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 Previously unpublished papers in all areas of computer graphics and interactive techniques are sought.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

This article presents a list of various upcoming events and conventions related to the field of computer science. Some of the events, listed here, are sponsored and cooperated by the Association for Computing Machinery. The convention titled "Computers in Cardiology" is reported to be held during September 26-28, 1979, in Geneva, Switzerland. The SIGUCC User Services Conference VII will, reportedly, be held in Los Angeles, California, during September 30-October 3, 1979. A symposium under the title "Dynamics and Modeling of Reactive Systems," reportedly, will be held at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin, during October 22-24, 1979. The Conference on Application Development Systems is scheduled to be held in Santa Clara, California, during March 9-11, 1980. The 5th Workshop on Computer Architecture for Non-Numeric Processing will be held in Pacific Grove, California, during March 11-14, 1980. The Symposium on Research and Development in Information Retrieval will be held in Cambridge, England, during June 23-27, 1980.

The article discusses the Association for Computing Machinery, which was founded in 1947 to promote the sharing of research between computer scientists working in the United States. The association was founded after Howard Aiken from the Harvard Computational Laboratory organized a symposium to gather people who were interested in sharing their activities and knowledge about computer science. The popularity of the conference revealed that a method to promote robust communication in the field was required.

The article presents information on several conferences of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in the U.S. in 1985, including the 23rd Annual Conference of the Southeast Region in Nashville, Tennessee from April 14 to 16, the 2nd Annual Computer Science Symposium on Computer Vision: Motion and Representation in Columbia, South Carolina on April 18 and the International Test Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from October 1 to 3.

A calendar of events for the Association for Computing Machinery is presented. The 1975 Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science will take place in California from October 13-15. From November 19-21, 1975, the 5th Symposium on Operating Systems Principles will be conducted in Austin, Texas. The Compcon 76 Spring will be held in California from February 24-26, 1976.

The article presents a list of forthcoming events related to computer science and scheduled to held in various parts of the United States. It reports that the "Association for Computing Machinery," calendar policy is to list open computer science meetings that are held on a not-for-profit basis. Not included in the calendar are educational seminars, institutes, and courses. Some of the events included in the list are: "DPMA International Conference," to be held in San Francisco, California on November 1-4, 1981; "Ninth Annual Conference on Production Research," to be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 3-5, 1981; "Computer Graphics Conference: Applications in Management and Decision Making," to be held in Davis, California on December 3-4,1981 etc.

The article profiles Edmund Berkeley, who played an instrumental role in the founding of the Association for Computing Machinery, one of the principal societies for computer science. Berkeley, an insurance industry methods expert, first became interested in computing while serving as an officer in World War II. After leaving the service he maintained an active liaison with computing facilities, eventually creating the "Eastern Association for Computing Machinery" as an effort to share research between computer scientists in the United States.

The article presents news briefs related to the "Association for Computing Machinery," (ACM) a U.S. based organization related to computer science. It is reported in this article that John McKegney has been appointed Deputy Executive Director of ACM. Sidney Weinstein, Executive Director of the Association, has announced it. John McKegney joined ACM in 1973 as Assistant Controller and became Controller in 1974. Mark Blanks has replaced McKegney as Controller. Daniel D. McCracken, past president of ACM, has agreed to serve as Editor-in-Chief of the newly initiated ACM Anthologies Series, it has been announced by M. Stuart Lynn, Publications Board chairman. An Editorial Advisory Panel is to be appointed to assist him in the selection of topics and of volume editor. Lloyd Fosdick, Associate Editor-in-Chief of Communications, has announced the appointment of Duncan H. Lawrie for the Computer Architecture and Systems department of the Association. Duncan Lawrie received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1973 and is now an Associate Professor of Computer Science there.

The article offers news briefs in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The Member-at-Large position in the ACM Council is vacant due to the election of John A.N. Lee as vice-president and David C. Wood as secretary. The ACM Council approved the creation of the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board (CSAB). Discussions on the formation of ACM Standards Program is being encouraged by the ACM Council.

The article presents a list of persons included in the management board of the "Association for Computing Machinery," a U.S. based organization related to computer science. Some of the board members included in the list are: Raymond E. Miller, chairman of School of Information and Computer Science Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia; William F. Atchison, past chairman of Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland College Park, Maryland etc.

The article presents an update on computer science issues of relevance to the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in the U.S. The home study course on "Successful Management of Software Projects" was developed by the MGI Management Institute for ACM members. Alan Borning has been selected as associate editor of "Computing Surveys." The Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act proposes the formation of an Office of Industrial Technology under the Department of Commerce.

The article presents information on the Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) study of the offshoring of software jobs, a large and thorough examination that summarizes current research in the field. The impressive effort is the culmination of work from ACM's Job Migration Task Force led by Moshe Varde and Frank Mayadas with Bill Aspray as editor and main author. 30 volunteers--both computer scientists and social scientists--from eight countries and many disciplines, were included in the committee contributing to this report. A third of ACM's members live outside of North America, and that fraction is likely to grow in the future. Some jobs will be lost, even if a nation as a whole gains from offshoring. New jobs are also being created in information technology, however, they may require new skill sets. The report offers hints at what individuals can do in developed and developing nations either to benefit from offshoring or not be harmed by it. The risks that offshoring may pose to privacy, security and intellectual property are also explored by the report.

The ACM Fellows Program was established by the U.S.-based Association of Computing Machinery's (ACM) Council in 1993 to recognize and honor outstanding ACM members for their achievements in computer science and information technology and for their significant contributions to the mission of the ACM. The ACM Fellows serve as distinguished colleagues to whom the ACM and its members look for guidance and leadership as the world of information technology evolves. The ACM Council endorsed the establishment of a Fellows Program and provided guidance to the ACM Fellows Committee, taking the view that the program represents a concrete benefit to which any ACM Member might aspire and provides an important source of role models for existing and prospective ACM Members. A list of 34 men and women honored as ACM Fellows is presented. These ACM Fellows have made critical contributions toward and continue to exhibit extraordinary leadership in the development of Information Age and will be inducted at the ACM Awards Banquet on May 15, 1999, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York.