdom
- Denys Poshyvanyk Williamsburg, VA, United States
- M. Sohel Rahman Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Nitendra Rajput Gurgaon, India
- Sakthivel Ramachandran VELLORE, India
- Danda B Rawat Washington, DC, United States
- Peter Robinson Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Jennifer Rode London, United Kingdom
- KC Santosh SD, United States
- Eunice R Sari Perth, Australia
- Corina Sas Lancaster, United Kingdom
- Ashish Seth Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Syed Hassan Ahmed Shah Corona, CA, United States
- Neha Sharma Pune, India
- Yiyu Shi Notre Dame, IN, United States
- 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
- Gaurav Somani Ajmer, India
- Shuaiwen Leon Song Baltimore, MD, United States
- Houbing Song Baltimore, MD, United States
- Diomidis Spinellis Athens, Greece
- Gautam Srivastava Brandon, MB, Canada
- Anthony Steed London, United Kingdom
- Per Stenstrom Gothenburg, Sweden
- David G. Stork Portola Valley, CA, United States
- Bidyadhar Subudhi Ponda Goa, India
- Shamik Sural Kharagpur, 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
- Shriram K Vasudevan Coimbatore, India
- Salvador Elias Venegas-Andraca Mexico City, Mexico
- Sunil Kumar Vuppala Bangalore, India
- Gabriel Wainer Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Dakuo Wang Cambridge, MA, United States
- Zhangyang "Atlas" Wang Austin, TX, United States
- Ingmar G Weber Doha, Qatar
- Feng Xia Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Ming Xiao Stockholm, Sweden
- Chun Jason Xue Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Elad Yom-Tov Hoshaya, Israel
- Mohamed Zahran New York, NY, United States
- Tariq Zaman Sibu,, Malaysia
- Stefano Zanero Milano, Italy
- Yu-Dong Zhang Leicester, United Kingdom
- Bronis R de Supinski Livermore, CA, United States
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- Australia
- Austria
- Bangladesh
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hong Kong
- India
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Republic of Korea
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uzbekistan
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