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Rik Das is a highly accomplished professional currently serving as a Principal Consultant (AI / ML) at PwC India. With an impressive background in both industry and academia, Das has garnered over 19 years of experience in Industrial and Academic Research, making him a distinguished thought leader in the field. His expertise and innovative mindset led him to be recognized as an influential figure in the industry. His lectures include "An Image Data-Based Perspective on Data Science," "Is Traditional Image Processing a Lost Art?," and more. 

The ACM Student Research Competition is an internationally recognized venue enabling undergraduate and graduate students to experience the research world, share research results and exchange ideas, rub shoulders with academic and industry luminaries, understand the practical applications of their research and gain recognition.

Carla Fabiana Chiasserini is a Professor at Politecnico di Torino. Her research interests include algorithm design and analysis, machine learning for networking, wireless networks, and power management for networked devices. Chiasserini was recently named an ACM Fellow for contributions to the design of high-performance mobile networks and services. In her interview, she discusses how computer networks benefit from machine learning, medical applications of the O-RAN project, full exploitation of connected car data, and more.

Brian Harvey is Teaching Professor Emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley. His interests include computer science education, curricula, programming languages, and visual languages. Harvey is the author of Computer Science Logo Style and Simply Scheme (with Matthew Wright), an introduction to computer programming for non-majors. With his Berkeley colleague Dan Garcia, Harvey developed the Beauty and Joy of Computing (BJC) curriculum. In his interview, he discusses the inspiration behind his computer center at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, the success of the Beauty and Joy of Computing curriculum, why grades are “evil,” and more

ACM offers lifelong learning resources including online books and courses from Skillsoft, TechTalks on the hottest topics in computing and IT, and more.

Encourage your colleagues to join ACM, share the benefits of ACM and receive free gifts for participating. Your support of ACM is critical to our continuing efforts to advance computing as a science and a profession. 

Do you have questions about your member benefits, how to update your contact information, how to renew your membership, or claim missing issues? If so, visit ACM’s Customer Service FAQs for answers to these questions and more.

Learn more about ACM’s commitment to ethical standards: the ACM Code of Ethics, Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice, and Committee on Professional Ethics (COPE), which is guiding these and other intiatives.

You can use your technical skills for social good and offer volunteer support on software development projects to organizations who could not otherwise afford it. SocialCoder connects volunteer programmers/software developers with registered charities and helps match them to suitable projects based on their skills, experience, and the causes they care about. Learn more about ACM’s new partnership with SocialCoder, and how you can get involved.

ACM has launched a local events initiative in several major US cities to help computer professionals like you build personal networks of smart technical people nearby. You can share work experiences and insight, discuss new research ideas and provide guidance in finding a job or launching a new venture.