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ASSETS 2025, Oct. 26 - 29
The ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility explores the design, evaluation, and use of computing and information technologies to benefit people with disabilities and older adults. Sessions include "Designing for Attention: Evaluating an Affordable Immersive VR Platform for Neurodiverse Children," "Understanding Accessibility for Physically Disabled Users in VR: Interplay of Physical, Digital, and Experiential Layers," "Exploring AI-Fabrication in Shaping the Future of DIY-AT Design: Insights from Makers," and more. Keynote speaker will be Jenny Lay-Flurrie (Microsoft). The event will be held in Denver, Colorado, USA.

ACMMM 2025, Oct. 27 - 31
The ACM Multimedia Conference is the worldwide premier conference and a key world event to display scientific achievements and innovative industrial products in the multimedia field. The conference will offer sessions, presentations, tutorials, panels, exhibits, demonstrations, and workshops including: "Continual Learning meets Multimodal Foundation Models: Fundamentals and Advances," "Intelligent Immersification in the Metaverse: AI-Driven Immersive Multimedia," "Automotive and Medical Multimedia: Bridging the Gap Between Mobility and Healthcare," and more. Keynote speakers are Shalini De Mello (NVIDIA), Chua Tat-Seng (National University of Singapore), and Steve Hodges (Lancaster University). The event will be held in Dublin, Ireland.

SIGSPATIAL 2025, Nov. 3 - 6
The ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems provides a forum for original research contributions covering all conceptual, design, and implementation aspects of geospatial data ranging from applications, user interfaces, and visualization to data storage and query processing and indexing. Workshops include "AI for Geographic Knowledge Discovery," "Urban Mobility Foundation Models," "Generative and Agentic AI for Multi-Modality Space-Time Intelligence," and many more. Keynote speakers are Amber Roy Chowdhury (Amazon) and Esteban Moro (Northeastern University). The event is being held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

MobiCom 2025, Nov. 4 - 8
The International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking is dedicated to addressing the challenges in the areas of mobile computing and wireless and mobile networking, serving as a highly selective, premier international forum addressing networks, systems, algorithms, and mobile computer and wireless network support. Sessions include "Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation & Characterization," "Wireless of the Students, by the Students, for the Students," "Mobile Immersive Computing, Networking, and Systems," and more. Keynote speakers will be Olivier Seller (Semtech Corporation) and Yunhao Liu (Tsinghua University). The event will be held in Hong Kong, China

VRST 2025, Nov. 12 - 14
The ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology is an international forum dedicated to virtual and augmented reality software and technology. This year, VRST will once again be dedicated to the imperative theme of reproducibility. Papers being presented cover subjects including low-latency and high-performance software and applications, multi-user and distributed XR, interaction techniques, tracking and sensing, multimodal XR including haptics, smell, taste, and brain-computer interfaces, and more. Keynote speaker is Wolfgang Stuerzlinger (Simon Fraser University). The event is being held in Montreal, Canada.

CIKM 2025, Nov. 10 - 14
The Conference on Information and Knowledge Management provides an international forum for presentation and discussion of research on information and knowledge management, as well as recent advances on data and knowledge bases. Workshops and tutorials include "Advances in Financial AI: Innovations, Risk, and Responsibility in the Era of LLMs," "Multimodal Generative Search and Recommendation," "Trustworthy Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining," and more. Keynote speakers are Haesun Park (Georgia Institute of Technology), Sihem Amer-Yahia (CNRS), and Yong-Yeol Ahn (University of Virginia). This event will be held in Seoul, Korea.

