This blog is about academic communities that I might want to be a part of some day. The first academic community that I am going to discuss is the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). ACM was founded in 1947 and according to Wikipedia has 83,000 members. It is the world's largest educational and scientific computing society. Its goal is to deliver resources that advance computing as a science and profession. It provides a Digital Library and has many publications, conferences and career resources. Some of ACM's publications include Communications of the ACM, several other magazines, several journals, and several transactions (e.g. Transactions on Information Systems and Transactions on the Web). For more information see their website.
Interestingly ACM also has a couple of publications that are joint publications with the second academic community I will describe, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). IEEE was founded in 1963 and according to Wikipedia has more than 365,000 members. It is a non-profit organization and a leading authority on many areas of engineering ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to consumer electronics. It is as source of professional and technical information, resources and services. Some quick facts about IEEE include that it has nearly 1,300 standards and projects under development, more than 1.7 million documents in its Electronic Library, publishes 144 transactions, journals and magazines and sponsors more than 850 conferences annually. For more information see their website.
The third academic communities I will describe is Information Processing and Management. Information Processing and Management is a journal, which is aimed at "information scientists, computer scientists, librarians, cognitive scientists, and information systems and technology specialists interested in information retrieval (IR), organization of information, and management of information resources." (http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/244/description#description ). The website for journal provides information on current issues of the journal, how to submit articles, how to subscribe to the journal and other journals in the same research area.
These three communities seem like communities that I might be interested in joining one day because they all publish papers on topics related to my research. In fact I have read articles published by all three communities mentioned above. Next week I will write more about publication venues I might be interested in the future.
Interestingly ACM also has a couple of publications that are joint publications with the second academic community I will describe, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). IEEE was founded in 1963 and according to Wikipedia has more than 365,000 members. It is a non-profit organization and a leading authority on many areas of engineering ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to consumer electronics. It is as source of professional and technical information, resources and services. Some quick facts about IEEE include that it has nearly 1,300 standards and projects under development, more than 1.7 million documents in its Electronic Library, publishes 144 transactions, journals and magazines and sponsors more than 850 conferences annually. For more information see their website.
The third academic communities I will describe is Information Processing and Management. Information Processing and Management is a journal, which is aimed at "information scientists, computer scientists, librarians, cognitive scientists, and information systems and technology specialists interested in information retrieval (IR), organization of information, and management of information resources." (http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/244/description#description ). The website for journal provides information on current issues of the journal, how to submit articles, how to subscribe to the journal and other journals in the same research area.
These three communities seem like communities that I might be interested in joining one day because they all publish papers on topics related to my research. In fact I have read articles published by all three communities mentioned above. Next week I will write more about publication venues I might be interested in the future.
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