Renowned International Thought Leaders Speaking on the Most Important Topics in Computing Today
ACM Speakers represent a broad range of companies, colleges and universities, including: IBM, Microsoft, BBN Technologies, Raytheon, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Siemens Information Systems, Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon, University of British Columbia, Georgia Tech, UCLA, McGill University, Tsinghua University and many more.
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Topics for Every Interest
Over 400 lectures are available from more than 125 speakers with topics covering Software Engineering, High Performance Computing, Human Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming, Mobile Computing, and dozens more.
Meet Featured ACM Distinguished Fatma Özcan
Fatma Özcan is a Principal Engineer at Systems Research at Google. Before that, she was a Distinguished Research Staff Member and a senior manager at IBM Almaden Research Center. She is an ACM Fellow and serves on the CRA board of directors, is the co-chair of CRA-Industry, adn received the VLDB Women in Database Research Award in 2022. She has over 24 years of experience in industrial research, and has delivered core technologies into various IBM and Google products. Her lectures include "What We Learned Building LLM-Powered Text-to-SQL."
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ACM Distinguished Speaker lectures can turn your event into a dynamic and informative experience that your guests are sure to remember and learn from. View photos from talks by the renowned international thought leaders from ACM’s Distinguished Speaker program on the most important topics in computing today at a variety of venues around the world.
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Speakers By Name
- Haider Abbas Islamabad, Pakistan
- Nova Ahmed Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Rizwan Ahmed Nagpur, India
- Mohammad Abdullah Al Faruque Irvine, CA, USA
- Mohammed M. Alani Mississauga, ON, Canada
- Sven Apel Saarbrücken, Germany
- David Atienza Lausanne, Switzerland
- Ahmedullah Aziz Knoxville, TN, USA
- Ronald Michael Baecker Toronto, ON, Canada
- Ricardo Baeza-Yates Palo Alto, CA, USA
- Mehdi Bahrami Santa Clara, CA, USA
- Santhosh Kumar Balan Hyderabad, India
- Nelly Bencomo Durham, United Kingdom
- Emery D Berger Amherst, MA, USA
- Ann Blandford London, United Kingdom
- Athman Bouguettaya Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Judy Bowen Hamilton, New Zealand
- Stephen Brewster Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Duncan P Brumby London, United Kingdom
- Erik Brunvand UT, USA
- Margaret Burnett Corvallis, OR, USA
- Heloisa Candello Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
- Jessica R Cauchard Vienna, Austria
- Federico Cerutti Brescia, Italy
- Pablo Cesar Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Eugenio Cesario Rende (CS), Italy
- Samarjit Chakraborty Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Tanmoy Chakraborty New Delhi, India
- Polo Chau Atlanta, GA, USA
- Geeta Chauhan Santa Clara, CA, USA
- Nitesh Chawla Notre Dame, IN, USA
- Muhammad Aamir Cheema Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Deming Chen Urbana, IL, USA
- Junying Chen Guangzhou, China
- Lei Chen Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
- Pin-Yu Chen WHITE PLAINS, NY, USA
- Yuxin Chen Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Albert M. K. Cheng Houston, TX, USA
- Betty H.C. Cheng East Lansing, MI, USA
- Aswani Kumar Cherukuri Vellore, India
- Yuejie Chi Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo San Antonio, TX, USA
- Kenneth W Church Boston, MA, USA
- Luigina Ciolfi Cork, Ireland
- Gilbert Cockton Sunderland, United Kingdom
- Cristina Conati Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Benjamin Richard Cowan Dublin, Ireland
- Kevin Crowston Syracuse, NY, USA
- Ernesto Cuadros-Vargas Lima, Peru
- Daniela Damian Victoria, BC, Canada
- Rik Das Ranchi, India
- Swagatam Das Kolkata, India
- Dipankar Dasgupta Memphis, TN, USA
- Kalyanmoy Deb MI, USA
- Gianluca Demartini Queensland, QLD, Australia
- Ilke Demir Hermosa Beach, CA, USA
- Xin Luna Dong Seattle, WA, USA
- Rolf Drechsler Bremen, Germany
- Ashutosh Dutta Laurel, MD, USA
- Josiah Dykstra Severn, MD, USA
- Asif Ekbal Jodhpur, India
- Kaoutar El Maghraoui Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
- Lance Eliot Palo Alto, CA, USA
- Niklas Elmqvist Aarhus, Denmark
- Bjoern M Eskofier Erlangen, Germany
- Yuguang "Michael" Fang Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Vagner Figueredo de Santana São Paulo, Brazil
- Francesco Flammini Västerås, Sweden
- Domenic Forte Gainesivlle, FL, USA
- Marcus Foth Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- João Gama Porto, Portugal
- Dan Garcia Millbrae, CA, USA
- Swaroop Ghosh State College, PA, USA
- Donald Gotterbarn Johnson City, TN, USA
- Nitesh Goyal Stamford, CT, USA
- Angel Goñi-Moreno Madrid, Spain
- Colin M. Gray Bloomington, IN, USA
- John Grundy Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Sumit Gulwani Redmond, WA, USA
