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The article presents information on the papers from the Second Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Symposium. The topic of the symposium was principles of programming languages. It was sponsored by ACM Special Interest Group on Automata and Computability Theory and ACM Special Interest Group on Programming Languages. The organizers of the symposium believed that this joint effort will result in to increased, productive understanding of many topics. The topics studied in the papers for the second symposium included topics like including: proving assertions about programs and data, optimization techniques, the computational complexity of testing grammars for certain key properties, automatic choice of data representations, exception handling, and various new approaches to programming language semantics. The program committee received 107 abstracts out of which 22 papers were selected for presentation. The papers represented almost all areas of current research. All papers were reviewed by referees in the normal fashion.

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 Previously unpublished papers in all areas of computer graphics and interactive techniques are sought.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 presents a calendar of events and special activities for the Association for Computing Machinery. Activities include conferences and symposiums on various topics including the "First Annual Conference on Modular Computers," on February 20, 1978 at Brookhaven National Laboratory, at Stony Brook, "Personal Computing Festival," in Anaheim, California, and other activities are given.

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 author argues that the publication system for scholarly computer research is in need of change. He discusses the virtualization of computing-research conferences during the COVID-19 pandemic reinforced his view, describes the selection process for papers that would be delivered at conferences, the predictability of conferences, and whether virtual conferences will become more of a permanent fixture. The article also states that the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is establishing a task force.

The author argues that the organization the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and other professional computing organizations conduct and implement significant policy changes that enable the authors of accepted scholarly papers to the various organizational conferences to contribute to the conferences remotely in order to cut down on travel costs and carbon emissions.

The article presents information on the professional activities of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The 1985 ACM Computer Science Conference, which is scheduled to be held from March 12-14, 1985, in New Orleans, Louisiana, is enhancing its format. SIGGRAPH 84 which will take place from July 23-27, 1984, has announced course offerings in medical computer graphics, entrepreneurship, technologies of interactive video, bitmap graphics, mathematics of computer graphics, and advanced topics in curves and surfaces. The Institute for Applied Forth Research Inc. is sponsoring the fourth annual Rochester Forth Applications Conference, to be held at the University of Rochester, New York, from June 5-9, 1984. A call for papers has been issued for the Fourth Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science, which is planned to be held from December 13-15, 1984, in Bangalore, India. The scheduled site for the First International Conference on Computers and Applications, to be held from June 20-22, 1984, is Beijing, China.

This article offers information on the professional activities of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The theme of the 1983 Annual Conference of the ACM to be held in New York City will be "Extending the Human Resource." Papers on advances in computer communication are invited for the International Symposium on the Performance of Computer Communications to be held in Zurich, Switzerland. The possibility of travel grants from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research will be announced during the 1983 International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic in Kyoto, Japan.

This article presents news and events related to the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The advance program for the International Conference on Software Engineering, September 13-16, 1982, in Tokyo, includes sessions on language processing; software configuration management; quantitative aspects of software; requirement techniques; programming environments; maintenance evaluation and tools; specification techniques; testing and tools; software notations; and program analysis. Up to two $1000 prizes for best submitted papers are to be awarded by the Technical Committee on Software Engineering. The Symposium on Programming Language Issues in Software Systems sponsored by ACM SIGPLAN, to be held during June 27-29, 1983 in San Francisco, California, is to focus on innovation in two major areas: new programming language constructs and abstraction mechanisms; and the application of programming language principles to the design of software systems. Relevant topics in the first area encompass languages or language constructs; abstraction techniques; specification methods; and techniques for supporting concurrency or exception handling. In the second area topics include the application of programming language principles and techniques to the design and organization of software systems.

The article presents information on various conferences. The Jerusalem Conference on Information Technology will be held during August 6-9,1978. The theme of the conference is "Computers, Communications, and Technology Transfer." In addition to the formal program, a program of social, historical, travel, and professional interest is available to the attendees. The symposium titled "Minis and Micros: Today's Industrial Revolution," will be held on May 12, 1978, in Columbus, Ohio. It is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery East Central Region and Central Ohio Chapter. The conference will deal with current and future applications of mini and micro computer systems, both in industry and the home. The 1978 Winter Simulation Conference, planned for December 4-6, 1978, in Miami Beach, Florida, will feature papers and panel discussions on discrete and combined simulation. The theme of the Annual Joint Engineering Management Conference, to be held during October 16-17, 1978, in Denver, Colorado, is "Engineering Management in the Computer Age." Sessions are scheduled on software acquisition planning and system implementation; computer aided management; and the future of management use of computers.

