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Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · May 28

We are at the 📍 Hilton Baltimore for the Society for Scholarly Publishing 47th Annual Meeting!

Drop by booth 310 to hear more about our transition to #OpenAccess and how #ACMOpen can support your institution.

Can't make it? Learn more about ACM Open: 🔗 bit.ly/3YPsGQB

#Computing #SSP2025

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Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 18h

Listen to ACM Athena Lecturer and ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award recipient Maja Matarić discuss the rise of measurably helpful companion robots. Full episode here or wherever you get your podcast: learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep7...

#ACMBytecast #computing

Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 1d

Lesson 2 from 2019 Turing Award Recipient Pat Hanrahan's Turing Lecture: Rendering. Full lecture here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdPX...

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How will AI impact devices worn on the body and embedded in vehicles? Find out in this week’s People of ACM profile as we interview Guoliang Xing, a Professor and Director of the AIoT Lab at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Read the full article here:

People of ACM - Guoliang Xing

Guoliang Xing is a Professor and Director of the AIoT Lab at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). His research spans embedded AI, AI for health, autonomous driving, and cyber-physical systems.…

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Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 2d

Why is it so important to understand computers as socio-technical systems? 👩💻
Listen to computer scientist Noshir Contractor share his insights.

Follow our special series "ACM President on the road" to celebrate #GlobalDiversityAwarenessMonth!

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Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 3d

Thanks to The New York Times for featuring the ACM A.M. Turing Prize! Indeed, beyond the Nobel Prizes, "there are plenty of other prizes scientists and mathematicians can compete for."

Learn more: buff.ly/NAhXVmy

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Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 3d

HBD, John E. Hopcroft! Hopcroft received the 1986 #ACMTuringAward with Robert E. Tarjan, for fundamental achievements in the design and analysis of algorithms and data structures. Watch Hopcroft explain how he was hired for his first academic job: youtu.be/aCs1SqHUdzk?...

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Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 4d

"Running those GenAI models efficiently requires GPUs, rather than CPUs, and GPUs are more power hungry." - Beaudouin-Lafon, chair of the ACM Europe Technology Policy Council.

Learn more about the environmental cost of Gen AI tools & how to decrease the negative impact: buff.ly/DQ6PoVY #TechNews

Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 6d

Listen to 2024 ACM Prize in Computing recipient Torsten Hoefler share how he tries to bridge academia and industry for societal impact . Full episode here or wherever you get your podcast: learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep7...

#ACMByteCast #computing

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Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 7d

Nominations are open for the 2026 CRA Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring Award! The award recognizes full-time faculty members at North American academic institutions who have provided exceptional mentorship, undergraduate research experiences and guidance. Due Nov 21, 2025: buff.ly/BL6HABm

Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 8d

HBD, Martin Hellman! Hellman received the #ACMTuringAward in 2015 for inventing and promulgating both asymmetric public-key #cryptography and a practical cryptographic key-exchange method. Watch him explain the idea behind his Ph.D. dissertation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=umVS...

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Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 9d

🎉 Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 ACM-IEEE CS George Michael Memorial HPC Fellowships!

Ana Veroneze Solórzano – Northeastern University
Yafan Huang – The University of Iowa
Honorable Mention: Aristotle Martin – Duke University

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Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 9d

It’s #GlobalDiversityAwarenessMonth! What better way to celebrate than hitting the road?

Introducing our special video series “ACM President on the Road," where ACM President Yannis Ioannidis meets amazing ACM members worldwide during his conference travels.

Join the journey with #ACMGoesGlobal!

Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 9d

In celebration of #HispanicHeritageMonth, ACM is highlighting Trilce Estrada.
Trilce Estrada is an Associate Professor and Director of the Data Science Laboratory at the University of New Mexico. Her interests are machine learning, big data and their applications to interdisciplinary problems.

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Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 10d

Watch 2019 Turing Award Recipient Pat Hanrahan talk about CGI movies. Full lecture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdPX...

Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 11d

Sustainable #OpenAccess depends on strong community support, and true support can only grow from transparency 🌍📖

That’s why, since 2020, we’ve openly shared ACM’s Publications-related finances, helping you see the real impact of this transition.

Explore the 2023–2024 report today: bit.ly/46rTA40

Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 11d

🌍 Learn more about International Capacity Building in SE Research, an initiative focused on strengthening SE research capacity in regions that are currently underrepresented in the global SE community.

🗓️ Oct 1, 2025 | ⏰ 9:00 AM EDT
🔗 Register Now: buff.ly/Hoe5qfg

Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 12d

Teachers have long used technology to personalize lessons, manage workloads, or liven up slideshows. But something shifted after ChatGPT’s public launch in 2022. Read to learn how teachers are trying to make AI work for them. buff.ly/v4oFgmQ #TechNews

Teachers Are Trying to Make AI Work for Them

Since the start of the AI boom, teachers have been tasked with figuring out if LLMs are helpful tools or a cheat code. This is how they’re bringing AI to their curricula.

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Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 13d

Top Reads from #ACM this week:
• Three risks inherent in #LLMs—and why “defense in depth” matters
• How #OpenAccess is reshaping computer science publishing
• #Deepfakes as a socioeconomic threat—and the role of cyber-wellness education programs

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Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 13d

James Hardy Wilkinson, 1970 #ACMTuringAward recipient, was born today in 1919. He received the award for his research in numerical analysis to facilitate the use of the high-speed digital computer. Read about him, here: amturing.acm.org/award_winner...

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Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 14d

Listen to 2024 ACM Prize in Computing recipient Torsten Hoefler discuss the power of High Performance Computing. Full episode here or wherever you get your podcast: learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep7...

#ACMByteCast #computing

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Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 15d

What are the latest trends in graphical user interfaces? Find out in this week's People of ACM profile as we interview Shota Yamanaka. Yamanaka is a Senior Chief Researcher at LY Corporation Research, LY Corporation (formerly Yahoo Japan Corporation). Read here:

People of ACM - Shota Yamanaka

Shota Yamanaka is a Senior Chief Researcher at LY Corporation Research (formerly Yahoo Japan Corporation). He founded LY Research’s Human-Computer Interaction team and still serves as its director.…

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Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 15d

Do you know an undergraduate student who has shown outstanding potential in computing research? Now is the time to nominate them for the CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Awards. Due Oct 15: cra.org/crae/awards/...

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Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 15d

In celebration of #HispanicHeritageMonth, ACM will be highlighting Marcelo Arenas.
Marcelo Arenas is an ACM Fellow and a Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Director of the Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data.

Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 16d

✨ #ACMSIGGRAPH2025 Conference Highlights ✨

Catch the highlights, replays, and top moments here 👉 buff.ly/76yT6fc

#SIGGRAPH2025 #ComputerGraphics #Innovation

SIGGRAPH 2025 Conference Highlights

This year in Vancouver at SIGGRAPH 2025, more than 10,000 attendees from around the world came together to co-create the future of computer graphics and interactive techniques. With more than 2,400…

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Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 16d

People looking for precursors to artificial intelligence often point to thought experiments like the Turing test. But an equally important, if less appreciated, forerunner is the American psychologist B.F. Skinner’s research with pigeons in the 20th century.

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Why we should thank pigeons for our AI breakthroughs

The bird has never gotten much credit for being intelligent. But the reinforcement learning powering the world’s most advanced AI systems is far more pigeon than human.

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