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Computing's Top Achievers Feted at ACM Celebration
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The best and brightest of the computing community congregated at
San Francisco's Westin St. Francis Hotel to celebrate the winners of the 2005 ACM awards.
Among the international notables were the recipients of the Presidential Award, given by
ACM President David Patterson, for unique contributions that transcend technical achievements
in computing and information technology.
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CFP 2006 Debates Balance between Privacy and Security
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In the wake of news headlines disclosing the government's growing involvement
in surveillance and data collection, the 16th Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference (CFP 2006) convened
in Washington, DC in early May to debate "Life, Liberty and Digital Rights."
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CHI 2006 Expands to Include New Research Areas, Draw Wider Community
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CHI 2006, the international conference on human-computer interaction,
extended its core conference days to four this year, in an effort to fit in a new set of courses and embrace
a wider community.
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SIG Awards Honor Achievers in Theory, HCI, Performance Modeling, Mobile Computing, Software Engineering
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ACM's Special Interest Groups (SIGs) regularly cite outstanding individuals for their contributions in more than 30 distinct technological fields. Some recent honorees reflect the broad scope of computing achievements and the active efforts of several SIGs to acknowledge their members and advance their expertise.
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CSTA, IBM Bring Computer Science Skills to the High School Classroom
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The Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) and the
IBM Academic Initiative announced the release of three new resources for teachers to help high school
students develop interest and skills in the burgeoning fields of Computer Science and Information Technology.
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Moscow Student Chapter Takes ACM to New Heights
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The Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology Student Chapter of ACM recently went to great lengths (or rather, heights) to elevate ACM's name in the eyes of their fellow classmates.
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ACM Recognizes High School Talent at World's Largest Science Fair
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ACM joined the more than 70 scientific, professional and educational organizations presenting special awards to the brightest young scientists from high schools around the world, at the 57th Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), held May 7 to 13 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Publications Roundup
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Communications of the ACM discusses Services Science and music information retrieval; Queue explores the transformation of interfaces; Computers in Entertainment interviews Danny Hillis and Bran Ferren of Applied Minds (formerly of Walt Disney Imagineering); interactions plays with hand-held devices; and eLearn looks back (and forward) at five years of progress.
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