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VRST 2024, Oct. 9 - 11
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 2024 will be dedicated to the imperative theme of reproducibility. Papers being presented cover subjects including "Exploring Presence in Interactions with LLM-Driven NPCs, "Exploring the Impact of Visual Scene Characteristics and Short-term Learning Effects on Rotation Gain Perception in VR", "Neural Motion Tracking," and more. Keynote speakers are Maud Marchal (University Rennes), and Brian Nosek (University of Virginia). The event is being held in Trier, Germany.
UIST 2024, Oct. 13 - 16
The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology is the premier forum for innovations in human-computer interfaces. UIST brings together people from diverse areas including graphical & web user interfaces, tangible & ubiquitous computing, virtual & augmented reality, multimedia, new input & output devices, Human-Centered AI, and CSCW. Workshops include "Future Paradigms for Sustainable Making,"XR and AI: AI-Enabled Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality," and more. Scheduled keynote speakers are David Holz (Midjourney) and Judy Fan (Stanford University). This year's symposium will be held in Puttsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
CCS 2024, Oct. 14 - 18
The ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security is the flagship annual conference of the Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control, whose mission is to develop the information security profession by sponsoring high quality research conferences and workshops. Workshops will include "Adaptive and Autonomous Cyber Defense," "Secure and Trustworthy Superapps,"Privacy in the Electronic Society," and more. Keynote speakers are Dan Boneh (Stanford University) and Gene Tsudik (University of California, Irvine). The event will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
RecSys 2024, Oct. 14 - 18
The ACM Conference on Recommender Systems is the premier international forum for the presentation of new research results, systems, and techniques in the broad field of recommender systems. Workshops and tutorials will include "Deep Recommendation using Graphs," "Computational Methods for Designing Human-Centered RecSys," "Economics of Recommender System," "Conducting User Experiments in Recommender Systems," and more. Keynote speakers are Michael I. Jordan (University of California, Berkeley), Mounia Lalma ( Spotify), and Mark Riedl (Georgia Tech). This year's conference will be held in Bari, Italy.
SPLASH 2024, Oct. 20 - 25
The ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Systems, Programming, Languages and Applications: Software for Humanity embraces all aspects of software construction and delivery to make it the premier conference at the intersection of programming, languages, and software engineering. SPLASH 2024 will include the co-located OOPSLA, Onward!, REBASE, SPLASH-E, GPCE and SLCE conferences, and other exciting workshops and events. Keynote speakers are Neha Rungta (Amazon), Todd Millstein (University of California, Los Angeles), and Richard P. Gabriel (Poet). The conference is being held in Pasadena, California, USA.
CIKM 2024, Oct. 21 - 25
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 "AI Agent for Information Retrieval," "GenAI and RAG Systems for Enterprise," "Knowledge Graphs for Responsible AI," "Data-Centric AI," and more. Keynote speakers are Nitesh Chawla (University of Notre Dame), Suzan Verberne (Leiden University), Charu C. Aggarwal (IBM). This event will be held in Boise, Idaho, USA.
ASSETS 2024, Oct. 28 - 30
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. Workshops include "The Future of Urban Accessibility: The Role of AI," "Teaching Accessibility in Different Disciplines: Topics, Approaches, Resources, Challenges," "Challenges and Considerations for Accessibility Research Across Cultures and Regions," "accessFinTech: Designing Accessible Financial Technology," and more. Keynote speaker will be Chieko Asakawa (IBM). The event will be held in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
ACMMM 2024, Oct. 28 - Nov. 1
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 an extensive program of sessions, presentations, tutorials, panels, exhibits, demonstrations, and workshops including: "Human-centric Multimedia Analysis," "Multimedia Content Analysis in Sports," "Multimodal and Responsible Affective Computing," and more. Keynote speakers are Pascale Fung (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology), Judy Kay (University of Sydney), Jiebo Luo (University of Rochester) and Benoit Huet (Median Technologies). The event will be held in Melbourne, Australia.
