By John Roach, Writer, Microsoft Research
Abigail Sellen, Deputy Director and Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Cambridge in the U.K., ACM Fellow. Photography, Jonathan Banks
Eight computer scientists at Microsoft research labs around the world have been honored as Fellows of the Association of Computing Machinery (opens in new tab), the world’s largest computing society. The organization also named five Microsoft researchers to their list of Distinguished Members.
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The honors recognize the individuals’ significant contributions and impact to computer science across a range of disciplines and highlight the “tremendous respect, reputation and visibility of Microsoft researchers in the external scientific and engineering community,” said Jeannette Wing (opens in new tab), corporate vice president, Microsoft Research.
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