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The article presents information on the professional activities of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Papers describing original research are sought for the Fifteenth ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, which is scheduled to be held from April 25, 1983 to April 27, 1983 in Boston, Massachusetts. Typical, but not exclusive, topics of interest include: algorithms and data structures; automata and formal languages; computability; complexity theory, etc. A call for participation has been issued for the Tenth Annual Conference of the ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics, which is scheduled to be held from July 25, 1983 to July 29, 1983 in Detroit, Michigan. Submissions are invited for both technical program paper and panel sessions. Previously unpublished papers in all areas of computer graphics and interactive techniques are sought. Appropriate topics include display techniques; graphics software systems and languages; graphics hardware; robotics; and any applications of graphics. Video or film material that is an integral component of the work must accompany the paper.

The article reports on some professional activities taking place in the United States related to computer science. As a cooperative venture undertaken by 15 organizations, the "National Educational Computing Conference," held in Kansas City, Missouri, has presented a major work regarding computers in instruction to promote interaction among all levels in computer uses in education. It also intends to develop and coordinate the various professional groups involved with computer uses in instruction and to produce a proceedings documenting the status of computers in education. Papers are invited from individuals representing all academic disciplines and research areas in educational computing. It further reports that papers describing original research in the formal analysis of computing problems are being sought for the "Fourteenth Annual Association for Computing Machinery Symposium on Theory of Computing," held during May 5-7, 1982, in San Francisco, California. The Fifteenth Annual Simulation Symposium is to be held during March 17-19, 1982, in Tampa, Florida. The list contains information about some other activities as well.

The article announces several events related to the computing industry in the United States. The editors of "Operations Research," the quarterly periodical of the Operations Research Society of America (ORSA), is soliciting papers exploring the theme On Interfaces With Computer Science for a special issue of the journal. The Seventh U.S. Computer Chess Championship will be held during the 1976 Annual Conference of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) to be held in Houston, Texas from October 19 to 21, 1976. Robert R. Korfhage has been named program chairman of the 1977 National Computer Conference to be held in Dallas, Texas from June 13 to 16, 1977.

The article presents a list of Association for Computing Machinery proceedings and special publications. Conference Record of the 1982 ACM Symposium on Lisp and Functional Programming, which was held August 15-18 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Proceedings of the Eight Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, which was held December 14-16, 1981 in California. The "1982/83 ACM Graduate Assistantship Directory in the Computer Sciences," 15th ed, available for free to ACM student members upon request. The Proceedings of the Seventh Data Communications Symposium, which was held in Mexico City, Mexico, during October 27-29, 1981.

The article offers information on the several computing professional activities to be held in the United States including "International Conference on Management of Data" in Austin, Texas in May 28-31, 1985, "Conference on Software Maintenance" in November 11-13, 1985 in Washington, D. C., and the "Fourth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communication Societies" in March 25-28, 1985 in Washington, D. C.

The article presents information about various events related to the computer industry. The Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) will host the Fourth World Computer Chess Championship during October 22-25 at ACM 83 in New York City. The American Federation of Information Processing Societies has announced a competitive program of travel grants supported by the National Science Foundation to assist qualified U.S. information scientists in attending the Ninth World Computer Congress, during September 19-23, 1983 in Paris. The grants will provide up to $1,050 support for forty individuals attending the U.S. Congress. A symposium on computer literacy is to be held on June 5, 1983, from 9:30 to 5:30, in conjunction with the National Educational Computing Conference, June 5-8, in Baltimore, Maryland. The opening keynote address is to be made by Thomas W. Miller of Control Data Corp. Program participants are to include nationally recognized experts from a broad range of perspectives including teaching, curriculum development, research, administration and policymaking.

This article presents a list of various upcoming events and conventions related to the field of computer science. Some of the events, listed here, are sponsored and cooperated by the Association for Computing Machinery. The convention titled "Computers in Cardiology" is reported to be held during September 26-28, 1979, in Geneva, Switzerland. The SIGUCC User Services Conference VII will, reportedly, be held in Los Angeles, California, during September 30-October 3, 1979. A symposium under the title "Dynamics and Modeling of Reactive Systems," reportedly, will be held at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin, during October 22-24, 1979. The Conference on Application Development Systems is scheduled to be held in Santa Clara, California, during March 9-11, 1980. The 5th Workshop on Computer Architecture for Non-Numeric Processing will be held in Pacific Grove, California, during March 11-14, 1980. The Symposium on Research and Development in Information Retrieval will be held in Cambridge, England, during June 23-27, 1980.

This article presents a list of various upcoming events and conventions related to the filed of computer sciences. Most of the events, listed here, are sponsored or cooperated by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The Working Conference on Formal Models and Practical Tools for Information Systems Design will, reportedly, be held in Oxford, England, during April 18-20, 1979. The Eleventh Power Industry Computer Application Conference is reported to be held during May 15-18, 1979, in Cleveland, Ohio. The 4th European Congress on Information, Systems and Networks will,reportedly, be held in Luxembourg, Austria, during May 15-18, 1979. The Twelfth Annual Association of Small College Computer Users in Education Conference is scheduled to be held at the Denison University in Granville, Ohio, during June 6-8, 1979. The Fourth Berkeley Workshop on Distributed Databases and Computer Networks will,reportedly, be organized during August 28-30, 1979, in San Francisco, California.

