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Who We Are
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"ACM is the world's oldest and largest educational and scientific computing society.
Since 1947 ACM has provided a vital forum for the exchange of information, ideas,
and discoveries. Today, ACM serves a membership of computing professionals and students
in more than 100 countries in all areas of industry, academia, and government." (Quoting ACM.org)
The History Committee's purpose, as stated in our charter, is to foster preservation and
interpretation of the history of the ACM and its role in the development of computing.
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Announcements
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IEEE 125th Anniversary
Posted Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
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In 2009 the IEEE will be celebrating its 125th anniversary. One event
will be a conference on the history of technical societies. Such
societies, through publications, meetings, standards, and other
activities, have been vital in facilitating technical progress. The
purpose of the 2009 conference is to explore the history of such societies
worldwide, and we would very much value the participation of the
Association of Computing Machinery.
- The conference will be held from Wednesday 5 August through Friday 7
August 2009 in Philadelphia, which was the location of the founding of
IEEE in 1884. We hope to have contributions from dozens of professional
societies from around the world, so that the conference would help create
a picture of the global history of the engineering profession. The call
for papers is attached, and additional information is available on the
conference website
www.ieee.org/go/historyconference
Call for papers
New ACM Project Archivist
Posted Saturday, October 14th, 2008
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The Charles Babbage Institute is extremely pleased to announce that
the new Project Archivist for the records of the Association for
Computing Machinery started work on Monday, Sept. 29.
Full story
William Aspray
Posted Saturday, September 13th, 2008
Michael S. Mahoney
Posted Thursday, July 24th, 2008
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