2010

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Grace Hopper Regional Consortium Launches Conferences to Recruit, Retain More Women in Computing

NSF Funds Partnership of ACM-W, ABI, and NCWIT to Improve Gender Balance in Computing

acmqueue Launches Online Programming Challenge

 

ACM Expands Footprint, Launches ACM India Council

ACM India to Strengthen the Role of Computing in Driving Innovation

CACM Reports: The Next Step in Processing Power—Quantum Algorithms

February Issue Reports on Going Beyond the Mouse and Keyboard; Improving Disaster Management; Open Access to Scientific Publications

Chinese, Russian Universities Claim Top Spots in ACM International Programming Competition

ACM President Applauds Efforts to Illuminate Role of Computing and Computer Science Education in Driving Innovation in the Global Economy

ACM SIGGRAPH’s Debevec to Receive Academy Award for Innovative Visual Effects

Light Stage Technologies Helped Create Believable Digital Actors in “Avatar” and “Benjamin Button”

CACM Reports: Using Computational Methods to Chase AIDS Virus

March Issue Reports on the Evolving Google File System; Challenges of Global IT Management; Engineering the Web’s Third Decade

AT&T Labs Researcher to Receive ACM SIGACT Knuth Prize for Algorithm Innovations

David S. Johnson Named 2010 Knuth Prize Winner for Innovations that Impacted the Foundations of Computer Science

ACM Turing Award Goes to Creator of First Modern Personal Computer

Thacker, Founding Member of Three Major Research Labs, Linked to Tablet PC and Other Major Innovations in Computing

ACM, Infosys Foundation Honor Innovator of Scalable Web Technology

UC Berkeley’s Brewer to Receive $150,000 Prize for Contemporary Contributions to Data-Intensive Computing and Bringing the Information Technology Revolution to the Developing World

ACM Council on Women Honors Leader in Improving Performance of Computer-Aided Design

Irwin Wins Athena Award for Contributions to Computer Architecture

CHI2010 Release: Will Robots Put Your Job at Risk?

 

CHI2010 Release: SKINPUT: Human Body Touch Screen Debuts

 

CACM Reports: Managing Computer Systems Architecture for Power Efficiency

April Issue Reports on Clarifying Cloud Computing, Robotic Technology for Cars, Defending Against Malware

ACM Awards Recognize Computer Scientists for Innovations that Have Real World Impact

Recipients’ Achievements Have Improved Healthcare, Education, Internet Security, and Network Efficiency and Safety

CHI2010 Release: Researchers Consult Children to Improve Search Techniques

 

CHI2010 Release: Future Technology Developments Emerge beyond Researcher Comfort Zones

 

CHI2010 Release: Impact of Data and Design Confluence Examined

 

ACM Recognizes Leaders Who Have Raised Awareness of Computer Science

 

CACM Reports: A New Approach to Lifelogging through Psychology

May Issue Examines the Role of IT in Financial Markets, Second-Generation Cloud Computing, and the Consequences of Mobile Email Addiction

Computer Experts Tackle Privacy, Security Policy Issues at CFP 2010

20th Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference Features Sessions on Privacy in Cloud Computing, Healthcare IT, Smart Grids, Social Network Activism, 2010 Census Concerns, Human Rights Issues

ACM SIGSOFT Honors Innovators Who Advanced Software Engineering

Two Awards to Be Presented at First-Ever ACM South African Conference on Software

ACM Supports First National Lab Day

ACM Supports First National Lab Day to Foster Collaboration between Computing Community and Local Schools

2010 Eckert-Mauchly Award

ACM, IEEE Computer Society Honor Visionary for Advancing the State of Parallel Processing Beyond the Mainstream

Carnegie Mellon's Bryant Wins Newton Award for Formal Verification Technology

ACM/IEEE Award for Improving Product Quality Design to Be Presented at Design Automation Conference

ACM, AIS Unveil Major Revisions to Information Systems Curriculum

First IS Curriculum to Separate Core and Elective Courses for Flexibility and Adaptability

CACM Reports: Turing Award Winner Milner Remembered as Elegant Pragmatist

June Issue Reports on Managing Scientific Data, the Parallel Computing Comeback, Privacy by Design

ACM Relaunches Magazine for Computing Students: XRDS

New Editorial Scope Provides Resources for Career Success in Growing Technology Field

ACM SIGMOBILE Conference Explores Advances in Mobile Systems

MobiSys 2010 Features MIT's Picard on Mobile Emotional Intelligence and UCLA's Estrin on Capturing Data via Mobile Phones

ACM Group Honors Software Developer of Versatile Compilers Used in Advanced Mobile Devices

First-Time SIGPLAN Award to Apple's Chris Lattner for Developing Popular LLVM Infrastructure with Applications in Commercial, Research, Teaching, and Open Source Projects

Preeminent Scientist and Microsoft Executive to Keynote KDD 2010

 

ACM Elects New Leaders Committed to Expanding International Initiatives

New Officers Pledge to Extend ACM's Online Presence and Continue to Improve Health of the Computing Field

