Association for Computing Machinery

There are an increasing number of ACM chapters across India. Each of these chapters has a series of technical events that will provide you with both interesting technical content and career networking opportunities.

ACM India is pleased to announce the winners of the ACM India Student Chapter Awards.

We invited nominations from ACM Student Chapters from India, for the best and runner-up ACM India student chapter award to be given at the ACM India Annual Event February 14-16, 2014.

The participating chapters sent a report with details of their activities:

• Community Activities
• Community Service
• Website
• Recruitment Program
• Participation in ACM India Activities
• Membership Numbers

ACM BITS Pilani Student Chapter has won the Best Chapter award.

ACM IIIT Bhubaneswar Student Chapter has won the runner-up award.

Congratulations!

• ACM Professional/Special Interest Group Chapters in India
• ACM Student Chapters in India

Conferences

The ACM community in India is actively involved with a large number of conferences. Please see the Approved ACM Events in India listing page.

Annual ACM India Events

For conference organizers: ACM and SIGs (Special Interest Groups) lend the name of the organization to conferences which are fully sponsored by other nonprofit incorporated organizations. Such cooperation is to be primarily for publicity and to encourage Association members to participate by contributing papers and attending technical sessions. Cooperation specifically excludes financial participation, responsibility, or liability on the part of ACM. Please see http://www.acm.org/sigs/volunteer_resources/conference_manual/1-3incop for more information on how to apply for such cooperation.
For detailed guidelines, please use this guidelines document.

Current news and updates about the ACM Community in India are available on the LinkedIn group ACM India.

ACM Survey on PhD Production in Computer Science in India

• Main Page
• 2012 Report (pdf)

Report on the Faculty Summit on Research and Innovation, 2013

• HTML Version
• PDF Version

New updates

• CoDS 2014, 1st IKDD Conference on Data Sciences, Delhi, March 21-23
• Annual Report for FY 2012-2013
• Financial Statements for FY 2012-2013
• Minutes of Extra-Ordinary General Meeting, March 26, 2013
• Read the MemberNet India newsletter of ACM activities and people in India.
• Report from Annual General Meeting, June 30, 2012
• Annual Report for FY 2011-2012
• Financial statements for FY 2011-2012
• Financial statements for FY 2010-2011

ACM India Best Doctoral Dissertation Award 2013

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The Award

The ACM India Best Doctoral Dissertation Award was established in 2011 by ACM India with approval from the ACM Awards Committee. This award recognizes the best doctoral dissertation(s) in computer science and engineering from a degree-awarding institution based in India for each academic year. There will be one award in 2013. The award will consist of a plaque and a cash component of Rs 2,00,000. In case of a joint award, the award amount will be shared equally among the recipients. Please see the ACM India Doctoral Dissertation Award page for the 2012 winners.

Eligibility

Each PhD granting institution based in India can normally nominate 1 student for the award. Institutions that produce more than 10 dissertations in relevant areas per year can nominate 2 students. Each dissertation nominated for the 2013 award must have been defended successfully between August 1, 2012 and July 31, 2013.

Deadline

Nominations must be received by August 31, 2013 to qualify for consideration of the 2013 award.

Publication and Copyrights

Winning dissertations will be published in the ACM Digital Library. Each nomination must be accompanied by an assignment to ACM by the author of exclusive publication rights, as per ACM's copyright policies. Copyright will automatically revert to an author if her/his dissertation is not selected.

Nomination Procedure

Candidates must be nominated by the department from which the PhD was completed.

Each nomination must include:

1. Nomination letter by thesis advisor. This letter must include:

   • The name, address, and phone number of the advisor,

   • The name, mailing address and email address of the candidate, and

   • A one-page summary of the significance of the dissertation.

2. An endorsement letter by the department head or a suitable substitute.

3. One copy of the thesis in electronic format

4. A record of publications in conferences and journals of the work reported in the dissertation along with their citations, if any.

5. A copyright transfer form filled out and signed by the candidate. Please use the Journals form downloadable from http://www.acm.org/publications/copyright_form for this purpose.

Optional

Supporting letters are helpful and a nomination can be supported by a maximum of five supporting letters from individuals who are familiar with the work. Each supporting letter must include the name, contact information, and telephone number of the supporter.

Mode of submission: Nomination material must be submitted electronically (in PDF or Word format) by the thesis advisor (not by the student) to the ACM India Doctoral Dissertation Coordinator at: emily.eng@acm.org. Please write "ACM India Doctoral Dissertation submission for [replace-by-nominee-name]" in the subject line of the email. All nomination material for a nominee must be sent bundled as a zip file in one email. Supporting letters need not come directly from the supporters—all necessary material, including supporting letters, may by collected and submitted by the thesis advisor, bundled as a zip file in one email.

