OSU CSE alumnus M. Tamer Ozsu has been elected as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). This is the ACM's most prestigious honor, reserved for its distinguished members who have made outstanding contributions in research and information technology. A candidate's accomplishments are expected to place him or her among the top 1% of ACM members.
Tamer received his Ph.D. from our department in 1983 (advisor: Bruce W. Weide). He is well-known for his numerous contributions to the study of databases, and has served as Chair of ACM SIGMOD, the premier professional organization for database research, as longtime Editor-in-Chief of the journal Very Large Databases, and in numerous other leadership roles. He is currently Director of the Database Research Group and University Research Chair Professor of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo in Canada.