International computing society honors David Whalley

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named David Whalley a Distinguished Member. Whalley, the E.P. Miles Professor of Computer Science and chair of the department, is the only person from a Florida university to win the designation this year and one of only 84 ACM winners across the globe. According to the group’s website, “The ACM Distinguished Member program, initiated in 2006, recognizes those members with at least 15 years of professional experience who have made significant accomplishments or achieved a significant impact on the computing field.” The program “can recognize the top 10 percent of ACM worldwide membership based on professional experience as well as significant achievements in the computing field.” Currently, the society has more than 96,000 members.