2026 ACM General Election Slate

In accordance with the Constitution and Bylaws of the ACM, the Nominating Committee hereby submits the following slate of nominees for ACM's officers. In addition to the officers of the ACM, two Members at Large will be elected to the ACM Council. In addition to considering previous leadership roles both within and outside ACM, the Committee made an effort to ensure that a diversity of perspectives will be represented.

The names of the candidates for each office are presented in alphabetical order below:

President (1 July 2026 — 30 June 2028):

• Elisa Bertino, Purdue University
• Jens Palsberg, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Vice President (1 July 2026 — 30 June 2028):

• Anand Deshpande, Persistent Systems
• Rashmi Mohan, Splunk/CISCO

Secretary/Treasurer (1 July 2026 — 30 June 2028):

• Tom Crick, University of Bristol
• Jayant R Haritsa, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

Members at Large (1 July 2026 — 30 June 2030):

• Carlos Jaime Barrios Hernández, Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), LIG/INRIA, Grenoble, and CITI Lab, Lyon
• Yunyao Li, Adobe
• Lydia Tapia, University of New Mexico
• Holly Yanco, University of Massachusetts Amherst

The Nominating Committee would like to thank all those who helped us with their suggestions and advice.

Gabriele Kotsis, Chair
Rosa Badia
Chad Jenkins
Bruke Kifle
Venkatesh Raman