Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) "is an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to advancing the art, science, engineering, and application of information technology, serving both professional and public interests by fostering the open interchange of information and by promoting the highest professional and ethical standards."
ACM was founded in 1947 and has 80,000 members.
| Web: | http://www.acm.org/ |
| Dues: | 2002 Professional Members: USD 98 per year Student Members: Lite Package USD 18, Print Package USD 40, Portal Package USD 40, Portal and Print Package USD 40 per year Joint society, retirement, personal financial hardship, and spouse member discounts are available. |
Membership benefits include:
- Subscription to the monthly magazine Communications of the ACM
- Access to the ACM Digital Library at an additional USD 90 per year
- Discounts on membership dues for Special Interest Groups, such as SIGCHI
- Discounts on ACM periodicals such as the journal Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction and the magazine interactions
- Discounts on ACM Press books
- Discounts at ACM conferences, such as CHI, DIS and UIST
- Discounts on conference proceedings
- Email forwarding service
- Participation in ACM's Member Value Plus (MVP) Program including:
- Discounts on books and journals from Chapman & Hall, Elsevier Science, John Wiley & Sons and many more
- Discounts on car rentals
- Credit cards and insurance plans
- And much more
