Gandhinagar: The Association for Computing Machinery’s India Chapter will hold its ACM-India annual event for the year 2020 on February 15, 2020 at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN). The event is scheduled from 9:30 am in the morning, in Jasubhai Memorial auditorium of IITGN.
ACM India organises this annual flagship event to discuss trends in science and technology, and to celebrate ACM’s spirit and India’s accomplishments in computing. This event will be attended by Prof Cherri Pancake, President of ACM; Prof Abhiram Ranade, President of ACM India as well as ACM Turing Award winners – Prof Yann Lecun, 2018 ACM Turing Award Winner, New York University; Prof Shwetak Patel, Winner of 2018 ACM Prize in Computing, University of Washington; Prof Susanne Albers, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, Technische Universität München; and Prof M Balakrishnan, ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award, IIT Delhi. Besides, students, researchers, and professionals in the field of computer science and allied areas are also likely to attend it in large numbers.
During the event, Prof Yann Lecun will give a talk on ‘Self-Supervised Learning: the Next Step in AI’; Prof Susanne Albers will talk about ‘Algorithms Beyond the Worst Case’; Prof Shwetak Patel will share his knowledge on ‘New Ways of Thinking of the Mobile Phone for Healthcare’; and Prof M Balakrishnan will deliver a talk on ‘Assistive Technology Solutions for Mobility & Education of Visually Impaired’.
About Association for Computing Machinery (ACM):
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery is the world’s largest educational and scientific society, uniting computing educators, researchers and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources and address the field’s challenges. ACM awards the Turing Award (aka Nobel Prize in Computing). ACM supports professional growth of its members by providing opportunities for life-long learning, career development, and professional networking. ACM is recording a healthy growth in India, and ACM India was launched in 2010 to increase the focus on the country.
About ACM Turing Award:
The A.M. Turing Award, the ACM’s most prestigious technical award, is given for major contributions of lasting importance to computing. The A.M. Turing Award, sometimes referred to as the “Nobel Prize of Computing”, was named in honor of Alan M. Turing (1912–1954), the British mathematician and computer scientist, who articulated the mathematical foundation and limits of computing. He made fundamental advances in computer architecture, algorithms, formalisation of computing, and artificial intelligence. Turing was also instrumental in British code-breaking work during World War II.
About IIT Gandhinagar:The Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, established in 2008, strives to offer the best undergraduate and graduate education in India with unmatched innovations in curriculum. IITGN was ranked 7th in India and among the top 600 globally in the 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings released recently. Its undergraduate program emphasises project-oriented learning, creativity, the liberal arts, design and the life sciences and globalisation. Nearly 40 percent of its undergraduate students receive study abroad or other international opportunities. Its 5-week immersive Foundation Programme for incoming students underscores creativity, leadership, communication skills, ethics, social awareness and physical activity. IITGN is committed to promoting excellence in science, technology, as well as the humanities and social sciences and to the development of rounded and nuanced minds. The IITGN campus is the first in the country to receive a 5-star rating in the GRIHA-LD category, and has won three national HUDCO awards.
