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Read a message from ACM President Elisa Bertino about the possibility of opening the ACM Digital Library to LLMs. While ACM's Publications Board and Digital Library Board have discussed allowing LLMs to train on articles in the Digital Library, ACM has not made a decision regarding whether or how the Digital Library might be used for LLM training. Your input is an important part of ensuring ACM continues to serve the computing community thoughtfully and responsibly. If you have not yet shared your perspectives, please read President Bertino's message and consider participating in the survey.
ACM to Publish Theory and Practice of Logic Programming
ACM and ALP, the Association for Logic Programming, are pleased to announce that they have entered into a long-term publishing agreement for the official ALP journal, Theory and Practice of Logic Programming (TPLP). Effective January 1, 2027, TPLP will be published by ACM, with the complete archive of TPLP published papers dating back to 2001 openly accessible via the ACM Digital Library. Currently published by Cambridge University Press, TPLP is an international venue for refereed papers covering both the theory and the practice of logic programming.
Call for Proposals: ACM Books
The Editors-in-Chief of ACM Books invite new book proposals of high quality and enduring value in all areas of computing. The series is selective: a small number of proposals are accepted each year, and every proposal is reviewed against the standards applied to the titles already in the series. Authors should have demonstrated expertise in the subject area, evidenced by a substantial record of peer-reviewed publication or comparable professional standing, and should be able to show the command of the field a book-length treatment requires.
New Title from ACM Books: Science of Software Product Lines
March 27, 2026
Science of Software Product Lines by Don Batory is about compositional programming where programs are constructed by composing prewritten software building blocks, and aimed at practitioners and advanced students, assuming some familiarity with Java. It draws on the author’s insights from over four decades of experience as an academic at a leading research university as well as a hands-on developer of software tools. The text highlights important contributions toward principled software engineering and composable designs made by researchers in diverse areas such as formal methods, programming languages, software system development, testing and deployment, databases, and networks.
Turing’s Children: How His Ideas Have Shaped the Modern World
February 25, 2026
Turing’s Children: How His Ideas Have Shaped the Modern World by Devdatt Dubhashi, Alessandro Panconesi,and Gerardo Schneider makes the complex ideas in the work of the Turing Prize winners accessible to a broad audience. This book explores the profound legacy of Alan Turing, and how his five great ideas have been developed by the winners of the Turing Prize to shape the digital world we live in today. These five groundbreaking concepts—universal computability and insolvability, cryptography, electronic digital computers and software, artificial intelligence (AI), and computational biology—serve as the pillars of the narrative.
Turning Points in the Analog and Digital World
December 19, 2025
Turning Points in the Analog and Digital World by Herbert Bruderer, presents “the digital age” as a central theme, covering digital transformation, social media, artificial intelligence, autonomous drones and mobile robots as well as self-driving vehicles. Among many other topics, the author also discusses quantum computers, DNA data storage, 3D printing, and the power and influence of technology giants. It includes more than 500 illustrations from the fields of mathematics, computing, astronomy, surveying, time measurement, and the construction of automatons.
New Title from ACM Books: System-2 Reasoning: From Semantic Anchoring to Causal Intelligence
August 3, 2026
Large language models can write poetry, pass bar exams, and generate fluent code. Yet they continue to fail in the domains where intelligence must be accountable: distinguishing causation from correlation, recognizing when evidence is insufficient, preserving commitments over time, and correcting their own reasoning failures. System-2 Reasoning: From Semantic Anchoring to Causal Intelligence: The Path to Artificial General Intelligence, Volume 2 by Edward Y. Chang argues that the transition from pattern matching to genuine reasoning requires a System-2 layer grounded in coordinated diagnosis, audit, causal validation, memory, and meta-cognitive control.
Biomedical Embedded Systems: From Design to Security
Biomedical systems—such as pacemakers and automated insulin pumps—are Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) that must operate safely and reliably at all times. This book by Nathan Allen, Hammond Pearce, and Partha Roop introduces a systematic design methodology for Medical CPSs (MCPSs) using the synchronous approach, which ensures deterministic and reactive execution—key to safety-critical performance. Through a detailed case study of a pacemaker and a modeled human heart, this book demonstrates how the synchronous approach enables accurate modeling, verification, and automated code generation. This is a clear, practical guide to designing safe and verifiable medical cyber-physical systems.
