NEWS & UPDATES

2024-11-14

The Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) celebrated its 20th Anniversary. CSTA was formed on November 3, 2004, by a group of dedicated CS teachers looking to support each other. And with the additional support of ACM, CSTA began. Today, the association has over 25,500 members, supports 92 chapters and 12 affinity groups, has over 730 volunteers and chapter leaders, and reaches 25,867 computer science teachers.

2024-10-31

The new open access (OA) publishing model for ICPS applies to all conferences for which the formal Call for Papers was posted on the conference website on or after January 1, 2024. Conferences for which the CFP was posted prior to January 1, 2024 will follow the old model for ICPS for 2024, but will be required to transition to the new model for 2025. All conferences taking place in 2025 and onward are required to follow the new OA model.

2024-10-22

The 2025 ACM ASEAN School on HPC and AI will take place from 10 to 15 March in Singapore, co-located with Supercomputing Asia 2025. The National Supercomputing Center Singapore (NSCC) will host the school. The application period will be available between 5 October and 15 November end-of-day AoE. Accepted candidates will be informed by 30 November.

2024-07-25

ACM's US Technology Policy Committee has released a “Statement on Mass Cybersecurity Incidents Likely to Recur.” On July 18, 2024, CrowdStrike, a US-based cybersecurity technology company, released a sensor configuration update which caused a global outage affecting an estimated 8.5 million computers. Several critical infrastructure sectors including airlines, 911 emergency systems, banks, government agencies, healthcare, and hospitals around the world were impacted.