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AssociationforComputingMachinery
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TheAssociationforComputingMachinery(ACM)
isaninternationallearnedsocietyforcomputing.It
wasfoundedin1947andistheworld'slargest[1]
scientificandeducationalcomputingsociety.Itisa
notforprofitprofessionalmembershipgroup.[2]Its
membershipismorethan100,000asof2011.Its
headquartersareinNewYorkCity.
TheACMandtheIEEEComputerSocietyarethe
umbrellaorganizationsforUSacademicandscholarly
interestsincomputing.UnliketheIEEE,theACMis
solelydedicatedtocomputing.

Contents
1 Activities
2 Services
2.1 Publications
3 PortalandDigitalLibrary
4 Competition
5 Membershipgrades
5.1 Fellows
5.2 DistinguishedMembers
5.3 SeniorMembers
6 Chapters
6.1 SpecialInterestGroups
7 Conferences
8 Awards
9 Leadership
10 Infrastructure
11 ACMCouncilonWomeninComputing
11.1 AthenaLectures
12 Seealso
13 References
14 Externallinks

AssociationforComputingMachinery

Formation

1947

Type

501(c)(3)notforprofit
membershipcorporation

Headquarters NewYorkCity
Membership

100,000

President

VickiL.Hanson

Website

www.acm.org(http://www.acm.or
g)

Activities
ACMisorganizedintoover171localchaptersand37SpecialInterestGroups(SIGs),throughwhichit
conductsmostofitsactivities.Additionally,thereareover500collegeanduniversitychapters.Thefirst
studentchapterwasfoundedin1961attheUniversityofLouisianaatLafayette.
ManyoftheSIGs,likeSIGGRAPH,SIGPLAN,SIGCSEandSIGCOMM,sponsorregularconferences
whichhavebecomefamousasthedominantvenueforpresentinginnovationsincertainfields.The
groupsalsopublishalargenumberofspecializedjournals,magazines,andnewsletters.
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ACMalsosponsorsothercomputersciencerelatedeventssuch
astheworldwideACMInternationalCollegiateProgramming
Contest(ICPC),andhassponsoredsomeothereventssuchasthe
chessmatchbetweenGarryKasparovandtheIBMDeepBlue
computer.

Services
Publications
TwoPennPlazasiteoftheACM
headquartersinNewYorkCity

ACMpublishesover50journals[3]includingtheprestigious[4]
JournaloftheACM,andtwogeneralmagazinesforcomputer
professionals,CommunicationsoftheACM(alsoknownasCommunicationsorCACM)andQueue.
OtherpublicationsoftheACMinclude:
ACMXRDS,formerly"Crossroads",wasredesignedin2010andisthemostpopularstudent
computingmagazineintheUS.
ACMInteractions,aninterdisciplinaryHCIpublicationfocusedontheconnectionsbetween
experiences,peopleandtechnology,andthethirdlargestACMpublication.[5]
ACMComputingSurveys(CSUR)
ACMComputersinEntertainment(CIE)
Anumberofjournals,specifictosubfieldsofcomputerscience,titledACMTransactions.Some
ofthemorenotabletransactionsinclude:
ACMTransactionsonComputerSystems(TOCS)
IEEE/ACMTransactionsonComputationalBiologyandBioinformatics(TCBB)
ACMTransactionsonComputationalLogic(TOCL)
ACMTransactionsonComputerHumanInteraction(TOCHI)
ACMTransactionsonDatabaseSystems(TODS)
ACMTransactionsonGraphics(TOG)
ACMTransactionsonMathematicalSoftware(TOMS)
ACMTransactionsonMultimediaComputing,Communications,andApplications(TOMM)
IEEE/ACMTransactionsonNetworking(TON)
ACMTransactionsonProgrammingLanguagesandSystems(TOPLAS)
AlthoughCommunicationsnolongerpublishesprimaryresearch,andisnotconsideredaprestigious
venue,manyofthegreatdebatesandresultsincomputinghistoryhavebeenpublishedinitspages.
ACMhasmadealmostallofitspublicationsavailabletopaidsubscribersonlineatitsDigitalLibrary
andalsohasaGuidetoComputingLiterature.IndividualmembersadditionallyhaveaccesstoSafari
BooksOnlineandBooks24x7.ACMalsooffersinsurance,onlinecourses,andotherservicestoits
members.
In1997,ACMPresspublishedWizardsandTheirWonders:PortraitsinComputing(ISBN
0897919602),writtenbyChristopherMorgan,withnewphotographsbyLouisFabianBachrach.The
bookisacollectionofhistoricandcurrentportraitphotographsoffiguresfromthecomputerindustry.

PortalandDigitalLibrary
TheACMPortalisanonlineserviceoftheACM.[6]Itscorearetwomainsections:ACMDigital
LibraryandtheACMGuidetoComputingLiterature.[7]
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