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Andy van Dam's Reflections on a Half Century of Hypertext

It’s been more than five decades since the birth of hypertext and it’s fascinating to see this technology continues to have a significant societal impact in our daily lives. 
 
In 2019, Andries van Dam, professor of computer science and former vice-president for research at Brown University reflected on a half-century of hypertext in his keynote speech at Hypertext conference by demonstrating three systems that have been highlights of his journey in hyperland. 
FRESS hypertext system, still running after 50 years, was arguably the first online scholarly community and showcases a database of poetry used by a class of English students in 1976. Second, TAG (Touch Art Gallery) that is used by the Nobel Foundation a few years ago for a traveling exhibition on Alfred Nobel and all the Nobel Laureates, and finally, the more recent hypertext system, DASH.
In this talk, he shares his thoughts on both deliberately designed and unanticipated societal issues of social media that he feels we technologists must urgently help address.
 
Find the presentation and abstract here: https://sigweb.org/conferences/acm-sigweb-conferences/hypertext/#keynote

ACM Stands with Those Who Promote Inclusivity

In the United States, and throughout many regions around the world, current events have brought attention to the urgent need for equality and respect for all individuals. ACM reaffirms its commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion within the global computer science community.  
 
As an international organization of nearly 100,000 professionals, ACM respects the essential worth of all people and firmly believes that diversity strengthens the scientific enterprise and society as a whole. ACM’s Code of Professional Ethics embodies these principles, and our Diversity and Inclusion Council works to translate them into effective action.  
 
ACM is committed to creating an environment that welcomes new ideas and perspectives, and where hostility or other harmful behaviors are not tolerated. As an organization, we stand with those who promote inclusivity.  

Web Conference Series Sponsorship

ACM SIGWEB to Sponsor and Organize Leading International Web Conference Series


ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the International World Wide Web Conference Committee (IW3C2) has announced an agreement to transfer full legal and financial sponsorship of The Web Conference series of conferences

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Call for Nominations: Editor-In-Chief ACM Transactions on Information Systems

The term of the current Editor-in-Chief (EiC) of the ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS) is coming to an end, and the ACM Publications Board has set up a nominating committee to assist the Board in selecting the next EiC. TOIS was established in 2000 and has been experiencing steady growth, with around 150 submissions received annually over the last six years. The acceptance rate has stayed in the 20-25% rate.

Nominations are invited for a three-year term as TOIS EiC, beginning on August 1, 2020. The EiC appointment may be renewed at most one time. This is an entirely voluntary position, but ACM will provide appropriate administrative support.  Self-nominations are encouraged, and should include a statement of the candidate's vision for the future development of TOIS. Other nominations should include a vita along with a brief statement of why the nominee should be considered; the committee will reach out to the nominated candidate to seek permission to proceed and to request a vision for the future development of TOIS. The deadline for submitting nominations is June 1, 2020, although nominations will continue to be accepted until the position is filled.

Appointed by the ACM Publications Board, Editors-in-Chief (EiCs) of ACM journals are delegated full responsibility for the editorial management of the journal consistent with the journal's charter and general ACM policies. The Board relies on EiCs to ensure that the content of the journal is of high quality and that the editorial review process is both timely and fair. He or she has the final say on acceptance of papers, size of the Editorial Board, and appointment of Associate Editors. A complete list of responsibilities is found in the ACM Volunteer Editors Position Descriptions. Additional information can be found in the following documents:

  • Rights and Responsibilities in ACM Publishing.
  • ACM's Evaluation Criteria for Editors-in-Chief.

Please send all nominations to the nominating committee chair, James Allan (allan@cs.umass.edu). The search committee members are:

  • James Allan (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Chair
  • Hannah Bast (University of Freiburg)
  • Pablo Castells (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
  • Diane Kelly (University of Tennessee)
  • Tetsuya Sakai (Waseda University)
  • Mark Sanderson (RMIT University)
  • Divesh Srivastava (AT&T Labs-Research), ACM Publications Board Liaison

SIGWEB Newsletter

The latest Summer 2020 issue of the SIGWEB Newsletter is available on ACM Digital Library. Our new quarterly newsletter publication aims to communicate with our members news, interviews and events that are of interest to people in the field of Hypertext and Hypermedia. An archive of past issues of the newsletter, in digital form, is available through the ACM Digital Library.

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