A calendar of events of interest to members of the U.S. Association for Computing Machinery from October 1978 to November 1979 is presented. The Joint Engineering Management Conference will be held in Denver, Colorado on October 16-18, 1978. The Professional Development Seminar will be held in Miami Beach, Florida on December 7, 1978. The Personal Computing Festival will be held in New York City on June 5-7, 1979.

A calendar of events related to the Association for Computing Machinery from 1983 to 1984 is presented. The 1983 Winter Simulation Conference is scheduled in Arlington, Virginia. The International Conference and Exhibition on Computers in Design Engineering will be held in Sussex, England. The Sixteenth Annual Workshop on Microprogramming will be conducted in Downington, Pennsylvania.

The article offers information on several conferences related to the computer science in the U.S. area in 1975 including the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 75 conference, a meeting on computer hardware description languages in New York City on September 3-5, and a workshop on interactive design databases in Waterloo, Ontario on September 15-17.

The article presents information on several conferences of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in the U.S. in 1985, including the 23rd Annual Conference of the Southeast Region in Nashville, Tennessee from April 14 to 16, the 2nd Annual Computer Science Symposium on Computer Vision: Motion and Representation in Columbia, South Carolina on April 18 and the International Test Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from October 1 to 3.

A calendar of events for the Association for Computing Machinery is presented. The 1975 Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science will take place in California from October 13-15. From November 19-21, 1975, the 5th Symposium on Operating Systems Principles will be conducted in Austin, Texas. The Compcon 76 Spring will be held in California from February 24-26, 1976.

This section presents a calendar of events related to the Association for Computing Machinery from May to October 1977. The Tenth Annual Workshop on Microprogramming will be held in New York City. The First National Programming Contest will be conducted in Dallas, Texas. The 15th Annual Conference will be held in Arlington, Virginia.

The article offers several news briefs about the Associations for Computing Machinery (ACM). ACM President Jean Sammet announced appointment and continuations of ACM Board chairmen and a number of Committee chairmen. The Conferences and Symposia Committee recommended that the ACM annual conferences be scheduled on a three-year rotation basis, in order to minimize meeting conflicts.

The article presents a list of forthcoming events related to computer science and scheduled to held in various parts of the United States. It reports that the "Association for Computing Machinery," calendar policy is to list open computer science meetings that are held on a not-for-profit basis. Not included in the calendar are educational seminars, institutes, and courses. Some of the events included in the list are: "DPMA International Conference," to be held in San Francisco, California on November 1-4, 1981; "Ninth Annual Conference on Production Research," to be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 3-5, 1981; "Computer Graphics Conference: Applications in Management and Decision Making," to be held in Davis, California on December 3-4,1981 etc.

The article offers news briefs regarding the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) annual conference. The opening session of the conference will begin on October 17 at nine o'clock in the morning. The North American Computer Chess Championship will be held during the ACM conference. The speech by Carl Hammer will be focusing on the essential technical issues experienced by the ACM.

The article presents information on several news related to the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) in the U.S. states. The Executive Secretary of the ACM, Irene Hollister has been honored at the Council meeting in Anaheim on May 20 for her outstanding contribution. Then hotel manager Lou Fiora has been appointed as Coordinator to lay guidelines for ACM's conference and to give special assistance for Special Interest Group, regional, and major ACM conferences. The ACM has been publishing another New Periodical "ACM Transactions on Database Systems" to provide high quality research papers on the development and application of computer databases. The article announces the names of SIGs elected officers who contended in Special Interest Group on Design Automation ( SIGDA) elections. The article also announces the names of chairmen of ACM's Special Interest Groups selected by president Sammet. The ACM Council revoked the charters Tulsa Chapter, Greater New Orleans Chapter, and Tidewater Virginia Chapter in its meeting on May, 23.

This article offers updates on the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in the U.S. The 1985 ACM Annual Conference was held in Denver, Colorado. The expansion of the mailing list sales of membership and conference attendees to noncomputer-related organizations was approved by the ACM Council. The organization's Executive Committee will review proposed constitutional amendments regarding ballot return requirement.

The article presents the calendar of events of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in 1985 and 1986. The Compcom Spring 85, Technological Leverage: A Competitive Necessity conference will be held in San Francisco, California from February 25 to 28, 1985. The National ACM Special Interest Group on ADA (SIGADA) Meeting will take place in San Francisco from February 25 to March 1. The Vision 85: International Conference and Exposition on Applied Machine Vision will be held in Detroit, Michigan from March 26 to 28.

A calendar of events related to the Association for Computing Machinery from 1983 to 1984 is presented. The International Communications Association's 36th Annual Conference & Exposition will be held in Anaheim, California. The 1983 Rochester Forth Applications Conference will be conducted in Rochester, New York. International Conference and Exhibition on Computers in Design Engineering will be held in Sussex, England.

The article offers news briefs relating to Association of Computing Machinery (ACM). ACM is seeking nominations for the Grace Murray Hopper Award. The award is given to outstanding computer professional who have made a major service or technical contribution to the computer industry. ACM Awards Committee has announced the details of the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Competition and Award. A Leadership Training Conference was held for ACM Tennessee Student Chapters.