05/27/2026
Innovations can't happen without communities! Every year, ACM recognizes individuals with awards for their exemplary service to the computing field. This year’s awardees drove advancements in learning tools for computer science education, technology policy, and broadening participation in computing—among other areas.
Yasmin B. Kafai, Distinguished Professor, University of Pennsylvania , and Mitchel J. Resnick, Professor of Learning Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) , receive the Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award for long-lasting and collective efforts in creative computing, including Scratch and eTextiles, and nurturing their user communities to engage young people in creative learning experiences for discovery and expression.
Ed Felten, Professor, Princeton University , receives the ACM Policy Award for contributions to technology policy, particularly on electronic voting, copyright, consumer protection, and artificial intelligence.
Jodi Tims, Program Manager, Center for Inclusive Computing, Northeastern University , receives the Outstanding Contribution to ACM Award for increasing the worldwide participation of women in ACM and helping to reinforce ACM’s commitment to computing education.
This year's ACM Presidential Awards recipients are:
Claudia Maria Bauzer Medeiros, Professor, University of Campinas, for long-standing and significant contributions to the Brazilian and Latin American computing communities as well as to ACM.
Stephen Ibaraki, Outreach Chair, ITU , for long-standing and considerable contributions to ACM and to the global professional computing community.
Scott Delman, Director of Publications, Association for Computing Machinery, for significant contributions to the realization of the ACM Open publication model.
Wayne Graves, Director of the Digital Library, Association for Computing Machinery, for significant contributions to development of the ACM Digital Library.
Thank you all for your outstanding services! Learn more: https://awards.acm.org/
