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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 Previously unpublished papers in all areas of computer graphics and interactive techniques are sought.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 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.