Submitted by Dr. Robert M. Aiken, ACM Delegate to IFIP
Prepared: August 1, 2001

Contents:

- Summary of IFIP-Related Activities
- Appendix 1: ACM Contact Information
- Appendix 2: ACM Annual Report

1. ACM, in cooperation with IEEE-CS, submitted a proposal to NSF requesting $31,500 to support the travel of 30 young researchers/teachers from the U.S. to the IFIP WCCE'2001 conference in Copenhagen. An announcement about the travel grants was widely circulated within ACM and IEEE-CS, and was also sent to the Computing Research Association (CRA), Association of Computer and Information Science and Engineering Departments at Minority Institutions (ADMI), the "Systers" list of women in computing, and to a list, provided by IFIP, of U.S. authors of papers submitted to WCCE'2001. NSF approved the proposal. Forty-five applications were received by the March 31 deadline from individuals hoping to be awarded the grants; thirty travel grants have been awarded.
2. ACM added to its appointments of representatives to the IFIP TCs by appointing Gus Olling as a second representative to TC5 (Computer Applications in Technology). The full list of ACM representatives to IFIP TCs is included in Appendix 1 below.
3. ACM contributed to the discussion on "Project Gateway" with members of the IFIP Executive and IFIP's Committee for Cooperation with Industry. ACM is in the process of enhancing its current IFIP-related pages ( http://www.acm.org/ifip ) with information directly related to Project Gateway.
4. ACM contributed significantly to early thinking on an International Workshop/Summit on the IT Profession that IFIP is now planning to organize.
5. ACM continued to use the Listserv that was set up to facilitate discussions and information sharing between the ACM representatives to IFIP TCs, ACM’s delegate to IFIP (Bob Aiken), the Secretariat for ACM’s membership in IFIP (Fred Aronson) and several ACM Special Interest Group (SIG) representatives.

The ACM representatives to IFIP TCs were encouraged to contact the appropriate SIG Chairs to determine the best ways they can inform the SIG membership of relevant IFIP activities and vice versa. This might include attending SIG business meetings and reporting on IFIP events and projects in the SIG newsletters.

 

Dr. Robert M. Aiken
Temple University
CIS Dept., Rm. 308, Wachman Hall
(Computer Activity Building) 038-24
Broad St. and Montgomery Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA
Tel: 1-215-204-8882; Fax: 1-215-204-5082
Email: aiken@cis.temple.edu

Mr. Fred Aronson
ACM, 1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036 USA
Tel: 1-212-626-0515; Fax: 1-212-302-5826
Email: aronson@acm.org

Dr. Stephen R. Bourne
El Dorado Ventures
2884 Sand Hill Road, Suite 121
Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
Tel: 1-650-854-1200; Fax: 1-650-854-1202
Email: srb@acm.org

Dr. John R. White
ACM, 1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036 USA
Tel: 1-212-626-0550; Fax: 1-212-944-1318
Email: white@acm.org

Ms. Patricia Ryan
ACM, 1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036 USA
Tel: 1-212-626-0560; Fax: 1-212-944-1318
Email: ryan_p@acm.org

David S. Johnson
AT&T Labs Research
Room C239
180 Park Avenue
Florham Park, NJ 07932-0971 USA
Tel: 1-973-360-8440
Fax: 1-973-360-8178
Email: dsj@research.att.com
http://www.research.att.com/~dsj/

Len Bass
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
Tel: 1-412-268-6763
Fax: 1-412-268-5758
Email: ljb@sei.cmu.edu
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/staff/ljb

A. Joe Turner
Dept. of Computer Science
Edwards Hall, Box 341906
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634-1906 USA
Tel: 1-864-656-2413
Fax: 1-864-656-0145
Email: turner@cs.clemson.edu

Michael B McGrath
Professor, Engineering Department
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO 80401 USA
Tel: 1-303-273-3434 (work); Tel: 1-303-278-4644 (home)
Fax: 1- 303 273 3602
Email: mmcgrath@mines.edu

Gus J. Olling
Daimler Chrysler A.G.
CAE/CAD/CAM Res.& Dev.
800 Chrysler Drive East
Auburn Hills, MI 48326-2757, U.S.A.
Tel: 1-810-576-2788
Fax: 1-810-576-2029
Email: gjo@daimlerchrysler.com

A. Lyman Chapin
BBN Corporation
10 Fawcett Street
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Tel: 1-617-873-3133
Fax: 1-617-873-3243
Email: lyman@bbn.com

