Prof. Jean Vanderdonckt, former president of our institute, has recently been named Distinguished Scientist by ACM for outstanding scientific contributions to the field of man-machine interaction.
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Prof. Vanderdonckt is the first Belgian scientist to have been granted this honour.
https://www.acm.org/media-center/2017/november/distinguished-members-2017