ACM India Annual Conference 2011 kicks off in Hyderabad

ACM India Council, part of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) which is the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society for the Computer Science/IT community, has today started its two day annual conference - ACM India Annual Conference 2011 (January 28th & 29th), at the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad. The conference that is hosted by ACM India’s Hyderabad Chapter will see a participation of about 500 computing professionals, academics, and students over the 2 days.

ACM India Council focuses on serving as a professional network for individuals who are involved with the science and technology of computing and encouraging students to take an active interest in the emerging and exciting world of computing.

This conference brings in the world's best computing educators, researchers and professionals to inspire exchange of ideas, share resources and address the challenges. As India has contributed significantly in the field of Computer and Science, ACM aims to grow its presence in the country and create a large network of computer science and information technology professionals.

Alain Chesnais, President – ACM and Mr. John White, CEO – ACM inaugurated the event and thereafter Dr. Charles P. Thacker, Technical fellow at Microsoft, took a session titled – ‘Improving the future by examining the past’ where he discussed about the technical choices made and the way those were applied as technology evolved from 20th century. He suggested some possible changes that might make computing better in the 21st century.

After his session Barbara G. Ryder from Virgina Polytechnic Institute and State University gave an insightful view on Harnessing the Power of Static and Dynamic Program Analysis which took the audience through the 1996 ACM Computer Surveys featuring the challenges facing program analysis methodologies and how these challenges have been met. She also presented a new analysis paradigm – blended program analysis – that enables practical, effective analysis of large framework-intensive Java applications. Following this a panel discussion was organized on The Business Case for Diversity, and the Science behind the Problems in Realizing Diversity.