HKUST(GZ) Professor Hui XIONG named 2025 ACM Fellow
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) announced the list of 2025 ACM Fellows on Jan 21 Eastern Time. Professor Hui XIONG, Associate Vice-President (Knowledge Transfer) of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), has been elected in recognition of his research contributions to the advancement of artificial intelligence and mobile computing.
ACM, founded in 1947, is one of the world's most prominent professional academic organizations in the field of computer science. The A.M. Turing Award it confers is internationally recognized as the highest honor in computing, often referred to as the "Nobel Prize of Computing".
The ACM Fellow distinction represents the organization's highest level of member recognition, reserved for individuals who have made exceptional contributions to computer science and technology. The selection process is highly competitive, with fewer than 1 percent of ACM's global membership elected as Fellows each year.
The 2025 cohort comprises 71 distinguished scholars worldwide. Their groundbreaking contributions span a wide spectrum of disciplines, including AI in healthcare, computer graphics, data management, email technology, human-computer interaction, mobile computing, networked systems, robotics, security, and sustainability.
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Associate Vice-President (Knowledge Transfer)
Chair Professor of Thrust of Artificial Intelligence
Hui XIONG
Professor Xiong Hui holds esteemed positions at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) as a Chair Professor and the Associate Vice President for Knowledge Transfer. Before joining HKUST(GZ), he was a Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University and held the position of Chief Scientist (Smart City) and Deputy Dean at Baidu Research Institute (T11), overseeing five research labs. Prof. Xiong has received numerous honors and awards, including being elected as Fellow of Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Distinguished Scientist of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and Fellow of the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI) and China Computer Federation (CCF). Prof. Xiong is the principal investigator of the National Key R&D Program of China and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. His scholarly work has garnered over 62,000 citations on Google Scholar, with an h-index of 102. He has received prestigious awards such as the ACM SIGKDD Service Award and the AAAI Best Paper Award. He is also recognized for his talent cultivation, as many of his PhD students have become tenure-track professors worldwide.
