Joel Emer, Vicki Hanson, Jim Kurose, Fei-Fei Li, Peter Shor, and Russ Taylor

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 87 new members and 18 foreign members. Six computing researchers are among those elected this year.  They include Joel Emer (MIT / NVIDIA) for “quantitative analysis of computer architecture and its application to architectural innovation in commercial microprocessors,” Vicki Hanson (ACM) for “contributions to the design of accessible systems, and for leadership in the computer science and engineering community,” Jim Kurose (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) for “contributions to the design and analysis of network protocols for multimedia communication,” Fei-Fei Li (Stanford University) for “contributions in building large knowledge bases for machine learning and visual understanding,” Peter Shor (MIT) for “pioneering contributions to quantum computation,” and Russ Taylor (Johns Hopkins University) for “contributions to the development of medical robotics and computer-integrated systems.” Joel Emer and Jim Kurose are former Computing Research Association Board members.

From the NAE press release:

Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.  Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature” and to “the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing/implementing innovative approaches to engineering education.”

Please see the NAE press release for the full list of newly elected members.