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This section presents news briefs related to the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in the U.S. Editor-in-chief William S. Dorn is soliciting papers for the tutorial and survey journal of the ACM. The ACM has decided to reprint "Proceedings of the Decision Tables Symposium, 1926." Paul Armer of RAND Corp. was elected president of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies.

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 Previously unpublished papers in all areas of computer graphics and interactive techniques are sought.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 a list of Association for Computing Machinery proceedings and special publications. Conference Record of the 1982 ACM Symposium on Lisp and Functional Programming, which was held August 15-18 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Proceedings of the Eight Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, which was held December 14-16, 1981 in California. The "1982/83 ACM Graduate Assistantship Directory in the Computer Sciences," 15th ed, available for free to ACM student members upon request. The Proceedings of the Seventh Data Communications Symposium, which was held in Mexico City, Mexico, during October 27-29, 1981.

The article presents information about various conferences related to the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) that will be held in the year 1972. The 1972 ACM Annual Conference will be held from August 14-16, 1972, in Boston, Massachusetts. A Symposium on Pedagogic Languages with Small Computers will be held from January 6-7, 1972, at the University of Kansas (KU) in Lawrence, Kansas under the joint sponsorship of the ACM Special Interest Group on Programming Languages (SIGPLAN) and the KU Department of Computer Science. A USA-Japan Computer Conference will be held from October 3-5, 1972, in the Toshi Center in Tokyo, Japan. The Society for Information Display will hold its 1972 International Symposium and Exhibition in San Francisco, California from June 6-8, 1972. The ACM SIGPLAN has announced a two-day symposium on Two-Dimensional Man-Machine Communication to be held in Los Alamos, New Mexico, from October 5-6, 1972. The Third Annual Computer Chess Championship will be held at ACM 72 in Boston, Massachusetts from August 14-17, 1972.

The article offers information on the several computing professional activities to be held in the United States including "International Conference on Management of Data" in Austin, Texas in May 28-31, 1985, "Conference on Software Maintenance" in November 11-13, 1985 in Washington, D. C., and the "Fourth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communication Societies" in March 25-28, 1985 in Washington, D. C.

This article reports on various news briefs related to recent developments concerning the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). It is reported that the ACM is seeking nominations for its Grace Murray Hopper Award, given each year to the outstanding young computer professional selected on the basis of a single recent major technical or service contribution to the computer industry. While the Award is given to the outstanding young computer professional, emphasis in 1979 will be placed on contributions in the fields of business data processing and personal computing. The ACM has recently announced its call for papers for the George E. Forsythe Student Paper Competition which is ACM's major opportunity for any undergraduate to submit a paper on any topic related to computer science and information processing. Papers are due by October 12, 1979. Robert S. Barton of Burroughs Corp. has, reportedly, been named the first recipient of the ACM/IEEE-CS Eckert-Mauchly Computer Architecture Award. He is known primarily for his contributions to the design and engineering of a series of Burroughs computer systems.

The article presents information on various chapters of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) across the U.S. The Greater Rio Grande Chapter of ACM has recently extracted from its files a list of the titles of all technical papers presented at Chapter meetings since its inception in 1957. Using a program developed by D.K. Robbins of Sandia Corp., a KWIC-type listing of permuted titles of these papers has been made. This listing has been distributed to all members of the Chapter. Topics and speakers at ACM Chapters across the U.S. indicate the current trends of interest in computer science and data processing. The ACM Tidewater Chapter is sponsoring this spring a professional development course on "Real-Time Computing." The course is given by the Chapter's professional development chairman, Cecil Frost, who is applications staff specialist for Control Data Corp. At its April 21, 1966 meeting, the Westchester-Fairfield Chapter heard William Orchard-Hays speak on "Linear Programming of Computational Techniques."

