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STOC 2024, June 24 - 28
The ACM Symposium on the Theory of Computing is sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory. Special guest speaker 2024 ACM A.M Turing recipient Avi Wigderson will deliver his Turing Award Lecture, “Alan Turing: A TCS Role Model,” on Thursday, June 27 at 6 pm PT (Friday, June 28 at 1 am UTC). This year's workshops and sessions include "Algorithmic Opportunities in the Modern LLM Revolution," "The Power of Two-sided Recruitment in Two-sided Markets," "Length-Constrained Expanders," "Online Resource Allocation," and many more. Keynote speakers are Tim Roughgarden (Columbia University), Jakub Pachocki (OpenAI), and Michal Feldman (Tel Aviv University). The event will be held in Vancouver, Canada.
PLDI 2024, June 24 - 28
The SIGPLAN Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation is the premier forum in programming languages and programming systems research, covering design, implementation, theory, applications, and performance. Sessions and workshops include "Algorithms and Applications for Provable Repair of Deep Neural Networks," "Democratizing DSL development with the BuildIt Framework," "Concurrent Algorithms in Kotlin Coroutines," "Quick and dirty development of static analyses with LiSA," and more. The event will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark.
ITiCSE 2024, July 8 - 10
The Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education is the premier and largest computing/informatics education conference in Europe. Sessions this year include "Early Adoption of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Computing Education," "Artificial Intelligence in Everyday Life 2.0: Educating University Students from Different Majors," "Automated Evaluation of Games programmed in Computer Science Assessments," and more. Keynote speakers are Simone Martini (University of Bologna) and Liesbeth De Mol (National Centre for Scientific Research). The event is being held in Milan, Italy.
EC 2024, July 8 - 11
The Conference on Economics and Computation is the leading scientific conference on advances in theory, empirics, and applications at the interface of economics and computation. Workshops and tutorials include "Blockchains and Decentralized Finance," "Frontiers of Online Advertising: Autobidding, GenAI, and Beyond," "Foundation Models and Game Theory," "Incentives in Academia," "New Directions in Social Choice," Strategic Communication and Information Design"," and more. The conference is being held at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
GECCO 2024, July 14 - 18
The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference presents the latest high-quality results in genetic and evolutionary computation. Tutorials and workshops include "Evolution of Neural Networks," "Introduction to Quantum Optimization," "Good Benchmarking Practices for Evolutionary Computation," "Open Source Software for Evolutionary Computation," "Graph-based Genetic Programming," "Evolutionary Computation and Explainable AI," and more. Keynote speakers will be Toby Walsh (University of New South Wales), Suzie Sheehy (University of Melbourne), and Una-May O’Reilly (MIT). The conference is being held in Melbourne, Australia.
SIGIR 2024, July 14 - 18
The International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval is the premier international forum for the presentation of new research results and for the demonstration of new systems and techniques in information retrieval. Workshops and tutorials include "Large Language Model for Evaluation in IR," "Reaching Efficiency in Neural Information Retrieval," "Information Retrieval for Climate Impact," and more. Keynote speakers are Yiming Yang (Carnegie Mellon University), Thorsten Joachims (Cornell University), and Michael L. Littman (NSF). The event will be held in Washington DC, USA.
FSE 2024, July 15 - 19
The ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering is an internationally renowned forum for researchers, practitioners, and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, experiences, and challenges in the field of software engineering. Tutorials include "Methodology and Guidelines for Evaluating Multi-objective Search-Based Software Engineering," "Software Engineering and Gender," and more. Keynote speakers are Zhendong Su (ETH Zurich), Thomas Zimmermann (Microsoft), and Myra Cohen (Iowa State University). This event is being held in-person in Porto de Galinhas, Brazil.
L@S 2024, July 18 - 20
At this year’s Learning@Scale conference, the focus will be "Scaling Learning in the Age of AI," with submissions that discuss learning-at-scale research with the aim of improving the experiences and outcomes of learners, teachers, and educators. Workshops and tutorials include "Learnersourcing: Student-Generated Content @ Scale," "AI-Driven Content Creation: Revolutionizing Educational Materials," "Scaling Classrooms: A Forum for Practitioners Seeking, Developing and Adapting their Own Tools," and more. Keynote speakers are Chris Dede (Harvard) and Nesra Yannier (Carnegie Mellon University). The event will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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Conferences Best Paper Awards
Best Paper Awards are presented at many ACM conferences to authors whose work represents groundbreaking research in their respective areas. By recognizing these select papers for their ingenuity and importance, ACM highlights some of the theoretical and practical innovations that are likely to shape the future of computing.
