Press Releases

2022

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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ACM Gordon Bell Special Prize for HPC-Based COVID-19 Research Awarded to Japanese Team for Novel Aerosolized Droplet Simulation
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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 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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ACM Signs New Transformative Open Access Publishing Agreement with VIVA for 51 Educational Institutions
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Top Software Engineering Conference Highlights Latest Research and Practical Applications
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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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Kazem Cheshmi, Madhurima Vardhan and Keren Zhou Named Recipients of 2020 ACM-IEEE CS George Michael Memorial HPC Fellowships
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New Conference Series to Bring Together Top Computer Scientists and Statisticians to Address Data Science Challenges
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ACM Announces New International Conference on AI in Finance

September

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MobiCom, Leading Venue for Mobile Computing and Wireless Networking Research, Goes Virtual
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New ACM Study Gives Most Detailed Picture to Date of US Bachelor’s Programs in Computing
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UBICOMP/ISWC 2020 Highlights New Visions for Anywhere & Everywhere Computing

August

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ACM Issues Curricular Guidelines for IT Students Transferring between Two- and Four-Year Colleges
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KDD 2020 Showcases Brightest Minds in Data Science and AI
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KAUST and ACM Sign New Transformative Open Access Agreement
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As Educators Grapple with Impact of Pandemic, ACM Learning @ Scale Conference Showcases Top Research on Remote Learning
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With Covid-19 Pandemic as Backdrop, ACM SIGCOMM Underscores Importance of Communications Technologies that Keep Daily Life Functioning
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SAGE, Association for Computing Machinery Announce Collective Intelligence, New Open Access Journal in Collaboration with Nesta

July

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ACM Interactions Special Issue Explores Design and Technology during and after Coronavirus Pandemic
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India Council of World’s Leading Computing Association Announces New Leadership
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Tel Aviv University Graduate Receives ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award
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ACM US Technology Policy Committee Urges US Supreme Court to Narrowly Interpret Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)
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Simons Honored as Leading Voice in Technology Policy Arena

June

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ACM US Technology Policy Committee Urges Suspension of Private and Governmental Use of Facial Recognition Technologies
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ACM US Technology Policy Committee Releases Statement on Security and Privacy Principles for Virtual Meetings
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2020 ACM SIGMOD/PODS Conference Explores Future Applications of Advanced Data Management
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2020 ACM Student Research Competition Winners Honored for Outstanding Projects in Diverse Areas
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Pioneer of Modern Datacenter Design Receives Eckert-Mauchly Award
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Leading Authority on Cryptography and Data Privacy Receives Knuth Prize

May

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World’s Most Influential Computing Society Announces Newly-Elected Leadership
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ACM Honors Computing Innovators for Advances in Research, Education and Industry
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ACM Service Awards Recognize Leaders Who Strengthen the Computing Community
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ACM Introduces New Award to Recognize Research that Uses High Performance Computing to Combat COVID-19
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Leading European Computing Society Calls for Transparency, Interoperability, Privacy, and Scrutiny in COVID Contact Tracing

April

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ACM SIGWEB to Sponsor and Organize Leading International Web Conference Series
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Amid COVID-19 Travel Restrictions, World’s Leading Computing Society Releases Report on Best Practices for Virtual Conferences
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Sarit Kraus Named ACM Athena Lecturer for Wide-Ranging Contributions to Artificial Intelligence
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ACM US Technology Policy Committee Enlists Internet and Cybersecurity Luminaries in Multi-Group Call on Governors, State Election Officials to Avoid Internet Voting
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Maria Balcan Named Recipient of ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award for Significant Innovations to Machine Learning
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ACM Signs New Transformative Open Access Publishing Agreement with IreL for Eight Irish Universities
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ACM Prize in Computing Awarded to AlphaGo Developer
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