Clemson professor named senior member of Association of Computing Machinery

Published: January 2, 2013

Damon Woodard image by: Clemson University

By Evan Lybrand

CLEMSON — Clemson University professor Damon Woodard has been named a Senior Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), which recognizes the top 25 percent of its members.

Woodard is an associate professor in the Human-Centered Computing Division. He received his bachelor’s from Tulane University, his master’s from Penn State University and his Ph.D. in computer science and engineering from Notre Dame.

Woodard established Clemson's Biometrics and Patterns Recognition Lab, which in 2008 joined the North Carolina A&T State University and the University of North Carolina-Wilmington to form the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s Center of Advanced Studies in the Identity Sciences.

Woodard’s research focuses on biometrics, pattern recognition, computer vision and identity science. Before joining Clemson University, he was awarded an Intelligence Community postdoctoral fellowship. Woodard is also an IEEE Senior Member and a National Academy of Science Kavli Frontier Fellow.

"The Association of Computing Machinery is a premier organization for the computing discipline, and I am honored to be recognized by my peers," Woodard said. "ACM Senior Member status recognizes the top 25 percent of ACM professional members for their demonstrated excellence in the computing field.

"The awarding of the ACM Senior Member distinction brings recognition to not only my professional efforts but also the School of Computing and supports the university's mission to become a top-20 university," he said.

The Association of Computing Machinery gives Senior Member status to those who have at least 10 years of professional experience and five years of continued professional membership in the society. The Senior Member program was started in 2006 to recognize the top 25 percent of the society’s members, who can provide guidance to the rest of the society.

The Association of Computing Machinery is the largest society devoted to educational and scientific computing. Its goal is to deliver resources in order to advance computing as a science and a profession.

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