Welcome to SIGCAS!
SIGCAS is the Special Interest Group for Computing and Society. Our community members engage in research, practice, and ideas, that aim to have computing be a positive force in society.
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Upcoming or Recent Events and News from SIGCAS
CSG-Ed 2020 Mini-Symposium
The ACM Special Interest Group on Computers and Society (SIGCAS) is pleased to invite you to our annual mini-symposium on Computing for the Social Good in Education (CSG-Ed), which will take place Wednesday March 11, 2020, as part of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) pre-symposium events. This year’s CSG-Ed mini-symposium…
SIGCSE 2020 POSSE Roundup
The Professors’ Open Source Software Experience or POSSE will be holding a session during the morning of the SIGCAS 2020 Pre-symposium on March 11, 2020 in Portland, OR. The session will focus on Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software (HFOSS), particularly on development of “HFOSS kits” Read More…
Computers and Society 48: 3-4 now available
Issues 3-4 of Volume 48 of SIGCAS Computers and Society is now available from the Newsletter page (click above or on the image to the left). It is the first issue for the new editor, Richard Blumenthal, who is taking over from the previous Editor-in-Chief, Randy Connolly…
Computing for the Social Good in Computer Science Education – 2019 Mini Symposium
Computing for the Social Good: Educational Practices (CSG-Ed), is an umbrella term meant to incorporate any educational activity, from small to large, that endeavors to convey and reinforce computing’s social relevance and potential for positive societal impact. Are you a CSG-Ed practitioner? Present your work at this mini-symposium. Not a CSG-Ed practitioner – attend and…