ACM Membership

Ann Blandford is Professor of Human Computer Interaction at University College London. She is a member of the ACM CHI Academy and is a recipient of an IFIP TC13 Pioneer Award. She is internationally known for her research in digital health and information science. Her lectures include "An Introduction to Human Factors for Health Technologies," "Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Interaction: Explorations in Healthcare," and more.

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.

Cynthia D. Rudin is a professor who leads the Interpretable Machine Learning Lab at Duke University. Her lab, which seeks to design predictive machine learning models that people can understand, focuses on areas including healthcare, criminal justice, and energy reliability. Rudin was recently named an ACM Fellow for contributions to and leadership in interpretable machine learning and societal applications. In her interview, she discusses her Rashomon Set theory and paradigm, optimal risk scores, the impact of the PaCMAP algorithm for data visualization, and more.

Ke Yi is a Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), where he serves as the Director of the MSc program in Big Data Technology. He was recently named an ACM Fellow for contributions to the theory and practice of query processing. Yi’s honors include receiving two ACM SIGMOD Best Paper Awards, four ACM SIGMOD Research Highlight Awards, and an ACM PODS Test of Time Award. In his interview, he discusses approximate query processing, the importance of mergeable data summaries, how students need to be prepared for careers in data management, and more.

ACM offers lifelong learning resources including online books and courses from Skillsoft, TechTalks on the hottest topics in computing and IT, and more.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.