acmsigsoft · SucyWonderland · Jul 16, 2026 · Jul 15, 2026 · Jul 15, 2026 · Jul 15, 2026
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 ## Award Categories
 
 ### Senior Awards
+- **[Software Engineering Academy](/academy/inaugural-class.html)** - Honors lasting contributions to software engineering, in research, practice, and education
 - **[Distinguished Service Award](/awards/distinguishedservice/)** - Recognizes dedicated and important service to the software engineering community 
 - **[Outstanding Research Award](/awards/outstandingresearch/)** - Honors significant and lasting research contributions to the theory or practice of software engineering
 - **[Influential Educator Award](/awards/influentialeducator/)** - Celebrates significant contributions and impact on software engineering education as a teacher, mentor, researcher, author, and/or policy maker

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+  <div class="kicker">ACM SIGSOFT</div>
+  <h1>Inaugural Class of the ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Academy</h1>
+  <p class="lede">Eighty members recognized for <b>lasting contributions to software engineering, in research, practice, and education</b>. Additional members to be announced in late August.</p>
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+  <p class="intro">(July 14, 2026) The Academy launches with the first batch of the inaugural class: <b>a cohort of researchers, educators, and practitioners whose lasting contributions, influence, and leadership have shaped modern software engineering</b>. As a standing body of honor established by <a href="https://www2.sigsoft.org/">ACM SIGSOFT</a>, the Academy recognizes those whose cumulative work has defined the foundations of software engineering and its growth. New members will be elected annually through nominations from the community.</p>
+  <p class="intro">(July 7, 2026) The Academy and its inaugural class were previewed at the <a href="https://conf.researchr.org/home/fse-2026">FSE 2026</a> conference in Montreal as part of the <b>Fifty Years of ACM SIGSOFT</b> celebrations.</p>
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+<footer><div>About SIGSOFT: The ACM Special Interest Group on Software Engineering provides a forum for computing professionals from industry, government, and academia to examine principles, practices, and new research results in software engineering.</div><br>Copyright (c) 2020 - 2026, SIGSOFT; all rights reserved.</footer>
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+  { name: "Premkumar T. Devanbu", photo: "academy-photos/premkumar-thomas-devanbu.jpg" },
+  { name: "Rajesh K. Gupta", photo: "academy-photos/rajesh-k-gupta.jpg" },
+  { name: "Rajiv Gupta", photo: "academy-photos/rajiv-gupta.jpg" },
+  { name: "Randal E Bryant", photo: "academy-photos/randal-e-bryant.jpg" },
+  { name: "Richard DeMillo", photo: "academy-photos/richard-demillo.jpg" },
+  { name: "Richard N. Taylor", photo: "academy-photos/richard-n-taylor.jpg" },
+  { name: "Satish Chandra", photo: "academy-photos/satish-chandra.jpeg" },
+  { name: "Sebastian Elbaum", photo: "academy-photos/sebastian-elbaum.jpg" },
+  { name: "Sharad Malik", photo: "academy-photos/sharad-malik.jpg" },
+  { name: "Somesh Jha", photo: "academy-photos/somesh-jha.jpg" },
+  { name: "Sumit Gulwani", photo: "academy-photos/sumit-gulwani.jpg" },
+  { name: "Sven Apel", photo: "academy-photos/sven-apel.jpg" },
+  { name: "Swarat Chaudhuri", photo: "academy-photos/swarat-chaudhuri.jpg" },
+  { name: "Tao Xie", photo: "academy-photos/tao-xie.jpg" },
+  { name: "Thomas A. Henzinger", photo: "academy-photos/thomas-a-henzinger.jpg" },
+  { name: "Thomas Ball", photo: "academy-photos/thomas-ball.jpg" },
+  { name: "Tim Menzies", photo: "academy-photos/tim-menzies.png" },
+  { name: "Tony Wasserman", photo: "academy-photos/tony-wasserman.jpg" },
+  { name: "Tsong Yueh Chen", photo: "academy-photos/tsong-yueh-chen.jpg" },
+  { name: "Walter Tichy", photo: "academy-photos/walter-tichy.jpg" },
+  { name: "Yuanyuan Zhou", photo: "academy-photos/yuanyuan-zhou.jpg" },
+  { name: "Zhendong Su", photo: "academy-photos/zhendong-su.jpg" }
+];
+
+function initialsOf(name){
+  const parts = name.replace(/[^A-Za-z .]/g,'').split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean);
+  return ((parts[0]||'')[0]||'') + (parts.length>1 ? (parts[parts.length-1][0]||'') : '');
+}
+
+const grid = document.getElementById('academy-grid');
+grid.innerHTML = MEMBERS.map(m => {
+  const inner = m.photo
+    ? `<img src="${m.photo}" alt="${m.name}" loading="lazy">`
+    : `<div class="initials">${(m.initials || initialsOf(m.name)).toUpperCase()}</div>`;
+  return `<div class="member"><div class="photo">${inner}</div><div class="name">${m.name}</div></div>`;
+}).join('');
+</script>
+</body>
+</html>