Professor Tao Xie Named a 2015 ACM Distinguished Scientist

Recently Professor Tao Xie, the lead of the Illinois ASE Group, was named a 2015 ACM Distinguished Scientist for his contributions (along with his team's contributions) in the field of Computer Science!

From the ACM 2015 Distinguished Members Press Release: 

"The 2015 ACM Distinguished Members are drawn from leading academic institutions, as well as corporate and national research laboratories around the world. Demonstrating the global nature of ACM, the roster of 2015 ACM Distinguished Members hail from Argentina, Belgium, Canada, China, Egypt, Finland, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Portugal, Qatar, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Areas of specialty of the 2015 Distinguished Members include curriculum design, systems design and architecture, critical systems security, internet structure and security, high performance computing, human-computer interaction, programming languages, mobile and wireless networks, database management, and software engineering. The criteria for selection to the Distinguished Member grade include at least 15 years of professional experience, five years of continuous ACM membership, and significant accomplishments or impact within the computing field." 

Congratulations Tao!