Press Releases 2020 August 4 August 2020 : SAGE, Association for Computing Machinery Announce Collective Intelligence, New Open Access Journal in Collaboration with Nesta July 29 July 2020 : ACM Interactions Special Issue Explores Design and Technology during and after Coronavirus Pandemic 21 July 2020 : India Council of World’s Leading Computing Association Announces New Leadership 16 July 2020 : Tel Aviv University Graduate Receives ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award 9 July 2020 : ACM US Technology Policy Committee Urges US Supreme Court to Narrowly Interpret Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) 1 July 2020 : Simons Honored as Leading Voice in Technology Policy Arena June 30 June 2020 : ACM US Technology Policy Committee Urges Suspension of Private and Governmental Use of Facial Recognition Technologies 11 June 2020 : ACM US Technology Policy Committee Releases Statement on Security and Privacy Principles for Virtual Meetings 10 June 2020 : 2020 ACM SIGMOD/PODS Conference Explores Future Applications of Advanced Data Management 9 June 2020 : 2020 ACM Student Research Competition Winners Honored for Outstanding Projects in Diverse Areas 3 June 2020 : Pioneer of Modern Datacenter Design Receives Eckert-Mauchly Award 2 June 2020 : Leading Authority on Cryptography and Data Privacy Receives Knuth Prize May 28 May 2020 : World’s Most Influential Computing Society Announces Newly-Elected Leadership 20 May 2020 : ACM Honors Computing Innovators for Advances in Research, Education and Industry 13 May 2020 : ACM Service Awards Recognize Leaders Who Strengthen the Computing Community 12 May 2020 : ACM Introduces New Award to Recognize Research that Uses High Performance Computing to Combat COVID-19 7 May 2020 : Leading European Computing Society Calls for Transparency, Interoperability, Privacy, and Scrutiny in COVID Contact Tracing April 20 April 2020 : ACM SIGWEB to Sponsor and Organize Leading International Web Conference Series 16 April 2020 : Amid COVID-19 Travel Restrictions, World’s Leading Computing Society Releases Report on Best Practices for Virtual Conferences 15 April 2020 : Sarit Kraus Named ACM Athena Lecturer for Wide-Ranging Contributions to Artificial Intelligence 9 April 2020 : ACM US Technology Policy Committee Enlists Internet and Cybersecurity Luminaries in Multi-Group Call on Governors, State Election Officials to Avoid Internet Voting 8 April 2020 : Maria Balcan Named Recipient of ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award for Significant Innovations to Machine Learning 2 April 2020 : ACM Signs New Transformative Open Access Publishing Agreement with IreL for Eight Irish Universities 1 April 2020 : ACM Prize in Computing Awarded to AlphaGo Developer March 26 March 2020 : ACM Launches Industry-Focused Journal on Digital Threats 18 March 2020 : Pioneers of Modern Computer Graphics Recognized with ACM A.M. Turing Award 11 March 2020 : ACM and CSTA Announce 2019-20 Cutler-Bell Prize Student Winners 10 March 2020 : What Cybersecurity Skills Do Community College Students Need to Get a Job? 5 March 2020 : ACM Publishes New Journal on Internet of Things 3 March 2020 : Computing for Healthcare Innovations Highlighted in New ACM Journal February 27 February 2020 : ACM and Publons form Partnership to Reward Article Reviewers 25 February 2020 : New ACM Journal Explores How Technology Is Transforming Government January 27 January 2020 : Association for Computing Machinery, Preeminent Group of Computing Professionals Worldwide, Promotes International Data Privacy Day 23 January 2020 : ACM Signs New Open Access Agreements with Four Leading Universities 21 January 2020 : ACM FAT* Conference Asks: “Are Algorithmic Systems Fair?” 2019 December 11 December 2019 : 2019 ACM Fellows Recognized for Far-Reaching Accomplishments that Define the Digital Age November 21 November 2019 : 2019 ACM Gordon Bell Prize Awarded to ETH Zurich Team for Developing Simulation that Maps Heat in Transistors October 31 October 2019 : Major Conference Explores Challenges and Opportunies in Cybersecurity 30 October 2019 : ACM Recognizes 2019 Distinguished Members for Educational, Engineering and Scientific Contributions to Computing 24 October 2019 : CSCW Conference Explores How Collaborative Activities Are Supported by Computers 23 October 2019 : Geoffrey C. Fox Named Recipient of 2019 ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award 9 October 2019 : Pervasiveness and Power of Mobile Computing on View at 25th Annual MobiCom Conference 2 October 2019 : Volume, Variety and Uses of Multimedia Content Explored at ACM MM ’19 1 October 2019 : Worldwide Software Community Convenes in Athens for SPLASH 2019 September 20 September 2019 : World’s Largest Computing Society Expands Commitment to Evidence-Based Public Policy, Forms Global Technology Policy Council August 29 August 2019 : Association for Computing Machinery’s 2019 RecSys Conference Showcases Latest Research and Advances in Recommender Systems 28 August 2019 : Phenomenal Growth and Future Directions of Pervasive Computing Highlighted at UbiComp 2019 15 August 2019 : Milinda Fernando and Staci A. Smith Named Recipients of 2019 ACM-IEEE CS George Michael Memorial HPC Fellowships 14 August 2019 : Internationally Renowned Forum on Software Engineering Brings Together Top Researchers, Industry Leaders 