ACM Distinguished Membership recognizes scientists with significant professional experience and notable achievements in computing. Members are chosen from leading universities, corporations and research institutions all over the world. “The Distinguished Members program is a way both to celebrate the trailblazing work of our members, and to underscore how participation with a professional society enhances one’s career growth. This award category also emphasizes how ACM’s worldwide membership is the foundation of our organization,” explains ACM President Gabriele Kotsis.
Karthik was recognized by ACM in the category Outstanding Scientific Contributions to Computing. At ECE, Karthik is a researcher in Dependable Computer Systems, Computer Security, Cyber-Physical Systems, and Software Engineering at ECE . He joined ECE from a postdoctoral position at Microsoft Research. While at Microsoft, Karthik initiated and led the Flikker project, which was one of the first papers in the field of what is now known as “approximate computing” or “good enough computing”- a term he coined. At UBC, Karthik has published more than 100 papers with his students, and 12 of these papers have received distinguished paper awards at prestigious venues such as DSN. He has also collaborated with companies such as Intel, Nvidia, AMD, IBM, Cisco, and Huawei.