Functional Data Structures and Algorithms
Functional Data Structures and Algorithms: A Proof Assistant Approach by Tobias Nipkow et al. is an introduction to data structures and algorithms for functional programming languages, with a focus on proofs. What sets this book apart from existing books on algorithms is that all proofs have been machine-checked by the proof assistant Isabelle with definitions and proofs are available online. This book is aimed at teachers and students but is also a reference work for programmers and researchers who are interested in the verified details of some algorithm or proof.
A Message to the Computing Community About ACM's Transition to Full Open Access
ACM is pleased to share an important milestone for the computing field. As of January 2026, all ACM publications and related artifacts in the ACM Digital Library have been made open access. This change reflects the long-standing and growing call across the global computing community for research to be more accessible, more discoverable, and more reusable. This transition is the result of extensive dialogue with authors, SIG leaders, editorial boards, libraries, and research institutions worldwide. ACM is grateful for the community’s consistent advocacy for openness and its commitment to ensuring that computing knowledge is shared widely.
ACM Welcomes New EICs
ACM Transactions on Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Computing Systems Welcomes New Editor-in-Chief
August 3, 2026
ACM Transactions on Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Computing Systems (TOMPECS) has named Zhi-Li Zhang as Editor-in-Chief for the term September 1, 2026 to August 31, 2029. Zhang is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Qwest Land Grant Chair in Telecommunications at the University of Minnesota.
ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization Welcomes Cristina Silvano as Editor-in-Chief
June 1, 2026
ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization (TACO) has named Cristina Silvano as Editor-in-Chief, for the term of June 15, 2026 to June 14 2029. Silvano is Full Professor of Computer Architectures in the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano.
ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems Welcomes Sudeep Pasricha as Editor-in-Chief
April 17, 2026
ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS) has named Sudeep Pasricha as Editor-in-Chief for the term of April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2029. Pasricha is the Aram and Helga Budak Endowed Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Department of Computer Science, and the Department of Systems Engineering at Colorado State University.
ACM Transactions on Algorithms Welcomes Michael A. Bender as Editor in Chief
April 17, 2026
ACM Transactions on Algorithms (TALG) has named Michael A. Bender as Editor-in-Chief for the term of December 1, 2026 to November 30, 2029. Bender is the John L. Hennessy Chaired Professor of Computer Science at Stony Brook University.
ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing Welcomes New Co-Editors-in-Chief Khai N. Truong and Karyn Moffatt
March 26, 2026
ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS) welcomes new Co-Editors-in-Chief Khai N. Truong and Karyn Moffatt for the term April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2029. Truong is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto. Moffatt is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Studies at McGill University.
ACM Journal on Computing and Sustainable Societies Welcomes New Co-Editors-in-Chief
October 1, 2025
ACM Journal on Computing and Sustainable Societies (JCSS) welcomes new Co-Editors-in-Chief Waylon Brunette (Augusta University), Sunandan Chakraborty (Indiana University), and Melissa Densmore (University of Cape Town) for the term of October 1, 2025 – September 30, 2028.
ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems Welcomes Giulio Jacucci as co-EiC
November 3, 2025
ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TIIS) welcomes Giulio Jacucci (University of Helsinki) as new co-Editor-in-Chief joining Shlomo Berkovsky for a three-year term from November 15, 2025 to November 14, 2028.
ACM Transactions on Graphics Welcomes Eitan Grinspun as Editor-in-Chief
January 7, 2026
ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG) welcomes Eitan Grinspun as its new Editor-in-Chief. The appointment is from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028. Grinspun is Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Toronto.
ACM Games: Research and Practice Welcomes New Editors-in-Chief Catherine Flick and Laurissa Tokarchuk
March 26, 2026
ACM Games: Research and Practice welcomes Catherine Flick and Laurissa Tokarchuk as new Co-Editors-in-Chief. The appointment is from April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2029. Flick is a Professor of Ethics and Games Technology at the University of Staffordshire. Tokarchuk is a Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London.
CACM Articles of Interest
Hard Problems in Cybersecurity: Past, Present, and Future
In the June issue of Communications of the ACM, John Manferdelli, Paul England, and Tho Nguyen recount the evolution of modern computing systems to provide an analysis of security risks and their evolution. The article summarizes the hard cybersecurity problems identified in the recent National Academy report as well as what caused them, follows with a past and present look at key innovation in cyber defenses and concludes with a perspective on future cybersecurity hard problems and suggests areas where innovations could strengthen defenses.