Selection Procedure

Dissertations will be reviewed for technical depth and significance of the research contribution, potential impact on theory and practice, and quality of presentation. A committee of approximately ten eminent Computer Science researchers from across the world will perform an initial screening to generate a short list, followed by an in-depth evaluation to determine the winning dissertation.

For further queries on the ACM India Best Doctoral Dissertation Award, contact acmindiaaward@acm.org

ACM-W India

ACM-W India seeks to take forward the task of the ACM community, but with a particular focus on the empowerment of women in computing in India.

ACM-W supports, celebrates, and advocates internationally for the full engagement of women in all aspects of the computing field, providing a wide range of programs and services to ACM members and working in the larger community to advance the contributions of technical women. ACM-W Student Chapters are created to help recruit and retain students in computing programs. Professional Chapter-sponsored activities educate women about careers in computing and provide networking opportunities.

ACM-W India aims to provide social and professional support for women in computing, and its proposed activities include:

• Facilitate technical growth of women by organizing invited lectures, seminars, workshops and informal meetings
• Provide a platform for the sharing of information, resources, ideas and experiences
• Support women in their professional career growth and help them to face the challenges in their work environment
• Encourage them to participate in computer-related studies and research

ACM-W India's goal would be to also promote computer literacy, particularly in rural India, with the objective of empowering underprivileged women and children, to enable them to be independent and self-reliant.

ACM-W India
Chair: Sheila Anand, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai
Vice Chair: Jayanthi Sivaswamy, International Institute for Information Technology, Hyderabad
Secretary: Maneesha V. Ramesh, Amrita University, Kerala
Treasurer: Ranjani Parthasarathi, Anna University, Chennai
Members:
Sangeeta Bhattacharya, Intel Labs, Bangalore
Gnanapriya C, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Bangalore
Lipika Dey, Tata Consultancy Services, Delhi
Vasundhara Puttagunta, Google, Hyderabad
Gayathri S Raghavan, IBM India - Global Business Services, Chennai
Urvashi Rathod, Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology (SCIT), Pune

ACM-W India news and activities

Contact: acmw_india@acm.org

• CoDS 2014, 1st IKDD Conference on Data Sciences, Delhi, March 21-23
• Read the MemberNet India newsletter of ACM activities and people in India.
• ACM-W India news and activities

ACM India Elections 2014

In accordance with the Rules and Regulations of ACM India, the ACM India Nominating Committee hereby submits the following slate of nominees for five Member-at-Large positions on the ACM India Council. The Nominating Committee did not receive multiple nominations for the officer positions and therefore those standing for these four positions will be treated as elected unopposed.

The names of the candidates are presented below; the Member-at-Large candidates are listed in random order.

President (1 July 2014 - 30 June 2016)

Srinivas Padmanabhuni (Infosys)

Vice-President (1 July 2014 - 30 June 2016)

Madhavan Mukund (Chennai Mathematical Institute)

Treasurer (1 July 2014 - 30 June 2016)

Mukesh Mohania (IBM India Research Lab, New Delhi)

Secretary (1 July 2014 - 30 June 2016)

Mangala Gowri Nanda (IBM India Research Lab, New Delhi)

Member-at-Large (1 July 2014 - 30 June 2018)

V Krishna Nandivada (IIT Madras)

Gautam Shroff (TCS)

Sukumar Bhattacharya (IIT Mandi)

Navin Kabra (ReliScore, Pune)

M D Agarwal (formerly BPCL)

Rohan Murty (Infosys)

Hemangee Kapur (IIT Guwahati)

Shekhar Patankar (Persistent, Nagpur)

Rashmi Mohan (Yahoo India)

The Rules and Regulations provide that candidates for elected offices of ACM India may also be nominated by a petition of at least 25 of the Members of the Society by notice to the ACM India Nominating Committee accompanied by a written statement from the nominee that the nominee is willing to stand for election.

All candidates must be Professional Members of ACM. Anyone interested in petitioning must inform the ACM India Nominating Committee of their intent to petition by 17 March 2014. Original petitions are to be submitted to the ACM India Nominating Committee by 31 March 2014.

ACM India Nominations Committee
Anand Deshpande
Pankaj Jalote
Mathai Joseph, Convenor

New members from India can join ACM by paying their dues in Indian rupees.

Membership Types: There are two modes of registration: Online or Offline.

Joining ACM Online

There are two types of membership: Student or Professional. Depending upon the type of membership you can click on the relevant links as below.

Student Registration Link | Professional Registration Link

Joining ACM Offline

Download the relevant form as applicable: Student Application form | Professional Application form
Demand Drafts payable in Pune for the required amount as per the form to be made out in favour of Association for Computing Machinery.

Advanced Member Grades

The ACM India Council is encouraging all eligible ACM members in India to consider applying for advanced member status within ACM. ACM advanced member grades require varying degrees of experience and accomplishment.

For more information on how to nominate someone for these grades, click on these links:

Senior member nominations

Distinguished member nominations

Fellow nominations