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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- 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
- Rizwan Ahmed Nagpur, India
- Mohammed M. Alani Mississauga, ON, Canada
- David Atienza Lausanne, Switzerland
- Ahmedullah Aziz Knoxville, TN, United States
- 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
- Junying Chen Guangzhou, China
- Pin-Yu Chen WHITE PLAINS, NY, United States
- Albert M. K. Cheng Houston, TX, United States
- Betty H.C. Cheng East Lansing, MI, 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
- Daniela Damian Victoria, BC, Canada
- 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
- David Lo Singapore, Singapore
- 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
- Eunice R Sari Perth, Australia
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Dakuo Wang Cambridge, MA, United States
- Zhangyang "Atlas" Wang Austin, TX, 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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