Subscription Bombing: Email under Attack
In the April issue of Communications of the ACM, Mathias Payer and Candid Wüest provide an analysis of 24 subscription bombing attack campaigns provides insight into their operational patterns, subscription bombing services offered on the Dark Web, and mitigation strategies. Using a large dataset from an email security provider, encompassing 46,970 involved unwanted emails, they define key metrics, outline attack timelines, and provide insight into the operational patterns of these campaigns.
Call for Papers: CACM Practice Section
Communications of the ACM has long had a strong academic and research focus, but it also regularly publishes articles of interest to practitioners. CACM is promoting its new Practice section to be co-equal with its long-standing Research section. The new Practice section will accept submissions and publish articles of lasting interest that enhance practitioners’ understanding of computing and enhance their job performance. Visit the CACM Practice call page for more information, and pass the word onto your friends and colleagues who may be interested in contributing.
Neural Coding as Software Engineering Augmentation, Not Abdication
Neural coding—directly translating thought into software—no longer seems purely science fiction, but its realization will require cautious optimism. The promise is seductive: a world of frictionless creation, where the only barrier to building software is the imagination itself. But in our pursuit of this ultimate abstraction, we risk a profound and dangerous misunderstanding of our own discipline. In the August issue of Communications of the ACM, Somdip Dey argues it represents a potential endpoint for software engineering as a rigorous, intellectual discipline. By attempting to abstract away the final details of implementation, we threaten to hollow out the very skills that define our craft, leaving us as masters of intent but novices in execution.
Illuminating Secrets: Power LED-Based Side-Channel Attacks for Key Extraction and Eavesdropping
The accurate indication of a device’s power consumption through optical measurements obtained from its power LED raises concerns regarding information confidentiality. In the August issue of Communications of the ACM, Ben Nassi explores how attackers can exploit this undesired correlation to launch cryptanalytic attacks on the device and to launch speech eavesdropping attacks on the device’s users. He illustrates how attackers can recover audible speech played by speakers by analyzing the optical traces obtained by a photodiode from the power LED of the speakers, and assesses various methods to enhance the confidentiality of information processed by devices against these attacks.
New ACM Journals
ACM constantly adds new journals to its portfolio, each focused on a different topic and interest, to ensure that its publications program constitutes a vast and comprehensive archive of computing innovation. Here are the latest specialized journals which you can explore, enjoy, and contribute to.
Inaugural Issue - ACM AI Letters
March 27, 2026
ACM AI Letters (AILET), a premier rapid-publication venue for impactful, concise, and timely communications in AI, has just published its inaugural issue. Bridging a crucial gap between traditional conferences and journals, AILET features short, peer-reviewed contributions that accelerate knowledge dissemination across academia and industry. This unique publication prioritizes theoretical breakthroughs, algorithmic innovation, practical real-world applications, and critical societal implications including ethics, policy, and responsible AI.
New Approved Journal - ACM Transactions on AI Security and Privacy
ACM has approved a new journal, ACM Transactions on AI Security and Privacy (TAISAP). The primary scope of TAISAP is to develop methods for assessing the security of AI models, AI-enabled systems, and broader AI environments. In this context, security includes: (1) the security of AI models, including adversarial attacks on AI and technical vulnerabilities of AI, (2) privacy concerns in AI, and (3) the deployment of AI and machine learning in cybersecurity applications, including security operations centers and cyber threat intelligence. Broader socio-technical themes such as AI safety, dependability, and governance are considered out of scope for TAISAP.
ACM Transactions on AI for Science - Open for Submissions
ACM Transactions on AI for Science (TAIS), is now accepting submissions. TAIS speaks to a breadth of methodological researchers in AI/ML and science and engineering researchers. The audience for the journal includes core AI researchers who are more aligned to Computer Science, Applied/Engineering Mathematics, and Statistics, as well as those who are aligned to specific scientific subjects from Physics to Civil Engineering. The journal aims to publish articles that demonstrate scientific challenges can drive new AI (and reciprocally) and that experts in computational methods can have domain-specific mastery and drive new science themselves. Find author guidelines and submit here.