ZDNS: a fast DNS toolkit for internet measurement
By Liz Izhikevich, Gautam Akiwate, Briana Berger, Spencer Drakontaidis, Anna Ascheman, Paul Pearce, David Adrian, Zakir Durumeric
Community Contribution Award at IMC '22: ACM Internet Measurement Conference
Measurement and analysis of implied identity in ad delivery optimization
By Levi Kaplan, Nicole Gerzon, Alan Mislove, Piotr Sapiezynski
Distinguished Paper Award at IMC '22: ACM Internet Measurement Conference
The importance of contextualization of crowdsourced active speed test measurements
By Udit Paul, Jiamo Liu, Mengyang Gu, Arpit Gupta, Elizabeth Belding
Distinguished Paper Award at IMC '22: ACM Internet Measurement Conference
Upcoming Conferences
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ISCA '24: The 51st Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security
Singapore, Singapore
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32nd ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization
Cagliari, Italy
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Designing Interactive Systems Conference
IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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RAIIE2024: International Symposium on Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Information Engineering
New York, Singapore
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ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication
Aarhus, Denmark
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Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
Milan, Italy
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ACM Conversational User Interfaces 2024
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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16th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems
Santa Clara, USA
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39th Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science
Tallinn, Estonia
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The 25th ACM Conference on Economics and Computation
New Haven, USA
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ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies
New Delhi, India
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DATA24: 13th International Conference on Data Science, Technology and Applications
Dijon, France
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ICSBT24: 21st International Conference on Smart Business Technologies
Dijon, France
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DeLTA '24: 5th International Conference on Deep Learning Theory and Applications
Dijon, France
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SIMULTECH24: 14th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications
Dijon, France
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IEA/AIE '24:The Thirty Seventh International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems
Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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OSDI '24: 18th USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation
Santa Clara, USA
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FSCD'24: 9th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction
Tallinn, Estonia
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The 2024 ACM SIGIR International Conference on the Theory of Information Retrieval
Washington, USA
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Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
Melbourne, Australia
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SIGIR '24: The 47th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval
Washington, USA
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1st ACM International Conference on AI-Powered Software
Porto de Galinhas, Brazil
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32nd ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering
Ipojuca (Pernambuco), Brazil
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20th International Conference on Predictive Models and Data Analytics in Software Engineering
Porto de Galinhas, Brazil
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International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation
Raleigh, USA
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Eleventh ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale
Atlanta, USA
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AIAHPC04 '24: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Automation and High Performance Computing
Zhuhai, China
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PEARC '24: Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing
Providence, USA
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Applied Networking Research Workshop
Vancouver, Canada
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15th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Internetware
Macau, Macao
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High-Performance Graphics
Denver, USA
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The Digital Production Symposium
Denver, USA
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Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Conference
Denver, USA
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International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems
Arlington, USA
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APNet '24: The Asia-Pacific Workshop on Networking
Sydney, Australia
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ACM SIGCOMM 2024 Conference
Sydney, Australia
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ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design
Newport Beach, USA
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Asian Internet Engineering Conference 2024
Sydney, Australia
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ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research
Melbourne, Australia
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ACM Symposium on Document Engineering 2024
San Jose, USA
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The ACM SIGGRAPH / Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation
Montreal, Canada
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The 30th ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
Barcelona, Spain
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EUROPAR '24: 30th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing
Madrid, Spain
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MLPRAE01 '24: The International Conference on Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition and Automation Engineering
Singapore, Singapore
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HSI 2024: Human System Integration conference
jeju, Republic of Korea
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ACM Symposium on Applied Perception 2024
Dublin, Ireland
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MuC´24: Mensch und Computer
Karlsruhe, Germany
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womENcourage 2024, June 26-28
The 11th ACM Celebration of Women in Computing: womENcourage 2024, will be hosted at Escuela Politécnica Superior of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, June 26-28, 2024. Open to all genders, this event is aimed at celebrating the role and impact of women in computing and supporting participants at different stages in their STEM careers by offering an international, multisectoral, and multidisciplinary forum to share experience and knowledge, get constructive feedback, and promote meaningful networking.
ISCA 2024, June 29 - July 3
The International Symposium on Computer Architecture is the premier forum for new ideas and research results in computer architecture. Workshops and tutorials include "Open-Source Computer Architecture Research," "Emerging Vision and Graphics Systems and Architectures," "Undergraduate Architecture Mentoring Workshop," "Practical Symbiosis of Machine Learning, Computer Architecture, and Systems," "Systems and Architectures for Visual Computing ," and more. Keynote speakers are Mateo Valero (Barcelona Supercomputing Center), Sridhar R. Iyengar (Intel Labs), and Vivienne Sze (MIT). The event will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
TURC 2024, July 5 - 7
The ACM Turing Celebration Conference is centered on the theme of "Instrumented, Interconnected, Intelligent, and Integrity." At the conference, domestic and foreign academic experts and professors, including ACM A.M. Turing Award winners, will share their views on cutting-edge technology and artificial intelligence, and discuss the future of computing science. Keynote speakers include Yannis Ioannidis (President of ACM), Manuel Blum (Turing Award Laureate), JiFeng He (Chinese Academy of Sciences), John Hopcroft (Cornell University), and more. The conference will be held in Changsha, China.
SIGGRAPH 2024, July 28 - Aug 1
The Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques is the premier conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques, and will again include both on-demand presentations and scheduled sessions celebrating advancements in production and animation, research and education, arts and design, gaming, computer graphics, digital art, animation, visual effects, machine learning, artificial intelligence, immersive and mixed realities, scientific visualization, and more. Keynote speakers are Mark Sagar (Auckland Bioengineering Institute), Dava Newman (MIT), and Manu Prakash (Stanford University). The event will be held in Denver, Colorado, USA.
Virtual Conferences: A Guide to Best Practices
In March 2020 ACM formed a Presidential Task Force (PTF) to help conference organizers transition their events to online. The PTF is working on a guide to offer practical advice and shed light on the largely unfamiliar territory of online conferencing.
The report, available here, includes pointers to a live document with additional resources. We welcome comments, suggestions and experience reports from the community.
SIGGRAPH: Seminal Graphics Papers, Volume 2
In recognition of its 50th year as the premier conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques, the Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH) will be publishing Seminal Graphics Papers, Volume 2. This collection of 89 papers celebrates SIGGRAPH’s origins and continued success as a technical and professional society, and typifies the ground-breaking research that has been the conference’s hallmark since 1974. All articles will be open in the DL with a print-on-demand version available for purchase as well.