- Bo Han Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Zhu Han Houston, TX, USA
- Marc Hassenzahl Siegen, Germany
- Gernot Heiser Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Kasper Hornbæk Copenhagen, Denmark
- Juan Pablo Hourcade Iowa City, IA, USA
- David Howard Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Longbo Huang Beijing, China
- Rasheed Hussain Bristol, United Kingdom
- Nikolas Ioannou Zurich, Switzerland
- Letizia Jaccheri Trondheim, Norway
- Daniel Jackson Cambridge, MA, USA
- Sheldon H Jacobson Urbana, IL, USA
- Jim Jansen Doha, Qatar
- Anura Jayasumana Fort Collins, CO, USA
- Xiaohua Jia Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Daniel Angel Jiménez College Station, TX, USA
- Joaquim A Jorge Lisboa, Portugal
- Arijit Khan Bowling Green, OH, USA
- Latifur Rahman Khan Plano, TX, USA
- Irwin King Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Amy J Ko Seattle, WA, USA
- Aditya Kumar San Jose, CA, USA
- Manoj Kumar Kumar Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Sathish A.P. Kumar Westlake, OH, USA
- C.-C. Jay Kuo Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Eren Kurshan New York, NY, USA
- Michele Lanza Lugano, Switzerland
- Doris Lee El Dorado Hills, CA, USA
- Uichin Lee Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Minming Li Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Antonio Lieto Salerno, Italy
- David Lo Singapore, Singapore
- Seng Loke Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Andrés Lucero Helsinki, Finland
- Zhihan Lyu Xian, China
- Walid Maalej Hamburg, Germany
- A. Cristiano I. Malossi Rüschlikon, Switzerland
- Regan Mandryk Victoria, BC, Canada
- Maja Mataric´ South Pasadena, CA, USA
- Ujjwal Maulik Kolkata, India
- John McCarthy Cork, Ireland
- Nenad Medvidović Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Weizhi Meng Copenhagen, Denmark
- Bertrand Meyer Zurich, Switzerland
- Ajmal Saeed Mian Crawley, WN, Australia
- Prasant Kumar Misra Bangalore, India
- Kenny Mitchell Burbank, CA, USA
- Peyman Moghadam Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- David Mohaisen Orlando, FL, USA
- Mohamed F Mokbel Shoreview, MN, USA
- Florian 'Floyd' Mueller Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- San Murugesan Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Suranga Chandima Nanayakkara NUS, Singapore
- Olfa Nasraoui Louisville, KY, USA
- Gonzalo Navarro Santiago, Chile
- Themis Palpanas Paris, France
- Corina Pasareanu Sunnyvale, CA, USA
- Sudeep Pasricha Fort Collins, CO, USA
- Fabio Paternò Pisa, Italy
- Steven Pemberton Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Denys Poshyvanyk Williamsburg, VA, USA
- Junaid Qadir Doha, Qatar
- M. Sohel Rahman Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Md. Saidur Rahman Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Nitendra Rajput Gurgaon, India
- Danda B Rawat Washington, DC, USA
- Peter Robinson Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Jennifer Rode London, United Kingdom
- Sripana Saha Bihta Patna District, India
- Alan Said Gothenburg, Sweden
- Albert Ali Salah Utrecht, Netherlands
- David Sankoff Ottawa, ON, Canada
- KC (Casey) Santosh SD, USA
- Eunice R Sari Perth, WA-AUS, Australia
- Federica Sarro London, United Kingdom
- Corina Sas Lancaster, United Kingdom
- Nishanth Sastry London, United Kingdom
- Björn Schuller Munich, Germany
- Abhronil Sengupta University Park, PA, USA
- Chirag Shah Kenmore, WA, USA
- Neha Sharma Pune, India
- Yehonathan Sharvit Jerusalem, Israel
- Xipeng Shen Raleigh, NC, USA
- Yiyu Shi Notre Dame, IN, USA
- RK Shyamasundar Mumbai, India
- Nicolas Sklavos Patra, Greece
- Yan Solihin Orlando, FL, USA
- Houbing Song Baltimore, MD, USA
- Damiano Spina Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Diomidis Spinellis Athens, Greece
- Ram Sriram Gaithersburg, MD, USA
- Anthony Steed London, United Kingdom
- Per Stenstrom Gothenburg, Sweden
- Zhendong Su Zurich, Switzerland
- Bidyadhar Subudhi Ponda Goa, India
- Andriyan Bayu Suksmono Bandung, Indonesia
- Daniel Takabi ATLANTA, GA, USA
- Hanghang Tong Urbana, IL, USA
- Christoph Trattner Bergen, Norway
- Athena Vakali Thessaloniki, Greece
- Mauro Vallati Huddersfield, United Kingdom
- Salvador Elias Venegas-Andraca Mexico City, Mexico
- Sunil Kumar Vuppala Bangalore, India
- Gabriel Wainer Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Dakuo Wang Cambridge, MA, USA
- Haixun Wang ISSAQUAH, WA, USA
- Zhangyang "Atlas" Wang Austin, TX, USA
- Ingmar G Weber Doha, Qatar
- Titus Winters Long Island City, NY, USA
- Allison Woodruff Mountain View, CA, USA
- Ming Xiao Stockholm, Sweden
- Xing Xie BEIJINGSHI, China
- Guoliang Xing Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Elad Yom-Tov Hoshaya, Israel
- Daron Yondem Istanbul, Turkiye
- Dong Yu Bothell, WA, USA
- Mohamed Zahran New York, NY, USA
- Stefano Zanero Milano, Italy
- Jingren Zhou HANGZHOU, ZHEJIANG, China
- Justin Zobel Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Bronis R de Supinski Livermore, CA, USA
- Fatma Özcan San Jose, CA, USA
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