Renowned International Thought Leaders Speaking on the Most Important Topics in Computing Today

ACM Speakers represent a broad range of companies, colleges and universities, including: IBM, Microsoft, BBN Technologies, Raytheon, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Siemens Information Systems, Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon, University of British Columbia, Georgia Tech, UCLA, McGill University, Tsinghua University and many more.

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Topics for Every Interest

Over 400 lectures are available from more than 125 speakers with topics covering Software Engineering, High Performance Computing, Human Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming, Mobile Computing, and dozens more.

 

Meet Featured ACM Distinguished Speaker Cristina Conati

Cristina Conati is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia. She is an associate editor for the Journal of User Modeling and User Adapted Interaction, ACM Transactions on Intelligent Interactive Systems, IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, and the Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. She served as President of the Association for the Advancement of Affective Computing, as well as Program or Conference Chair for several international conferences including User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization, ACM Intelligent User Interfaces, and AI in Education.

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Speakers By Name

  • Syed Hassan Ahmed Statesboro, GA, United States
  • Dorian C Arnold Atlanta, GA, United States
  • Lora Aroyo New York City, NY, United States
  • Sören Auer Leipzig, Germany
  • Todd Michael Austin Ann Arbor, MI, United States
  • Ricardo Baeza-Yates Palo Alto, CA, United States
  • David H Bailey Alamo, CA, United States
  • Brian A. Barsky Berkeley, CA, United States
  • Salman A Baset New York, NY, United States
  • Kaveh Bazargan Tehran, Iran
  • Michel Beaudouin-Lafon Orsay Cedex, France
  • Steve D Benford Nottingham, United Kingdom
  • Regina Bernhaupt France
  • Indrajit Bhattacharya Kolkata, India
  • Debnath Bhattacharyya Visakhapatnam, India
  • Siddhartha Bhattacharyya Ostrava, Czech Republic
  • Swarup Bhunia Gainesville, FL, United States
  • Albert Bifet Paris, France
  • Mark Billinghurst Auckland, New Zealand
  • Ann Blandford London, United Kingdom
  • Christophe Bobda Fayetteville, AR, United States
  • Athman Bouguettaya Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • Stephen Brewster Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • Michael Bronstein Lugano, Switzerland
  • Stefan Bruckner Bergen, Norway
  • Erik Brunvand UT, United States
  • Syed Ahmad Chan Bukhari CT, United States
  • Margaret Burnett Corvallis, OR, United States
  • Tracy K Camp CO, United States
  • Marie-Paule Cani Paris Saclay, France
  • Amlan Chakrabarti Kolkata, India
  • Deming Chen Urbana, IL, United States
  • Li Chen Washington, DC, United States
  • Alain Chesnais Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Keith Cheverst Lancaster, UNK, United Kingdom
  • Luca Chittaro Udine, Italy
  • Elizabeth Churchill Mountain View, CA, United States
  • Cristina Conati Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Dipankar Dasgupta Memphis, TN, United States
  • Gargi Banerjee Dasgupta Bangalore, India
  • Kerstin Dautenhahn Hatfield, United Kingdom
  • Gianluca Demartini Queensland, Australia
  • Tassos Dimitriou Athens, Greece
  • Falko Dressler Paderborn, Germany
  • George Drettakis Sophia-Antipolis, France
  • Henry Duh Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • Josiah Dykstra Severn, MD, United States
  • Chuck Easttom Plano, TX, United States
  • Arvind Easwaran Singapore, Singapore
  • Waleed Ejaz Kamloops, BC, Canada
  • Panagiota Fatourou Heraklion, Greece
  • Gabor Fichtinger Kingston, ON, Canada
  • Robert James Fine Washington, DC, United States
  • Charlie Fink New York, NY, United States
  • Sebastian Fischmeister Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
  • Geraldine Fitzpatrick Vienna, Austria
  • Marcus Foth Brisbane, QLD, Australia
  • João Portela Gama Porto, Portugal
  • Silvia Giordano MANNO ,TI, Switzerland
  • Jennifer Golbeck College Park, MD, United States
  • Eduard Gröller Vienna, Austria
  • Michael Gschwind Yorktown Heights, NY, United States
  • Diego Gutierrez Zaragoza, Spain
  • Gururaj H L Mysuru, India
  • Laura M Haas San Jose, CA, United States
  • Haitham S Hamza Giza, Egypt
  • Qi Han Golden, CO, United States
  • Vicki L Hanson Dundee, United Kingdom
  • James A Hendler Troy, NY, United States
  • James D Herbsleb Pittsburgh, PA, United States
  • Tsung-Yi Ho Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • Shiyan Hu Essex, United Kingdom
  • Yu Hua Wuhan, China
  • Rasheed Hussain Innopolis, Russian Federation
  • Kristina Höök Stockholm, Sweden
  • Panos Ipeirotis New York, NY, United States
  • Seiji Isotani Sao Carlos - SP, Brazil
  • Letizia Jaccheri Trondheim, Norway
  • Dharm Singh Jat Windhoek, AR, Namibia
  • Scott Jenson Mountain View, CA, United States
  • Nigel W John Chester, United Kingdom
  • Matt Jones Swansea, United Kingdom
