Rice University Computer Science Professor T. S. Eugene Ng has been selected as a 2025 ACM Distinguished Member, an honor recognizing his significant contributions to data center networking and Internet delay estimation methods.
Ng was named to the 2025 class by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s leading computing society. All honorees are selected by their peers for outstanding technical achievements and/or sustained service to the computing community.
Ng’s research has had a lasting impact on how modern networks are designed, measured, and optimized. His work in data center networking has helped advance the performance and reliability of large-scale computing infrastructure, while his contributions to Internet delay estimation methods have improved how network latency is measured and managed—critical for cloud computing, distributed systems, and global Internet services.
“It’s our opportunity to recognize computing innovators whose efforts and creativity underpin the technologies that shape our world,” said ACM President Yannis Ioannidis.
Ng is a Professor of Computer Science and a nationally recognized leader in networking research. His honors include being named an IEEE Fellow (2023), an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, and a Kavli Fellow. He is also a recipient of an IBM Faculty Award (2009) and a National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2005). Ng earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University. He is the holder of six U.S. patents.
Ng’s current research focuses on developing new network models, network architectures, and holistic networked systems that enable a more robust, scalable, and manageable global networked infrastructure for the future.
The 2025 ACM Distinguished Members were cited for achievements across a wide range of computing areas, including networked systems, artificial intelligence, computing education, human-computer interaction, security, sustainability, and software systems.
With this recognition, Ng joins a global community of distinguished colleagues whose work continues to influence research, education, and innovation across computing.