ACM

John White

Chief Executive Officer

February 11, 2008

Outline

• Membership

• Financial outlook

• Digital Library

• Initiatives

– Internationalization

– Image and health of the field

– The new CACM

ACM - Membership

• Membership

– 86,932 members worldwide• 64,532 professionals

• 22,420 students

ACM - Membership

• Membership

– 86,932 members worldwide• 64,532 professionals

• 22,420 students

• Membership is growing

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Total Members

Professional Members

Student Members

ACM - Membership

• Membership

– 86,932 members worldwide• 64,532 professionals

• 22,420 students

• Membership is growing

– 79,168

0

10,00020,000

30,000

40,00050,000

60,000

70,000

80,00090,000

100,000

1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Total Members

Professional Members

Student Members

ACM - Membership

• Membership

– 86,932 members worldwide• 64,532 professionals

• 22,420 students

• Membership is growing

– 79,168 (IEEE-CS on October 31, 2007)

0

10,00020,000

30,000

40,00050,000

60,000

70,000

80,00090,000

100,000

1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Total Members

Professional Members

Student Members

ACM - Membership

• Membership

– 86,932 members worldwide• 64,532 professionals

• 22,420 students

• Membership is growing

– 79,168 (IEEE-CS on October 31, 2007)

– 84,400 (ACM on October 31, 2007)

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10,00020,000

30,000

40,00050,000

60,000

70,000

80,00090,000

100,000

1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Total Members

Professional Members

Student Members

Financial Outlook

Financial Outlook

FY08 Projection

FY08 Budget

FY07 Actual

ACM GeneralRevenue 21,833 21,595 21,960Expense 21,121 21,515 20,862ACM GeneralNet 712 80 1,098

ACM SIGsRevenue 31,455 28,015 27,862Expense 27,674 27,697 25,109ACM SIG Net 3,781 318 2,753

ACM Net 4,493 398 3,851

Financial Outlook

FY08 Projection

FY08 Budget

FY07 Actual

ACM GeneralMPO Revenue 20,565 20,327 20,123MPO Expense 18,015 18,409 17,621MPO Net 2,550 1,918 2,502

VM Revenue 1,268 1,268 1,837VM Expense 3,106 3,106 3,241VM Net (1,838) (1,838) (1,404)

ACM General Net 712 80 1,098

Financial Outlook

FY08 Projection

FY08 Budget

FY07 Actual

ACM SIGsConf. Revenue 26,503 23,401 23,172Conf. Expense 21,070 20,879 18,914Conf. Net 5,433 2,522 4,258

Ops. Revenue 4,952 4,614 4,690Ops. Expense 6,604 6,818 6,195Ops. Nete (1,652) (2,204) (1,505)

ACM SIGs Net 3,781 318 2,753

FinancialsSIG Conferences

FY08 Projection

FY07 Actual Difference

Conference RevenueTen largest 18,122 15,924 2,198Other 8,381 7,248 1,133Conf. Net 26,503 23,172 3,331

Conference ExpenseTen largest 14,372 13,559 813Other 6,698 5,355 1,343Conf. Net 21,070 18,914 2,156

Conference NetTen largest 3,750 2,365 1,385Other 1,683 1,893 (210)Conf. Net 5,433 4,258 1,175

Conferences' Net

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Big Five Net ($000) $2,821 $3,825 $705 $(1,560) $434 $1,955 $2,477 $1,872

All Others Net ($000) $1,191 $1,329 $738 $946 $1,741 $1,590 $1,698 $2,386

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FinancialsSIG Conferences

Financials DL Distribution to the SIGs

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Financial Outlook

• FY’09 Budget

– Early stages

– Because of CACM investment ACM General will be tight

– Digital Library

• Budgeting significant growth in Digital Library revenue: ~$12 Million

• Budgeting significant DL distribution to the SIGs: ~$2+ Million

Digital Library

Digital Library Developments

• New business model for academic consortia and corporations

– Goal: create better parity and consistency across our customer base

– The new plan

• Differentiate by sectors (academic, government, comported)