The Association for Computing Machinery reminded the author of the pursuit of the paperless lifestyle with its choice last week of Hewlett-Packard Co. Labs' senior fellow, Alan Kay as the winner of its Turing Award for 2003. About 35 years ago, Kay envisioned what he called the Dynabook-a device similar to a Tablet personal computer but with better programming tools and with aids that even grade-school children could use to collaborate and learn. Three decades after Kay first imagined replacing books with Dynabooks, U.S. businesses were still spending approximately $1 billion a year designing and printing paper forms, then spending about 30 times that amount on filing, storing and retrieving them. They spent more than twice as much again on maintaining, updating and distributing the documents. If workers could get their jobs done without all that dead-tree debris being painstakingly produced, lovingly stored and laboriously moved around, it would pay for much of the cost of the entire IT apparatus-even if the productivity of the workers who use those documents' content merely stayed the same.

The article presents news briefs concerning computer science and computer industry. The availability of the Graduate Assistantship Directory in the Computer Sciences 1970-71 is reported. The election of John Dorosk as chairman of the Joint Users Group is mentioned. The addition of new coverage as part of the expansion of the Group Insurance Program for individual Association for Computing Machinery members is revealed.

The article provides updates concerning the Association for Computing Machinery as of November 1979. Privacy legislation has been submitted to the U.S. Congress. Papers are invited for the Society for Management Information Systems Award Competition. The U.S. Department of Commerce will sponsor a Computer Exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan in January 1980.

The article presents information about various events related to the computer industry. The Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) will host the Fourth World Computer Chess Championship during October 22-25 at ACM 83 in New York City. The American Federation of Information Processing Societies has announced a competitive program of travel grants supported by the National Science Foundation to assist qualified U.S. information scientists in attending the Ninth World Computer Congress, during September 19-23, 1983 in Paris. The grants will provide up to $1,050 support for forty individuals attending the U.S. Congress. A symposium on computer literacy is to be held on June 5, 1983, from 9:30 to 5:30, in conjunction with the National Educational Computing Conference, June 5-8, in Baltimore, Maryland. The opening keynote address is to be made by Thomas W. Miller of Control Data Corp. Program participants are to include nationally recognized experts from a broad range of perspectives including teaching, curriculum development, research, administration and policymaking.

The article offers news briefs about the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The ACM Publications Board wanted to make all authors aware of the National Security Agency's offer to review any papers in the area of cryptography, in accordance with ACM Council's resolution passed in October 1982. Bernard Rous was appointed as the executive editor of "Computing Reviews" and the "ACM Guide to Computing Literature."

The article presents updates on the U.S. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Robert W. Floyd of Stanford University received the 1978 Turing Award from ACM. ACM President Daniel D. McCracken released a statement in response to events in the Soviet trial of ACM member Anatoly Shcharansky on July 12, 1978. John R. Rice was appointed to the ACM Publications Board.

The article offers news briefs related to the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in the U.S. The United States of America Standards Institute Inc. (USASI) changed its name to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). A symposium on mathematical software will be held at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana will be held from April 1 -3, 1970. The Second Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing will be held in Northampton Massachusetts from May 4-6, 1970.

This article offers news briefs concerning the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Computer scientist and ACM member Douglas R. Hofstadter won the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction. A bill was introduced in the U.S. House to create an Office of Federal Information Policy (OFIP) in the Office of Management and Budget. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began a proceeding to consider the adoption of rules and policies for the resale and shared use of domestic public switched network common carrier services.

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.

This article presents a list of various upcoming events and conventions related to the filed of computer sciences. Most of the events, listed here, are sponsored or cooperated by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The Working Conference on Formal Models and Practical Tools for Information Systems Design will, reportedly, be held in Oxford, England, during April 18-20, 1979. The Eleventh Power Industry Computer Application Conference is reported to be held during May 15-18, 1979, in Cleveland, Ohio. The 4th European Congress on Information, Systems and Networks will,reportedly, be held in Luxembourg, Austria, during May 15-18, 1979. The Twelfth Annual Association of Small College Computer Users in Education Conference is scheduled to be held at the Denison University in Granville, Ohio, during June 6-8, 1979. The Fourth Berkeley Workshop on Distributed Databases and Computer Networks will,reportedly, be organized during August 28-30, 1979, in San Francisco, California.

