ACM SIGARCH is the
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is a US-based international learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 and is the world's largest scientific and educational computing society. The ACM is a non-profit professional membe ...
's
Special Interest Group
A special interest group (SIG) is a community within a larger organization with a shared interest in advancing a specific area of knowledge, learning or technology where members cooperate to effect or to produce solutions within their particular f ...
on
computer architecture, a community of
computer
A computer is a machine that can be Computer programming, programmed to automatically Execution (computing), carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (''computation''). Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic set ...
professionals and students from academia and industry involved in research and professional practice related to computer architecture and design. The organization sponsors many prestigious international conferences in this area, including the
International Symposium on Computer Architecture
The International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA) is an annual academic conference on computer architecture, generally viewed as the top-tier in the field. Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer Archit ...
(ISCA), recognized as the top conference in this area since 1975. Together with
IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Computer Society (commonly known as the Computer Society or CS) is a technical society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) dedicated to computing, namely the major areas of hardware, software, standards and people ...
's Technical Committee on Computer Architecture (TCCA), it is one of the two main professional organizations for people working in computer architecture.
ACM SIGARCH was formed in August 1971, initially as a Special Interest Committee (a precursor to a SIG), with
Michael J. Flynn as the founding chairman. Flynn was also the founding chairman of
IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Computer Society (commonly known as the Computer Society or CS) is a technical society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) dedicated to computing, namely the major areas of hardware, software, standards and people ...
's TCCA and encouraged from the beginning, joint cooperation between the two groups. Many of the joint symposiums and conferences are the leading events in the field.
Journal
''ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News'' is a newsletter, started in January 1972, that publishes refereed articles about
computer hardware
Computer hardware includes the physical parts of a computer, such as the central processing unit (CPU), random-access memory (RAM), motherboard, computer data storage, graphics card, sound card, and computer case. It includes external devices ...
and its interactions with
compiler
In computing, a compiler is a computer program that Translator (computing), translates computer code written in one programming language (the ''source'' language) into another language (the ''target'' language). The name "compiler" is primaril ...
s and
operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common daemon (computing), services for computer programs.
Time-sharing operating systems scheduler (computing), schedule tasks for ...
s.
Conferences
ACM SIGARCH sponsors many top international conferences related to computer architecture.
* ASPLOS: ACM
* ANCS: ACM/IEEE Symposium on Architectures for Networking and Communications Systems
* CCGrid: ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing
* HPDC: ACM International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing
* ICS: ACM International Conference on Supercomputing
* IPDPS: IEEE
International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium
The International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (or IPDPS) is an annual conference for engineers and scientists to present recent findings in the fields of Parallel computing, parallel processing and distributed computing. In additi ...
* ISCA: ACM/IEEE
International Symposium on Computer Architecture
The International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA) is an annual academic conference on computer architecture, generally viewed as the top-tier in the field. Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer Archit ...
* NANOCOM: ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication
* NOCS: ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Networks-on-Chip
* PACT: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation
* SenSys: ACM
Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems
* SPAA: ACM
Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures
In Ancient Greece, the symposium (, ''sympósion'', from συμπίνειν, ''sympínein'', 'to drink together') was the part of a banquet that took place after the meal, when drinking for pleasure was accompanied by music, dancing, recitals, o ...
* UCC: IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing
Awards
SIGARCH offers a variety of awards for outstanding contributions to computer architecture:
*
Maurice Wilkes Award
*
Eckert–Mauchly Award (with
IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Computer Society (commonly known as the Computer Society or CS) is a technical society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) dedicated to computing, namely the major areas of hardware, software, standards and people ...
)
*
ISCA Influential Paper Award (with IEEE-CS TCCA)
*
Alan D. Berenbaum Distinguished Service Award
* ASPLOS Influential Paper Award
See also
*
Computer engineering
Computer engineering (CE, CoE, or CpE) is a branch of engineering specialized in developing computer hardware and software.
It integrates several fields of electrical engineering, electronics engineering and computer science.
Computer engi ...
*
Computer science
Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...
*
Computing
Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computer, computing machinery. It includes the study and experimentation of algorithmic processes, and the development of both computer hardware, hardware and softw ...
References
External links
SIGARCH
{{Authority control
Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Groups