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National Academy of Sciences Elects 120 Members and 30 International Members!

May 4th, 2021 / in Announcements, awards / by Helen Wright

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has elected 120 new members- including a record number of women- and 30 foreign members. Five computing researchers are among those elected this year. They include Gilles Brassard (Université de Montréal), Michael Kearns (University of Pennsylvania), Anna Karlin (University of Washington), Yann LeCun (New York University), and Linda Petzold (University of California, Santa Barbara).

Gilles Brassard, Michael Kearns, Anna Karlin, Yann LeCun, and Linda Petzold

Michael Kearns has participated in many Computing Community Consortium (CCC) workshops including Theoretical Foundations for Social Computing in 2015 and Fair Representations and Fair Interactive Learning in 2018. Anna Karlin is a former CRA-Widening Participation (CRA-EP) Board Member. She has been active in several CRA-WP activities including Grad Cohort, Virtual Undergraduate Town Hall, and Career Mentoring Workshops. Yann LeCun participated in CCC’s Brain Workshop in 2014.

Membership in the academy is one of the highest honors given to a scientist in the United States. Congratulations to all. Please see the NAS press release for the full list of newly elected members.

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National Academy of Sciences Elects 120 Members and 30 International Members!

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