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The International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval is the premier international forum for the presentation of new research results and for the demonstration of new systems and techniques in information retrieval. Workshops and tutorials include "Large Language Model for Evaluation in IR," "Algorithmic Bias in Search and Recommendation," "Explainability in Information Retrieval," and more. Keynote speakers are Ophir Frieder (Georgetown University), Iryna Gurevych ( Technical University of Darmstadt), and Stephen Robertson (Girton College). The event is being held in Padua, Italy.

The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference presents the latest high-quality results in genetic and evolutionary computation. Tutorials and workshops include "Industrial Applications of Metaheuristics," "Evolutionary Computation for the Automated Design of Algorithms," "Large Language Models for and with Evolutionary Computation," "Evolutionary Rule-based Machine Learning," "Techniques in Evolutionary Optimization," "Evolutionary Computing and Explainable AI," and more. Keynote speakers will be Maria Amparo Alonso Betanzos (CITIC-University of A Coruña), Javier Del Ser (TECNALIA), and Marc Schoenauer (INRIA). The conference is being held in Malaga, Spain.

The Learning at Scale community investigates large-scale, technology-mediated learning environments that typically have many active learners and few experts on hand to guide their progress or respond to individual needs. Workshops and tutorials include A/B Testing and Platform-Enabled Learning Engineering," "Advancing the Science of Teaching with Tutoring Data," "Learnersourcing: Student-generated Content," and more. Keynote speakers are Chris Piech (Stanford University) and Olga Viberg (KTH). The event will be held in Palermo, Italy.

The SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining brings together researchers and practitioners from data science, data mining, knowledge discovery, large-scale data analytics, and big data. Workshops and tutorials will include “Causal Inference and Machine Learning in Practice,” “Machine Learning in Finance,” “AI for Enterprise: Emerging Applications and Real-world Challenges,” "Inference Optimization for Generative AI," and more. Keynote speakers will be 2024 ACM Chuck Thacker Award Recipient Jason Cong (UCLA), Caroline Uhler (Broad Institute), and Dan Roth (University of Pennsylvania). The conference will be held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

The Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques is the premier conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques. Here, we boldly look toward the future, imagining how humanity and technology will be increasingly connected and examining how we can create a future that connects our physical and digital worlds for the better. Keynote speakers are Mike Haley, Maurice Patel, and Nikola Todorovic (Autodesk), and Anjali Tripathi (Astrophysicist) . The event will be held in Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada.

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On March 3, 2022, ACM’s Executive Committee decided not to hold any conferences in Russia while the conflict in the Ukraine and the humanitarian crisis in Europe continue. This decision applies to ACM sponsored conferences and workshops as well as in-cooperation events.

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Best Paper Awards are presented at many ACM conferences to authors whose work represents groundbreaking research in their respective areas. By recognizing these select papers for their ingenuity and importance, ACM highlights some of the theoretical and practical innovations that are likely to shape the future of computing.

Desirable Characteristics for AI Teaching Assistants in Programming Education
By Paul Denny, Stephen MacNeil, Jaromir Savelka, Leo Porter, Andrew Luxton-Reilly
Best Paper at ITiCSE '24: Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

Mining Domain-Based Policies
By Si Zhang, Philip W. L. Fong
Best Paper Award at CODASPY '24: 14th ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy

The Impact of Perceived Tone, Age, and Gender on Voice Assistant Persuasiveness in the Context of Product Recommendations
By Sabid Bin Habib Pias, Ran Huang, Donald S. Williamson, Minjeong Kim, Apu Kapadia
Best paper award at CUI '24: ACM Conversational User Interfaces

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In March 2020 ACM formed a Presidential Task Force (PTF) to help conference organizers transition their events to online. The PTF is working on a guide to offer practical advice and shed light on the largely unfamiliar territory of online conferencing.

The report, availablehere, includes pointers to a live document with additional resources. We welcome comments, suggestions and experience reports from the community.

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