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Program for 20th Anniversary Meeting of SIGBOOZE
Program for the 20th anniversary of SIGBOOZE, a special interest group "serving computing and the imbibing arts," held during the 40th anniversary meeting of ACM, October 28, 1987.
"Computers & Society," Special Issue, October 1990
The October 1990 Special Issue of "Computers & Society" was a joint publication of SIGCAS (Special Interest Group on Computers and Society) and SIGCAPH (Special Interest Group on Computers and the Physcially Handicapped). This issue contained the…
Photograph of Robert Bates, chairman of the Washington, DC chapter of SIGDEAF (Special Interest Group for the Deaf)
Photograph of Robert Bates, chairman of the Washington, DC chapter of SIGDEAF (Special Interest Group for the Deaf). Bates is standing inf ront of a display at an undated National Association of the Deaf Convention.
SIG99-2000 Guide to ACM's Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
This guide lists each ACM SIG along with a brief description, its membership costs, areas of interest, benefits accrued from joining, and publications and professional activities.
SIGGRAPH program, 1983
Program for Special Interest Group for Computer Graphics, 1983.
SIGGRAPH program, 1984
Program for Special Interest Group for Computer Graphics, July 23-24, 1984.
Ballot for 1948 Elections
Ballot for the 1948 Election of ACM offices including President, Vice-President, Section Officers and Members-at-Large.
Ballot for Voting on Proposed Constitution and Bylaws
Ballot for Voting on the Porposed Association for Computing Machinery's Proposed Constitution and Bylaws, dated May 20, 1949.
Flyer, "Time is Running Out - Vote on the ACM Constitutional Amendment"
Flyer reminding ACM members to vote on the proposition "that the ACM Constitution, Article 12, Amendments, Section 2, Constitution, be amended."
ACM Membership Application, "Your Professional Society"
ACM membership application from the late 1960s.
"ACM: Organization and Key People"
Organization directory featuring lists and ocnfact inforamtion for the council members, headquarters office, members of each board, chapter officers and heads of each special interest group.
"People," the 1991 ACM Directory
"People" includes contact inforamtion for council members, headquarters office, members of each board, chapter officers and the heads of each special interest group.
ACM Membership Booth at the 1980 ACM Annual Meeting
Photograph of the 1980 ACM Membership Booth featuring a poster for the ACM's halloween Computer Graphics Contest.
ACM Membership Booth at the 1976 ACM Annual Meeting
Conference attendees at the ACM Membership Booth.
ACM Membership Handbook, circa 1985
Floppy disk with ACM Membership Handbook
ACM 1948 Membership Directory
ACM Membership Directory, members as of May 21, 1948
ACM Membership Card
ACM Membership Card
Conference program, "Computing Trends in the 1990's"
Advance program for the ACM 17th Annual Computer Science Conference. The focus of this conference was on preparing for computing in the 1990s as well as emerging trends in computing.
Press release, "Scientists Predict That by the Year 2000 Most People Will Be Linked to a Computer Network"
Press release issued in 1991 by the Association for Computing Machinery. The release outlines two key predictions: computer speed and memeory will continue to grow and advances in comunications will make computer power available to virtually…
Conference Program, "Strategic Directions in Computing Research"
The ACM Conference, "Strategic Directions in Computing Research" aimed to "develop an understanding of and consensus on the goals of computing research."
Report, "ACM Name Change Feasibility Study"
The "ACM Name Change Feasibility Study" explored "the always-defeated effort to adopt a different name." The 1996 report also outlines a number of goals, including: working to ensure ACM's relevance, expand its international presence, increase its…
Planning for Leadership: The ACM in the 1990s
"Planning for Leadership: The ACM in the 1990's" was authored by the Long-Range Planning Committee in 1986 and identified the four key roles for the organization during the 1990s. These included "providing publications for scientists and providing…
"Recommended Future Directions for ACM," Final Report of Long Range Planning Committee
The Final Report of the Long Range Planning Committee covers the dates May 1973-November 1974 and made recommendation on changes in direction in a number of areas, and additionally suggested that the organization be grouped into four overarching…
Memorandum for the Eastern Association for Computing Machinery
Report No. 2 listed the early purpose of the organization as "to advance the science, development, construction, and application of the new machinery for computing, reasoning and other handling of informaiton." The memorandum also discussed the…
Report, "Strategic Planning for the 1990s: A Report to the ACM Executive Committee"
The ACM "Strategic Planning for the 1990s: A Report to the ACM Executive Committee" begins with the statement, "ACM has reached a state of stagnation. It knows too little about its members and subscribers. It knows virtually nothing about its…
A Teacher's Guide to "The Machine That Changed the World"
The Teacher's Guide to "The Machine That Changed the World" includes background information, viewing goals, discussion questions and suggested activities for each of the five episodes in the series.
