CCC is proud to announce two of its council members Michela Taufer and Holly Yanco as the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) 2023 Fellows. CCC would also like to congratulate CRA-Industry’s Steering Committee Co-Chair Ben Zorn for this achievement.

The AAAS Council elected 502 members as fellows for the 2023 class. The association selects individuals whose contributions to the progression of science or its practical applications for the betterment of society have set them apart within their professional community.

Taufer believes the scientific community can find not just answers but new ways to question, challenge, and discover at the confluence of high-performance computing, computational science, and experimental science.

“My research journey has bridged these worlds, driven by my belief that the most transformative solutions can only emerge from integrating diverse scientific domains,” she said.

Ever since Zorn was young, he’s been deeply excited about the impact science had and will have on society. 

“My whole career has been fed by that energy and I have been extremely privileged to work first with incredible colleagues at the University of Colorado in Boulder, and for the last 25 years with friends and colleagues at Microsoft,” Zorn said. “Those collaborations have resulted in both academic research and product impact that I am very proud of. Along the way I was again fortunate to become deeply involved in professional service activities at ACM SIGPLAN and with the CRA. It is for both my research and professional service that AAAS chose to recognize me as a Fellow.  It is a lifelong dream to receive such recognition and I give much of the credit for my accomplishments to the people I’ve been so fortunate to work with over the years.”

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Read the full list of elected fellows here.