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About SIGACT

SIGACT is an international organization that fosters and promotes the discovery and dissemination of high quality research in theoretical computer science (TCS), the formal analysis of efficient computation and computational processes. SIGACT, through its awards program, recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the field in research and service. TCS covers a wide variety of topics including algorithms, data structures, computational complexity, parallel and distributed computation, probabilistic computation, quantum computation, automata theory, information theory, cryptography, program semantics and verification, machine learning, computational biology, computational economics, computational geometry, and computational number theory and algebra. Work in this field is often distinguished by its emphasis on mathematical technique and rigor.

SIGACT welcomes people of all backgrounds and identities—including age, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, physical ability, socioeconomic status, and political affiliation—and strives to empower and support a diverse research community. SIGACT is committed to the values of mutual respect, inclusion, and openness to new ideas and perspectives.

SIGACT Membership Drive

As our research community continues to grow and thrive, SIGACT membership has not grown apace. We respectfully urge you to join SIGACT! Membership is very cheap (and does not require ACM membership)—only $15 a year—and by joining you will be lending your support to the many activities that SIGACT undertakes on behalf of the theoretical computer science research community. These include:

• sponsoring STOC and other theory conferences such as SPAA and PODC, as well as co-sponsoring SODA;
• awards such as the Knuth, Gödel, and Kanellakis Prizes, the SIGACT Distinguished Service Award, and the best student paper awards at STOC and SODA;
• supporting the Women in Theory workshop;
• representing the theoretical computer science community to the ACM and beyond.

In addition to these community benefits, membership comes with individual benefits including voting rights in SIGACT elections, reduced rate for membership in EATCS, reduced conference registration rates at SIGACT-sponsored conferences, access to SIGACT News and announcements sent on the SIGACT email list.

SIG membership does not automatically renew when you renew your ACM membership, and we suspect this may be one reason for the decline in SIGACT membership. So the next time you renew your ACM membership, remember to also join SIGACT or renew your SIG membership! Better yet, why wait? If you’re not a SIGACT member, join right now.

Please do your part to nurture this important resource for our community.

Respectfully,

The SIGACT Executive Committee

Funda Ergun, Chair

Ken Clarkson

Edith Cohen

Ravi Kumar

Virginia Vassilevska Williams