Today, we're shining the spotlight on Angie Abdilla. Abdilla is a palawa woman. Her research interests include Indigenous Knowledge systems, as well as ancient and new technologies. Thank you for advancing Indigenous tech research, Abdilla! buff.ly/XmRQ4Dd #NAIHM

👩‍💻 In today’s world, almost every process or interaction between people and governments requires the use of devices such as computers. ⌛ Government digital transformation must be completed ASAP. But how? 🔗 Find out in our latest #TechBrief installment: buff.ly/nExnw5J

Together with his Google colleagues, Michel Devoret, one of the three Nobel Prize in Physics recipients, shared that Google's quantum computer had successfully run a new algorithm "13,000 times as fast as a top supercomputer executing similar code in the realm of classical physics."

🗣 Librarians, let’s talk #OpenAccess! Join the ACM team at the #ChsConf25 on 4 November. → Table 84 We’ll be on hand to discuss ACM Open, ACM Digital Library Premium, and share what’s next in open computing. Reach out to Steve Rutberg on LinkedIn to connect at the event: bit.ly/4ovPTBB

"An emerging field of science claims to be able to predict aesthetic traits, intelligence, and even moral character in embryos." What does its potential success mean for our social contract and our very understanding of what it means to be human? buff.ly/WsuKRfs

Happy Native American and Indigenous Heritage Month! 🧡 This November, ACM is proud to honor the Indigenous computing experts and organizations creating a positive impact on inclusive technology. buff.ly/XmRQ4Dd #NAIHM #IndigenousSTEM #NativeInTech

We’re excited to share that ACM has signed a transformative read-and-publish agreement with a group of eight Canadian regional library consortia! 🥳 This marks a significant milestone in advancing #OpenAccess to #Computing research in Canada. Read the full press release ➡️ bit.ly/4n8Dlz6

🌾 "As members of ACM, we have a huge role to play in helping achieve the Sustainable Development Goals." — ACM President Yannis Ioannidis at the UN Climate Change Conference ✈️ If you’ve enjoyed this video series, share it with a friend: buff.ly/esGYIjN

"Indaba means 'gathering' in Zulu, and Deep Learning Indaba, where we’re meeting, is an annual AI conference where Africans present their research and technologies they’ve built." Learn what happened there: buff.ly/8fGjEMO

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1969, the first message was sent over what would become the Internet. That brief, two-letter message marked the beginning of networked communication as we know it today. Read more: www.acm.org/education/ot...

In this week’s People of ACM profile we interview Meeyoung Cha, a Scientific Director with the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy (MPI-SP), as well as a Professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Read the full interview here:

ACM Open is a unique and innovative take on the Read & Publish model - with a tiered pricing system based on publishing output. This offers: 🔷 Fair, predictable pricing for institutions 🔷 Long-term sustainability for #OpenAccess publishing Learn more about this OA model: bit.ly/42OloyC

Born #OTD in 1928, Peter Naur received the 2005 #ACMTuringAward for fundamental contributions to programming language design and the definition of Algol 60, to compiler design, and to the art and practice of computer programming. amturing.acm.org/award_winner...

We present to you the latest CACM special issue: a collection of personal narratives—stories of ideas born in academia, nurtured by federal support, and matured into technologies that changed the world. Hear what #ACMTuringAward recipients and pioneers have to say: buff.ly/ndmLnQo

Lesson 2 from 2019 Turing Award Recipient Ed Catmull's Turing Lecture: Pixar. Full lecture here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdPX...

With the advances in #AgenticAI come transformative potential as well as systemic risks. What are the potential gaps in the regulatory framework? What opportunities are there for #policy makers to ensure dynamic oversight? This policy brief by the ACM Europe TPC is not to be missed: buff.ly/WwBRaLQ

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1949, An Wang filed a patent for magnetic ferrite core memory, a breakthrough that transformed how computers stored data. For more computing milestones: www.acm.org/education/ot...

Watch 2019 Turing Award Recipient Ed Catmull discuss LucasFilm. Full lecture here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdPX...

Thinking about starting an ACM chapter at your university? Check out why PhD student Aishwarya Parab wanted to start a new chapter at her school. #SC24 #GlobalDiversityAwarenessMonth

Introducing CACM's Regional Special Section of the Arab World! This special edition highlight some of the region’s exciting, innovative, and socially relevant advances in computing and its applications. Check out now:

Congratulations to Saman Amarasinghe, Professor at MIT, named the 2025 ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award recipient! 🎉 He is honored for pioneering high-performance domain-specific languages, exceptional mentorship, and service advancing the global computing community. Learn more: awards.acm.org/kennedy

Are we in a "post-gigabit era?" For CACM, Micah D. Beck discusses how a new analysis of network metrics ignores techniques that combine storage and computation with data transmission to improve the quality of many network-constrained applications. Read more: buff.ly/FoVvkaH

At ACM #MobiCom, ACM President Yannis Ioannidis asked Temple University Associate Professor Yan Wang what changes he’d like to see at ACM. What about you? Share your thoughts with us during #GlobalDiversityAwarenessMonth—and beyond!

In celebration of #HispanicHeritageMonth, ACM highlighting Gonzalo Navarro. Gonzalo Navarro is an ACM Fellow and a Professor at the University of Chile. He has made significant contributions in areas of compressed data structure, text searches, graph/metric databases, and information retrieval.