A calendar of events of interest to members of the U.S. Association for Computing Machinery from October 1978 to November 1979 is presented. The Joint Engineering Management Conference will be held in Denver, Colorado on October 16-18, 1978. The Professional Development Seminar will be held in Miami Beach, Florida on December 7, 1978. The Personal Computing Festival will be held in New York City on June 5-7, 1979.

A calendar of events related to the Association for Computing Machinery from 1983 to 1984 is presented. The 1983 Winter Simulation Conference is scheduled in Arlington, Virginia. The International Conference and Exhibition on Computers in Design Engineering will be held in Sussex, England. The Sixteenth Annual Workshop on Microprogramming will be conducted in Downington, Pennsylvania.

The article offers information on several conferences related to the computer science in the U.S. area in 1975 including the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 75 conference, a meeting on computer hardware description languages in New York City on September 3-5, and a workshop on interactive design databases in Waterloo, Ontario on September 15-17.

The article presents information about recent developments in the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM). For its 1973 Fall Scientific Meeting the ACM Northern New Jersey Computer Clubs and the Northern New Jersey Chapter presented a working demonstration of a Computer-Based Learning Center for the year 2001. Responsible for organizing the program was Phyllis Kaminer, who is chairman of the Northern New Jersey Chapter's Secondary School Club Program. Although the professional development seminars sponsored by the ACM Professional Development Committee have been discontinued, chapter sponsored seminars continue to flourish in New York and Washington. These seminars have been successful because they seldom compete with commercially offered seminars, the subjects are relevant to members' needs, good instructors are available locally and fees are relatively low.

The article discusses the latest developments related to the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). An interdepartmental Federal Government panel or task force has been organized by Burton W. Adkinson of the National Science Foundation's Office of Science Information Service to look into the scientific information activities of the U.S. The ACM Southeast region will offer prize for the best paper presented by an undergraduate at the national conference which is going to be held on August 24-26, 1965.

The article provides news briefs concerning the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) as of August 1970. The ACM Committee on Computing and Disadvantaged has received a grant from the Columbia University Urban Center in New York City. The association has established the ACM Distinguished Service Award. The 9th Annual Southeastern Regional Conference of the ACM was held in May.

This article presents news developments related to activities of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), as of June 1, 1966. All ACM members as of June 30, 1966 will automatically become full, professional, voting Members when the new membership qualifications of ACM go into effect on July 1st. To be eligible a candidate must have bachelor's degree or equivalent level of education from an accredited educational institution, or at least four years of full-time experience in the arts and sciences of information processing. In another development, Bill Eichelberger and his committee on Copyrighting and Patenting of Computer Programs have been active writing letters expressing concern that the new copyright bill now in the U.S. Congress Committee is unduly restrictive of the use of computers in information retrieval. The services of the ACM committee in providing technical information on the subject have been offered to the House Subcommittee preparing the bill. The bill, H.R. 4347, was introduced last year to the First Session of the 89th Congress, and is being considered in the Second Session.

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.

The article offers news briefs related to the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in the U.S. in 1983. G. Scott Graham has been appointed as new associate editor-in-chief for the periodical "Communications." The first class for the Summer Institute for Retraining computer science college faculty established at Clarkson College will start in June. Dennis M. Ritchie and Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories have received the 1983 Turing Award from ACM.

The article reports that at the invitation of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Association for Computing Machinery has recently cosponsored a three-and-one-half day technical conference in Tokyo, in conjunction with Commerce's six-day exhibition of U.S. computer equipment. Computer '70 and the Computer '70 Colloquium, as the show and conference were called, were held at Tokyo's Harumi Pier, from October 12-14, 1970. Over 19,000 members of Japan's data processing community queued up to view at the open admission exhibition the products of 65 U.S. manufacturers. In addition, over 350 persons, most in key managerial and research positions, attended the Colloquium where, to defray expenses, attendance was on a fee basis--about $100 for the full conference and $25 for one day. Also participating in the seven half-day sessions were 27 U.S. computing experts and 10 leading Japanese professionals, whose papers were presented simultaneously in English and Japanese. The timeliness of the topics and the caliber of the participants can be recognized from the program.

