Andreas Zeller recognized as a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Prof. Dr. Andreas Zeller, IEEE Fellow. Photo: © CISPA/Tobias Ebelshäuser

Andreas Zeller, a researcher at the Helmholtz Center for Information Security (CISPA) and Professor of Software Engineering at Saarland University, has been inducted into the ranks of IEEE Fellows. Fellow is the highest grade of membership of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world’s largest professional organization for electrical engineering, computer science, and related technical disciplines.

Fewer than 0.1% of voting IEEE members receive this prestigious recognition each year. Andreas Zeller is being honored for his outstanding contributions to the analysis of software and its development processes. He has devoted his scientific career to software security: Zeller’s research focuses primarily on automated debugging, mining software repositories, specification mining, and security testing. The long-term international impact of his research is evidenced by a total of nine “Test of Time Awards,” which recognize the enduring influence of individual research contributions. Zeller is also one of the few researchers to have received two ERC Advanced Grants from the European Research Council. Andreas Zeller is an ACM Fellow, a member of the Academia Europaea, and a recipient of both the ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Research Award and the ACM SIGSOFT Influential Educator Award.

Commenting on his induction as an IEEE Fellow, Andreas Zeller said: “I am very proud that my colleagues have selected me for this special honor from the IEEE. The stated goal of the IEEE is to place technological progress at the service of humanity. In this light, I also see my own work in software security: people need secure applications to participate in the digital world with confidence.”

The IEEE has more than 500,000 members from over 190 countries. It publishes about one third of the scholarly literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics, and supports more than 2,000 conferences annually. The grade of “Fellow” is reserved for experienced IEEE members who have demonstrated an exceptional record of accomplishments in their respective disciplines. Appointment as an IEEE Fellow is preceded by a rigorous evaluation process. Of 1,268 nominations for 2026, only 350 members were ultimately elevated to Fellow status.

This text was machine translated from the German with no human editing.