Strategies for Operationalizing the CS2023 Society-Ethics-Professionalism Recommendations Computing for the Social Good (CSG) and Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software (HFOSS) are pleased to invite you to their Affiliate Event, which will take place Wednesday March 20, 2024, as part of the 2024 ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE). Date: March 20, 2024. […]

Vol. 52, No. 2, September, 2023 is now available from the Computers and Society page (click above or on the image to the left).

March 20-23, 2024–Portland,OR, USA Hybrid Available The Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE TS) is organized by the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) and is the organization’s flagship conference. The SIGCSE Technical Symposium addresses problems common among educators working to develop, implement and/or evaluate computing programs, curricula, and courses. The […]

Christoph Becker University of Toronto Virtual Event: Wednesday, September 27, 10-11 AM PDT How can we enact meaningful change in computing to meet the urgent need for sustainability and justice? The deep entanglement of information technology within our societies has raised hope for a transition to more sustainable and just communities—those that phase out fossil […]

The GOODIT 2023 TOC is now available. View TOC

September 6-8, 2023 — Lisbon, Portugal ACM GoodIT 2023 focuses on the application of IT technologies to social good. Social good is typically defined as an action that provides some sort of benefit to the general public. In this case, Internet connection, education, and healthcare are all good examples of social goods. However, new media […]

The SIGCAS Awards Committee is seeking nominations for the two annual SIGCAS awards: the Making A Difference Award and the Outstanding Service Award. Please consider nominating individuals for one or both. Links to nomination forms are given below. Please submit nominations by July 14, 2023. SIGCAS Making a Difference Award This award is presented to […]

Vol. 52, No. 1, April, 2023 is now available from the Computers and Society page (click above or on the image to the left).

March 8, 2023 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sigcas-works-in-progress-collective-action-in-tech-tickets-569593197587 Presenters: Emily Mazo, Nataliya Nedzhvetska, and JS Tan (MIT Grad Student Union) Since 2016, the number of collective actions taken by workers in the tech industry have risen dramatically. Kickstarter employees won union recognition from their company. Amazon workers led a cross tech-industry walkout to support […]

Dr. Lisa Milenkovic is the STEM+Computer Science Curriculum Supervisor at Broward County Public Schools, the nation’s sixth largest district (http://browardschools.com/stem). Dr. Milenkovic is the lead for the District’s Code.org Regional Partnership for CS, the K-12 STEM Olympiad and robotics, environmental stewardship, and several other grant funded programs to engage students and teachers in STEM. She […]

January 18, 2023 10:00 AM PDT Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sigcas-works-in-progress-reflections-on-messy-ethnography-tickets-516047490937 Reflections on Messy Ethnography: Conducting Research in Morocco and Palestine Konstantin All and Sarah Rüller, University of Siegen (Germany) Konstantin and Sarah will talk about their experiences in critical areas and the role of ICT as well as the various roles of researchers from different perspectives, including […]