1 / 32

ACM Update

ACM Update. September 16, 2011. Outline. Accomplishments of FY 11 Priorities for FY ‘12. FY ‘11. Outline ACM Today International initiatives China India Europe South America Turing Celebration Policy initiatives Products and services. Membership. Members (August 31, 2011)

kaoru
Download Presentation

ACM Update

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. ACM Update September 16, 2011

  2. Outline • Accomplishments of FY 11 • Priorities for FY ‘12

  3. FY ‘11 • Outline • ACM Today • International initiatives • China • India • Europe • South America • Turing Celebration • Policy initiatives • Products and services

  4. Membership

  5. Members (August 31, 2011) 108,415 worldwide Publications 50+ periodicals in computing and computer science Significant Digital Library and bibliographic database for computing DL is at ~3,000 institutions worldwide 36 Special Interest Groups (SIGs) 150+ sponsored/co-sponsored conferences, symposia, workshops - annually Chapters 544 student chapters worldwide 160 professional chapters 704 chapters (total) Initiatives Image and health of the field Being international A new Communications of the ACM Operations Volunteers Council (16 members) Regional Councils (India, China, Europe) USACM Council ACM-W Council Four operating boards (Publications, SIGs, Education, Practitioner) Hundreds of committees (including SIG Executive Committee, Conference Committees, Program Committees) Headquarters New York Full-time staff: 72 ACM Today

  6. ACM Today • Membership August 31, 2011

  7. Context - ACM Today Total Professional Student

  8. ACM in General • Membership (Core) August 31, 2011

  9. ACM in General • Membership (Core) - Professional August 31, 2011

  10. ACM in General • Membership (Core) - Students August 31, 2011

  11. Membership Trends

  12. International Initiatives

  13. International Initiatives • China • Agreement signed with CCF • Provides one-year, complimentary, electronic ACM membership for all CCF members that are eligible/interested • 6,200 professional members initially • 1,800 student members initially • Adding about 600 professionals and students each month • CCF will raise dues to cover ACM membership beginning in 2012 • Joint publication • ACM pages in Communications of the CCF • ACM keynote at CCF annual conference (CNCC) • Migrating some YOCSEF chapters into ACM chapters

  14. International Initiatives • India • Application for ACM to be a legal educational/scientific society in India approved • ACM India business model developed • Allocate $20 per ACM India member to ACM India • Should generate about $70,000 annually to support core activities of ACM India • ACM India Conference • 600 attendees • Three major ACM keynotes • Significant press coverage

  15. International Initiatives • India • ACM India Council • Moving forward on conferences • Moving forward on chapters • Engaging industry • ACM India education workshop • ACM India Council • ACM Education Council/Board • Goal: develop a program (possibly massive) for improving undergraduate computing education in India • To be discussed later today

  16. International Initiatives • Europe • Presence at ICT 2010 in Brussels • Chapters • Increasing … slowly • Conferences • Many ACM conferences in Europe • Considering reaching out to a select set of existing European conferences • Considering a ACM Europe Federated Research Conference • Membership • Increasing … slowly

  17. International Initiatives • South America • Initial cooperative agreement with SBC (Brazil) • Trial membership for SBC members • Aiming to expand to chapter and conference activities • Starting conversations with Peru

  18. Turing Centenary

  19. Turing Centenary • Turing Centenary • 2012 • Events being planned throughout the world and throughout the year • Saturday, June 23, 2012 is the 100th Birthday of Alan Turing • Events • Several events being planned in Europe; a few in the US • A calendar of events is being maintained by the Turing Centenary Advisory Committee • ACM • One-day, curated conference immediately preceding the 2012 Awards Banquet • Build on the Turing Award as the defining element of ACM’s relationship with Turing

  20. Turing Centenary • Current status • Several research SIGs expressed serious interest in organizing and supporting the ACM Event • SIGACT (Steve Homer) • SIGARCH (Doug Burger and John Hennessy) • SIGCHI (John Thomas) – Program Co-Chair • SIGCOMM (Vint Cerf) – General Chair of the ACM Turing Centenary Celebration • SIGDA (Srinivas Katkoori) • SIGGRAPH (Mary Whitton) • SIGIR (Keith van Rijsbergen ) • SIGMOD (Yannis Ioannidis) • SIGOPS (Mike Schroeder) – Program Co-Chair • SIGPLAN (Andrew Black) • SIGSOFT (Will Tracz, Mark Grechanik, Carlo Ghezzi)

