SIG Program Reviews

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ACM SIGKDD announced seven recipients for its inaugural KDD Impact Program, which aims to fund projects that have the potential for maximum impact on society. The proposals covered training data scientists; a hackathon; use of algorithms by government; women data science leaders; a summer school for high school students; data science for social good; and promoting community understanding of Big Data.

The ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering is a forum for researchers, practitioners, and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, experiences, and challenges in SE. Scheduled keynote speakers are Erik Meijer (Facebook), Dave Lang (Iron Galaxy Studios), Lingxiao Jiang (Singapore Management University), Stephane Glondu (INRIA Nancy), and Zhendong Su (ETH Zurich).