UT Austin Professors Named ACM Fellows by the Association for Computing Machinery

The Association for Computing Machinery, the primary professional organization in the field of computer science, has named two University of Texas at Austin professors — Peter Stone and Lizy Kurian John — as ACM Fellows. The award goes only to highly distinguished computer scientists representing the top 1% of ACM members.

Stone holds the David Bruton, Jr. Centennial Professorship in Computer Sciences #3, and he is a Distinguished Teaching Professor at the university. In 2019, he was named executive director of Sony AI America. Other honors include the American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow  (2019), IEEE Fellow (2018), the UT Regents Outstanding Teaching Award (2013), the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Fellow (2012), and NSF CAREER Award (2003). He leads UT Austin Villa, a robotic soccer team programmed by UT Austin student researchers who compete in RoboCup events held around the world. ACM Fellows are recognized for their outstanding accomplishments in computing and information technology and/or outstanding service to ACM and the larger computing community. Additional information about the 2020 ACM Fellows, as well as previously named ACM Fellows, is available through the ACM Fellows site.