Press Release, "The Association for Computing Machinery Sponsors PBS Series on the History of Computers"
Press release announcing the Association for Computing Machinery's sponsorship of a PBS series on the history of computers. "The Machine That Changed the World" was a five-part televsion series that aired on PBS in 1992.
Invitation to the premiere screening of "The Machine That Changed the World"
Invitation to the premiere screening of "The Machine That Changed the World" on April 2, 1992 at the Computer Museum in Boston, MA.
Advertisement for "The Thinking Machine"
Advertisement for "The Thinking Machine." This was the fourth episode in the five-part television series "The Machine That Changed the World." The fourth episode focused on the search for artificial intelligence.
ACM Student Membership Brochure
Student membership brochure for the Association for Computing Machinery. The brochure lists the special benefits associated with a student membership.
ACM-Sponsored International Collegiate Programming Contest
Exhibit hall filled with tables and personal computers for the use of the competitors of the programming contest.
Blank certificate for the chartering of a secondary school Computer Club of the Association for Computing Machinery
Blank certificate used to certify that a given school has been chartered as a secondary school Computer Club of the Association for Computing Machinery. Certificate includes room for sponsorship information as well as space for the signatures of the…
Photograph, Street scene with bus advertising the town meetings at the New York City Hilton Hotel associated with ACM's annual meeting
Photograph of a street scene with a bus advertising the town meetings to be held at the New York City Hilton Hotel in conjunction with ACM's 1970 annual meeting.
Computer programming with Braille
Computer programming with Braille.
Brochure, "The Selection, Training and Placement of Blind Computer Programmers"
Brochure, "The Selection, Training and Placement of Blind Computer Programmers." Created jointly by the ACM Committee on Automation and Computation and the Committee on Professional Activities of the Blind in 1966.
Brochure for "The Blind in EDP"
Brochure produced in 1965 by the Committee on Professional Activities of the Blind of the Association of Computing Machinery.
ACM Model High School Computer Science Curriculum Guide
Prepared by the Task Force of the Pre-College Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery, the Model High School Computer Science Curriculum guide includes specific recommendations for "the essential concepts in computer science which every…
Presentation of the Grace Murray Hopper Award to Steve Wozniak
In 1979 Steve Wozniak was presented with the Grace Murray Hopper Award at the ACM annual meeting in recognition of "his many contributions to the rapidly growing field of personal computing and, in particular, to the hardware and software for the…
Presentation of the ACM Distinguished Service Award to Carl Hammer
Presentation of the Distinguished Service Award to Carl Hammer at the 1979 Association for Computing Machinery's annual meeting at the Detroit Plaza Hotel in Detroit, MI.
1987 ACM Awards Program
1987 Awards Program brochure celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Association for Computing Machinery.
Computer Graphics Proceedings
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Building Neural Networks
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Proceedings of the APL96 Conference
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ACM Queue: Tomorrow's Computing Today
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Communications of the ACM: The Digital Society
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Virtual Reality Systems
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Database Security
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New Community Networks: Wired for Change
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The OPEN Process Specification
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Computing: A Human Activity
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Parallel Functional Languages and Compilers
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A History of Medical Informatics
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Photograph, unidentified men at the ACM International Computer Chess Championship
Photograph, unidentified men at the ACM International Computer Chess Championship, undated.
Photograph, Awards Banquet at the 1979 ACM Annual Meeting
Awards banquet at the 1979 Association for Computing Machinery's annual meeting at the Detroit Plaza Hotel in Detroit, MI. Carl Hammer, recipient of the ACM Distinguished Service Award, is seated to the immediate left of the podium.
Program, American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS), Fall Joint Computer Conference
Program, American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS), Fall Joint Computer Conference, 1965. For many years, ACM was a co-sponsor of the joint computer conferences.
ACM97: The Next 50 Years of Computing
Program cover for the Association for Computing Machinery's 1997 conference.
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Past is Prologue: Twentieth Anniversary Conference of the Association for Computing Machinery
Program for the 20th Anniversary National Conference Exposition of the Association for Computing Machinery on August 29-31, 1967 in Washington, D.C.
A History of Personal Workstations
ACM Press history series
An Event to Remember ACM97: The Next 50 Years of Computing
Program cover for the Association for Computing Machinery's 1997 Expo and Conference.
