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📢 Call for Posters | ACM COMPUTE 2026

Share your ideas, showcase your research, and inspire the computing education community at ACM COMPUTE 2026!

We invite poster submissions on:

• Innovative teaching practices and classroom experiences
• Tools, technologies, and resources for computing education
• Work in progress, pilot studies, and early results
• Experiences and initiatives advancing CS education

🗓️ Submission deadline: 30 September 2026
📍 Venue: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
📅 Conference: 3–5 December 2026

Submit your poster: https://isigcse.acm.org/compute/2026/call-for-posters/

ACM India is pleased to support the one-day workshop on Research Opportunities in Computer Science (ROCS) on 10 October 2026, hosted by the Department of CSE, B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai.

Hear from distinguished speakers from CMI, IIT Madras, IMSc, and Qualcomm on research pathways and opportunities in computer science.

📍 Convention Center, B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute, Chennai
🔗 Register by scanning the QR code in the flyer.

📢 Deadline Extended: ACM India Doctoral Dissertation Award 2026

The nomination submission deadline for the ACM India Doctoral Dissertation Award (DDA) 2026 has been extended to:

⏰ 22 September 2026, 11:00 PM IST

The award recognises outstanding doctoral dissertations in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian institutions.

🏆 Winner: ₹2,00,000
🏅 Honorable Mention: ₹1,00,000
📚 Winning dissertations will be featured in the ACM Digital Library.

Eligible dissertations must have been successfully defended between 1 July 2025 and 30 June 2026.

Nominations must be submitted by the nominee’s primary dissertation advisor through the DDA track at:
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/acmindiaawards2026

For queries: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

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🎓 Applications are now open for ACM India Winter Schools 2026!

ACM India invites self-motivated students to gain in-depth exposure to advanced technology areas, academic research, and hands-on problem-solving under expert faculty and industry professionals.

This Winter edition features six exciting in-person schools:

1. Agentic AI: Data, Memory, and Systems for Autonomous AI (ACM Student Members Only)
at IIT Hyderabad from 04-Dec-2026 to 11-Dec-2026

2. The Joy of Problem Solving
at IIT Madras from 07-Dec-2026 to 18-Dec-2026

3. Trustworthy Scientific Machine Learning
at CSIR-NIDSA, Bengaluru from 07-Dec-2026 to 18-Dec-2026

4. From Information to Knowledge: Information Retrieval and Natural Language Processing (ACM Student Members Only)
at SRM University AP from 14-Dec-2026 to 22-Dec-2026

5. Multimodal and Reasoning-Aware Generative AI
at IIIT Allahabad from 21-Dec-2026 to 01-Jan-2026

6. AI-Infused Software Engineering: Research and Practice (Women Only)
at IIIT Bangalore from 04-Jan-2027 to 13-Jan-2027

📅 Last date to apply: 5 October 2026
📢 Selection announcement: 30 October 2026
💳 Application fee: ₹177 (₹150 + 18% GST)

Selected students will pay a school registration fee of up to ₹3,540, including lodging and boarding. ACM student members receive a ₹500 discount on the registration fee.

Apply carefully—each applicant must choose different first and second preferences. Seats are limited, and applications with the same school selected as both preferences will be rejected.

🔗 Apply here: https://www.explara.com/e/acm-india-winter-schools-application

🔗 School details: https://india.acm.org/education/acm-india-winter-schools-2026

Top-performing students may receive industry internship opportunities and an all-expense-paid invitation to the ACM India Annual Event 2027.
For queries: [email protected]

ACM India Winter Schools 2026 ACM India schools offer self-motivated students in-depth knowledge and exposure to research in current, advanced technology areas. Each school in this stellar lineup covers academic and applied research in the technology topic and is taught by the best-in-class experts from academia and industry. He...

🚨 ACM INDIA VIRTUAL TOWNHALL 🚨

Greetings from ACM India!

📢 ACM India Virtual Townhall is here!

An interactive session to:
🔹 Share chapter updates
🔹 Raise concerns & discuss challenges
🔹 Learn about upcoming ACM India initiatives
🔹 Connect with the wider student community

📅 25th September 2026
⏰ 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM (IST)
💻 Virtual Event
🎟️ FREE REGISTRATION

📲 Register now: Scan the QR code in the poster!

📞 Queries:
Fazal: 9026156938
Naysha: 9154260804

Don’t miss the chance to be heard and be a part of the conversation!

BMSCE ACM Student Chapter

🎉 Heartiest congratulations to Prof. Sudip Misra, ACM India Executive Council Member, on being elected as a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA).

This prestigious honour recognises his outstanding contributions to research, engineering education, and technological innovation. His work in IoT, artificial intelligence, and smart systems continues to inspire students, researchers, and the computing community.

ACM India is proud to celebrate this well-deserved recognition and wishes Prof. Misra continued success in his remarkable journey.

🚨 ACM INDIA VIRTUAL TOWNHALL 🚨

Greetings from ACM India!

📢 ACM India Virtual Townhall is here!

An interactive session to:
🔹 Share chapter updates
🔹 Raise concerns & discuss challenges
🔹 Learn about upcoming ACM India initiatives
🔹 Connect with the wider student community

📅 25th September 2026
⏰ 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM (IST)
💻 Virtual Event
🎟️ FREE REGISTRATION

📲 Register now: Scan the QR code in the poster!

📞 Queries:
Fazal: 9026156938
Naysha: 9154260804

Don’t miss the chance to be heard and be a part of the conversation!

📢 Call for Course Proposals — IARCS Instructional Schools

Are you a group of students or faculty members interested in learning a theoretical computer science topic from an expert?

IARCS invites institutions to propose short, in-person instructional schools for students and faculty. These courses support research, higher studies, and industry-oriented learning in foundations of computer science and emerging areas such as:

• Quantum Computing
• Theory of Machine Learning
• Theoretical Computer Science

📚 Preferred format: 2–3 days with one or two instructors
🏫 Your institution hosts the school and selects participants.
✈️ IARCS identifies instructors and covers their travel and honorarium.

📅 Application deadline: 25 September 2026
📩 Notification of decision: 15 October 2026
🗓️ Tentative school period: October 2026 – February 2027
📧 Submit proposals in the prescribed format to: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

For proposal format and details:
https://www.iarcs.org.in/activities/courses.php

🎓 Call for Nominations: ACM India Doctoral Dissertation Award 2026

ACM India invites nominations for the ACM India Doctoral Dissertation Award 2026, recognizing outstanding PhD dissertations in Computer Science and Engineering from institutions across India.

🏆 Awards

Winner: ₹2,00,000
Honorable Mention (if awarded): ₹1,00,000
Winning dissertations will be featured in the ACM Digital Library.

📅 Nomination deadline: 15 September 2026, 11:00 PM IST

✅ Eligibility: Dissertation must have been successfully defended between 1 July 2025 and 30 June 2026.

📌 Nominations must be submitted by the nominee’s primary dissertation advisor through the DDA track at:
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/acmindiaawards2026

Each nomination must include a single ZIP package containing the nomination letter, endorsement letter, supporting letters, dissertation, publication list, and signed ACM publishing license.

For queries: [email protected]

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