From inventory management to recipe inspiration, AI is taking kitchens by storm. Learn how it's going to revolutionize how we eat via CACM: buff.ly/Jc9nify

Happy Birthday to #ACMTuringAward recipient Silvio Micali! In this video, Micali describes the familial roots of his interest in interactive proofs and introduces his work on zero knowledge proofs: youtu.be/LXF882rEIj8

Google has just released a technical report detailing how much energy its Gemini apps use for each query. To learn why it's significant, read here: buff.ly/uJXM7HR

Born on this day in 1931, Ole-Johan Dahl received the 2001 #ACMTuringAward with Kristen Nygaard for ideas fundamental to the emergence of object-oriented programming, through their design of the programming languages Simula I and Simula 67. amturing.acm.org/award_winner...

Happy Birthday, Michael Stonebraker! Stonebraker received the 2014 #ACMTuringAward for fundamental contributions to the concepts and practices underlying modern database systems. More on his many contributions to computing, here: amturing.acm.org/award_winner...

“We don’t know what makes a language model tick,” she said. “If we have these models everywhere, we should understand what they’re doing.” Check out Quanta's interview with Naomi Saphra about why it’s hard to understand language models and more. buff.ly/1AtxuNY

Happy Birthday Dana Stewart Scott! Scott received the 1976 #ACMTuringAward along with Michael O. Rabin, for their joint paper "Finite Automata and Their Decision Problem," which introduced the idea of nondeterministic machines. amturing.acm.org/award_winner...

Listen to ACM Athena Lecturer and ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award recipient Maja Matarić discuss the rise of measurably helpful companion robots. Full episode here or wherever you get your podcast: learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep7... #ACMBytecast #computing

Lesson 2 from 2019 Turing Award Recipient Pat Hanrahan's Turing Lecture: Rendering. Full lecture here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdPX...

How will AI impact devices worn on the body and embedded in vehicles? Find out in this week’s People of ACM profile as we interview Guoliang Xing, a Professor and Director of the AIoT Lab at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Read the full article here:

Why is it so important to understand computers as socio-technical systems? 👩💻 Listen to computer scientist Noshir Contractor share his insights. Follow our special series "ACM President on the road" to celebrate #GlobalDiversityAwarenessMonth!

Thanks to The New York Times for featuring the ACM A.M. Turing Prize! Indeed, beyond the Nobel Prizes, "there are plenty of other prizes scientists and mathematicians can compete for." Learn more: buff.ly/NAhXVmy

HBD, John E. Hopcroft! Hopcroft received the 1986 #ACMTuringAward with Robert E. Tarjan, for fundamental achievements in the design and analysis of algorithms and data structures. Watch Hopcroft explain how he was hired for his first academic job: youtu.be/aCs1SqHUdzk?...

"Running those GenAI models efficiently requires GPUs, rather than CPUs, and GPUs are more power hungry." - Beaudouin-Lafon, chair of the ACM Europe Technology Policy Council. Learn more about the environmental cost of Gen AI tools & how to decrease the negative impact: buff.ly/DQ6PoVY #TechNews

Listen to 2024 ACM Prize in Computing recipient Torsten Hoefler share how he tries to bridge academia and industry for societal impact . Full episode here or wherever you get your podcast: learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep7... #ACMByteCast #computing

Nominations are open for the 2026 CRA Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring Award! The award recognizes full-time faculty members at North American academic institutions who have provided exceptional mentorship, undergraduate research experiences and guidance. Due Nov 21, 2025: buff.ly/BL6HABm

HBD, Martin Hellman! Hellman received the #ACMTuringAward in 2015 for inventing and promulgating both asymmetric public-key #cryptography and a practical cryptographic key-exchange method. Watch him explain the idea behind his Ph.D. dissertation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=umVS...

🎉 Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 ACM-IEEE CS George Michael Memorial HPC Fellowships! Ana Veroneze Solórzano – Northeastern University Yafan Huang – The University of Iowa Honorable Mention: Aristotle Martin – Duke University 👏 Learn more: buff.ly/MdF3AMl

It’s #GlobalDiversityAwarenessMonth! What better way to celebrate than hitting the road? Introducing our special video series “ACM President on the Road," where ACM President Yannis Ioannidis meets amazing ACM members worldwide during his conference travels. Join the journey with #ACMGoesGlobal!

In celebration of #HispanicHeritageMonth, ACM is highlighting Trilce Estrada. Trilce Estrada is an Associate Professor and Director of the Data Science Laboratory at the University of New Mexico. Her interests are machine learning, big data and their applications to interdisciplinary problems.

Watch 2019 Turing Award Recipient Pat Hanrahan talk about CGI movies. Full lecture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdPX...

Sustainable #OpenAccess depends on strong community support, and true support can only grow from transparency 🌍📖 That’s why, since 2020, we’ve openly shared ACM’s Publications-related finances, helping you see the real impact of this transition. Explore the 2023–2024 report today: bit.ly/46rTA40

🌍 Learn more about International Capacity Building in SE Research, an initiative focused on strengthening SE research capacity in regions that are currently underrepresented in the global SE community. 🗓️ Oct 1, 2025 | ⏰ 9:00 AM EDT 🔗 Register Now: buff.ly/Hoe5qfg

Teachers have long used technology to personalize lessons, manage workloads, or liven up slideshows. But something shifted after ChatGPT’s public launch in 2022. Read to learn how teachers are trying to make AI work for them. buff.ly/v4oFgmQ #TechNews

Top Reads from #ACM this week: • Three risks inherent in #LLMs—and why “defense in depth” matters • How #OpenAccess is reshaping computer science publishing • #Deepfakes as a socioeconomic threat—and the role of cyber-wellness education programs 🗝️ www.linkedin.com/pulse/price-...

James Hardy Wilkinson, 1970 #ACMTuringAward recipient, was born today in 1919. He received the award for his research in numerical analysis to facilitate the use of the high-speed digital computer. Read about him, here: amturing.acm.org/award_winner...