Peer Recognition Underscores Professor's Interdisciplinary Impact

A veteran Georgia Tech computer science professor is among the 56 Distinguished Members announced this week by ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery.

According to ACM, School of Computer Science (SCS) Professor Constantine Dovrolis was selected as a 2024 Distinguished Member by his peers in the ACM membership for his substantial technical achievements, volunteer service, and “contributions to internet measurements, network science, and neuro-inspired machine learning.”

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ACM selects a new class of Distinguished Members each year from among its global membership of more than 110,000 computing professionals.

“ACM’s motto is ‘advancing computing as a science and profession.’ To fulfill our mission, we rely completely on our volunteers—from organizing technical conferences to editing research journals and managing professional development activities,” said ACM President Yannis Ioannidis.

“In turn, all these efforts lay a foundation that supports computing professionals throughout their careers. The Distinguished Members Program celebrates innovation and underscores the value of being part of a vibrant technical community.”

Dovrolis earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and joined Georgia Tech in 2002. His research spans multiple fields and integrates network theory, data mining, and machine learning techniques. His collaborations have resulted in publications in climate science, biology, neuroscience, and other diverse scientific domains.

Drawing on the current understanding of brain network structure and function, Dovrolis’ research group explores biologically inspired machine learning architectures. His recent work includes co-authoring NICE: Neurogenesis Inspired Contextual Encoding for Replay-free Class Incremental Learning, which was accepted and presented at the 2024 IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) conference.

In 2023, Dovrolis became director of the Center for Computational Science and Technology at The Cyprus Institute. He continues in a part-time hybrid role with SCS at Georgia Tech.

The ACM says the Distinguished Member program recognizes its global membership based on professional experience and significant achievements in computing beyond the norm.

Candidates must have at least 15 years of professional experience and five years of Professional ACM Membership in the last 10 years to be nominated. They must have also “achieved a significant level of accomplishment or made a significant impact in the field” and served as a role model to younger professionals.

The complete list of 2024 ACM Distinguished Members was published as part of an ACM news release on Feb. 12.