Irena Lasiecka
University of Virginia
Dept. of Mathematics., Kerchof Hall
Charlottesville, VA 22901 USA
Tel: 1-804-924-8896
Fax: 1-804-982-3084
Email: il2v@amsun24.apma.virginia.edu

Gordon Davis
Dept. of Inf. & Decision Sci.
Univ. of Minn., Carlson School of Mgt.
395 Hubert H. Humphrey Center
271 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
Tel: 1-612-624-2523
Fax: 1-612-626-1316
Email: gdavis@csom.umn.edu

Ronald E. Anderson
University of Minnesota
909 Social Sciences Building
Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
Tel: 1-612-624-9554
Fax: 1-612-624-4586
Email: rea@iea.soc.umn.edu

Mateo Valero
Dept. de Arquitectura de Computadores
Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya
c/ Jordi Girona 1-3, Modulo D6
08034 Barcelona, Spain
Tel: 34-93-401-6979/6986
Fax: 34-93-401-7055
Email: mateo@ac.upc.es
URL: http://www.ac.upc.es/homes/mateo

W.H. Ware
The Rand Corporation
1700 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90406 USA
Tel: 1-310-393-6432
Fax: 1-213-393-4818
Email: willis@rand.org

Stuart C. Shapiro
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
State University of New York at Buffalo
226 Bell Hall, Box 602000
Buffalo, NY 14260-2000 USA
Tel: 1-716-645-3180 x125
Fax: 1-716-645-3464
Email: shapiro@cse.buffalo.edu
http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~shapiro/

John Karat
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
30 Saw Mill River Road
Hawthorn, NY 10532 USA
Tel: 1-914-784-7832
Fax: 1-914-784-6211
Email: jkarat@watson.ibm.com

Fiscal Year 2000: July 1, 1999 – June 30 2000
(Please note: ACM’s Fiscal Year 2001 Annual Report will be available in the fall, 2001.)

Message from ACM President:

ACM’s commitment to education was surely at the core of most of our projects and successes in FY'00. Our outreach programs continue to distribute valuable educational material about information technology far beyond the ACM membership. ACM’s Committee on Women and Technology (www.acm.org/women) and our joint participation (with CRA and IEEE-CS) on the Coalition to Diversify Computing (www.npaci.edu/Outreach/CDC) are just two outstanding examples of the Association’s resolution to examine the issues and increase the visibility of women and minorities in the computing field. ACM was also at the forefront of K–12 education with its establishment of special task force to identify the problems with and potential remedies for teaching math and science effectively.

As we welcome a new era in computing, the role of technology policy is intensifying on a global scale. The U.S. Technology Policy Committee of ACM (USACM; www.acm.org/usacm) continues to make great strides in that regard, addressing such areas as intellectual property, security, and privacy.

And this month ACM hosts one of its most ambitious educational projects to date— ACM1: Beyond Cyberspace. An international audience of computing professionals and the general public will be drawn to this landmark conference designed to ponder computing in the next millennium. We hope to see you in San Jose March 10–14; www.acm.org/acm1.

Of course, none of these projects would be possible without the generous support and guidance of our devoted members and energetic volunteers. It has been my great honor to serve as ACM’s president this term and to play a small role in positioning ACM to meet the challenges of the future.

Barbara Simons
ACM President

ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, is an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to advancing the arts, sciences, and applications of information technology.

ACM established an Internet Governance Committee (ACM-IGC) in mid-1999 to provide representation for its members (as well as the academic, technical, scientific, and noncommercial community) within the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The initiative is part of the Association’s ongoing activity in areas involving technology, public policy, and intellectual property. Last summer, the committee received a $100,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to support its work.

A new committee to study and analyze legal issues concerning computer technology was formed in November 1999. The ACM Committee on Law and Computing Technology—aka ACM Law—is examining existing and proposed laws involving IT and e-commerce as well as serving as a center for discussions and opinions about computer-related legal developments.

ACM, the Stanford Law School’s Program in Law, Science and Technology, and the Stanford Computer Science Department co-hosted a panel to discuss the implications of the FIDNet (Federal Intrusion Detection Network) proposal and issue of the government’s role in computer surveillance.

SIGCAS members are tracking the evolution of the Internet and its impact on privacy, personal security, equity of access to technology resources, and the quality of life.

The ACM K–12 Task Force hosted a special symposium in Washington last March for members of the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21^st Century. The Glenn Commission, as it is better known, is creating an action strategy for improving the quality of teaching in math and science in the U.S. The symposium addressed how technology could enhance the cause.

In keeping with its mission to educate and improve IT literacy among the general public on a worldwide scale, ACM is joining forces with the European Computer Driving License Foundation to deliver the International Computer Driving License (ICDL) Training and Certification Program in the U.S. An ICDL certifies the holder has knowledge of fundamental IT concepts and common computer applications.

