Four new periodicals from Assoc. for Computing Machinery.The Association for Computing Machinery See ACM. Association for Computing Machinery - Association for Computing (ACM (Association for Computing Machinery, New York, www.acm.org) A membership organization founded in 1947 dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of information processing. In addition to awards and publications, ACM also maintains special interest groups (SIGs) in the computer field. ; New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ) began the publication of a new print title in October and will launch three additional titles, two in print and one online, beginning in January, 2004. All four will be produced quarterly. Computers in Entertainment was launched with an October issue and covers a wide range of theoretical and practical computer applications in the field of entertainment, including online games, CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). software, CGI CGI in full Common Gateway Interface. Specification by which a Web server passes data between itself and an application program. Typically, a Web user will make a request of the Web server, which in turn passes the request to a CGI application program. movies, interactive TV, virtual reality and animatronics an·i·ma·tron·ics n. (used with a sing. verb) The technology employing electronics to animate motorized puppets. [anima(tion) + (elec)tronics. . Editorial includes information on such topics as education, the merger of VR and live performances, music composition, entertainment robots, and expansion of interactive TV. An annual subscription costs $50 for non-ACM members. Transactions on Applied Perception will "aim to bridge the gap between perception and computer science," ACM said, including the disciplines of graphics, vision, acoustics and haptics (human-machine interaction through touch). Editorial will include information on applications and research into perceptual aspects of sensory integration. Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization will be targeted to architects, hardware and software developers and computer designers and will focus and hardware, software and systems research in the fields of computer architecture and code optimization. Content will include information on new techniques, concepts and experiences with actual systems. Transactions on Speech and Language is an electronic Journal that will focus on the design, development and evaluation of speech--and text-processing systems. Editorial will include research, survey papers, and descriptions of new applications. Subscription prices for the latter three titles have yet to be determined. |
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