ACM SIGACT explained
ACM SIGACT or SIGACT is the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory, whose purpose is support of research in theoretical computer science. It was founded in 1968 by Patrick C. Fischer.[1]
Publications
SIGACT publishes a quarterly print newsletter, SIGACT News. Its online version, SIGACT News Online, is available since 1996 for SIGACT members, with unrestricted access to some features.
Conferences
SIGACT sponsors or has sponsored several annual conferences.
COLT, PODC, PODS, POPL, SODA, and STOC are all listed as highly cited venues by both citeseerx[4] and libra.[5]
Awards and prizes
- Gödel Prize, for outstanding papers in theoretical computer science (sponsored jointly with EATCS)
- Donald E. Knuth Prize, for outstanding contributions to the foundations of computer science (sponsored jointly with IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on the Mathematical Foundations of Computing)
- Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in distributed computing (sponsored jointly with SIGOPS, EATCS, and companies)[6]
- Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award, for theoretical accomplishments of significant and demonstrable effect on the practice of computing (ACM Award co-sponsored by SIGACT)
- Eugene L. Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions within Computer Science and Informatics (ACM Award co-sponsored by SIGACT)
- Danny Lewin Best Student Paper Award
- Best Paper Award for ACM STOC and IEEE FOCS conference papers
- ACM SIGACT Distinguished Service Award
External links
Notes and References
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- Web site: Event: COLT. acm.org.
- Web site: Results of the Vote. Making SOCG. 16 July 2014 .
- http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/stats/venues citeseerx venue impact factor
- http://libra.msra.cn/conf_category_24.htm Libra Conferences
- [Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing|PODC]