  • Joaquim A Jorge Lisboa, Portugal
  • Min-Yen Kan Singapore, Singapore
  • Salil Kanhere Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • Burak Kantarci Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • Uri Kartoun Cambridge, MA, United States
  • David J Kasik Sammamish, WA, United States
  • John Kaufhold Arlington, VA, United States
  • Benjamin Kenwright Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • Samee U Khan Fargo, ND, United States
  • Christoph Kirsch Salzburg, Austria
  • Leif Kobbelt Aachen, Germany
  • Fernando Koch NY, United States
  • Sven Koenig Los Angeles, CA, United States
  • Andy P Koronios Adelaide, Australia
  • Anis Koubaa Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Georgia Koutrika Athens, Greece
  • Tsvi Kuflik Haifa, Israel
  • Ponnurangam Kumaraguru New Delhi, India
  • Ashish Kundu San Jose, CA, United States
  • Masaaki Kurosu Tokyo, Japan
  • Effie Lai-Chong Law Leicester, United Kingdom
  • Perry Victor Lea Boise, ID, United States
  • Dongwon Lee State College, PA, United States
  • Jysoo Lee Daejeon, Republic of Korea
  • Dirk Lewandowski Hamburg, Germany
  • Hai Li Durham, NC, United States
  • Shipeng Li Beijing, China
  • Shaoshan Liu Fremont, CA, United States
  • Chenyang Lu Clayton, MO, United States
  • Yung-Hsiang Lu West Lafayette, IN, United States
  • Jian Ma Pittsburgh, PA, United States
  • Sanjay Kumar Madria Rolla, MO, United States
  • Lauren Maffeo Bethesda, MD, United States
  • Aditi Majumder Irvine, CA, United States
  • Panos Markopoulos Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Oge Marques Boca Raton, FL, United States
  • Jeanna N Matthews Potsdam, NY, United States
  • Beverly May Brooklyn, NY, United States
  • John McCarthy Cork, Ireland
  • Varun G Menon Kochi, Kerala, India
  • Prabhat Mishra Gainesville, FL, United States
  • Niloy J Mitra London, United Kingdom
  • Jacquelyn F Morie Los Angeles, CA, United States
  • Animesh Mukherjee Kharagpur, India
  • Shahid Mumtaz AVEIRO, Portugal
  • Luca Muscariello Paris, France
  • Ramasuri Narayanam Bangalore, India
  • Anand Nayyar Da Nang, Viet Nam
  • James F. O'Brien Berkeley, CA, United States
  • Zoran Obradovic Philadelphia, PA, United States
  • Miguel Otaduy Madrid, Spain
  • Renato Pajarola Zurich, Switzerland
  • Phillippe Palanque Toulouse, Cedex, France
  • Sharath Pankanti Yorktown Heights, NY, United States
  • Gyana R Parija New Delhi, India
  • Fabio Paterno Pisa, Italy
  • Jon G Peddie Tiburon, CA, United States
  • Vishnu S Pendyala San Jose, CA, United States
  • Philip Pong Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Pearl Pu Preverenges, Switzerland
  • Aaron Quigley St. Andrews, Scotland Uk
  • Mohammad Sohel Rahman Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Shrisha Rao Bangalore, India
  • Erik Reinhard Bazouges Sous Hede, France
  • Peter Robinson Cambridge, United Kingdom
  • Abhishek Roy San Francisco, United States
  • Abhik Roychoudhury Singapore, Singapore
  • Andrzej Rucinski Strafford, NH, United States
  • Sherif Sakr Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Hanan Samet College Park, MD, United States
  • Jibonananda Sanyal Oak Ridge, TN, United States
  • Eunice R Sari Perth, Australia
  • Theo Schlossnagle Fulton, MD, United States
  • Johannes Schöning Bremen, Germany
  • Marc Shapiro Paris, France
  • Xipeng Shen Raleigh, NC, United States
  • Seth Shostak Mountain View, CA, United States
  • Sandeep K Shukla Kanpur, India
  • Biplab Sikdar Singapore, Singapore
  • Dhananjay Singh Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • Karan Singh Toronto, ON, Canada
  • G R Sinha Mandalay, Myanmar
  • Yan Solihin Orlando, FL, United States
  • Leonel Sousa INESC-ID, Rua Alves Redol, 9, Portugal
  • Biplav Srivastava Yorktown Heights, NY, United States
  • Richard Stallman Boston, MA, United States
  • David G. Stork Sunnyvale, CA, United States
  • Venkat Subramaniam Broomfield, CO, United States
  • Shan Suthaharan Greensboro, NC, United States
  • Pradeep Kumar TS Chennai, India
  • Ranjith Tharayil Bangalore, India
  • Aida Todri-Sanial Montpellier, France
  • André Tricot Toulouse, France
  • Paolo Trunfio Rende, Italy
  • Jean Vanderdonckt Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
  • Sundar Vedantham Allentown, PA, United States
  • Arun Vishwanath Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • Michalis Vlachos Rueschlikon, Switzerland
  • Ellen M Voorhees Gaithersburg, MD, United States
  • Juan Pablo Wachs West Lafayette, IN, United States
  • Toby Walsh Kensington, NSW, Australia
  • Wan Abdul Rahim Bin Wan Mohd Isa Shah Alam, Malaysia
  • Ingmar G Weber Doha, Qatar
  • Edgar Weippl Vienna, Austria
  • Bebo White San Francisco, CA, United States
  • Ka-Chun Wong Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
  • Tao Xie Raleigh, IL, United States
  • Changsheng Xu Beijing, China
  • Moustafa A Youssef New Borg Elarab City, Alexandria, Egypt
  • Demetrios Zeinalipour-Yazti Nicosia, Cyprus
  • Kang Zhang Richardson, TX, United States
  • Hao Zhang Burnaby, BC, Canada
  • Ping Zhang Columbus, OH, United States
  • Susan M Zvacek Castle Rock, CO, United States

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