  21. Turing Centenary • A 1 to 1.5 day curated conference immediately preceding the 2012 Awards Banquet • The program will be built around Turing Award winners • Would like a distinguished MC/host who understands the community, the Turing Award, and the uniqueness of the event will be sought • The full day event on Friday would be followed by a major reception • Proposed schedule: • Wednesday, June 13 - afternoon: ACM EC Meeting • Thursday, June 14 – all day: ACM Council meeting • Friday, June 15 – all day: Turing Centenary Celebration (day 1) • Friday, June 15 - evening: Turing Centenary Reception • Saturday, June 16 - morning: Turing Centenary Celebration (day 2) • Saturday, June 16 - evening: ACM Awards Banquet

  22. Turing Centenary • Venue: The Palace Hotel, San Francisco • Financial Model • Cover the cost of the Turing Celebration from within ACM • ACM General: 50% • ACM SIGs: 50% • No registration fee, but registration required • Seek corporate sponsorship of ~100 student scholarships • Invitations sent to 38 of 40 living Turing Award winners • 33 definitely/highly-likely • 2 no/conflict • 3 still pursing

  23. Turing Centenary • Marvin Minsky 1969 • John McCarthy 1971 • Charles W. Bachman 1973 • Donald E. Knuth 1974 • Dana S. Scott 1976 • Ken Thompson 1983 • Niklaus Wirth 1984 • Richard Karp 1985 • John Hopcroft 1986 • Robert Tarjan 1986 • Ivan Sutherland 1988 • William (Velvel) Kahan 1989 • Fernando J. Corbato 1990 • Butler Lampson 1992 • Juris Hartmanis 1993 • Richard E. Stearns 1993 • Edward A. Feigenbaum 1994 • Raj Reddy 1994 • Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. 1999 • Andrew C. Yao 2000 • Adi Shamir 2002 • Leonard Adleman 2002 • Ronald Rivest 2002 • Alan C. Kay 2003 • Robert E. Kahn 2004 • Vinton G. Cerf 2004 • Frances E. Allen 2006 • E. Allen Emerson 2007 • Edmund Clarke 2007 • Joseph Sifakis 2007 • Barbara Liskov 2008 • Chuck Thacker 2009 • Leslie G. Valiant 2010

  24. Turing Centenary • No/Conflict Sir Tony Hoare 1980 Stephan Cook 1982 • Pending Michael O. Rabin 1976 Dennis M. Ritchie 1983 Manuel Blum 1995

  25. Policy Initiatives

  26. Policy Initiatives • USACM Council • Five subcommittees are starting to jell • Filing many comments • USACM testified before Congress twice in FY ‘11 • Education Policy • (Cameron Wilson)

  27. New Products and Services

  28. New Products and Services • Major Digital Library Enhancement released • New citation page • New model for conferences and event • Enhanced usability and search • Institutional pages • Learning Center • Books (increasing the number of Safari offerings) • Courses (increasing the number of Sun and Microsoft courses) • TechPacks • Learning Paths

  29. New Products and Services • TechPacks • Annotated bibliography bringing together three valuable ACM assets: • The ACM Digital Library (ACM DL) • The ACM Learning Center • Trusted experts who select content and add insights on cited material • Topics • ReleasedComing • Cloud computing Mobility • Parallel computing Software as a service • Globalization/localization • Security

  30. New Products and Services • Learning Paths • New initiative of the PD Committee • Developed by top practicing computing authorities • Targeted at busy computing • Practical, educational training tools focused on mastering essential programming languages and technologies. • Contain a variety of resources • First Learning Path – Ruby • Developed by David A. Black, Co-Founder of Ruby Central • Second Learning Path – Python • Initial reaction: very positive

  31. FY ‘12

  32. FY ‘12 • Priorities • Continued focus on membership growth and solid financial performance • International initiatives • China: integrate CCF members as paid ACM members • India: launch the Education Initiative • Europe: Complete planning for ACM ECRC • European Computing Research Congress) • Modeled after ACM FCRC • To be held with CHI ‘13 in Paris in April 2013 • Develop a more complete strategy for engaging with South American societies • Deliver a successful Turing Celebration • Continue to push the Education Policy agenda • Surfacing the “C” (computing) in STEM • Seeing real computer science count at the high school level

More Related