• US academic– Multi-tier pricing model – Tiers based on Carnegie classification

• Non-US academic– Multi-tier pricing model– Tiers based on annual usage

• Government– Single tier

• Corporate– Multi-tier pricing model– Tiers based on revenue and usage

Digital Library Developments

• New search technology– Endeca

– Leader in “guided navigation” search technologies

– New search technology release a few weeks ago• Initially released behind the traditional advance search model

• Immediate serge in searches: from 50,000 a day to 70,000 a day

• Significant performance improvement

– Coming shortly• Author pages

• Surfacing (multiple) publication statistics

– A bit later• Guided navigation

• Working with design/usability consultants

• Will also engage a small consulting group from Pubs and the SIGs

ACM Initiatives

ACM Initiatives

• Internationalization

• Image and health of the field and profession

• A new Communications of the ACM

Internationalization

Internationalization

• Better geographic diversity within ACM

• Country/region-specific initiatives

– China

– India

– Europe

Geographic Diversity

• Observations from the Council retreat

– More non-US members than FY’02

– ACM geographic distribution is not that different from IEEE

– Greatest geographic diversity is in and around research publications

• DL access and usage

• Journal/transactions editors

• Pubs Board

• Program committees for major research conferences

– Least geographic diversity centers on ACM leadership

• Council and Boards

• SIG leaders

Geographic Diversity

• Discussion and actions from the Council retreat

– Lead from our strengths (research publications/conferences and education) when engaging outside the US.

– Work to increase geographic diversity in all aspects of ACM leadership.

– When reaching outside the research community to local practitioners, reconsider partnerships with national societies.

• The EC agreed to oversee this effort

China

• In China, ACM’s main goals are to:

– Contribute to the advancement of computing

– Help develop high-quality professional activities in China

– Raise awareness of ACM in China

– Grow ACM membership in China

China

• Approach in China:– Establish an ACM China Task Force to lead the effort

– Work with the Task Force to develop a multi-year plan for ACM and China

• The ACM China Task Force– Members

• Andrew Yao (Chair) Tsinghua University• Professor Chuang Lin Former Head, Computer Science, Tsinghua Univ.• Professor Zjhiwei XuChinese Academy of Sciences• Dr. Zhang Yaoxue Ministry of Education• Dr. Hui Su IBM China Research Laboratory• Dr. Hong-Jiang Zhang Managing Director,

Microsoft Advanced Technology Center

• Stu Feldman ACM President and Google• John White ACM CEO

China

• Elements of an initial ACM-China plan

– Establish an ACM China office

– Establish an ACM China website

– Engage the academic and research communities

– Engage industry

China

• Elements of an initial ACM-China plan (detail)

– Establish an ACM China office• An ACM Branch office has been established at Tsinghua University

• The ACM China Office:– Provides information in Chinese to current and potential members– Facilitates financial transactions in joining ACM– Leads the promotion of ACM into the academic community– Supports the ACM China website– Supports ACM activities in China

– Establish an ACM China website • Provide a version of the ACM website localized for China

• Facilitates joining and communicating with ACM from within China

• Create Chinese DL (Digital Library) Pearls– A selection of abstracts (translated into Chinese) identifying key

papers for Chinese computer scientists to consider reading

China

• Elements of an initial ACM-China plan (detail)

– Engage the academic and research communities

• Promote the value of ACM membership to faculty and graduate students at top 100 universities

• Organize an annual Education Summit on “Challenges in Computer Science Education in China”

– Curriculum– Accreditation– Issues in teaching computer science

• Encourage ACM SIGs to hold more research conferences in China

China

• Elements of an initial ACM-China plan (detail)

– Engage industry

• Promote the value of ACM membership to industry leaders

• Promote the value of ACM membership to technical staff at Chinese computing companies and organizations

• Organize a Technology Summit– Organize a technical summit to discuss the technical challenges

facing Chinese industry. An important goal of this meeting would be to raise awareness of the importance of computing professional staying technically engaged and aware throughout their career.

China

• Progress to date

– ACM China office is established

• ACM China OfficeEast Main Building 10-104Department of Computer Science and TechnologyTsinghua UniversityBeijing, China (100084)

• Contact: Ms. Xie Yuyuanphone: +86-10-62787704Email: China acm.org

• Office Hours: 8:00am – 12:00 am, 1:00pm-5:00pm

China

• Progress to date (cont.)

