Association For Computing Machinery Inc

Programs: Publicationsacm publications are designed to educate the public, our membership and the computing community about the news and issues in the computing field. The association publishes scholarly journals and conference proceedings that contain the latest research in the field. Currently the association publishes 35 journals, 4 magazines, over 130 conference proceedings and numerous electronic publications. Acm's digital library contains the digital version of all of its publications and is serving over 2,400 university, college and corporate libraries around the world as well as over 32,000 acm members.

conferences and seminarsconferences provide the venue to bring together members, community leaders and scholars to discuss current and upcoming issues in the computing field, the latest technology and groundbreaking research. These conferences, for the most part, are associated with the 34 special interest groups and are driven by the volunteers in that particular field of special interest in computing. Acm sponsors or co-sponsors over 150 of these events each year varying in size and scope from 25 to 25,000 attendees.

acm awards programacm is the worlds largest educational and scientific computing society. Acm's overarching goal is to advance computing as a science and a profession. A very important part of this goal is to recognize outstanding technical and professional achievements in computing and computer science through our series of awards. Acm's awards celebrate our long tradition of honoring those whose contributions have impacted our world for the better in countless ways. These prestigious and internationally recognized honors are an integral part of acm's mission to unite computing educators, researchers, and professionls to inspire dialogue, share resources and addresses the field's challenges.

membership and other program supportthese activities represent acm's activities outside of the publications, conferences and awards. As with conferences and publications these programs are avialable to acm members and the general public. They include such things as the international scholastic programming contest (icpc), the distinguished lecturer program, guide to computing literature, educational and education policy activites, curriculum studies and recommendations, computor science teaching disipline support, support for accreditation, diversity and chapter activities. Support for acm's professional and student members also includes email forwarding, professional development books and courses, career news, and other electronic publications on computing technology and technological interests and news.