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The article focuses on the spring Joint Computer Conference that would be organized by Association for Computing Machinery on May 14-16 in Boston, Massachusetts. In this tempestuous age of societal upheaval, reawakening responsibility, and involvement, people everywhere are demanding solutions to, or relief from, the problems which beset the society. Another area the technical program emphasizes is computer graphics. Believed to be of greatest potential as the mechanism for man-machine communication, techniques and applications of computer graphics will be described. It will be pointed out that present hardware and software techniques for its use are being developed in an uncoordinated manner. The result is that communication about the level of achievement and development in computer graphics, particularly software, is poor. Increasingly, the forces, actions, and reactions propagated throughout the land by information processing technology are accelerating in social impact-- for better and for worse. At a panel entitled "URGENT--Increased Dialogue with Society" participants will establish the bases for the need for such discussions and will recommend specific actions to implement the expanded discourse.

The article focuses on the 1981 Annual Conference of the "Association for Computing Machinery," (ACM) of the United States. The ACM 1981 Annual Conference, set for November 9-11 in Los Angeles, provides a forum for diverse topics of current interest to every computer professional. According to General Chairman Toni Shetler, this year's conference committee has developed a program of activities that promises to be both educational and entertaining. The program includes plenary and parallel technical sessions, exhibits, the annual computer chess tournament, a series of professional development seminars, and a variety of student activities. The program's subject areas encompass artificial intelligence, career development, computer graphics, computers in the entertainment industry, computer law etc. A number of activities at this conference are intended expressly for students, such as the Career Planning Workshop and the Careers for Computer Professionals Panel, where representatives from various companies will offer career guidance.

The author reflects on the importance of computer graphics. He thinks that many IT professionals do not consider computer graphics as seriously as they do storage, content management, server arrays and high performance computing and complex development. He narrates his experience on the Siggraph 2006 technology convention held in Boston, Massachusetts. He considers the step-by-step demonstration of how the special effects for the movie "KingKong" were created. He thinks that his experience in the convention made him a convert and a patron of computer graphics as a serious technology.

Looks at some of the products which were on display at the November 1998 Comdex computer trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Why Comdex often features technology from smaller companies; Hardware and software for capturing, recording, processing, storing, forwarding, displaying and publishing images and documents; Image management software; Computer sound cards like the Sound Blaster Live from Creative Labs; Other products.

The CSIRO has developed a 'virtual beer' using fluid special effects software it will showcase in San Diego this week at Siggraph 2007, the world's largest computer graphics conference. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information about conference Siggraph '91, from July 28 to August 2 Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada. Based on early calculations, it would appear that engineers, animators, graphic designers, bureaucrats, and computer enthusiasts from around the world seem to agree. An international audience of 25,000 to 30,000 is expected to attend Siggraph this year. Over 225 exhibits will cover a record-breaking 110,000 square feet of space in the Las Vegas Convention Center. The conference will open with a keynote address on dynamic growth in a volatile marketplace and will be followed by sections on the solutions of hypermedia and virtual reality to real-world problems, applications for computer-assisted art and design, and the benefits of an interactive computer graphics education.

The article presents a list of events related to the field of computers that are scheduled in 1985 and 1986. The "1985 Spring ACM Design Automation Workshop" is scheduled during January 21-22, 1985. The "ACM Computer Science Conference" is scheduled during March 12-14, 1985. The "Fourth Annual Phoenix Conference on Computers and Communications" is scheduled during March 20-22, 1985. The "1985 Symposium on Security and Privacy" is scheduled during April 21-24, 1985. The "23rd Design Automation Conference" is scheduled during June 22-25, 1986.

This article presents ACM's calendar of events for September to December of 1984 and 1985. It provides a list of open computer science meetings that are held on a not-for-profit basis. The calendar does not include educational seminars, institutes, and courses. "Computers in Cardiology" will be held on September 18-20, 1984. "STC Fall 1984 Conference" will be held on October 19-22, 1984. The "IEEE Infocom 85" will be held on March 25-28, 1985.

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 presents information about some forthcoming conferences related to computers. The Institute for Humanistic Studies of the State University of New York at Albany in collaboration with its College of Humanities and Fine Arts and the Computing Center is sponsoring an international symposium, Apollo Agonistes: The Humanities in a Computerized World, during April 19-21, 1979. A workshop on the Use of Computers in Teaching Statistics will be held at the University of New Hampshire in Durham during July 25-26, 1978. The Fourth International Symposium on Computer Performance Modeling, Measurement, and Evaluation will be held in Vienna, Austria, during February 6-8, 1979. The conference will focus on the tools of computer performance and the use of these tools in specific settings. The Instrument Society's 1978 International Instrumentation-Automation Conference and Exhibit is to be held at the Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during October 16-19, 1978. The Exhibit will feature some 300 manufacturers' displays and demonstrations of instrumentation and control systems.

The article presents a calendar of events related to computing machinery in the U.S. from September to November 1971. The Third Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Operating Systems, will be held at Stanford University from October 18 to 20. The Fourth Annual Workshop on Microprogramming will be held at Crown College, University of California on September 13 and 14. A conference on two-dimensional digital processing will be held at the University of Missouri-Columbia from October 8 to 10.

Reports on the unveiling of one gigahertz central processing units (CPU) during the International Electrical and Electronic Engineers International Solid State Circuits Conference slated February 7-9, 2000. Development of technology which allowed for more power CPU; Low-power operation; Attractions of the conference.

The article reports that liquid crystal display (LCD) computers with DisplayHDR certification will be featured at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2018 to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Topics include the LCD-monitor certification tiers launched by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) for the adoption of high dynamic range (HDR) in computers, the role of DisplayHDR v1.0 criteria mandate, and the plan of VESA to launch an automated testing tool for monitors.