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.

This article focuses on issues and papers discussed during the Association for Computing Machinery's Council Meeting. Elections of officers occurred during the event. The Council also approved the increase in dues for its members, associate members, and student members. A policy on Complimentary Membership for Selected Foreign Nationals was adopted by the Council. An ACM Foundation was established by the Council to carry out the organization's educational and scientific functions. The Council also decided to drop the Programming Systems and Languages Paper Award from the ACM Awards system.

This article discusses a wiki designed for the presentation and discussion of ideas and responses concerning how ACM (Association for Computing Machines) conference organizers can cope with the demands of paper submissions, refereeing, and presentations, as the number of submissions increase. The ACM has joined with the IEEE to create a forum for conference organizers and program chairs. The article outlines some of the new ideas and suggestions for how to avoid past mistakes that were submitted to the wiki.

This section presents lists of most popular downloads from the digital library of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). One of the list contains the top 10 most popular papers from ACM's referred journals and conference proceedings downloaded in August 2005. Another list contains the 10 most popular courses at the ACM professional development centre for August 2005.

The article focuses on top 10 downloads from Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) digital library. Some of the most popular papers from ACM's refereed journals and conference proceedings downloaded in June 2005 are--Wire Reconnections Based on Implication Flow Graph, Architectures for a Temporal Workflow Management System, the Google File System, Detecting Defects in Object-Oriented Designs and others. It also lists popular courses at the ACM professional development center and top 10 most popular magazine and computing surveys articles downloaded in June 2005.

The article presents information on the advantages of using services provided by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). ACM, IEEE/CS, and USENIX organize conferences and sponsor journals and magazines. ACM shoulders the responsibility for the financial health of a conference, maintains the history of financial transactions, signs contracts with vendors, prints and produces promotional materials, and so forth. The cost of such services is built into the conference budget as administrative fees. This is basically overhead for ACM to pay staff to support conferences. Unlike university-based overheads, which are typically fixed at about 50%, ACM's overhead is based on a sliding scale depending on the size of the conference, but it is closer to 15%. ACM publishes nearly 40 periodicals in addition to sponsoring 140 conferences and workshops each year. Another benefit of ACM sponsorship is that all conference and periodical papers are available via ACM's Digital Library. The DL is one of ACM's crown jewels, and is unquestionably popular and affordable to both individuals and institutions.

This article presents information on top 10 downloads from the Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) digital library. The top 10 most popular papers from ACM's refereed journals and proceedings downloaded in April 2005 are: "Anatomy-Based Modeling of the Human Musculature," by Ferdi Scheepers, Richard E. Parent, Wayne E. Carlson, Stephen F. May that was presented during the proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, which was held in August 1997, "Architectures for a Temporal Workflow Management System," by Carlo Combi and Giuseppe Pozzi that was presented during the proceedings of the 2004 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, which was held in March 2004, "dbSwitch," by Shaul Dar, Gil Hecht, Eden Shochat that was presented during the proceedings of the 2004 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data, which was held in June 2004, "The Google File System," by Sanjay Ghemawat, Howard Gobioff and Shun-Tak Leung that was presented during the proceedings of the 19th ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, which was held in October 2003 and others.

The article presents updates on the Association for Computing Machining (ACM). The Indiana University Student Chapter at Bloomington is seeking papers for the 4th Biennial Conference on Computing to be held in April 1980. Lee D. Erman has been elected chairman of the ACM Special Interest Group (SIG) Artificial Intelligence. Karen A. Anderson has been elected vice-chairman for the SIG Computers and the Physically Handicapped. Guidelines for the submission of nominations for the awards program of the ACM are also provided.

The article offers information on the awards generally given at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Annual Conference. The awards include the Turing Award, the Distinguished Service Award, the Grace Murray Hopper Award, the Programming Systems and Languages Paper Award, the Outstanding Contribution Award, and the Eckert-Mauchly Award. The ACM Awards Committee encourages members to send suggestions to the Subcommittee Chairmen in order to make the Awards program as meaningful as possible.

The article offers information on several conferences and call for papers including the 1977 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Computer Science Conference on January 31-February 2, fifth annual Symposium on the Simulation of Computer System in Gaithersbug, Maryland on August 9-11, 1977, and the annual Simulation Symposium in Tampa, Florida on March 16-18, 1977.

