ACM Membership
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ACM offers the resources, access and tools to invent the future. No one has a larger global network of professional peers. No one has more exclusive content. No one presents more forward-looking events. Or confers more prestigious awards. Or provides a more comprehensive learning center.
Meet Featured ACM Distinguished Speaker Rizwan Ahmed
Rizwan Ahmed is Chief Tec
hnology Officer (CTO) at delaPlex. He is a Professional Member of ACM and actively involved in various activities of ACM Nagpur Chapter. Ahmed has over 18 years of professional experience in IT industry in various roles as an innovative, hands-on technology executive with a proven track record of leading the design, development & program/project management of high technology projects and solutions. His lectures include "Agile Project Management," "Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities & Threats," and more.ACM Student Research Competition
The ACM Student Research Competition is an internationally recognized venue enabling undergraduate and graduate students to experience the research world, share research results and exchange ideas, rub shoulders with academic and industry luminaries, understand the practical applications of their research and gain recognition.
Meet Fedor Fomin
Fedor V. Fomin is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Bergen. Within the broad discipline of theoretical computer science, his research interests include graph algorithms, parameterized complexity, algorithmic fairness, algorithmic foundations of machine learning, and combinatorial games. He was recently named an ACM Fellow for contributions to the development of parameterized complexity and exact exponential algorithms. In his interview, Fomin discusses receiving the Nerode Prize, bidimensional problems, the algorithmic foundations of machine learning, and more.
Meet Nivedita Arora
Nivedita Arora is Breed Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at Northwestern University. Her research aims to transform everyday materials to have computational capabilities, yet operate by harvesting energy from the environment and be responsibly composted or recycled. Arora received the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award for her dissertation which demonstrated wireless and batteryless sensor nodes using novel materials and radio backscatter. In her interview, Arora discusses sustainable computational materials, innovation in batteryless devices, changing societal perceptions of technology, and more.
Lifelong Learning
ACM offers lifelong learning resources including online books and courses from Skillsoft, TechTalks on the hottest topics in computing and IT, and more.
Become an Ambassador for ACM
Encourage your colleagues to join ACM, share the benefits of ACM and receive free gifts for participating. Your support of ACM is critical to our continuing efforts to advance computing as a science and a profession.
Customer Service FAQs
Do you have questions about your member benefits, how to update your contact information, how to renew your membership, or claim missing issues? If so, visit ACM’s Customer Service FAQs for answers to these questions and more.
Guiding Members with a Framework of Ethical Conduct
Learn more about ACM’s commitment to ethical standards: the ACM Code of Ethics, Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice, and Committee on Professional Ethics (COPE), which is guiding these and other intiatives.
Volunteer with SocialCoder
You can use your technical skills for social good and offer volunteer support on software development projects to organizations who could not otherwise afford it. SocialCoder connects volunteer programmers/software developers with registered charities and helps match them to suitable projects based on their skills, experience, and the causes they care about. Learn more about ACM’s new partnership with SocialCoder, and how you can get involved.
Meet Computing Professionals Near You
ACM has launched a local events initiative in several major US cities to help computer professionals like you build personal networks of smart technical people nearby. You can share work experiences and insight, discuss new research ideas and provide guidance in finding a job or launching a new venture.
ACM Members Around the World
Membership Options and Rates
Membership options and rates for professionals, students, those residing in developing countries, and members of other computing societies.
Request ACM Membership Information
Encourage your peers, colleagues and students to join ACM—request membership applications, brochures and posters to promote ACM membership at your institution.
Order Complimentary Materials for Your Students!
ACM offers complimentary materials for students and professionals interested in the computing field. These materials are available to educators and students for educational use.
2023-2024 Ambassador for ACM Grand Prize Recipient
ACM congratulates Achyuth Anilkumar, Federal Institute of Science and Technology (FISAT) Angamaly (Chapter Chair, 2023-24, ACM Student Chapter FISAT), who has won the 2023-2024 Ambassadors for ACM Grand Prize, a Microsoft Surface Go 2.
Top Ambassadors for ACM
ACM is pleased to announce the following top recruiters in the Ambassadors for ACM member recruitment program for the second quarter of the 2023-2024 program year:
- October: Narendra Pal Singh Rathore
- November: Ratnakar Babu Mikkili
Sujatha Karimisetty - December: Achyuth Anilkumar
These members each received gifts from ACM acknowledging their initiative in sharing the importance of ACM's valuable programs. Learn more about rules, recruitment tips and tools, and prizes.
ACM Distinguished Speakers Program
The Distinguished Speakers Program (DSP) is one of ACM's most valued outreach programs, providing universities, corporations, event and conference planners, and local ACM chapters with direct access to top technology leaders and innovators from nearly every sector of the computing industry. ACM will cover the cost of transportation for the speaker to travel to your event.
Become an ACM Preferred Employer
Empower your staff, gain recruiting advantages and enjoy financial benefits. Become an ACM Preferred Employer, and your technical staff will enjoy all the benefits of ACM Professional Membership and access to the ACM Digital Library at a preferred rate.
News Resources for Members
ACM Bulletins - ACM member news
People of ACM Bulletins - highlighting outstanding ACM members
MemberNet - quarterly newsletter of ACM people and activities
CareerNews - digest of career-related topics
ACM-W Connections Newsletter - from ACM's Women in Computing
Get Involved with ACM
ACM is a volunteer-led and member-driven organization. Everything ACM accomplishes is through the efforts of people like you. A wide range of activities keeps ACM moving: organizing conferences, editing journals, reviewing papers and participating on boards and committees, to name a few. Find out all the ways that you can volunteer with ACM.