Last week I introduced some venues that I hope to have my work accepted in. Today I will blog about three academic communities that I might be part of someday. (I should have reversed the order of these 2 blogs!)
The Association for Information Systems
Since I talked about AMCIS and ICIS in last blog, it just makes sense to introduce Association for Information Systems (AIS) community that I am already a member of. AIS is a professional organization founded in 1994; its purpose is to serve as the premier global organization for academics specializing in Information Systems. The need for such an organization was first spelled out in an editorial authored by five past Editor's-in-Chief of the Management Information Systems Quarterly in March of 1993. Bill King, of the University of Pittsburgh, was first among many to play key leadership roles in bringing the association into existence. He served as the first president.
Association for computing Machinery
ACM is widely recognized as the premier membership organization for computing professionals, delivering resources that advance computing as a science and a profession; enable professional development; and promote policies and research that benefit society.
ACM hosts the computing industry's leading Digital Library and Guide to Computing Literature, and serves its global members and the computing profession with journals and magazines, conferences, workshops, electronic forums, and Online Books and Courses.
I am considering this community because I have been reading many articles that are relevant to my research area.
IEEE
Finally, I will introduce one more community which is IEEE and more specifically IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Security and Privacy.
IEEE, an association dedicated to the fostering of technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity, is the world's largest technical professional society. It is designed to serve professionals involved in all aspects of the electrical, electronic and computing fields and related areas of science and technology that underlie modern civilization.
Rachida,
The IEEE and ACM are such vast communities. I found that I was wading through them as well. I also liked the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy. However, I found their publications very high-level... and I wonder what it takes to get published there... although I wouldn't mind the trip to California to present!
As far as the ACM goes.. did you see the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security? (check out http://www.sigsac.org/ccs.html) The conference is next week in Alexandria, VA. Very interesting! You should check it out.