ACM SIGARCH is the
Association for Computing Machinery's
Special Interest Group on
computer architecture
In computer engineering, computer architecture is a description of the structure of a computer system made from component parts. It can sometimes be a high-level description that ignores details of the implementation. At a more detailed level, the ...
, a community of
computer 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 Archi ...
(ISCA), recognized as the top conference in this area since 1975. Together with
IEEE Computer Society
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'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
Michael J. Flynn (born May 20, 1934) is an American professor emeritus at Stanford University.
Early life and education
Flynn was born in New York City.
Career
Flynn proposed Flynn's taxonomy, a method of classifying parallel digital compute ...
as the founding chairman. Flynn was also the founding chairman of
IEEE Computer Society
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...
'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 and its interactions with
compiler
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s and
operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.
Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also i ...
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 processing and distributed computing. In addition to technical se ...
* 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 Archi ...
* 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
SenSys, the ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems, is an annual academic conference in the area of embedded networked sensors.
About SenSys
ACM SenSys is a selective, single-track forum for the presentation of research results on ...
* SPAA: ACM
Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures
SPAA, the ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures, is an academic conference in the fields of parallel computing and distributed computing. It is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery special interest groups SI ...
* 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 The Association for Computing Machinery SIGARCH Maurice Wilkes Award is given annually for outstanding contribution to computer architecture by a young computer scientist or engineer; "young" defined as having a career that started within the last 2 ...
*
Eckert-Mauchly Award (with
IEEE Computer Society
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...
)
*
ISCA Influential Paper Award
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 ...
(with IEEE-CS TCCA)
*
Alan D. Berenbaum Distinguished Service Award
* ASPLOS Influential Paper Award
See also
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Computer engineering
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Computer science
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*
Computing
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References
External links
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