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Upcoming Conferences
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ACM Global Computing Education Conference 2025
Gaborone, Botswana
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The 12th Annual ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication
Chengdu, China
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CCSC-EA '25: Annual Computer Science Conference
Glenside, USA
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The 43rd ACM International Conference on Design of Communication
Lubbock, USA
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The 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
Denver, USA
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IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
Munich, Germany
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The 33rd ACM International Conference on Multimedia
Dublin, Ireland
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CNSM '25: 21st International Conference on Network and Service Management
Bologna, Italy
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The Twenty-sixth International Symposium on Theory, Algorithmic Foundations, and Protocol Design for Mobile Networks and Mobile Computing
Houston, USA
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ACM Internet Measurement Conference
Madison, USA
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ICIKS '25: International Conference on Information and Knowledge Systems
Sousse, Tunisia
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WUWNET'25: International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems
Shenzhen, China
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AfriCHI2025: Africa Human Computer Interaction Conference
Cairo, Egypt
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International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques
Irvine, USA
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The 33rd ACM International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems
Minneapolis, USA
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The 36th Conference on l'Interaction Humain-Machine
Toulouse, France
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The 31st Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking
Hong Kong, China
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GHC '25: Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference
Chicago, USA
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Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization
Pittsburgh, USA
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26th Annual ACM Conference on Cybersecurity and Information Technology Education
Sacramento, USA
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CCSC-SE '25: 2025 Annual Computer Science Conference
Macon, USA
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India HCI '25: The 16th International Conference of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Design & Research
New Delhi, India
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ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction
Montreal, Canada
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International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction
Yokohama, Japan
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The 34th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management
Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Koli Calling '25:25th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research
Koli, Finland
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31st ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology
Montreal, Canada
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6th ACM International Conference on AI in Finance
Singapore, Singapore
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International Conference on Research in Adaptive and Convergent Systems
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
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40th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering Workshops
Seoul, Republic of Korea
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The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis
St Louis, USA
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The 24th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks
College Park, USA
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SportsHCI 2025: Annual Conference on Human-Computer Interaction and Sports
Twente, Netherlands
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ACM Symposium on Cloud Computing
Online, USA
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The 12th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation
Golden, USA
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ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication
Cambridge, USA
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AINTEC '25: Asian Internet Engineering Conference
Manila, Philippines
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2025 IEEE/ACM 18th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing
France, France
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MUM '25: International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia
Enna, Italy
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The 21st International Conference on emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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IEEE/ACM 12th International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies
Nantes, France
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ACI '25: International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction
Bloomington, USA
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European Conference on Visual Media Production
London, United Kingdom
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The 18th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion, Interaction, and Games
Zurich, Switzerland
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The Tenth ACM/IEEE Symposium on Edge Computing
Arlington, USA
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COMPUTE 2025: ACM Compute Conference
Ropar, Punjab, India
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Winter Simulation Conference
Seattle, USA
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Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval in the Asia Pacific Region
Xi'an, China
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ACM Multimedia Asia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Knowledge Capture Conference 2025
Dayton, USA
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The 20th ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and its Applications in Industry
Macau, China
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SIGGRAPH Asia 2025
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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26th International Middleware Conference
Nashville, USA
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TA2025: Text Affects Future of Intelligence
Chieti-Pescara, Italy
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FIRE 2025:Forum for Information Retrieval Evaluation
Varanasi, India
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CODS 2025: 13th ACM IKDD International Conference on Data Science
Pune, India
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HiPC '25: 32nd International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics
TBA, India
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ICAIF 2025, Nov. 15 - 18
The ACM International Conference on AI in Finance is a peer-reviewed scholarly conference that brings together researchers from academia, government and industry to share challenges, advances, and insights on the impact of artificial intelligence and machine learning in finance. Workshops include "AI and Data Science for Digital Finance" "LLMs and Generative AI for Finance," "Explainable AI in Finance: Achieving Trustworthy Financial Decision-Making," "AI for Resilient & Responsible DeFi Dynamics," "AI for Financial Fraud Detection & Prevention" and more. The event will be held in Singapore.

SC25, Nov. 16 - 21
At the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, invited talks will show how translational research and technologies and their applications address some of the most complex challenges of our time. Tutorials and workshops include "Better Software for Reproducible Science," "Connecting the HPC and the Quantum Community," "Modern High Performance I/O: Leveraging Object Stores," "Large Scale Quantum-Classical Computing," "Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Scientific Applications," and more. Keynote speaker is Ralph McEldowney (Air Force Research Laboratory). The event will be held in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Conferences Best Paper Awards
Best Paper Awards are presented at many ACM conferences to authors whose work represents groundbreaking research in their respective areas. By recognizing these select papers for their ingenuity and importance, ACM highlights some of the theoretical and practical innovations that are likely to shape the future of computing.
Desirable Characteristics for AI Teaching Assistants in Programming Education
By Paul Denny, Stephen MacNeil, Jaromir Savelka, Leo Porter, Andrew Luxton-Reilly
Best Paper at ITiCSE '24: Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
Mining Domain-Based Policies
By Si Zhang, Philip W. L. Fong
Best Paper Award at CODASPY '24: 14th ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy
The Impact of Perceived Tone, Age, and Gender on Voice Assistant Persuasiveness in the Context of Product Recommendations
By Sabid Bin Habib Pias, Ran Huang, Donald S. Williamson, Minjeong Kim, Apu Kapadia
Best paper award at CUI '24: ACM Conversational User Interfaces
Virtual Conferences: A Guide to Best Practices
In March 2020 ACM formed a Presidential Task Force (PTF) to help conference organizers transition their events to online. The PTF is working on a guide to offer practical advice and shed light on the largely unfamiliar territory of online conferencing.
The report, available here, includes pointers to a live document with additional resources. We welcome comments, suggestions and experience reports from the community.