This article presents several developments related to Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) in different parts of the U.S. The Los Angeles Chapter of ACM recently devoted a meeting to short talks by representatives from some of the local Special Interest Groups. The purpose of this "Sigsampler" was to acquaint members with the purposes and activities of the local SIGs. It is hoped that this will spark increased membership in the SIGs and enable members to select the Group most closely aligned with their interests. The article includes details of meetings and symposiums. One of them was a Symposium on Statistics, Governments, and the Analysis of Social Problems that will be held on December 27, 1969 at the Sheraton Boston Hotel. The purpose of the symposium is to explore ways to improve the design of statistical systems for economic and social data so that information about the relationships between various socio-economic conditions may he more readily available. Another event was the 1970 National Telemetering Conference that will be held in Los Angeles, April 27-30, 1970 under the sponsorship of two IEEE professional groups, Communications Technology, Aerospace and Electronic Systems.

The article informs about the grant of $23,800 given by the U.S. National Science Foundation to the journal "Computing Reviews." It mentions that the grant is sanctioned with the purpose of expanding the activities of "Computing Reviews" for the fiscal year 1965-1966. It is informed that the grant, for many coming years, will offer a more solid ground to the journal after adjustments were made to the proposal made by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The grant is supposed to prevent "Computing Reviews" from converting to a monthly issue from its January/February 1966 issue.

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.

This section presents a calendar of events related to the Association for Computing Machinery from May to October 1977. The Tenth Annual Workshop on Microprogramming will be held in New York City. The First National Programming Contest will be conducted in Dallas, Texas. The 15th Annual Conference will be held in Arlington, Virginia.

The article presents news briefs concerning the Association for Computing Machinery in the U.S. as of November 1980. The Eckert-Mauchly Award Committee is accepting nominations for the 1981 award. Anita K. Jones has been appointed as editor for the operating systems department of the journal "Communications." The Privacy Protection of 1980 became law in October.

The article offers several news briefs about the Associations for Computing Machinery (ACM). ACM President Jean Sammet announced appointment and continuations of ACM Board chairmen and a number of Committee chairmen. The Conferences and Symposia Committee recommended that the ACM annual conferences be scheduled on a three-year rotation basis, in order to minimize meeting conflicts.

This article presents news briefs related to the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). ACM President Walter Carison's goal of 100,000 ACM members by 1975 may come closer to fulfillment through a challenge issued by A.A.J. Hoffman, representative to the ACM Council for the South Central Region, to all other ACM regions for a membership expansion contest. Replacements for two editors of the ACM Journal, Alfred Lehman and Saul Gass, whose terms expired December 31, 1970, have been announced by Gerard Salton, editor-in-chief. Operations of the ACM Professional Development Program have been resumed with a series of seminars to be held in January and February in various cities in the U.S. and Canada. Support for the Urban League Training Center, an effort to aid disadvantaged and minority group persons by training them in EDP skills, has been announced by the Los Angeles Chapter of the ACM. The ACM Chapter's support for the Center will be principally involved with educating industry as to the capabilities of the Center's graduates and providing guidance and assistance in placement activities.

This article presents news and events related to the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Jean Sammet is the new chairman of the ACM Committee on Special Interest Committees and Groups, it was announced by Bernard A. Galler, ACM president. The first issue of a braille "Newsletter for Blind Computer Programmers" has been published. A project of the ACM Committee on the Professional Activities of the Blind, the publication will be mailed to blind programmers, free of charge, at periodic intervals. ACM has provided initial funding, but the committee is seeking other sources of subsidy for upcoming issues. The newsletter will present industry and university news and serve as a forum and information exchange for blind programmers in the U.S. The journal "Communications of the ACM" has learned that the ACM Council will be presented with a petition from the members that will require ACM to put to the membership as a question of importance, the desirability and advisability of ACM entering into the publication of new news publication. The petition requests the Council not only to address the question to the membership in a referendum, but to furnish supporting material regarding editorial and financial policy, and projected contents.

