Association for Computing Machinery The First Society in Computing

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Association for Computing MachineryThe First
Society in Computing

• Ioanna Stamouli
• Chair of the First ACM Student Chapter of Greece
• CITY Liberal Studies

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What is ACM?

• ACM is a vast network of professionals and
  students who share a common passion Information
  Technology
• The main goal of ACM is to help the world fully
  realise the potential of the science of computing
• ACM is involved in several professional activities

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ACM activities

• Towards the previously stated goal ACM is
  involved in the following activities
• Organisation of worldwide conferences
• Offering of more than 35 Special Interest Groups
  (SIGs)
• Publication of renowned journal and magazines
• Development of standards
• Development of curriculum
• Many other activities

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ACM student chapters

• ACM student chapters provide an opportunity for
  students to take a more active part in the
  professional activities of ACM
• A student chapter membership allows one to
  exercise leadership abilities, communication,
  team building skills
• But there are other benefits as well

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ACM student membership benefits

• The ACM portal package (40) includes
• A one-year online subscription to Communications
  of ACM,
• the most-cited publication in computing
• A one-year subscription to ACM Portal, a 40-year
  archive of ACM journals, magazines and conference
  proceedings
• A one-year print subscription to Crossroads, the
  ACM student magazine
• An _at_acm.org email forwarding address
• Special discounts at ACM-sponsored conferences,
  journals, magazines, ACM Press books, and others

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1st ACM student chapter of Greece

• The ACM student chapter of CITY Liberal Studies
  is the 1st ACM student chapter in Greece
• Sponsor Dr Panayiotis H. Ketikidis
• Chapters page http//www.city.academic.gr/acm/
• Activities organised so far
• 1st Student Conference on Advances in Software
  Engineering and Image Processing
• Cooperation for the organisation of this
  conference