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 ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, is a major force in advancing the skills and knowledge of Information Technology (IT) professionals and students worldwide. ACM serves as an umbrella organization offering its 80,000 members a variety of forums in order to fulfill members' needs – the delivery of cutting-edge technical information, the transfer of ideas from theory into practice, and opportunities for information exchange. Providing high quality products and services – world-class journals and magazines; dynamic special interest groups; numerous “main event” conferences; tutorials; workshops; local special interest groups and chapters; and electronic forums - ACM is the resource for lifelong learning in the rapidly changing IT field. ACM also offers its members (both individual and institutional) the ACM Digital Library, an online resource with 15 years of conference proceedings, journals and magazine archives combined with a state-of-the-art search engine.
SIGPLAN, ACM's Special Interest Group on Programming Languages explores programming language concepts and tools, focusing on design, implementation, and efficient use. Its members are programming language users, developers, implementers, theoreticians, researchers, and educators. The monthly newsletter ACM SIGPLAN Notices publishes several conference proceedings issues (including OOPSLA), regular columns and technical correspondence. This SIG offers an additional newsletter (for FORTAN), on a subscription only basis. SIGPLAN sponsors four major annual conferences: the OOPSLA conference in object-oriented technology; the Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI), the major professional conference in the field; the Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages (POPL); and the International Conference on Functional Programming (ICFP). SIGSOFT focuses on issues relating to all aspects of software engineering, providing a forum for computing professionals from industry, government and academia to examine principles, practices, education, and new research results in software engineering. SIGSOFT sponsors the Foundations of Software Engineering conference and co-sponsors the International Conference on Software Engineering. SIGSOFT also sponsors a variety of one-time and on-going workshops that bring practitioners, researchers, and educators together to discuss and debate timely issues. SIGSOFT publishes a bimonthly newsletter, “Software Engineering Notes,” which includes articles submitted by members as well as the popular forum “Risks to the Public,” which describes software safety mishaps and concerns. Contact ACM to join! Voice: Fax: E-mail: Web:
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