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Focuses on the computer science department of Stanford University in California. Review of the power of computers; Definition of computer science: Objectives of computer science education; Efforts of the university in achieving computer education objectives.

The article highlights the topics discussed at a Computer Science and Industry Interface meeting held in Anaheim, California on June 4, 1978. The meeting, which was attended by representatives from universities, industrial research, development groups and the Federal government, explored issues such as the benefits that can be gained by the industry from computer science and its curricula, the industry's needs for continuing education and ways by which the industry can better work with universities on joint research project and interchange personnel. Speakers in the meeting include Marshall Yovits of the Ohio State University and J. N. Rosen of the University of Minnesota.

This article focuses on the ACM Fellows Program. The ACM Fellows Program was established by the 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 ACM. The ACM Fellows serve as distinguished colleagues. The program is managed by an ACM Fellows Committee as apart of the general ACM Awards program administered by Calvin C. Gotlieb, Awards Committee Chair, and James Jay Horning, Awards Committee Vice-Chair. The men and women honored as ACM Fellows will be inducted at the ACM Awards Banquet on Saturday, June 7, 2003, in conjunction with the Federated Computing Research Conference in San Diego, California. This will expand the total number of ACM Fellows to 468. The article presents the names of all the 26 new inductees.

The article profiles Maria M. Klawe vice president, student and academic services, professor computer science at University of British Columbia and Charles P. Thacker director of advanced systems at Microsoft Research Ltd. contending for the post of members at large of the Association for Computing Machinery. Klawe has done her B.Sc. and Ph.D. in mathematics, from the University of Alberta. After eight years with IBM Research in California, Klawe joined the University of British Columbia as Head of the Computer Science Department. Now a senior vice president with responsibility for information technology, libraries and student affairs, Maria also holds the NSERC-IBM Chair for Women in Science and Engineering. Maria's research is in theoretical computer science, discrete mathematics and human-computer interaction. Thacker received the B.A. degree in physics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1967. He was employed by the Berkeley Computer Corp., developing the BCG 500 timesharing system. Thacker was project leader of the MAXC timesharing system, was responsible for the Alto, the first personal workstation, was co-inventor of the Ethernet local area network and conducted research in computer architecture and networking.

The ACM Fellows Program was established by the 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 ACM. The ACM Fellows served 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. The program is managed by an ACM Fellows Committee as part of the general ACM Awards program administered by Gwen Bell. The 41 men and women honored as ACM Fellows have made critical contributions towards and continue to exhibit extraordinary leadership in the development of the information age and will be inducted at the ACM Awards Banquet on March 2, 1997, during ACM97 in San Jose.