Student membership enjoyed a notable growth spurt, soaring to over 20,000 at its highest point. New student membership recruitment also increased more than 11%.

ACM’s 2000 International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals hosted 60 teams. The teams advanced from 82 contest sites on six continents, which translates to 1,041 universities in 69 countries. Indeed, the number of teams participating in the competition has increased over 150% in the three years since IBM assumed its sponsorship.

The Executive Council Upsilon Pi Epsilon, The Honor Society for Computing Sciences, and ACM’s Member Activities Board created the UPE ACM Student Chapter Scholarship Award. The award encourages academic excellence for students in the computing disciplines. Up to two awards of $1,000 each will be given each year.

A record number of 70 new ACM chapters were officially chartered this year by the Member Activities Board—17 professional and SIG chapters (9 of which were international) and 53 student chapters (12 of which were international).

ACM’s Committee on Women in Computing created a program for starting and supporting ACM-W chapters in colleges and universities worldwide. The goal of these chapters is to recruit and retain women students in undergraduate and graduate computing programs.

ACM leaders held meetings in Moscow last June to discuss the establishment of "ACM Russia, Coordinating Centre for ACM Activities in Russia." The goal of this new center would be to pursue ACM’s worldwide mission in Russia via collaboration and cooperation of IT activities between ACM, its SIGs and chapters, and several educational, research, governmental, and industry groups in Russia.

SIGMOD constituted a Latin American Liaison Committee to help direct them on how to support database research in that region. They continue to work with related organizations in Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong, and Eastern Europe to foster joint activities of mutual benefit.

The ACM Digital Library expanded in scope and coverage in FY'00. By year’s end, full text files of all proceedings and journals back to 1985 were available in the DL. In addition, html abstracts for all publications back to 1985 were loaded and html abstracts for 15-years worth of proceedings were captured. The DL also underwent a complete redesign last fall, now sporting enhanced features including a more sophisticated search capacity, stronger user interfaces, and a binder facility to saves searches.

ACM launched two new Web-based publications in FY'00. ACM Tech News is a tri-weekly news digest of timely, IT-related information scoured from over 1,700 international media sources. Sponsored by Gateway, Inc., the news digest is available free to all ACM members via email. The new Ubiquity online magazine is designed to foster critical analysis and commentary on issues relating to nature, constitution, structure, science, engineering, technology, practices, and paradigms of IT; http://www.acm.org/ubiquity.

Intellectual Property in the Age of Universal Access—a collection of some of the most cited articles and commentaries on intellectual property laws from Communications and netWorker—was published in September 1999 to expand ACM’s audience to include those outside the computing profession.

A new initiative for ACM’s Electronic Community’s Technology Outreach Program was the creation of Distinguished Lectureship Program for Mexico and Central America. This program operates autonomously from ACM’s domestic program, yet follows the same rules and procedures. The project, four years in the planning, was deployed in January 2000; visit http://editorial.cic.ipn.mx/acm .

ACM’s Online Timeline of Computing was also launched last year. The interactive Web site invites visitors to participate in building an accurate chronology of important milestones in the computing field. The site has been operational since last June; http://www.acm.org/top/tl.

ACM began work on a Technical Interest and Demographic Profile (TIP) mechanism to capture members’ technical interests. ACM is developing TIP to better understand the technical needs of members for planning targeted activities and programs.

A recent addition to the acm.org site was created to bring funding information to ACM members and the general community. The grants site ( http://www.acm.org/education/grants ) provides information about online funding resources, pointers to grant writing, and a grants information listserv.

The ACM Fellows Program, established in 1993 to honor outstanding ACM members for their achievements in computer science and IT, inducted 30 new fellows in FY00, bringing the total count to 384.

ACM-W is leading the way in bringing the accomplishments of pioneering women of computer science to the fore. The completed first phase of The ENIAC Programmers project involved in-depth interviews with the original programmers of the ENIAC.

ACM’s Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference celebrated its 10^th year in Toronto, attracting greatly diversified participants from different countries, disciplines, and philosophies.

Los Angeles-based SIGGRAPH 99 was again a financial and technical success, attracting over 43,000 attendees and 337 exhibitors.

SIGKDD held its inaugural conference in San Diego. The ACM International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining drew over 600 attendees.

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Wen-mei Hwu

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Anita Borg

Eugene L. Lawler Award for Contributions within Computer Science and Informatics
Antonia Stone

2000 Eckert-Mauchly Award
Edward Davidson