13 August 2019 : 50th Anniversary of ACM SIGCOMM Conference Previews Future of Our Connected World June 26 June 2019 : 2019 ACM SIGMOD/PODS Conference to Highlight Role of Data Management in Underpinning Advanced Technologies 13 June 2019 : Knuth and Gödel Prizes to Be Awarded at 2019 ACM SIGACT Conference 12 June 2019 : ACM Federated Computing Research Conference Combines 13 Computing Conferences into One Major Event 6 June 2019 : Leading Experts Examine How Data Science and AI Are Reshaping Technology and Transforming Society 5 June 2019 : Leading Memory Systems Researcher Receives Top Computer Architecture Award May 29 May 2019 : 2019 ACM Student Research Competition Winners Announced 20 May 2019 : Leading Experts Convene for Interdisciplinary Summit on the Foundations of Data Science 15 May 2019 : UC Berkeley Graduate Receives ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award 8 May 2019 : ACM Honors Computing Innovators Who Are Changing the World April 24 April 2019 : Leaders Recognized for Outstanding Impact on the Computing Field 23 April 2019 : Premier International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction to Feature Diversity of Field 10 April 2019 : Inaugural ACM Chuck Thacker Breakthrough Award Recognizes Fundamental Contributions that Enabled Cloud Computing 3 April 2019 : Virtuoso of Mobile Sensing Technology Receives ACM Prize in Computing March 27 March 2019 : Fathers of the Deep Learning Revolution Receive ACM A.M. Turing Award 27 March 2019 : Les pères de la révolution de l’apprentissage profond reçoivent le prix Turing de l’Association for Computing Machinery 25 March 2019 : Elisa Bertino Named ACM Athena Lecturer for Contributions to Data Management, Security and Privacy 4 March 2019 : ACM and CSTA Announce 2018-2019 Cutler-Bell Prize Student Winners 2 March 2019 : Top Ten Computer Science Education Research Papers of the Last 50 Years Recognized February 13 February 2019 : World’s Leading Computer Science Education Symposium Looks to the Future January 24 January 2019 : Leading Experts in Philosophy, Economics, Law and More Convene at AIES 2019 to Assess Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Society 17 January 2019 : ACM FAT* Conference Examines Fairness, Accountability and Transparency of Algorithmic Systems 10 January 2019 : Association for Computing Machinery Releases Schedule Details for Selection of 2019 Conferences 2018 December 5 December 2018 : 2018 ACM Fellows Honored for Pivotal Achievements that Underpin the Digital Age 3 December 2018 : Tackling the Challenge of Undergraduate Retention in Computing November 15 November 2018 : Two Teams Honored for Work in Combating Opioid Addiction, Understanding Climate Change 7 November 2018 : 2018 ACM Distinguished Members Recognized for Contributions that Have Revolutionized How We Live, Work and Play 5 November 2018 : SPLASH 2018 Brings together “Best of The Best” in Programming Technologies 1 November 2018 : Internationally Renowned Forum on Software Engineering Brings Together Top Researchers, Industry Leaders October 31 October 2018 : Sarita Adve Named Recipient of the ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award 30 October 2018 : Communications of the ACM Launches Special Sections Series with Focus on China Region Technology 29 October 2018 : ACM CSCW Conference Explores Crossroads of Technology and Human Interaction 22 October 2018 : MobiCom 2018 Highlights Innovations that Are Shaping the Connected World 16 October 2018 : ACM Multimedia Conference Showcases Broad Range of Advances in Multisensory Systems 15 October 2018 : ACM Report Aims to Smooth Path for Students Transferring from Two- to Four-Year Computing Degrees 3 October 2018 : Leading Cybersecurity Conference Plans Blockbuster Program for 25th Anniversary September 26 September 2018 : Anytime, Anywhere, Any Device Computing Takes Center Stage at Major Conference 25 September 2018 : ACM Announces New Charles P. “Chuck” Thacker Breakthrough in Computing Award 12 September 2018 : RecSys 2018 to Explore Far-reaching Impact of Recommender Systems August 16 August 2018 : Trailblazer in Computational Complexity Theory to Receive Knuth Prize 15 August 2018 : Linda Gesenhues and Markus Höhnerbach Named Recipients of 2018 ACM-IEEE CS George Michael Memorial HPC Fellowships 8 August 2018 : SIGCOMM 2018 to Showcase Exciting Innovations in Computer Networks 1 August 2018 : Breakthrough Innovations in Data Science and Machine Learning to Be Showcased at ACM KDD 2018 July 17 July 2018 : World’s Largest Computing Association Affirms Obligation of Computing Professionals to Use Skills for Benefit of Society 2 July 2018 : Policy Arm of Preeminent Computing Association Calls on Congress to Enact Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Protections June 27 June 2018 : ACM to Publish New Journal on Digital Threats 26 June 2018 : Leading Information Retrieval Conference Features Keynotes, Presentations from Top Researchers and Technology Companies 21 June 2018 : 2018 ACM Student Research Competition Winners Announced 7 June 2018 : ACM Open IoT Day to Examine Transparency, Trust, and Ethics in Age of Rapidly Advancing Technology 6 June 2018 : 2018 ACM SIGMOD/PODS Conference Explores Impact of New Technologies on Data Management Field 6 June 2018 : World’s Largest Computing Association Appoints First Woman CEO Page of