Gentry Wins ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award for Innovation in Encryption Technology

Doctoral Candidate Developed Scheme that Could Spur Advances in Cloud Computing, Search Engine Queries, and E-Commerce

Turing, Athena Lectures Featured at ACM/IEEE Computer Architecture Conference (ISCA)

 

SC10 Announces Opportunities to Participate through Education, Diversity and Volunteer Programs

 

CACM Reports: Turing Award Winner Thacker on How to Design Computer Technology for Success

July Issue Reports on Investing in Technology for the Developing World, Teaching Concurrency in Computer Science, and the Ethical Dimensions of Robots

ACM Increases Visibility of Its Digital Library Content with Integrated Publisher Program

Partnership with Primo Enables Researchers to Efficiently Discover and Retrieve Scholarly Computing Resources

Wipro to Fund ACM Scholarships for Women Students Attending Computing Research Conferences

Initiative Aims to Promote Diversity in Computing and Encourage Women to Pursue Advanced Education and Careers in Computing

Media Advisory: ACM to Hold Media Availability on Cybersecurity Issues

 

ACM Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining to Honor Innovation, Service Award Recipients

 

ACM Computer Architecture Group Honors Andreas Moshovos for Improving Memory Performance of Processors

University of Toronto Researcher Receives Maurice Wilkes Award for Contributions to Memory-Dependence Prediction

Intel Researcher Honored for Contributions to Computer Networking

Radia Perlman Wins ACM SIGCOMM Award for Pioneering Advances in Internet Communication

US Congressman Introduces Measure to Address Crisis in K-12 Computer Science Education

 

ACM SIGGRAPH Announces Winner of 2010 Digital Art Award

Yoichiro Kawaguchi Applied Computing and Biology to Create New Dimensions of Art

ACM, IEEE Computer Society Take on Management of Software Engineering Curriculum Recommendations

 

Leading Design Researchers Named Co-Editors of ACM's interactions

Wakkary and Stolterman to Focus Magazine on Design Practices of Researchers and Practitioners from a Global Perspective

CACM Reports: What's Holding up Computers in Patient Care?

September Issue Reports on Building Future Internet Architecture, Benefits of Online Education for Computer Science, and ACM in China

Association for Computing Machinery Statement on Release of PCAST STEM Education Report

 

WGBH, ACM Celebrate 'Dot Diva' Launch to Reshape Image of Computing for High School Girls

New Initiative Aims to Attract More Female Students to Fulfilling Career Opportunities

ACM - IEEE Computer Society Award Honors Intel's Kuck for Innovations in High-Performance Computing

David Kuck's Influence Evident in All Compilers Currently in Use

Congress Recognizes Computer Science Education as Key to Success in the Digital Age

ACM Hails Second Computer Science Education Week to Raise Awareness of Computing and Its Role in Society

ACM Europe At ICT2010

Illuminating The Role of Computing in the Digital Age in Europe and Globally

ACM Europe Illuminating the Role of Computing in the Digital Age in Europe and Globally

 

CACM Reports: Promise and Peril in Peer-to-Peer Systems

October Issue Reports on Scalability of Adobe Photoshop, How Offshoring Affects IT Workers, and the Resurgence of Apple

Education's Most Startling Paradox: K-12 Computer Science Education Declines

New Report Outlines Deficiencies in Preparation for Computing Careers; Leading Industry and Non-Profit Organizations Form Coalition to Raise National Profile of Field

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ACM SIGAda Conference Marks 32 Years of Safety-Critical Software

 

CACM Reports: Using Computational Complexity to Protect Elections

November Issue Reports on Security in the Cloud, Job Prospects for CS Grads, and Outlook for Search-Engine Ranking

ACM Relaunches Ubiquity Site Focusing on Future of Computing

Revised Format Provides Platform for Readers and Contributors to Consult and Communicate on Core Issues and Their Impact on Society

ACM Group Honors Computer Privacy and Security Experts

Camenisch and Thuraisingham Cited for Advances in Privacy-Enhancing Cryptography and Leadership in Counterterrorism Data and Applications Security

ACM Names 47 Distinguished Members for Computing Innovations

2010 Recipients Hail from Leading International Universities and Industries

Georgia Tech Professor Wins ACM SIGCOMM Rising Star Award

 

Second Computer Science Education Week Spotlights CS's Importance to Education, Innnovation

Urges Public to Raise Awareness of Computing and Its Role in Society through Local Actions

CACM Reports: Computer Science Education Week Expands Its Reach

December Issue Reports on the Impact of the Stuxnet Worm and the African Tsunami of Information Insecurity, and Interviews Pixar President Ed Catmull

ACM Names 41 Fellows from World's Leading Institutions

Many Innovations Made in Areas Critical to Global Competitiveness

Advocate of Computer Ethics Honored by International Ethics Society

Gotterbarn Helped Make ACM's Codes of Ethics an International Standard

ACM TechNews Goes Mobile

iPhone and iPad Apps for Tech News Briefs Now Available at iTunes Store