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MobiCom 2023, October 2 - 6
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 "Battery-Free Robots, Implants & Underwater Sensors," "Smartphone Apps & Platforms," and more. Keynote speakers will be Ada Poon (Stanford University), Nuria Oliver (Data-Pop Alliance), and Xinyu Zhang (University Of California San Diego). The event will be held in Madrid, Spain
UbiComp 2023, October 8 - 12
UbiComp / ISWC is a premier interdisciplinary venue in which leading international researchers, designers, developers, and practitioners in the field present and discuss novel results in all aspects of ubiquitous, pervasive and wearable computing and promote the understanding of human experiences and social impacts that these technologies facilitate. UbiComp will again be collocated with the ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC). Keynote speakers will be Fernanda Viégas (Google), Martin Wattenberg (Martin Wattenberg), and Yeshimabeit “Yeshi” Milner (Data for Black Lives). This event will be held in Cancun, Mexico

CSCW 2023, October 14 - 18
The ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing explores the technical, social, material, and theoretical challenges of designing technology to support collaborative work and life activities. In addition to several presentations and demonstrations, panels include "The Shapes of the Fourth Estate During the Pandemic," "Chilling Tales: Understanding the Impact of Copyright Takedowns on Transformative Content Creators," and more. Keynote speakers will be author, journalist, and activist Cory Doctorow (OpenCola) and Rumman Chowdhury (Parity Consulting). The event will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

SPLASH 2023, October 22 - 27
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. We welcome the community to join us in celebrating humanity at the core of the software development process. Keynote speakers include Bor-Yuh Evan Chang (University of Colorado Boulder), Daniel Kaestner (AbsInt), Shigeru Chiba (The University of Tokyo), Amal Ahmed (Northeastern University), and more. The conference is being held in Cascais, Portugal.

CIKM 2023, October 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. CIKM has a strong tradition of workshops devoted to emerging areas of database management, IR, and related fields. Workshops and tutorials include "Data Augmentation for Conversational AI," "Application of Deep Clustering Algorithms," "Large Language Models' Interpretability and Trustworthiness," "The First Workshop on Personalized Generative AI," and more. This event will be held in Brimingham, UK.

MICRO 2023, Oct. 28 - Nov. 1
The IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture is the premier forum for presenting, discussing, and debating innovative microarchitecture ideas and techniques for advanced computing and communication systems. This symposium brings together researchers in fields related to microarchitecture, compilers, chips, and systems for technical exchange on traditional microarchitecture topics and emerging research areas. Workshops include "Data Processing Unit for Computer Architects," "Hardware and Architectural Support for Security and Privacy," and more. The event will be held in Toronto, Canada.

ACMMM 2023, Oct. 29 - Nov. 2
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: "Revisiting Learning Paradigms for Multimedia Data Generation," "Disentangled Representation Learning for Multimedia" "Efficient Multimedia Computing: Unleashing the Power of AutoML on Multimedia Data," "Advanced Multimedia Computing for Smart Manufacturing and Engineering," and more. The event will be held in Ottawa, Canada.

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Upcoming Conferences
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25th International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction
Athens, Greece
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WiPSCE '23: The 18th WiPSCE Conference on Primary and Secondary Computing Education Research
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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ACM/IEEE 26th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems
Vasteras, Sweden
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The 29th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking
Madrid, Spain
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CW '23: 2023 International Conference on Cyberworlds
Sousse, Tunisia
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Mindtrek 2023: 26th International Academic Mindtrek conference
Tampere, Finland
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International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Applications
Singapore, Singapore
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Symposium on Computational Fabrication
New York City, USA
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The 2023 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp) & The 2023 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computing (ISWC)
Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMODAL INTERACTION
Paris, France
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10th ACM Conference on Information-Centric Networking
Reykjavik, Iceland
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The 28th International ACM Conference on 3D Web Technology
San Sebastian, Spain
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29th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology
Christchurch, New Zealand
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HLF 2023, September 24 - 29
The 10th Heidelberg Laureate Forum will take place from September 24 to 29 and brings together some of the brightest minds in mathematics and computer science for an unrestrained, interdisciplinary exchange. During the weeklong conference, young researchers and other participants have the opportunity to connect with scientific pioneers and learn how the laureates made it to the top of their fields with Laureate lectures and discussions plus various interactive program elements. 22 ACM A.M. Turing Award and ACM Prize in Computing recipients will participate this year. While the 10th HLF is being held at its traditional home in Heidelberg, Germany, sessions will also be livestreamed on the HLF website.

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.

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.

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.
ZDNS: a fast DNS toolkit for internet measurement
By Liz Izhikevich, Gautam Akiwate, Briana Berger, Spencer Drakontaidis, Anna Ascheman, Paul Pearce, David Adrian, Zakir Durumeric
Community Contribution Award at IMC '22: ACM Internet Measurement Conference
Measurement and analysis of implied identity in ad delivery optimization
By Levi Kaplan, Nicole Gerzon, Alan Mislove, Piotr Sapiezynski
Distinguished Paper Award at IMC '22: ACM Internet Measurement Conference
The importance of contextualization of crowdsourced active speed test measurements
By Udit Paul, Jiamo Liu, Mengyang Gu, Arpit Gupta, Elizabeth Belding
Distinguished Paper Award at IMC '22: ACM Internet Measurement Conference