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 and IE Release Informatics Education Strategy

The ACM Europe Council and Informatics Europe have collaborated on a report that builds on an earlier document, "Informatics Education in Europe: Are We All in the Same Boat?". The report, "Informatics for All: The Strategy," aims to establish Informatics as an essential discipline for all, a subject available at all levels throughout the educational system. The strategy is also summarized in a one-page document.

Europe TPC, IE Recommendations on Automated Decision Making

The white paper "When Computers Decide: European Recommendations on Machine-Learned Automated Decision Making" presents the views of the ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee and Informatics Europe (IE) on the challenges posed by the increasing presence of Machine Learning and Automated Decision Making (ADM) systems in almost every aspect of modern human life.

First-Ever Global Curriculum Guidelines in Cybersecurity

After an extensive two-year process, a joint task force led by the ACM, IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS), Association for Information Systems Special Interest Group on Security (AIS SIGSEC), and the International Federation for Information Processing Technical Committee on Information Security Education (IFIP WG 11.8) has released a first-ever set of global curricular recommendations for post-secondary degree programs in cybersecurity education.

ACM US and Europe Tech Policy Committees Issue Statement on IoT Privacy and Security

The ACM US Technology Policy Committee and the ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee have released a Statement on Internet of Things Privacy and Security addressing existing and expected privacy and security concerns in the IoT ecosystem. The principles in the statement propose policy and technical approaches to tackle privacy and security challenges while ensuring that the technology continues to move forward.

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.

ACM-WE Chair Rukiye Altin

Meet ACM Distinguished Speaker Luca Chittaro

Luca Chittaro is Professor of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Udine, Italy, where he heads the HCI Lab. He has been involved in organizing many ACM conferences in HCI, and is a strong advocate of its societal impact, working with clinicians in various fields of health and with safety experts to create innovative applications for real-world use.

Photo of ACM Distinguished Speaker Luca Chittaro
  • ACM Council

    President
      Yannis Ioannidis  
    Vice President
      Elisa Bertino  
    Secretary/ Treasurer
      Rashmi Mohan
    SIG Governing Board Chair
      Neha Kumar  
    SGB Council Representative
      Jens Palsberg  
    Past President
      Gabriele Kotsis  
    Member-at-Large
      Tom Crick  
      Alison Derbenwick Miller  
      Odest Jenkins  
      John Kim
      Tanara Lauschner
      Alejandro Saucedo
      Michelle Zhou  
  • Audit Committee

    Chair
      Yannis Ioannidis  
    Member
      Elisa Bertino  
      Rashmi Mohan
  • Awards Committee

    Co-Chair
    Roy Levin  
    ACM Gordon Bell Prize
    Amanda Randles  
    ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modeling
    Jack Dongarra  
    ACM - IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award
    Lizy  Kurian Lizy  
    ACM Fellows
    Holly  E Rushmeier  
    ACM Headquarters Liaison
    Jade Morris
  • ACM Executive Committee

    President
      Yannis Ioannidis  
    Vice-President
      Elisa Bertino  
    Secretary/ Treasurer
      Rashmi Mohan
    SIG Governing Board Chair
      Neha Kumar  
    Past President
      Gabriele Kotsis  
  • ACM Risks Forum

  • Committee on Professional Ethics (COPE)

    Chair
      Marty Wolf  
    Vice Chair
      Catherine Flick  
    Secretary
      Keith Miller  
    Past Chair
      Don Gotterbarn  
    Educational Coordinator
      Michael Kirkpatrick  
    Social Media Coordinator
    Karla Carter  
    Technical Coordinator
      Bo Brinkman  
    Code Outreach Coordinator
      Catherine Flick  
    Publications Liaison
    Jesmin Jahan Tithi  
    Member
    Sally Applin
      Richard Blumenthal  
      Emanuelle Burton
      Kenneth Christensen
      Shannon French
      Frances Grodzinsky  
    Kai Kimppa  
      Evelyn Lulis
      Helena Mentis  
      Catherine Ngirwa
      Thomas Owens
      Norberto Patrignani
      Rochelle Tractenberg
      Tom Yeh
      Elad Yom-Tov
      Michael Zimmer  
  • History Committee

    Chair
      Kim Tracy  
    Past Chair
      Barbara Boucher Owens  
    Member
      Meenakshi D'Souza  
      David Kasik  
    Anna Loup
      Mara Mills
      Dag Spicer
      Jeffrey Yost
    SGB Liaison
      Kim Tracy  
  • Investment Committee

    Chair
      Stuart Feldman  
    Member
      Erik Altman  
      John West  
  • Digital Library Board

    Chair
      Jack Davidson  
    Member
    Phoebe Ayers  
      Michael Ley  
      Michael Nelson  
      Cherri Pancake  
      Theo Schlossnagle  
      Stephen Spencer
      Julie Williamson  
  • Education Board

