UNIT 2 TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE. Exploring Computer Science 2

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1 UNIT 2 TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE Exploring Computer Science 2

2 ACM - ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is a U.S.-based international learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 and is the world's largest scientific and educational computing society. It is a notfor-profit professional membership group. Its membership is more than 100,000 as of Its headquarters are in New York City.

3 The ACM and the IEEE Computer Society are the umbrella organizations for academic and scholarly interests in computing. Unlike the IEEE, the ACM is solely dedicated to computing. ACM is organized into over 170 local chapters and 35 Special Interest Groups (SIGs), through which it conducts most of its activities. Additionally, there are over 500 college and university chapters. The first student chapter was founded in 1961 at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Many of the SIGs, like SIGGRAPH, SIGPLAN, SIGCSE and SIGCOMM, sponsor regular conferences which have become famous as the dominant venue for presenting innovations in certain fields. The groups also publish a large number of specialized journals, magazines, and newsletters.

4 ACM also sponsors other computer science related events such as the worldwide ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), and has sponsored some other events such as the chess match between Garry Kasparov and the IBM Deep Blue computer. ACM Press publishes a prestigious[citation needed] academic journal, Journal of the ACM, and general magazines for computer professionals, Communications of the ACM (also known as Communications or CACM) and Queue. Other publications of the ACM include:

5 ACM XRDS, formerly "Crossroads", was designed in 2010 and is the most popular student computing magazine in the US. ACM Interactions, an interdisciplinary HCI publication focused on the connections between experiences, people and technology, and the third largest ACM publication. ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR) ACM Computers in Entertainment (CIE) A number of journals, specific to subfields of computer science, titled ACM Transactions.

6 IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY IEEE Computer Society (sometimes abbreviated Computer Society or CS) is a professional society of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). Its purpose and scope is to advance the theory, practice, and application of computer and information processing science and technology and the professional standing of its members. The CS is the largest of 38 technical societies organized under the IEEE Technical Activities Board.

7 It focuses more on hardware and standardization issues than theoretical computer science, but there is considerable overlap with ACM's agenda. They occasionally cooperate on projects like developing computing curricula. Some of the major awards in Computer science are given jointly by ACM and the IEEE CS. The Computer Society sponsors workshops and conferences, publishes a variety of peer-reviewed literature, operates technical committees, and develops IEEE computing standards. It supports more than 200 chapters worldwide and participates in educational activities at all levels of the profession, including distance learning, accreditation of higher education programs in computer science, and professional certification in software engineering.

8 The Computer Society maintains volunteer boards in six program areas: education, membership, professional activities, publications, standards, and technical and conference activities. In addition, 12 standing committees administer activities such as the CS elections and its awards programs to recognize professional excellence. Education and professional development The Computer Society participates in ongoing development of college computing curricula, jointly with the ACM. Other educational activities include software development certification programs and online access to e-learning courseware and books.[

9 Publications The Computer Society is a leading publisher of technical material in computing. Its publications include 13 peer-reviewed technical magazines and 20 scholarly journals called Transactions as well as conference proceedings, books, and a variety of digital products. The Computer Society Digital Library (CSDL) provides subscriber access to all CS publications. In 2008, the Computer Society launched Computing Now, a Web portal featuring free access to a rotation of CSDL articles, along with technical news, CS blogs, and multimedia content.

10 ONTARIO SKILLS PASSPORT The Ontario Skills Passport (OSP) provides clear descriptions of Essential Skills and work habits important for success in work, learning and life. Learners can use the OSP tools and resources to assess, build, document and track their skills in classroom, cooperative education and other experiential learning opportunities, volunteer and extracurricular activities. On the next slides you have a breakdown of the Computer Programmers Occupational Profile.

11 NOC Code: 2174 Occupation: Computer Programmers Occupation Description: Computer programmers write, modify, integrate and test computer code for microcomputer and mainframe software applications, data processing applications, operating systems-level software and communications software. They are employed in computer software development firms, information technology consulting firms and in information technology units throughout the private and public sectors. Click on any of the skill title to view sample workplace tasks for this occupation. To get information on career planning, education and training, and employment and volunteer opportunities look at the following chart.

12 Essential Skills Levels Reading Text Writing Document Use Computer Use Oral Communication Money Math Scheduling or Budgeting and Accounting Measurement and Calculation 1 2 Data Analysis Numerical Estimation Job Task Planning and Organizing Decision Making Problem Solving Finding Information Critical Thinking 1 2

13 ACTIVITY INVESTIGATION Research one of the collaborative research projects found on the ACM (under the SIG). Visit the site and write a summary of the work they do (include link to site) List the projects they are working on. Give some details on how to become a member and list the benefits a member receives. Your document should not be much more than a page in length. Paste a copy of your work to the x: drive when complete.