– ACM website up and running

• http://china.acm.org/

• Information on ACM and tools to join are available

• Chinese Digital Library Pearls available

– ACM Education Summit

• Planning is underway to host first summit in conjunction with the CS Deans meeting in Beijing in October 2008

– Campaign to promote ACM to academic community underway

– Campaign to promote ACM to industry is being considered

India

• ACM India Task Force– Co-Chairs

• Dr. C. Mohan, IBM India Chief Scientist• Dr. P. Anandan, Managing Director, Microsoft Research India

– Senior Advisor• Prof. S. Sadagopan, Director, International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT)

Bangalore

– Members• Dr. M.P. Ravindra, Sr. Vice President and Head of Education & Research, Infosys

Technologies• Dr. Kesav Nori, Executive Director and Executive VP, Tata Consultancy Services• Prof. Pankaj Jalote, Microsoft Chair Professor at IIT Delhi• Prof. Krithi Ramamritham, Dean R&D at IIT Bombay• Prof. Sanjeev K. Aggarwal, Dept of CSE, IIT Kanpur• Prof. Kincha, Vice Chancellor, Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU)• Ms. Aruna Sundararajan, Government of India (Dept of Info Tech); CEO, Common Service

Centers (CSC) Initiative• H.R. Mohan, The Hindu Newspaper and Computer Society of India (CSI)

– Guests• Chair of the ACM Bangalore Chapter • ACM SIGCHI Bangalore Chapter

India

• First meeting of the task force held in the Fall

• Issues

– Nascent research community

– Raising the quality of education

– Computing professionals have a mix of formal educational backgrounds

– Must work “bottom up”

• Next steps

– Considering an Education Summit

– Working with a potential local partner to reach industry

– Encourage SIGs to consider holding research conferences in India

• Continuing to think through a multi-year plan

Europe

• The greatest concentration of ACM members outside the US is in Europe

– 16% or over 10,000 professional members

– Greater percentage of academics and researchers

• There are EU-wide computing efforts

– SIGOPS-Europe (and the EuroSys conference)

– Informatics Europe

• The “posture” ACM needs to take is a delicate issue

• Organizing a one-day workshop with key leaders from academic and industry to discuss what ACM is doing and should do in Europe

Image and Heath of the Field

Image and Health of the Field

• Activities

– Globalization Report

– Computer Science Teachers Association

– Image Task Force

– National Center for Women and Information Technology

– ACM Education Policy Committee

ACM Education Policy Committee

• New committee of the ACM EC

• Purpose: to bring the scientific computing community to education policy discussions

• Empowered to speak for ACM

• Membership– Robert Schnabel – Committee Chair, Indiana University

– J. Strother Moore – University of Texas

– Fred Chang – University of Texas

– Mark Stehlik – Carnegie Mellon University

– Chris Stephenson – Computer Science Teachers Association

– Joanna Goode – University of Oregon

– Staff support• Cameron Wilson

• Dave Bruggeman

• John White

ACM Education Policy Committee

• An emerging focus/agenda

– Focus on education and advocacy (vs. program development)

– Focus (for now at least) on US Education

– Focus primarily on K-12 STEM education, as this is the area with the most serious issues where and the most attention is needed

– Engage at both the federal and state levels

– Initial goal:

• See computer science moved to a “higher” more fundamental level when thinking about STEM – and not buried inside “Technology” in people’s minds

• Work to see computer science treated as a legitimate math/science elective at the high school level

ACM Education Policy Committee

• Initial actions

– Commented on the National Science Board’s National Action Plan for STEM Education

– Major review of the funding available for computer science in NSF’s STEM programs

– Meetings with the EHR division of NSF to talk about computer science

– Pushing NCTM to endorse our position that computer science should be a viable mathematics elective in high school

– Panel session at SIGCSE

– Engagements at Snowbird

Image and Health of the Field

• Activities

– Globalization Report

– Computer Science Teachers Association

– Image Task Force

– National Center for Women and Information Technology

– ACM Education Policy Committee

ACM Initiatives

• Internationalization

• Image and health of the field and profession

• A new Communications of the ACM