The Department of Computer Science and Engineering is happy to announce that Professor Michael Rung-Tsong Lyu has been selected to the inaugural class of the ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Academy. The Academy and its inaugural class were introduced at the FSE 2026 conference in Montreal as part of the Fifty Years of ACM SIGSOFT celebrations in July 2026.
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)‘s Special Interest Group on Software Engineering (SIGSOFT) is the foremost global organization in software engineering. It provides a forum for computing professionals from industry, government, and academia to define the field’s research agenda, establish professional standards, and drive technological innovation. As a standing body of honor founded by ACM SIGSOFT, the Academy recognizes those whose cumulative work has defined the foundations of software engineering and its growth.
This latest accolade recognizes Professor Lyu’s international leadership, who is also a Fellow of the ACM, IEEE, and AAAS. His renowned research reputation and status set an academic role model for our students and faculty to follow.
