Professor Silberschatz is a Fellow of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), a Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineerings (IEEE), a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and a member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. He received the 2002 IEEE Taylor L. Booth Education Award, the 1998 ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award, and the 1997 ACM SIGMOD Contribution Award. In recognition for his outstanding level of innovation and technical excellence, Silberschatz was awarded the Bell Laboratories President's Award, in 1998 (QTM Project), 1999 (DataBlitz Project), and 2004 (NetInventory Project).
Professor Silberschatz has written editorials dealing technology and policy issues, which have appeared in publications including The New York Times, Boston Globe, Hartford Courant, and Industry Standard. He blogs at The Post and tweets at @silberschatz.