This article focuses on the events and activities related to the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The ACM Special Interest Group on Design Automation and the Design Automation Technical Committee are sponsoring the 13th Design Automation Conference that will be held during June 28-30, at Jack Tar Hotel, San Francisco, California. The purpose of this conference is to provide a forum whereby developments in the field of design automation can be presented and discussed. The conference aim is to improve and expand the quality and quantity of design automation developments. The three-day technical program has been arranged so that the technical papers are presented concurrently in different disciplines of design automation. The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) announced that the next of the triennial IFIP Congresses will be held in Toronto, Canada during August 8-12, 1977. The theme of the Congress is "The Maturing Profession--Perspectives and Prospects." IFIP Congress 77 will be the first North American gathering of international computer professionals under the aegis of IFIP since 1965.

The article focuses on the 29th annual meeting of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The ACM 74, to be held at the San Diego Convention Center, in November 1974, promises to be one of the most accommodating and exciting conferences ever held. The technical program chairman, David Bulman has designed the program to inform through controversy as well as exposition. ACM 74 will be a particularly well-balanced conference with virtually each special interest group (SIG) sponsoring one or more technical sessions. However, unlike previous ACM conferences, this one has more sessions provided through the SIG for Business Data Processing. The ACM SIG for Computers and the Physically Handicapped will underline the role of the computer in medicine with papers on "Modes of Information Presentation for the Blind Programmer," and "Computer Applications in Artificial Limb Research." For the fifth year, ACM will host the annual U.S. Computer Chess Championship Tournament in which computer programs meet in open competition.

A response by J. McGrath Cohoon, Sergey Nigai, and Joseph Kaye to a letter to the editor about their article "Gender and Computing Conference Papers" in the August 2011 issue concerning an increase in women authors publishing at Association for Computing Machinery conferences is presented.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Gender and Computing Conference Papers" by J. McGrath Cohoon, Sergey Nigai, and Joseph Kaye in the August 2011 issue concerning an increase in the number of women authors publishing at Association for Computing Machinery conferences.

The article offers news briefs related to the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Manuela A. Veloso was awarded the 2009 Autonomous Agents Research Award from SIGART (Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence). The 9th annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing will take place in Tuscon, Arizona September 30, 2009 through October 3, 2009. Andrew C. Myers won an award for the Most Influential POPL (Principles Of Programming Languages) paper.

This article reports on the proceedings of an Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)'s SIGFIDET Workshop on Data Description, Access and Control which was convened in Ann Arbor, Michigan, during May 1-3, 1974. The convention featured a debate on the differences and similarities between the data structure set model and the relational model for data management systems. Educators C. W. Bachman and E. F. Codd were the two principals in the debate who were joined by E. Sibley and J. Lucking, on the one side, and V. K. Whitney and D. Tsichritzis, on the other. The moderator was R. Rustin. The discussion ranged over most of the relevant issues and topics, except possibly one posed by the moderator beforehand, that is, "Do databases eat their young?" Bachman took the position that the two points of view are perhaps two sides of the same coin, and that which is more natural depends on stylistic preferences. Other sessions on several related subjects featured contributed papers.

This article presents biographies and statements of Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) candidates for Central Region Representative. Lee J.White has been a full member of ACM since 1969. White is a author of over 50 refereed technical papers. White suggests the increased scheduling of joint conferences, symposia and workshops in ACM. This will allow the travel dollar of members to go further, attending several collocated events of interest. David S.Wise attended Carnegie Institute of Technology (B.S. 1967) and the University of Wisconsin (M.S. 1969 and Ph.D. 1971). Within ACM Professor Wise is a member of Special Interest Group (SIG) Board, Publications Board, the Executive Committee of USACM. According to Wise, ACM must lead in launching on-line products, while still sustaining the respect that the ACM imprimatur has earned. As a federation of semi-autonomous local chapters and SIGs, whose liveliness stems from localized management, ACM must shape its global future from local spirit.

The article presents a summary of a conference held by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in Nashville, Tennessee from October 27-29, 1980. Several quality papers have been received during the conference, according to program chairman Gordon Sherman. The theme of the conference was reinforced by history in addresses by invited speakers such as Saul Rosen. The message by president Peter Denning concerning U.S. productivity in crisis was one of the highlights of ACM 80. Invited conference participants are also listed.

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.