# M. Tamer Özsu receives ACM Presidential Award

**Source**: https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/news/m-tamer-ozsu-receives-acm-presidential-award
**Parent**: https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/about/international-national-provincial-and-institutional-awards

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

University
Professor
M.
Tamer
Özsu
has
received
the
[ACM
Presidential
Award](https://awards.acm.org/award-recipients/ozsu_1498880)
for
long-standing
and
significant
contributions
to
the
computing
field
and
its
scientific
community
in
general,
as
well
as
to
ACM
in
particular.
He
is
one
of
[seven
individuals
recognized
for
exemplary
service](https://www.acm.org/media-center/2024/june/service-awards-2023)
to
the
computing
field.

The
ACM
Presidential
Award
is
given
at
the
discretion
of
the
ACM
President
to
individuals whose
contributions
in
computing
fall
within
the
goals
of
the
ACM.

M.
Tamer
Özsu
with
the
*ACM
Book* series
he
launched
in
2013.
By
2019, the
series
had
published
28
major
books
with
another
30
under
contract.
These
manuscripts
and
books
have
educated
young
and
veteran
researchers
alike
on
the
latest
emerging
topics.

In
addition
to
his
seminal
research
work
on
large-scale
distributed
data
management
and
his
emphasis
on
system
building
targeting
grand
societal
challenges,
University
Professor
Özsu
has
truly
dedicated
himself
to
the
education
of
the
younger
generation,
far
beyond
his
own
students.
The
books
he
has
co-authored,
the
encyclopedias
he
has
co-edited,
and
the
[*ACM
Book*](https://awards.acm.org/about/2023-service-awards)
series
he
has
curated
have
all
been
definitive
resources
of
fundamental
and
application-oriented
data
science
knowledge,
nurturing
and
inspiring
young
researchers
and
practitioners
for
decades.

University
Professor
Özsu
has
also
been
a
very
impactful
ACM
volunteer
leader,
both
at
the
level
of
his
home
special
interest
group
—
SIGMOD
—
and
at
the
horizontal
level
of
the
entire
ACM.
His
service
to
the
ACM
Publications
Board,
especially
his
introduction
of
the
novel
ACM
Books
series,
has
left
its
mark
on
the
overall
strategy
and
portfolio
of
ACM
publications.

### About M. Tamer Özsu

[University
Professor
Özsu](https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/professor-tamer-ozsu-named-university-professor) has
received
many
prestigious
awards
and
international
academic
acclaim
over
his
career.
He
is
a [Fellow
of
the
Royal
Society
of
Canada](https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/tamer-ozsu-named-fellow-royal-society-canada), [American
Association
for
the
Advancement
of
Science](https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/professor-tamer-ozsu-named-fellow-american-association), Asia-Pacific
Artificial
Intelligence
Association,
and
the [Balsillie
School
of
International
Affairs](https://www.balsillieschool.ca/people/m-tamer-ozsu/).
He
is
also
a [Life
Fellow
of
Association
for
Computing
Machinery](https://dl.acm.org/profile/81384595752) and
the
Institute
of
Electrical
and
Electronics
Engineers.
He
is
an
elected
member
of
the
Science
Academy,
Türkiye,
and
a
member
of
Sigma
Xi.\
\
He
received
the [2024
IEEE
TCDE
Education
Award](https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/m-tamer-ozsu-receives-2024-ieee-tcde-education-award), [2022
IEEE
Innovation
in
Societal
Infrastructure
Award](https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/university-professor-m-tamer-ozsu-receives-2022-ieee-innovation-in-societal-infrastructure-award), [2018
Lifetime
Achievement
Award
from
CS
Can
|
Info
Can](https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/university-professor-m-tamer-ozsu-receives-2018-lifetime),
and
in
2020
was
named
a [Distinguished
Visiting
Professor
at
Tsinghua
University](https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/tamer-ozsu-named-distinguished-visiting-professor-at-tsinghua-university),
a
title
awarded
to
scholars
of
the
highest
international
reputation.
In
2021,
he
was
named
a [Cheriton
Faculty
Fellow](https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/about/faculty-fellowships/david-r-cheriton-faculty-fellowships-computer-science) for
the
third
time.

### About ACM

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the
Association
for
Computing
Machinery,
is
the
world’s
largest
educational
and
scientific
computing
society,
uniting
computing
educators,
researchers,
and
professionals
to
inspire
dialogue,
share
resources,
and
address
the
field’s
challenges.
ACM
strengthens
the
computing
profession’s
collective
voice
through
strong
leadership,
promotion
of
the
highest
standards,
and
recognition
of
technical
excellence.
ACM
supports
the
professional
growth
of
its
members
by
providing
opportunities
for
life-long
learning,
career
development,
and
professional
networking.

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