The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) just announced its 2020 Fellows! The honor recognizes diverse accomplishments, including pioneering research, leadership within a given field, teaching and mentoring, fostering collaborations and advancing public understanding of science. 

Among the 2020 Fellows is Yolanda Gil from the University of Southern California. Gil, along with Bart Selman (Cornell University), chaired a year long effort by the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) to produce a roadmap for Artificial Intelligence (AI). Over 100 members of the research community participated in three workshops. One of those workshops was chaired by another new fellow, Daniel S. Weld (University of Washington). The completed AI Roadmap, titled A 20-Year Community Roadmap for AI Research in the US, was released in 2019.

Former CCC Council member Daniela Rus (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) was named. Rus has participated in a number of CCC workshops and authored CCC white papers both during and after her time on the Council. Most recently, with the The Role of Robotics in Infectious Disease Crises workshop report that was released in October 2020. 

William C. Regli (University of Maryland, College Park), a frequent participant in CCC events and visioning workshops, was also named. Regli was a panelist at both the 2017 Computing Research: Addressing National Priorities and Societal Needs symposium and the 2018 Early Career Researcher symposium.

Other newly awarded fellows with ties to the Computing Research Association (CRA) (CCC’s parent organization) are current CRA Board Members Carla Brodley (Northeastern University) and Lorrie Cranor (Carnegie Mellon University), and Maria Klawe (Harvey Mudd College), a former CRA Board Member and CRA-W Co-Founder. 

Congratulations to all the new fellows! To see the full list of Fellows visit the AAAS page.