    Co-Chair
      Alison Derbenwick Miller  
      Briana Morrison  
    Past Chair
      Elizabeth Hawthorne  
    Member-at-Large
      Alison Clear  
      Thomas Cortina  
      Judith Gal-Ezer  
      Amruth Kumar  
      Paul Leidig  
      Fay Cobb Payton  
      Tamara Pearson  
      Susan Reiser  
      Mihaela Sabin  
      Cara Tang  
    CSTA
    Jake Baskin  
    ACM Headquarters (Education Manager)
    Yan Timanovsky  
    Advisor
      Chris Stephenson  
  • Education Advisory Committee

    EngageCSEdu Co-EiC
      Brian O'Neill  
    Member
      Amadeo Arguelles  
      David Joyner  
      Stephanie Ludi  
      Joseph Maguire  
      Shuhan Majid
      Janice Mak
      Alvaro Monge  
    Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende
      Christian Servin  
      Cindy Tucker  
    Chair, Committee for Computing Education in Community Colleges
    Markus Geissler
    SIGCSE Representative
    Rodrigo Duran
    SIGCAS Representative
      Richard Blumenthal  
    SIGCHI Representative
      Olivier St-Cyr  
    SIGGRAPH Representative
      Susan Reiser  
    SIGHPC Representative
      Steven Gordon  
    SIGPLAN Representative
      Matthias Hauswirth  
    SIGITE Representative
      Christian Servin  
    Headquarters Liaison
    Yan Timanovsky  
  • Education Policy Committee

  • Practitioner Board

    Co-Chair
    Marlene Mhangami
      Sophie Watson
    Past Chair
      Terry Coatta  
    ByteCast Committee Chair
      Stephen Ibaraki
    DSP Committee Chair
      Gavin Doherty  
    Local Mentoring Committee Chair
    Grace Ufeoshi
    Professional Development Committee Chair
    Bruke Kifle
    Member
    Scott Hanselman  
      Anusha Nerella
      Philip Roth  
      Harald Störrle  
  • Distinguished Speaker Committee

    Member
      Jesse Barker
      Mashhuda Glencross  
      Madhavan Mukund
    Alexandre Renteria
      Leonel Sousa  
    Bebo White
  • Local Mentoring Committee

    Member
      Riya Charaya
      Edward Freedman
    Steve Nouri
      Marc Temkin
    Grace Ufeoshi
  • Minigraphs Committee

    ACM HQ Liaison
      Yan Timanovsky  
  • Professional Development Committee

    Chair
    Bruke Kifle
    Past Chair
      Stephen Ibaraki
    Member
    Eve Andersson  
    Sue Black
      Juan Miguel De Joya  
    Scott Hanselman  
      Sophia Minaya
      Srikantan Moorthy
      Chinasa Okolo  
    Oana Olteanu
      Sophie Watson
  • Publications Board

    Member
    Rick Anderson
      Tom Crick  
      Jack Davidson  
      Michael Heroux  
      James Larus  
      Marc Najork  
      Mauro Pezzè  
    Francesca Rossi  
      Robert Schnabel  
    Stuart Taylor
      Bhavani Thuraisingham  
      John West  
      Min Zhang  
    SGB Liaison
      Jonathan Aldrich  
    ACM HQ Liaison
      Scott Delman  
  • SIG Governing Board

    SIGACCESS Chair
      Matt Huenerfauth  
    SIGACT Chair
      Funda Ergun
    SIGBio Chair
      May Dongmei Wang  
    SIGCAS Chair
      Michelle Trim  
    SIGCHI President
      Neha Kumar  
    SIGCITE Chair
      Christian Servin  
    SIGDA Chair
      Wanli Chang
    SIGDOC Chair
      Huiling Ding
    SIGecom Chair
      Michal Feldman  
    SIGGRAPH Chair
      Eakta Jain  
    SIGMICRO Chair
      Reetuparna Das
    SIGPLAN Chair
      Andrew Myers  
    SIGSIM Chair
      Andreas Tolk  
    SIGSOFT Online Chair
      Marsha Chechik
    SIGSPATIAL Chair
      John Krumm
  • SGB Executive Committee

    SIG Governing Board Chair
      Neha Kumar  
    SGB EC Vice Chair for Operations
      Christine Harvey  
    SIG Development Advisor
      Brad A. A. Lawrence
    SIG Awards Advisor
      Natalie Enright Jerger  
    Publications Advisor
      Jonathan Aldrich  
    SIG Board Past Chair
      Jens Palsberg  
    ACM Headquarters SIG Liaison
      Donna Cappo
  • Regional Councils

  • ACM Europe Council

    Vice Chair
      Panagiotis Papadimitratos  
    Member
      Anastasia Ailamaki  
      Michael Caspersen  
      Manuel Hermenegildo  
    Informatics Europe (IE) Liaison
    Jean-Marc Jezéquél  
    European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics ((ERCIM) Liaison
    Han La Poutre
  • ACM India Council

