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The article presents information on the 68/Spring Joint Computer Conference (SJCC), to be held in Atlantic city, New Jersey, during April 30-May 2, 1968. The conference is organized by the American Federation of Information Processing Societies. SJCC68's technical program explores the incisive penetration of virtually every business and scientific area by computers by presenting many applications-oriented sessions where computers are emphasized as elements of broader systems. Moreover, the conference committee has chosen SJCC68 to complement the traditional interdisciplinary focus of previous joint computer conference activity by placing emphasis on the growing interrelation of computer and communications. Dr. Albert S. Hoagland, conference chairman, said that the objective is to promote constructive dialogue on the issues (technological, philosophical, and legalistic) involved in the merging interdependence of these fields in terms of their long range developmental perspectives. Professor Ted Bashkow, technical program chairman, advises that the technical program committee has scheduled 21 sessions, of which one third are panels, to present an expansive view of the computer field. He emphasizes that the program stresses, wherever possible, the function of the computer as an integral part of a larger system.

The article presents information on the "1967 Spring Joint Computer Conference," which is scheduled to be held at Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, from April 18-20, 1967. It informs that the second W.W. McDowell Award for an outstanding contribution to the computer field will be presented at the SJCC banquet. Management's viewpoint of the diverse and controversial activities constituting the development of management information systems will be the topic of a special session. Brian W. Pollard, general conference chairman, and Donald L. Stevens, vice chairman, state that the SJCC 67 takes a broader view of the computer industry in an effort to analyze and to clarify many of the misconceptions about EDP and its effect upon society. On April 19th, Major General John W. O'Neill will address the conference at its banquet in the Pennsylvania Room of the Chalfonte-Haddon Hall. Seven SJCC sessions have been designated as panel discussions, to provide opportunity for a careful and candid examination of timely, controversial topics.

The article presents information on the chronology of events related to the field of computer industry. The Association for Computing Machinery will present a program at the AAAS meeting in Washington D.C. in December on "Current Advances Toward Better Computing for Researchers." The Seventh Annual Princeton Conference on Information Sciences and Systems will be held at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, during March 22-23, 1973. Authors are invited to submit papers describing new advances, applications, and ideas in the fields of computer science, communication theory, system and circuit theory including contributions which explore the application of these and related disciplines to current societal issues. The First International Joint Conference on Pattern Recognition will be held from October 30-November 1, 1973, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C. The conference will cover all aspects of theoretical and applied pattern recognition, including classification theory and complexity, non-parametric methods, image processing, and character recognition.

Features the Spring Joint Computer Conference on computing profession in a changing environment held at the Atlantic City Convention Hall in New Jersey on May 1971. Estimated number of attendees; Social aspects emphasized in the technical program.