IEEE Fellows

The IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred on members with extraordinary records of professional accomplishments in computing.

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• About IEEE Fellows
• IEEE Fellow Eligibility
• Nomination Process
• IEEE Fellows Resources
• IEEE CS Fellow Evaluating Committee
• 2024 IEEE Computer Society Fellow Evaluating Committee
• Evaluating Committee Members
• Meet our IEEE Fellows
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• About IEEE Fellows
• IEEE Fellow Eligibility
• Nomination Process
• IEEE Fellows Resources
• IEEE CS Fellow Evaluating Committee
• 2024 IEEE Computer Society Fellow Evaluating Committee
• Evaluating Committee Members
• Meet our IEEE Fellows
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About IEEE Fellows

The grade of Fellow is conferred upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any IEEE field of interest (Bylaw I-104.11).

The IEEE Fellow Program is currently accepting nominations for the Fellow Class of 2026 until 7 February 2025 at 11:59pm ET

Updated IEEE Fellow Guides and Procedures are noted below.

IEEE Fellow Eligibility

To be nominated as a Fellow, a recipient must:

• Have accomplishments that have contributed importantly to the advancement or application of engineering, science and technology, bringing the realization of significant value to society;
• Hold Senior Member or Life Senior Member grade at the time the nomination is submitted; and
• Have been a member in good standing in any grade for a period of five cumulative years or more preceding 1 January of the year of elevation. IEEE Society affiliate membership does not apply.

Nomination Process

Any person, including non-IEEE members, is eligible to serve as a nominator. The following are exceptions: members of the IEEE Board of Directors, members of the IEEE Fellow Committee, Chair, Vice Chair, or Member (Evaluator) of any Society/Council Fellow Evaluating Committee (S/C FEC) evaluating the nomination, member of the Cohort Fellow Evaluating Committee (CFEC) evaluating the nomination, or IEEE Staff. Self-nomination is not permitted.

Nominators, please complete the following tasks:

• Preparing the IEEE Fellow Grade Nomination Form (pdf). See Nomination Quick Help Guide (pdf).
• The nominator is responsible for soliciting at least three, but no more than five, references capable of assessing the nominee’s contributions.
  (NOTE: A reference must be an IEEE Fellow in good standing. The following individuals are ineligible to serve as IEEE Fellow references: members of the IEEE Board of Directors, members of the Fellow Committee, members of the IEEE Society/Technical Council Fellow Evaluating Committee reviewing the nomination or IEEE Staff. In addition, a nominator may not serve as a reference for a nomination he/she is submitting.
  Exception: References will be accepted if a reference is an IEEE Senior or Life Senior member from Region 9, in good standing and the nominee they are serving as a reference resides in Region 9). See Fellow Reference Help Guide (pdf).
• There is the option of soliciting no more than three endorsements capable of supporting the nomination. Any person, including non-IEEE members, may submit an endorsement. See Fellow Endorsement Help Guide (pdf).
• Identify an IEEE Society/Technical Council whose evaluating committee will assess the nominee’s technical qualifications and contributions.

IEEE Fellows Resources

GOVERNANCE DOCUMENTS & OPERATIONAL GUIDES

• About the IEEE Fellow Program
• IEEE Fellows Operations Manual (pdf) NEW
• IEEE Fellow Committee Handbook – Updates Pending
• Society/Council IEEE Fellow Evaluating Committee Handbook – Updates Pending

USER GUIDES

Some changes to the Nomination Form have been made but are not yet reflected on all manuals & governance documents yet

• All User Guides
• Nominator/Nominee FAQs – Nominator/Nominee FAQs – Updated (PDF, 166 KB)
• Society and Council FAQs – Society and Council FAQs – New (PDF, 164 KB)
• IEEE Fellow Contribution Categories Matrix – NEW FOR EVALUATORS
• IEEE Fellow Program Brochure. NEW

OTHER HELPFUL RESOURCES

• IEEE Primary Account.
• IEEE Fellow Directory
• How to order a Fellow Pin or Certificate
• Contact us! If you have a question not addressed here, please email fellows@ieee.org or your Society Admin.

IEEE CS Fellow Evaluating Committee

The IEEE Computer Society Fellow Evaluating Committee (S/C FEC) assists the IEEE Fellow Committee in recognizing IEEE members who, in its opinion, meet the qualifications for the grade of Fellow because of contributions to the areas of interest to the Society. The committee members must determine whether the work of each candidate is recognized and considered outstanding in the Society’s field of interest. The committee provides a succinct statement of the candidate’s qualifications for a Fellow grade. The members rate the candidate’s contributions relative to the contributions of IEEE Fellows. The IEEE CS Fellow Evaluating Committee chair is responsible for merging the evaluators’ input into a coherent whole, for reaching consensus with the committee on ranking the candidates, and for making the final decision on the content of the evaluation forms.

New 2023 Procedures: The IEEE CS Fellow Evaluating Committee (S/C FEC) chair is appointed by the president-elect. Starting in 2023 (for the 2025 Fellows Class), each S/C President received a spreadsheet from IEEE Fellows staff which included all Fellows and Life Fellows who are active members of their S/C, along with their region, gender, organizational affiliation, and whether they are a member of IEEE Standards Association. This information is used to help develop a S/C FEC and CFEC within the diversity representation per the new implemented guidelines for Societies and Councils (pdf). S/C FEC’s must be completed by 1 September of each year.

2024 IEEE Computer Society Fellow Evaluating Committee

Chair

• LING LIU, Chair
  Georgia Institute of Technology

Vice Chairs

• Maya Gokhale
• Latifur Khan
• Jaejin Lee
• Maja Pantic
• Timothy M. Pinkston
• Kui Ren
• Dacheng Tao
• Munindar Singh

Staff Support

• Anne Marie Kelly
• Millie Lovos

Evaluating Committee Members

2024 IEEE Computer Society Fellow Evaluating Committee Members

The 2024 IEEE-CS Fellow Evaluating Committee work is to scheduled to begin on 15 February 2024 until all evaluations are due per the Society’s timeline.

“Serving committee members cannot serve as nominators, endorsers, or references for any nominee being evaluated by the IEEE Computer Society”

Society Evaluator Members: Society Alternate Members: New

1. Gail-Joon Ahn
2. Srinivas Aluru
3. Vijayalakshmi Atluri
4. Ewa Deelman
5. Wei Ding
6. Miwako Doi
7. Schahram Dustdar
8. Abdelsalam Sumi Helal
9. Gang Hua
10. Arun Iyengar
11. Hans-Arno Jacobsen
12. Yusheng Ji
13. James Joshi
14. Keqin Li
15. Tieyan Liu
16. Cristina Lopes
17. Kwan Liu Ma
18. Erik Jan Marinissen
19. Katherine Morse
20. Marc Najork
21. Li-Shiuan Peh
22. Calton Pu
23. Weisong Shi
24. Mei-Ling Shyu
25. Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood
26. Jaideep Vaidya
27. Xiaodong Zhang

1. Robert Aitken
2. Jean Bacon
3. Athman Bouguettaya
4. Azzedine Boukerche
5. Yiran Chen
6. Baining Guo
7. Constance Heitmeyer
8. Hai Jin
9. Sandra Johnson
10. Erich Neuhold
11. Ram Duvvuru Sriram
12. Bhavani Thuraisingham
13. Li Xiong