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Upcoming Conferences
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IHC'24: XXIII Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Brasília, Brazil
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GHC '24: Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference
Philadelphia, USA
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AIMLSystems'24: AIMLSystems Conference
Baton Rouge, USA
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Mindtrek '24: Proceedings of the 27th International Academic Mindtrek Conference
Tampere, Finland
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30th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology
Trier, Germany
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The 25th Annual Conference on Information Technology Education
El Paso, USA
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The 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
Pittsburgh, USA
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NordiCHI´24: Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Uppsala, Sweden
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International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques
Long Beach, USA
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The Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Tampere, Finland
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The Twenty-fifth International Symposium on Theory, Algorithmic Foundations, and Protocol Design for Mobile Networks and Mobile Computing
Athens, Greece
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18th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems
Bari, Italy
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ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security
Salt Lake City, USA
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ICCA 2024: International Conference on Computing Advancements
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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CCSC-RM '24: 2024 Annual Computer Science Conference
Flagstaff, USA
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CCSC-EA '24: 2024 Annual Computer Science Conference
Middletown, USA
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The 42nd ACM International Conference on Design of Communication
Fairfax, USA
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ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Systems, Programming, Languages, and Applications: Software for Humanity
Pasadena, USA
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17th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Software Language Engineering
Pasadena, USA
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Programming Languages Mentoring Workshop
TBA, USA
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AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society
San Jose, USA
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23rd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Generative Programming: Concepts and Experiences
Pasadena, USA
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The 33rd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management
Boise, USA
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ACM / IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement
Barcelona, Spain
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AIIIP03: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Information Processing
Tianjin, China
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ASE '24: 39th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering Workshops
Sacramento, USA
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Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces
Vancouver, Canada
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IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
New York, USA
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The 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
St. John's, Canada
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WUWNET'24: International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems
?ibenik, Croatia
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The 32nd ACM International Conference on Multimedia
Melbourne, Australia
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The 11th Annual ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication
Milan, Italy
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Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization
San Luis Potosi, Mexico
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CW2024: The 23th International Conference on cyberworlds
Kofu, Japan
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The 32nd ACM International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems
Atlanta, USA
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AIFE'24: 1st Annual Simulation Conference
Shanghai, China
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CCSC-SE '24: 2024 Annual Computer Science Conference
Greenville, USA
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57th Annual IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture
Austin, USA
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ACM SIGOPS 30th Symposium on Operating Systems Principles
Austin, USA
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ACM Internet Measurement Conference
Madrid, Spain
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The 22nd ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems
Hangzhou, China
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMODAL INTERACTION
San Jose, Costa Rica
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International Conference on Research in Adaptive and Convergent Systems
Pompei, Italy
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The 11th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation
Hangzhou, China
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India HCI '24: The 15th International Conference of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Design & Research
Mumbai, India
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The 27th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
San Jose, Costa Rica
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Koli Calling '24: 24th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research
Koli, Finland
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DSAI '24: 11th International Conference on Software Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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5th ACM International Conference on AI in Finance
Brooklyn, USA
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The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis
Atlanta, USA
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WEBIST24: 20th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies
Porto, Portugal
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ICINCO24: 21st International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
Porto, Portugal
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The 30th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking
Washington D.C., USA
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The 23rd ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks
Irvine, USA
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European Conference on Visual Media Production
London, United Kingdom
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IC3K24: 16th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management
Porto, Portugal
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IOT24: The 14th International Conference on the Internet of Things
Oulu, Finland
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IJCCI24: 16th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence
Porto, Portugal
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ACM Symposium on Cloud Computing
Redmond, USA
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EXPLAINS24: 1st International Conference on Explainable AI for Neural and Symbolic Methods
Porto, Portugal
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The 17th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion, Interaction, and Games
Arlington, USA
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CHIRA '24: 8th International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications
Porto, Portugal
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ICAIE03: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education
Xiamen, China
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15th ACM International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Health Informatics
Shenzhen, China
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International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction
Gothenburg, Sweden
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International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction
Swansea, United Kingdom
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OzCHI '24: 36th Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Brisbane, Australia
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OzCHI '24: 36th Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Brisbane, Australia
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The 19th ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and its Applications in Industry
Nanjing, China
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MUM'24: 23rd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia
Stockholm, Sweden
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25th International Middleware Conference
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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ACI' 24: International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction
Glasgow, United Kingdom
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ACM Multimedia Asia
Auckland, New Zealand
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SIGGRAPH Asia 2024
Tokyo, Japan
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The Nineth ACM/IEEE Symposium on Edge Computing
Rome, Italy
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COMPUTE '24: COMPUTE
Gandhinagar, India
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1st ACM Virtual Global Computing Education Conference
Virtual Event, USA
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The 20th International Conference on emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies
Los Angeles, USA
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Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval in the Asia Pacific Region
Tokyo, Japan
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EWSN '24: International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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AIES 2024, Oct. 21 - 23
The AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society features a multidisciplinary approach to ethical concerns and challenges in AI regarding issues such as privacy, safety and security, surveillance, inequality, data handling and bias, personal agency, power relations, regulation, and workforce displacement. Oral and Poster Sessions include "Requirements for Explanations from the Perspective of European Law," "How Data Protection Supports the Architecture of AI Surveillance," "Rethinking Algorithmic Fairness from a Perspective of Approximate Justice," and many more. The conference is being held in San Jose, California, USA.
SIGSPATIAL 2024, Oct. 29 - Nov. 1
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 "Analytics for Big Geospatial Data," "Geocomputational Analysis of Socio-Economic Data," "AI for Geographic Knowledge Discovery," "Geo-Privacy and Data Utility for Smart Societies," and many more. The event is being held in Atlanta, Georgia, 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.
SIGGRAPH: Seminal Graphics Papers, Volume 2
In recognition of its 50th year as the premier conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques, the Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH) will be publishing Seminal Graphics Papers, Volume 2. This collection of 89 papers celebrates SIGGRAPH’s origins and continued success as a technical and professional society, and typifies the ground-breaking research that has been the conference’s hallmark since 1974. All articles will be open in the DL with a print-on-demand version available for purchase as well.