Inaugural Issue of ACM Transactions on Probabilistic Machine Learning
ACM has announced the publication of the first issue of the ACM Transactions on Probabilistic Machine Learning (TOPML), a new peer-reviewed publication. The new journal focuses on probabilistic methods that learn from data to improve performance on decision-making or prediction tasks under uncertainty. In keeping with ACM’s goal of being a fully Open Access publisher by the end of 2025, TOPML is a Gold Open Access journal and published papers are free to read and share via the ACM Digital Library. Read the ACM news release and visit the journal homepage.
acmqueue: On the Evolution of Program State
In "On the Evolution of Program State," Paul Vixie proposes a way to think about the larger-scoped forces shaping both the history and opportunities of software engineering safety. Today's AI coding assistants augur an era when more software will be created than ever before by more people and agents than ever before. It's undecided as yet whether this era will be safer or more dangerous than the last. But if we merely produce more software faster, the likely outcome should worry us.
New Authoring Templates for ACM Publications
ACM has transitioned to new authoring templates. The new template consolidates all eight individual ACM journal and proceedings templates. The templates are updated to the latest software versions, have been developed to enable accessibility features, and use a new font set.
ACM Posts Strongest JCR and Impact Factor Showing to Date
Publications of ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, which completed their transition to full open access publishing in the beginning of 2026, posted their strongest performance to date in the latest Journal Citation Reports (JCR) from Clarivate Analytics, with over 83% of journals increasing or maintaining their impact factor versus the previous year’s results. 20 ACM publications are in the first quartile in one or more categories, with 12 in the top 10 in one or more categories. ACM is particularly dominant in the Computer Science, Software Engineering category, occupying five of the top 20 spots
ACM Peer Reviewer Training and Certification
ACM's publications program is built on a foundation of high quality peer review. In this course for peer reviewers, you will learn the principles of peer review as well as details of the process and your responsibility within that process.
Take our Peer Reviewer Training course to become an ACM Certified Reviewer today.
Publish in the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series
The ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (ICPS) provides a mechanism to publish the contents of conferences, technical symposia and workshops and thereby increase their visibility among the international computing community. The goal of this program is to enable conferences and workshops to cost effectively produce print proceedings for their attendees, while also providing maximum dissemination of the material through electronic channels, specifically, the ACM Digital Library.
Overleaf Allows Authors to Collaborate
Overleaf is a free, cloud-based, collaborative authoring tool that provides an ACM LaTeX authoring template. Authors can write using Rich Text mode or regular Source mode. The platform automatically compiles the document while an author writes, so the author can see what the finished file will look like in real time. The template allows authors to submit manuscripts easily to ACM from within the Overleaf platform.
Promote Your Work with Kudos
Kudos is a free service that you can use to promote your work more effectively. After your paper has been accepted and uploaded to the ACM Digital Library, you'll receive an invitation from Kudos to create an account and add a plain-language description. The Kudos “Shareable PDF” allows you to generate a PDF to upload to websites, such as your homepage, institutional repository, preprint services, and social media. This PDF contains a link to the full-text version of your article in the ACM DL, adding to download and citation counts.
Proceedings of the ACM Series
Proceedings of the ACM (PACM) is a journal series that launched in 2017. The series was created in recognition of the fact that conference-centric publishing disadvantages the CS community with respect to other scientific disciplines when competing with researchers from other disciplines for top science awards and career progression, and the fact that top ACM conferences have demonstrated high quality and high impact on the field. See PACMs on Programming Languages, Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems, and HCI.
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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.
Open Access Publication & ACM
ACM exists to support the needs of the computing community. For over sixty years ACM has developed publications and publication policies to maximize the visibility, access, impact, trusted-source, and reach of the research it publishes for a global community of researchers, educators, students, and practitioners.
Ubiquity’s Communication Corner Helps Improve Writing and Speaking Skills
Have you always wondered how you can improve your writing and communicate more effectively? Ubiquity, ACM's online magazine of critical analysis and in-depth commentary, offers Communication Corner, a monthy feature by Philip Yaffe, retired Wall Street Journal reporter and Ubiquity editorial board member. Each installment includes an essay on a fundamental aspect of effective writing or speaking; an exercise to help you practice writing on the topic being discussed; and an invitation to submit your exercise for possible critique.