ACM SIGACT
ACM SIGACT or SIGACT is the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory, whose purpose is support of research in theoretical computer science. It was founded in 1968 by Patrick C. Fischer.
Publications
SIGACT publishes a quarterly print newsletter, SIGACT News. Its online version, SIGACT News Online, is available since 1996 for SIGACT members, with unrestricted access to some features.Conferences
SIGACT sponsors or has sponsored several annual conferences.- COLT: Conference on Learning Theory, until 1999
- PODC: ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing
- PODS: ACM Symposium on Principles of Database Systems
- POPL: ACM Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages
- SOCG: ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry, until 2014
- SODA: ACM/SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. Two annual workshops held in conjunction with SODA also have the same joint sponsorship:
- *ALENEX: Workshop on Algorithms and Experiments
- *ANALCO: Workshop on Analytic Algorithms and Combinatorics
- SPAA: ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures
- STOC: ACM Symposium on the [Theory of Computing]
Awards and prizes
- Gödel Prize, for outstanding papers in theoretical computer science
- Donald E. Knuth Prize, for outstanding contributions to the foundations of computer science
- Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in distributed computing
- Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award, for theoretical accomplishments of significant and demonstrable effect on the practice of computing
- Eugene L. Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions within Computer Science and Informatics
- Danny Lewin Best Student Paper Award
- Best Paper Award for ACM STOC and Institute of [Electrical and Electronics Engineers|IEEE] FOCS conference papers
- ACM SIGACT Distinguished Service Award