    President
      Meenakshi D'Souza  
    Vice President
      Ponnurangam Kumaraguru  
    Secretary/ Treasurer
      Sachin Lodha  
    Member
      Shweta Agrawal
    Aritra Banik
      Ranjita Bhagwan  
      Maria Choudhary
      Amey Karkare
      Viraj Kumar  
      Sudip Misra  
      Shourya Roy
    Vipul Shah
      Yogesh Simmhan  
      Revathi Venkataraman
      R. Venkateswaran
    Past President
      Venkatesh Raman
    ACM India COO
      Ranga Rajagopal
  • ACM China Council

    Chair
    Huadong Ma
    Vice Chair
      Zhi Jin  
    Yunhuai Liu  
      Kui Ren  
      Fan Wu
    Honorary Chair
      Yunhao Liu  
    Standing Director
    Yungang Bao  
      Guihai Chen  
      Wenguang Chen
      Le Dong
      Dan Feng  
      Hong Gao  
    Bin Hu
    Zhiyuan Ji
      Xiaohua Jia
    Dengao Li
    Jianzhong Li  
    Keqiu Li  
      Xiangyang Li  
      Xuanya Li
      Min Liu
      John Lui  
      Junzhou Luo  
      Jian Pei  
      Zhiguang Qin  
      Yong Rui  
      Guoren Wang
      Xinbing Wang  
      Jian Weng
    Renyi Xiao  
      Tao Xie  
      Wenyuan Xu
      Bo Yang
      Zhiwen Yu
      Ming Zhang  
    Yunquan Zhang  
    Jizhong Zhao
      Juejia Zhou
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council

    Past Chairs
      Stephanie Ludi  
    Co-Chair, ACM-W
      Rukiye Altin  
    Members
      Stephen Blackburn  
      Ian Her Many Horses
    Liaisons
  • ACM-W Committee Leadership

    Co-Chair
      Rukiye Altin  
    ACM HQ Liaison
      Pat Ryan
  • ACM Technology Policy Council

    Co-Chairs
    Virginia Dignum  
      Jeanna Matthews  
    Past Chair
      James Hendler  
    Chair, Europe Technology Policy Committee
      Michel Beaudouin-Lafon  
    Chair, TechBriefs Committee
      Simson Garfinkel  
    SIG Representatives
      Eelco Herder  
      Thomas Zimmermann  
    At-Large Members
      Meenakshi D'Souza  
      Mohan Kankanhalli  
      Edson Prestes  
  • U.S. Technology Policy Committee

    Past Chair
      Charles Brownstein
    Edward Felten  
      James Hendler  
      Stuart Shapiro  
      Barbara Simons  
      Eugene Spafford  
    Executive Committee
      Simson Garfinkel  
      Andrew Grosso  
    Digital Governance Subcommittee Chair
      Simson Garfinkel  
    Law Subcommittee Chair
      Andrew Grosso  
    Security Subcommittee Chair
      Carl Landwehr  
    Europe Technology Policy Committee Chair, ex officio
      Michel Beaudouin-Lafon  
    ACM CEO, ex officio
      Vicki Hanson  
    ACM COO, ex officio
      Pat Ryan
    ACM President, ex officio
      Yannis Ioannidis  
  • ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee

    Chair
      Michel Beaudouin-Lafon  
    Members-at-Large
      Gürkan Solmaz  
    ACM President, ex officio
      Yannis Ioannidis  
    Senior Advisor, ex officio
      Fabrizio Gagliardi  
    ACM Technology Policy Council Co-Chairs, ex officio
    Virginia Dignum  
      Jeanna Matthews  
    ACM Chief Executive Officer, ex officio
      Vicki Hanson  
    ACM Chief Operating Officer, ex officio
      Patricia Ryan
    Past Chair
      Chris Hankin  
  • TechBriefs Committee

    Chair
      Simson Garfinkel  
    Members
      Michel Beaudouin-Lafon  
      Jean Camp  
    Sorelle Friedler  
      Andrew Grosso  
      James Hendler  
      Andrew McGettrick  
      Larry Medsker  
      John Murray  
      Kashyap Tumkur  
  • ACM Representatives to Other Organizations

    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
      Benjamin Zorn  
    Computing Sciences Accreditation Board, Inc. (CSAB)
      Jean Blair
    Scott Murray  
      Mihaela Sabin  
    Computing Research Association (CRA)
      Eugene Spafford  
      Divesh Srivastava  
  • Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA)

    Executive Director
    Jake Baskin  

ACM-W Europe

ACM-W Europe (ACM-WE) supports, celebrates, and advocates internationally for the full engagement of women in all aspects of the computing field, as well as advancing the contributions of technical women. Among its goals are promoting the image of computing among women, promoting awareness of career options, and establishing partnerships with similar existing organizations in Europe.

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.

Rosanne English

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