Grace A. Lewis Elected IEEE Computer Society 2026 President

Grace A. Lewis to Lead IEEE Computer Society as 2026 President Following Election Victory

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., 24 September 2024 – The IEEE Computer Society (IEEE CS) today announces that Grace A. Lewis, currently serving as 1st Vice President of the IEEE CS, has been voted IEEE CS 2025 president-elect (2026 president). Sven Dickinson – University of Toronto (1,829 votes)

Alfredo Goldman – University of São Paulo (USP) (1,975 votes)

Daniel S. Katz – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2,301 votes)

Yuhong Liu – Santa Clara University (1,900 votes)

Ladan Tahvildari – University of Waterloo (1,811 votes)

Damla Turgut – University of Central Florida (1,991 votes)

Results for other Board of Governors candidates:

Fernando Bouche – Smithsonian Institution (1,218 votes)
Ümit V. Çatalyürek – AWS & Georgia Institute of Technology (961 votes)
Alvin Chin – Discovery Partners Institute (1,283 votes)
Saptarshi Ghosh – Intel Corporation (1,450 votes)
Jimmy (Xiangji) Huang – York University, Toronto, Canada (1,078 votes)
Cyril Onwubiko – Barclays (1,727 votes)
Andrejs Romanovs – Riga Technical University (Latvia, EMEA) (1,203 votes)
Shui Yu – University of Technology Sydney (1,198 votes)

Candidates on the ballot are selected by the IEEE CS Nominations Committee or by petition. The Nominations Committee accepts nominations from members until March of the next year and presents its nominations to the Board of Governors for final slate approval. Results of the 2024 IEEE CS election will be published in the December issue of Computer. About the IEEE Computer Society Engaging computer engineers, scientists, academia, and industry professionals from all areas of computing, the IEEE Computer Society (CS) sets the standard for the education and engagement that fuels continued global technological advancement. Through conferences, publications, and programs, and by bringing together computer science and engineering leaders at every phase of their career for dialogue, debate, and collaboration, IEEE CS empowers, shapes, and guides the future of not only its members but the greater industry, enabling new opportunities to better serve our world. Visit computer.org for more information.