ACM Celebrates Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2025
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month! ACM proudly honors the achievements, contributions, and impact of AAPI computing professionals. Throughout May 2025, ACM will spotlight and celebrate influential leaders, researchers, and technology pioneers who continue to drive excellence in the computing field. Follow #AAPIHeritageMonth on our social media accounts on Facebook, Linkedin, Instagram, and X.
Listed (from left to right): Lei Chen, Wei Chen, Mohan Kankanhalli, Irwin King, Abhik Roychoudhury, Sudip Misra
Listed (from left to right): Aidong Zhang, Sunita Sarawagi, Nivedita Arora, Sarita Adve, Chuchu Fan
Listed (from left to right): Guoliang Xing, Jingren Zhou, Fred Chong, Sudipto Guha, Dhabaleswar K. Panda
Listed (from left to right): Michelle Zhou, Meenakshi D'Souza, Hemangee Kapoor, Xin Luna Dong, Arati Dixit
Listed (from left to right): Qi Tian, Naren Ramakrishnan, Haixun Wang, Guoliang Li, Feng Zhao
Awareness Months Archive
Embracing diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences enrich the ACM community and strengthen ACM's ability to support the global computing community. Awareness months are a time dedicated to reflection, education, and engagement to understand and embrace the diverse membership within the ACM community. Our archive display the past and current celebrations ACM have created to foster an inclusive and equitable environment for all within the computing community.
How Diverse Is Your Team?
ACM's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council is an essential resource for SIGs, conferences, boards, and councils looking for best practices to improve diversity in their organization and develop programs with a broader reach in the computing community. Our guide provides examples of both inherent and acquired characteristics, which should be taken into consideration when looking at ways to improve the diversity of your team.
Words Matter
As part of ACM’s efforts to combat exclusion in the computing profession, ACM's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council has launched an effort to replace offensive or exclusionary terminology in the computing field. They have developed a list of computing terms to be avoided in professional writing and presentations and offer alternative language. The Council plans to expand this list in the future and invites the community to submit suggestions for consideration.
