ACM Europe Council

The ACM Europe Council was created by ACM to recognize and support European ACM members and activities.

About the ACM Europe Council

The ACM Europe Council aims to increase the level and visibility of ACM activities across Europe. The Council is comprised of European computer scientists committed to fostering the visibility and relevance of ACM in Europe, and is focused on a wide range of European ACM activities, from high-quality ACM conferences in Europe, to expanding ACM chapters, to encouraging greater participation of Europeans in all dimensions of ACM.

Goals

Join with other computing and scientific organizations in Europe to offer new programs and activities
Encourage nominations of ACM European members for the advanced member grades of Senior Member, Distinguished Member, and Fellow
Work with ACM SIGs to increase the number of ACM conferences in Europe
Increase the number of ACM chapters and level of chapter activity in Europe

ACM Elections

2025 ACM Europe Council Election Slate

The slate of candidates for the 2025 ACM Europe Council election (candidate names are presented below in random order):

Sivan Toledo, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Rosa M. Badia, Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Spain
Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
Lynne Baillie, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Josep Domingo-Ferrer, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Catalonia, Spain
Georgia Koutrika, Athena Research Center, Greece

Candidates may also be nominated by petition of 1% of the Professional Members of ACM residing in Europe. Such petitions must be accompanied by a written declaration that the nominee is willing to stand for election. The number of Member signatures required to place a candidate on the ballot is 116.

Anyone interested in petitioning must inform Chris Hankin, Chair of the ACM Europe Council Nominating Committee ([email protected]), and Pat Ryan, ACM Chief Operating Officer ([email protected]), of their intent to petition by 10 April 2025. Petitions must be submitted for verification by 21 April 2025. All candidates must be Professional Members of ACM residing in Europe.

ACM Europe Council Nominating Committee

Chris Hankin, Chair
Anastasia Ailamaki
Michel Beaudouin-Lafon

Watch a Webinar on "Getting Recognized by ACM Awards and Honors"

On 1 October, the ACM Europe Council organized a webinar, "Getting Recognized by ACM Awards and Honors," about how to prepare successful nominations for the ACM Awards and Advanced Member Grades. The webinar featured an open discussion with ACM President Gabriele Kotsis, ACM Europe Council Chair Panagiota Fatourou, and members of the ACM Awards and Advanced Member Grades Committees.

Informatics for All Welcomes European Council Recommendations

The Council of the European Union has adopted a set of recommendations on digital skills and education. The Informatics for All Coalition has endorsed the bold recommendations outlined in the new Council report. The recommendations of the Council reflect a timely and ambitious approach towards the development of digital competences, addressing the need to make education fit for a genuine digital transformation and able to keep pace with the times, while providing the necessary skills and competences that are necessary in this new reality.

Informatics for All Coalition Welcomes European Recommendation on Informatics Education at School

ACM Europe Council

Chair

Rosa Badia

Vice Chair

Panagiotis Papadimitratos

Secretary/ Treasurer

Bran Knowles

Past Chair

Chris Hankin

Member

Anastasia Ailamaki

Michael Caspersen

Manuel Hermenegildo

Rute Sofia

ACM Europe Education Committee Chair

Judith Gal-Ezer

Informatics Europe (IE) Liaison

Jean-Marc Jezéquél

European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics ((ERCIM) Liaison

Han La Poutre

Past ACM Europe Councilors

Learn about the ACM Europe Research Visibility Working Group (ACM Europe RAISE)

Read the Current Annual Report of the ACM Europe Council

Follow the ACM Europe Council on Social Media

Meet Rukiye Altin, ACM-WE Chair

Rukiye Altin has been elected the new ACM-W Europe Chair. Rukiye is a Postdoc Researcher at the Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Germany. Her research interests include computer science education, computational thinking, information ethics and educational technology. Rukiye worked for 10 years as a CS teacher at K-12 level and she earned a PhD degree in the field of Computer Science Education. An active ACM-W volunteer since 2007, Rukiye is a member of ACM, SIGCSE and CSTA.

People of ACM Interview

Meet Oleksandr Lemeshko

Johanna Silvennoinen is a Senior Lecturer of Cognitive Science at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Her research focus is on cognitive and affective processes in humans interacting with technology. She serves as Vice Chair of the Finland ACM SIGCHI Chapter. In her interview, she discusses how art led her to cognitive science, prompt engineering's impact on human-computer interaction, activities of the ACM Finland SIGCHI Chapter, and more.

In Memoriam: Valerie Issarny

It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Valérie Issarny, an esteemed scientist and colleague. Valérie honored the ACM Europe Council serving as its Chair from October 2021 until her death. Valérie fought her disease with extraordinary courage until her last moment and we admired her strength. We will sincerely miss her. We are very grateful to Valerie for her many contributions over the years to ACM, the ACM Europe Council, and to the middleware and distributed systems communities. Learn more about Valérie's contributions to ACM and the computing profession in the January 2023 Communications of the ACM article, "Remembering Valérie Issarny."