Dear ACM Member, Welcome to the January edition of ACM MemberNet. In this issue we report on new leadership in ACM's Public Policy Office; the 2004 ACM Fellows; a Career News service for members; education initiatives and symposia; an enhanced Turing Award page; the SIG elections slate; and much more. As always, we welcome your comments about the content and format of MemberNet. Please email the editor at mn-editor@acm.org. For the full issue of ACM MemberNet: http://www.acm.org/membernet IN THIS ISSUE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "ACM DC Office Appoints New Director, Streamlines Leadership" "ACM Names 20 Fellows as Information Technology Achievers" "Career News Service for Members to Launch in February" "CSTA Names Committees to Transform Teaching Culture" "'Olympics' of Programming Comes to Shanghai" "SIGCSE 2005 Symposium to Explore Challenges, Opportunities in CS Education" "CS Teachers Learn to 'Sell the Sizzle' at Upcoming Symposium" "SIGs Announce Candidates for Election" "Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing to Be Held in October" "PDC Course Boosts Aspiring Systems Engineer's Team Skills" "Member-Get-A-Member Recruitment Drive Extends Deadline" "Special Transition Rate for Graduating Students" "New Feature: Turing Award Recipients, Up Close and Personal" "New SIG Devoted to Genetic and Evolutionary Computation" "New interactions Editors Aim to Reach More HCI Practitioners" "Publications Roundup" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "ACM DC Office Appoints New Director, Streamlines Leadership" ACM has named Cameron Wilson, a veteran of Capitol Hill, as its new Director of Public Policy. In addition, ACM President David Patterson has restructured ACM's US Public Policy Committee (USACM) leadership... http://www.acm.org/membernet/s.cfm?story=1 "ACM Names 20 Fellows as Information Technology Achievers" ACM has recognized 20 of its members for their contributions in Computer Science and Information Technology.... http://www.acm.org/membernet/s.cfm?story=2 "Career News Service for Members to Launch in February" Pursuing its commitment to provide career development resources for members, ACM will initiate a news service for career news in the technology field. Patterned on ACM's acclaimed TechNews... http://www.acm.org/membernet/s.cfm?story=3 "CSTA Names Committees to Transform Teaching Culture" As the newly launched Computer Science Teachers Association begins signing up high school Computer Science teachers for membership, it has initiated the process of transforming the teaching culture.... http://www.acm.org/membernet/s.cfm?story=4 "'Olympics' of Programming Comes to Shanghai" The 29th annual ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) World Finals, sponsored by IBM, will take place April 3-7, 2005 at the PuDong Shangri-La Hotel in Shanghai.... http://www.acm.org/membernet/s.cfm?story=5 "SIGCSE 2005 Symposium to Explore Challenges, Opportunities in CS Education" Educators, students and others committed to the advancement of Computer Science education will converge on SIGCSE 2005 February 23 - 27... http://www.acm.org/membernet/s.cfm?story=6 "CS Teachers Learn to 'Sell the Sizzle' at Upcoming Symposium" Computer Science teachers can get practical preparation and learning opportunities to help them attract and prepare their students at the Computer Science & Information Technology Symposium.... http://www.acm.org/membernet/s.cfm?announcement=1 "SIGs Announce Candidates for Election" In accordance with ACM Bylaw 6, the following ACM Special Interest Groups (SIGs) will hold elections this spring.... http://www.acm.org/membernet/s.cfm?announcement=2 "Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing to Be Held in October" The 2005 Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference has issued a call for participation seeking submissions for papers, panels, workshops, posters and birds-of-a-feather sessions... http://www.acm.org/membernet/s.cfm?announcement=3 "PDC Course Boosts Aspiring Systems Engineer's Team Skills" ACM's Professional Development Centre has been committed to improving the knowledge, skills, and career prospects of its members.... http://www.acm.org/membernet/s.cfm?story=7 "Member-Get-A-Member Recruitment Drive Extends Deadline" There's still plenty of time to participate in ACM's Member-Get-a-Member recruitment drive.... http://www.acm.org/membernet/s.cfm?announcement=4 "Special Transition Rate for Graduating Students" For graduating students leaving the hallowed halls of academia, maintaining an ACM membership is a key priority for a budding professional career.... http://www.acm.org/membernet/s.cfm?announcement=5 "New Feature: Turing Award Recipients, Up Close and Personal" The Turing Award, ACM's "Nobel Prize of computing," has honored the best and brightest in the field for their life's work. Now you can get to know these distinguished achievers, up close and personal.... http://www.acm.org/membernet/s.cfm?announcement=6 "New SIG Devoted to Genetic and Evolutionary Computation" A new ACM Special Interest Group chartered at the beginning of this year will promote the field of genetic and evolutionary computation. SIGEVO, the Special Interest Group on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation... http://www.acm.org/membernet/s.cfm?announcement=7 "New interactions Editors Aim to Reach More HCI Practitioners" Jonathan Arnowitz and Elizabeth Dykstra-Erickson, the new editors of "interactions" have some big ideas for ACM's popular HCI magazine.... http://www.acm.org/membernet/s.cfm?story=8 "Publications Roundup" http://www.acm.org/membernet/s.cfm?story=9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To submit feedback about ACM MemberNet: mn-editor@acm.org. 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