Prof Yannis Ioannidis; Dept of Informatics and Telecom, National and Kapodistrian University, Athen
- He is the President of ACM – Association for Computing Machinery, the oldest computing science organization.
- He is a Professor of Informatics and Telecommunications at the University of Athens.
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Overview
ACM has a 76-year-old history and over 4 million users. It has about 38 special interest groups among which, many are the top groups in their fields. It has the top awards in the industry. It is the number one digital library for computing science research. Today we have Prof Yannis Ioannidis with us to tell us more about the organization
About Prof Yannis Ioannidis
- He is the President of ACM – Association for Computing Machinery, the oldest computing science organization.
- He is a Professor of Informatics and Telecommunications at the University of Athens.
- He is a very optimistic person and aims to make ACM a sustainable organization
03:29- What has surprised you after taking the mantle of the president?
- I never imagined that the spectrum of the workings of ACM is this vast, and it is exciting but humbling at the same time.
- Another surprising thing is that the employees and volunteers are very driven. They really believe in the work we are doing which makes our organization very passionate as a whole.
- Another thing that surprised me was the impact that computing has on the world. So it is really exhilarating to see that our work is so impactful.
13:06- What are some of the task forces that you have implemented?
- Task forces are a group of leaders and volunteers that assess the problem ACM is having at that time, and they have to give a roadmap for tackling that specific problem within a short period of time.
- There are various task forces, for example, one handles all the membership processes like who are the potential members and who will end up joining.
- The second task force focuses on how to take ACM to the global level and the third task force is focused on bringing younger members into the organization.
37:11- How can we make this organization sustainable?
- I think ACM can succeed when we focus on the quality of our community which we are doing in a great way.
- I am a very optimistic person and I believe that we will be able to do it because the issues that we solve will not be short lives, and it will help the members.
- I know this is a recursive issue but as we move forward and our members benefit from the organization, it will attract more and more members.
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- He is the President of ACM – Association for Computing Machinery, the oldest computing science organization.
- He is a Professor of Informatics and Telecommunications at the University of Athens.
- He is a very optimistic person and aims to make ACM a sustainable organization.
