The ''Journal of the ACM'' (''JACM'') is a
peer-reviewed
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scientific journal
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covering
computer science
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in general, especially theoretical aspects. It is an official journal of 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 ...
. Its current
editor-in-chief
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is
Venkatesan Guruswami
Venkatesan Guruswami (born 1976) is a senior scientist at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing and Professor of EECS and Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. He did his high schooling at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhav ...
.
The journal was established in 1954 and "computer scientists universally hold the ''Journal of the ACM'' in high esteem".
See also
* ''
Communications of the ACM
''Communications of the ACM'' (''CACM'') is the monthly journal of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
History
It was established in 1958, with Saul Rosen as its first managing editor. It is sent to all ACM members.
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Academic journals established in 1954
Computer science journals
Association for Computing Machinery academic journals
Bimonthly journals
English-language journals