Bauer named 2025 ACM Fellow

Lujo Bauer, professor of electrical and computer engineering and of computer science, has been named a 2025 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Fellow for contributions to access control, usable security and privacy, and the security of machine learning. He received the award alongside colleague Jian Ma, the Ray and Stephanie Lane Professor of Computational Biology in the School of Computer Science, who was recognized for contributions to computational biology algorithms and machine learning approaches for understanding genomes and cells.

ACM's most prestigious member grade recognizes the top 1% of ACM members for their outstanding accomplishments in computing and information technology and/or outstanding service to ACM and the larger computing community. All 71 inductees are longstanding ACM Members whose accomplishments were selected by their peers for making possible the computing technologies we use every day.

“These men and women represent the top 1% of professionals in our association,” explained ACM President Yannis Ioannidis. “I personally enjoy reviewing the list of achievements of the new Fellows because it offers a snapshot of what’s happening in our field at the moment. This year, for example, we are honoring members working in well-established disciplines such as computer architecture and software engineering, alongside innovators in emerging disciplines like swarm intelligence or scene recognition. As we congratulate the new Fellows for their accomplishments, we hope that their work will also serve as an inspiration to the next generation. We especially encourage those who are not yet ACM members to join us and become part of a vibrant global community.”

Bauer’s research examines many aspects of computer security and privacy, and balances attention to the human users of systems with focus on software and algorithms. His current research topics include studying the risks raised by our increasing reliance on AI; using AI to make us more secure, including by finding software bugs faster and by detecting attacks; and developing tools to make smart homes safer for all users.

ACM will formally recognize the 2025 Fellows at its annual Awards Banquet in June 2026 in San Francisco. Additional information about the 2025 ACM Fellows, as well as previously named ACM Fellows, is available through the ACM website.