Here’s a first look at the revised Communications Web site. The design is mostly complete, and development is in full swing. These images convey the site’s energy and abundance, and suggest the site’s goal of being the definitive source of computing news and information.
Paths to Enlightenment
A few things deserve special mention. The site’s tabular design will provide pathways to Communications’ latest content, to archived issues, and to a daily stream of news and blogs. The site will also present articles from Communications and other ACM publications organized by topic. Though broad, the topics will give readers a shorter path to material that matches their interests. The site will also present career news and resources. Most of these features will be ready when the site launches early next year.
Calling all Volunteers As for the blogs, some will be syndicated, but one will be created specifically for the Communications site and will be managed by a group of volunteer bloggers. We are looking for bloggers to join this team. Each volunteer should be prepared to share the spotlight with other bloggers and to write several posts a week of interest to the CACM community. We’re still working on the details, but volunteers will likely rotate their roles over time. Please email your suggestions to us at cacm-participation@acm.org.
siG a WaRD WinneRs
A number of distinguished individuals were recently honored for their contributions to the computing field.
At the 27th annual sigAct-sigoPs symposium, Baruch Awerbuch, a professor of computer science at Johns hopkins university, and david Peleg, a professor of computer science at the Weizmann institute of science, won the Edsger W. dijkstra Prize in distributed computing.
At siggrAPh, Ken Perlin, a professor of computer science at new York university, won the
computer graphics
Achievement Award;
Maneesh Agrawala,
an assistant professor
of electrical
engineering and
maneesh computer science
agra wala at the university
of california at
Berkeley, won the significant
new researcher Award; and
stephen spencer, a graphics
system engineer at the university
of Washington, won the
outstanding service Award.
raghu ramakrishnan, chief
scientist for Audience, won
the sigKdd innovation Award
for “his contributions [that]
span foundational technical
innovation on algorithmic and
systems aspects of data mining.”
Alexander L. Wolf, a professor of computer science at imperial college London, and david s. rosenblum, a professor of software systems at university college London, won the sigsoFt impact Award for their paper “A design Framework for internet-scale Even observation and notification.”
And More...
The site will need other volunteers as well. Interested in beta testing the site? Or in moderating content? Get in touch. Like the bloggers, these volunteers will share different responsibilities over time. The plan—and hope—is to keep the work engaging. Get in touch at cacm-participation@acm.org if you’d like to help.
siGGRaPh asia 2008
confeRence
the first AcM siggrAPh
conference and Exhibition
on computer graphics and
interactive techniques in Asia
will be held in singapore from
dec. 10–13. the conference will
include an art gallery, computer
animation festival, educational
courses and programs, emerging
technologies, and other inno-
vative content and events. For
more information, visit
www.siggraph.org/asia2008.
References:
mailto:cacm-participation@acm.org
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