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 Europe Council Election

The 2025 ACM Europe Council Election is being conducted by Election Services Corporation (ESC). ACM Professional Members residing in Europe (in good standing at the time the election went live on 15 May 2025) are eligible to vote in this election. The voting site closes at 16:00 UTC on 16 June 2025.

The voting notification email was sent to the email address associated with your ACM membership. If ACM does not have an email address on file, members will have received the voting notification via postal mail.

You can view the candidate slate here.

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 Rosanne English

Rosanne English is a Principal Teaching Fellow in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Strathclyde (UK). At the University of Strathclyde, her role includes development and delivery of departmental strategy relating to learning and teaching, as well as cybersecurity teaching. In her interview, she discusses the benefits of an “interactive windows,” approach to teaching, the impact of LLM’s on computing education, activities of ACM UK SIGCSE 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."