In this article the author, who is the new executive director and chief executive officer of the U.S.-based Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), presents new initiatives and services that ACM is launching, as of April 1, 1999. The organization has made major investments and taken significant strides in the area of electronic publishing and services, the ACM Digital Library is the cornerstone of this initiative. Launched just one year ago, the Digital Library has been extremely popular with members because it provides searchable access to all ACM publications and conference proceedings back to 1991. This is a truly valuable resource. One would like to know how information is filtered and delivered. A person would want to build descriptions of his areas of interest, find things based on those descriptions and be informed of the new content in interest areas when it arrives. ACM will be launching new Digital Library services that will support this kind of intelligent use of electronic document collections. Some specifics on the Digital Library enhancements coming this year are listed.

Presents several letters to the editor. Reports developments related to the computer industry in the U.S. Impact of the Association for Computing Machinery on government; Relevance of programming courses on academic success; Investigation of the correlation between natural language skills and aptitude for learning programming.

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.

This article reports on news briefs related to various activities and developments concerning the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The ACM Council, accepting the forecast of a 300K surplus for financial year (FY) 1974, approved a budget for FY75 which restores some of the services that were suspended in FY73 and FY74, adds some new programs, and includes a surplus of approximately 93K for FY75. Among the new activities is the updating of Curriculum 68, the recommended undergraduate curriculum for computer science programs. ACM's ad hoc Long Range Planning Committee, reportedly, submitted an Interim Report to the ACM Council on May 9, 1974. Highlights of the report include an identification of ACM'S constituency, a new Special Interest Area concept, and a number of proposed specific principles to guide future ACM policy. At its meeting in Chicago, Illinois, on May 10, ACM Council has approved the recommendation of the Publications Board for the establishment of a new quarterly journal to be called "ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software."

The article focuses on conferences held in 1969, related to computing science in the United States. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) national conference is one of the principal annual meetings where computer professionals gather to keep abreast of computer technology advancements and the fast-moving data processing industry, and now, computer-influenced aspects of the cultural arts and society. The ACM has been a prime source of computer science information since its beginning in 1947. Now representing approximately 27,000 computer professionals, the Association has a wide scope of activities that not only revolve around original research in computer science but also fan out into all areas of computer-oriented applications, both technical and cultural, into business management and industry, and into all educational areas. In addition, there are being held in conjunction with ACM 1969, a number of special meetings under the direct sponsorship and handling of some of the ACM Special Interest Groups and Committees. The topics concern specialized areas ranging from highly technical subjects and applications to educational and social interaction.

The article presents information on activities held in various chapters of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in the U.S. Richard T. Silberman, executive vice-president of Electronics Capital Corp., spoke on "Financial Trends in Electronic Data Processing" at a meeting of San Diego chapter in April, 1965. In the meeting of San Francisco chapter, professor Edward A. Feigenbaum spoke on "Soviet Cybernetics and Computer Science." I.E. Perlin has been chosen as the chairman of Mid-Southeast chapter for 1965-66.

The article offers news briefs regarding the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) annual conference. The opening session of the conference will begin on October 17 at nine o'clock in the morning. The North American Computer Chess Championship will be held during the ACM conference. The speech by Carl Hammer will be focusing on the essential technical issues experienced by the ACM.

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.

This article presents a list of various upcoming events and conferences related to the field of computer sciences. Some of these events are sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) or a sub-unit of ACM. The Workshop on the Attainment of Reliable Software will be organized at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, on June 17 and 18, 1974. The 11th Annual Design Automation Workshop is to be held at the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colorado, during June 17-19, 1974. The 1974 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications will be held during June 17-19, 1974, at the Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The ALGOL 68 Conference will be held at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, during June 18-20, 1974. The Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques is scheduled to be held during July 15-17, 1974, at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. The 12th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics will be held at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts, on July 26 and 27, 1974.

The article focuses various on events related to technology to be held in the U.S. The Sixth Technical Symposium of the Washington Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery will be held on May 18. The day's program will consist of five sessions including "Forum on Foibles" related to the problems of the maligned machine, data banks, and privacy. The combined 13th National Analytical Instrument Symposium and 1967 California/Arizona ISA Day will be held between from May 31 to June 2 . Roughly 80 percent of the program will deal with on-stream analysis or process applications. New York University's Third Conference on Automatic Data Processing will be held on June 19-21.