Press Releases

2023

June

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Thought Provoking Research on Societal Impacts of AI Showcased at ACM FAccT Conference

May

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Recent UCLA Computer Grad Constructs “Crown Jewel of Cryptography”
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Celebrating Those Who Advance Computing as a Science and Profession
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ACM and CSTA Announce 2022–23 Cutler-Bell Student Recipients
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Transformative Innovations Recognized by World’s Largest Computing Society

April

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Margo Seltzer Named ACM Athena Lecturer for Technical and Mentoring Contributions
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Bob Metcalfe to Deliver Turing Lecture at The ACM Web Conference
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David Papworth Honored With ACM Breakthrough in Computing Award for Pioneering Contributions to Microprocessors
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ACM Prize in Computing Recognizes Yael Tauman Kalai for Fundamental Contributions to Cryptography

March

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Groundbreaking Publication ACM Games: Research and Practice Launched at the Game Developers Conference (GDC)
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ACM Turing Award Honors Bob Metcalfe for Ethernet

February

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How Should the Department of Justice Determine When Websites Are Considered Accessible and Fully Compliant With the Americans with Disabilities Act?

January

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ACM TechBrief: Policies for Safer Algorithmic Systems Urgently Needed
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Global Computing Association Names 57 Fellows for Outstanding Contributions That Propel Technology Today
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Principles for the Responsible Development of Remote Proctoring Software Issued by ACM US Technology Policy Committee: Equity, Privacy, Security, Accessibility, and Efficacy at Issue

2022

December

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World’s Largest Computing Society Honors 2022 Distinguished Members for Ground-Breaking Achievements and Longstanding Participation

November

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December 1 Webinar Will Explore What It Means to Achieve Algorithmic Responsibility
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ACM Gordon Bell Special Prize for HPC-Based COVID-19 Research Awarded to Team for Modelling How Pandemic-Causing Viruses, Especially SARS-CoV-2, are Identified and Classified
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2022 ACM Gordon Bell Prize Awarded to International Team for Particle-In-Cell Simulations on Exascale-class Supercomputers
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New Award Highlights Computing’s Potential to Help in Climate Change Crisis

October

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ACM Global Technology Policy Council Releases Joint Statement on Principles for Responsible Algorithmic Systems by US and Europe Policy Committees
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Marcin Copik and Masado Alexander Ishii are Recipients of 2022 ACM-IEEE CS George Michael Memorial HPC Fellowships
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ACM TechBrief Highlights Risk-Limiting Audits as Efficient Means of Confirming the Accuracy of Election Results
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Research Publication Offers 360 Degree View of Global Gaming
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ACM Publishes Inaugural Issue of Transactions on Distributed Ledger Technologies: Research and Practice

September

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ACM Launches Journal on Autonomous Transportation Systems
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Ian Foster Selected to Receive 2022 ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award

August

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ACM Journals Shine in Latest Impact Factor Release
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ACM TechBrief Warns of Promise and Peril of “Sleeper” Quantum Simulation Technology, Highlighting Multiple Risks

July

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ACM Launches New Journal on Responsible Computing

June

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James Larus Named Editor-in-Chief of Communications of the ACM
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Stanford University Professor Receives the ACM - IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award for Contributions to Microprocessor Memory Systems
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ACM Conference Showcases Research on Fairness, Accountability and Transparency in Algorithmic Systems
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World's Largest Computing Association Announces Election of New Leaders
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Cornell University Graduate Receives ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award

May

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World’s Largest Computing Society to Mark 75th Anniversary With Special Conference Looking at How Computing Will Shape the Future
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Scraping By: Reconsidering Law & Technology for Online Data Collection
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ACM Recognizes Far-Reaching Technical Achievements with Special Awards
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ACM Recognizes Luminaries Whose Service Benefits All Who Participate in Computing
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Newly Published ACM TechBrief Urges Policy Leaders to Make Smart Cities Secure, Fair and Sustainable

April

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Éva Tardos Named ACM Athena Lecturer For Technical and Mentoring Contributions
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Carla E. Brodley of Northeastern University to Receive Inaugural ACM Frances E. Allen Award for Outstanding Mentoring
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World’s Largest Computing Society Makes Thousands of Research Articles Freely Available; Opens First 50 Years Backfile
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ACM Prize in Computing Recognizes Pioneer of Robot Learning

March

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ACM Turing Award Honors Jack J. Dongarra for Pioneering Concepts and Methods Which Have Resulted in World-Changing Computations
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ACM and CSTA Announce 2021–22 Cutler-Bell Student Winners
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Informatics for All Publishes Informatics Reference Framework for School
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New ACM Journal Will be First-of-Its Kind Publication Dedicated Exclusively to Research on Recommender Systems

