ACM Membership
Be Creative. Stay Connected. Keep Inventing.
ACM offers the resources, access and tools to invent the future. No one has a larger global network of professional peers. No one has more exclusive content. No one presents more forward-looking events. Or confers more prestigious awards. Or provides a more comprehensive learning center.
Meet Featured ACM Distinguished Speaker Jeanna N. Matthews
Jeanna N. Matthews is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York. She is a member of the Executive Committee of ACM’s US Technology Policy Committee (USTPC), and serves as Co-chair of its Subcommittee of Algorithmic Transparency and Accountability. A member of the ACM Council, she has written several popular books including Running Xen: A Hands-On Guide to the Art of Virtualization.
ACM Student Research Competition
The ACM Student Research Competition, sponsored by Microsoft, is an internationally recognized venue enabling undergraduate and graduate students to experience the research world, share research results and exchange ideas, rub shoulders with academic and industry luminaries, understand the practical applications of their research and gain recognition.
Meet Harald Störrle
Harald Störrle is a Principal IT Consultant at QAware Software Engineering, an independent software manufacturing and consulting firm in Munich, Germany. He was recently elected to the ACM Europe Council, having been active with the German ACM Chapter as a longtime member and Vice Chair. He is also a member of ACM’s Practitioners Board, which is responsible for developing programs that support the professional needs of ACM members as well as promoting computing as a profession.
Meet Heng Tao Shen
Heng Tao Shen is Professor, Dean of School of Computer Science and Engineering, Executive Dean of the AI Research Institute, and Director of the Centre for Future Media at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. An ACM Distinguished Member, Shen has been involved in the ACM Multimedia Conference, and is an Associate Editor of ACM/IMS Transactions on Data Science (TDS).
Why I Belong to ACM
Hear from Bryan Cantrill, vice president of engineering at Joyent, Ben Fried chief information officer at Google, and Theo Schlossnagle, OmniTI founder on why they are members of ACM.
Become an Ambassador for ACM
Encourage your colleagues to join ACM, share the benefits of ACM and receive free gifts for participating. Your support of ACM is critical to our continuing efforts to advance computing as a science and a profession.
Customer Service FAQs
Do you have questions about your member benefits, how to update your contact information, how to renew your membership, or claim missing issues? If so, visit ACM’s Customer Service FAQs for answers to these questions and more.
Guiding Members with a Framework of Ethical Conduct
Learn more about ACM’s commitment to ethical standards: the ACM Code of Ethics, Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice, and Committee on Professional Ethics (COPE), which is guiding these and other intiatives.
Volunteer with SocialCoder
You can use your technical skills for social good and offer volunteer support on software development projects to organizations who could not otherwise afford it. SocialCoder connects volunteer programmers/software developers with registered charities and helps match them to suitable projects based on their skills, experience, and the causes they care about. Learn more about ACM’s new partnership with SocialCoder, and how you can get involved.
Meet Computing Professionals Near You
ACM has launched a local events initiative in several major US cities to help computer professionals like you build personal networks of smart technical people nearby. You can share work experiences and insight, discuss new research ideas and provide guidance in finding a job or launching a new venture.
ACM Members Around the World
Membership Options and Rates
Membership options and rates for professionals, students, those residing in developing countries, and members of other computing societies.
Request ACM Membership Information
Encourage your peers, colleagues and students to join ACM—request membership applications, brochures and posters to promote ACM membership at your institution.
Order Complimentary Materials for Your Students!
ACM offers complimentary materials for students and professionals interested in the computing field. These materials are available to educators and students for educational use.
Vicki Hanson on How Women Are Reshaping Computing
In her blog post for Computer Weekly's WITsend blog, ACM President Vicki Hanson discusses ACM's all-female leadership team, how diversity is helping to redefine what a computing professional is, and how the digital world is expanding career opportunities for non-technical people. "While most will not become expert, basic skills will be required for them to be effective in their careers and to deal with the myriad of online offerings for communication, entertainment, retail, and government services," she says.
2018-2019 Ambassadors for ACM Grand Prize Recipients
ACM congratulates Janet Renwick of the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, who won the 2018-2019 Ambassadors for ACM Grand Prize, an Apple Homepod. Winning the 2nd Grand Prize (a Fitbit Surge) was Pooja Bharadwaj of Cisco Systems India.
ACM Distinguished Speakers Program
The Distinguished Speakers Program (DSP) is one of ACM's most valued outreach programs, providing universities, corporations, event and conference planners, and local ACM chapters with direct access to top technology leaders and innovators from nearly every sector of the computing industry. ACM will cover the cost of transportation for the speaker to travel to your event.
Become an ACM Preferred Employer
Empower your staff, gain recruiting advantages and enjoy financial benefits. Become an ACM Preferred Employer, and your technical staff will enjoy all the benefits of ACM Professional Membership and access to the ACM Digital Library at a preferred rate.
News Resources for Members
ACM Bulletins - ACM member news
People of ACM Bulletins - highlighting outstanding ACM members
MemberNet - monthly newsletter of ACM people and activities
CareerNews - digest of career-related topics of interest
ACM-W Connections Newsletter - from ACM Women's Council
Get Involved with ACM
ACM is a volunteer-led and member-driven organization. Everything ACM accomplishes is through the efforts of people like you. A wide range of activities keeps ACM moving: organizing conferences, editing journals, reviewing papers and participating on boards and committees, to name a few. Find out all the ways that you can volunteer with ACM.
Lifelong Learning
ACM offers lifelong learning resources including online books from O'Reilly, online courses from Skillsoft, TechTalks on the hottest topics in computing and IT, and more.
