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DOI:10.1145/1400214.1400218
David Roman
a first Look at
the Redesigned site
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.