February

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New ACM TechBrief Spotlights Privacy, Ethics Problems with Facial Recognition Technology

January

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New Report Showcases Studies on Integrating Computational Thinking into PreK–5th Grade Settings
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ACM Names 71 Fellows for Computing Advances that are Driving Innovation

2021

December

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ACM Recognizes 2021 Distinguished Members for Pivotal Educational, Engineering and Scientific Contributions

November

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2021 ACM Gordon Bell Prize Awarded to Team for Achieving Real-Time Simulation of Random Quantum Circuit
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ACM Gordon Bell Special Prize for HPC-Based COVID-19 Research Awarded to Japanese Team for Novel Aerosolized Droplet Simulation
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ACM CCS Conference Highlights Latest Trends and Challenges in Cybersecurity

October

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ACM Technology Policy Council Releases TechBrief on Computing and Carbon Emissions
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Mert Hidayetoglu and Tirthak Patel Named Recipients of 2021 ACM-IEEE CS George Michael Memorial HPC Fellowships
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ICAIF’21 Showcases How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Finance
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David Abramson Selected to Receive 2021 ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award
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24th ACM CSCW Conference

September

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New ACM Journal on Distributed Ledgers to Explore Latest Trends in Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Related Technologies
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ACM Conference on Recommender Systems Returns in Hybrid Physical/Virtual Format
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UBICOMP/ISWC 2021 Showcases Latest Research in Ubiquitous Computing
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ACM Publishes First Issue of New Journal on Evolutionary Learning

August

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ACM US Technology Policy Committee Releases Statement on Remote Test Administration Systems
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2021 ACM SIGCOMM Conference to Feature Leading-Edge Innovations in Communications and Computer Networks
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Top Software Engineering Conference Highlights Latest Research and Practical Applications
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ACM Signs New Transformative Open Access Publishing Agreement with VIVA for 51 Educational Institutions
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ACM to Publish BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT’s Formal Aspects of Computing Journal

July

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate Receives ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award
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2021 ACM Student Research Competition Winners Announced

June

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ACM SIGACT Announces 2021 Knuth And Gӧdel Prizes
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2021 ACM SIGMOD/PODS Conference to Feature World’s Foremost Data Scientists and Engineers
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ACM Recognizes Luminaries Whose Service Benefits All Who Participate in Computing
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Leader in Power-Efficient Computer Architecture Receives Eckert-Mauchly Award
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The Politics and Policy of Necessity: Mega-Hacks and the Future of US Cybersecurity
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ACM and AIS Release IS 2020 Curriculum

May

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ACM Recognizes Far-Reaching Technical Achievements with Special Awards
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ACM Joins Initiative for Open Abstracts
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Ayanna Howard Named ACM Athena Lecturer for Contributions to Robotics, AI and Broadening Participation in Computing

April

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Premier Human-Computer Interaction Conference Returns In Virtual Format
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ACM Chuck Thacker Breakthrough Award Goes to Innovator Who Transformed Web Applications
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ACM Prize Awarded to Pioneer in Quantum Computing

March

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ACM Turing Award Honors Innovators Who Shaped the Foundations of Programming Language Compilers and Algorithms
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ACM Conference Showcases Research at the Intersection of Healthcare and Machine Learning
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ACM and IEEE-CS Release Computing Curricula 2020, Global Guidelines for Baccalaureate Degrees in Computing
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ACM and CSTA Announce 2020-21 Cutler-Bell Prize Student Winners
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ACM Issues Computing Competencies for Undergraduate Data Science Curricula

February

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ACM Conference Showcases Research on Fairness, Accountability and Transparency in Algorithmic Systems
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Panel to Discuss Advancing Systemic Change and Improving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion In Computing
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ACM and Purdue University Sign New ACM OPEN License

January

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2020 ACM Fellows Recognized for Work that Underpins Today’s Computing Innovations

2020

December

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ACM Recognizes 2020 Distinguished Members for Contributions that Propel the Digital Age
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ACM Publishes Inaugural Issue of Transactions on Quantum Computing

November

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First ACM Gordon Bell Special Prize for High Performance Computing-Based COVID-19 Research Awarded
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2020 ACM Gordon Bell Prize Awarded to Team for Machine Learning Method that Achieves Record Molecular Dynamics Simulation
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Latest In Cybersecurity Research Unveiled at ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security

October

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World’s Leading Software Engineering Conference Goes Digital
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CSCW 2020 Conference Examines How Technology Will Impact the Future of Collaborative Work
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Vivek Sarkar Selected to Receive 2020 ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award
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