Other Associations

Last post I discussed ACM, this post I thought I would go into some of the other computing related organizations that I have come across during this research.

USENIX, the Advance Computing Systems Association is another professional society Nick Feamster participates in. According to their website these are their goals:

• to foster technical excellence and innovation
• to support and disseminate research with a practical bias
• provide a neutral forum for discussion of technical issues
• encourage computing outreach into the community at large

To achieve these goals USENIX sponsors a number of conferences, symposiums and workshops. Those interested in the field are encouraged with their student program which offers student memberships and discounts. They also actively encourage students to submit papers with a cash prize. This was won by Nick Feamster at the 10th and 11th USENIX security Symposiums for the papers titled Dos and Don'ts of Client Authentication on the Web and Infranet: Circumventing Web Censorship and Surveillance.
Conference proceedings are available for free through USENIX's online library and papers are refereed. The 'call for papers' links provide specific submission requirements.

Other associations are:
IEEE which formerly was known as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. but evolved beyond its initials because of the multidisciplinary nature of its participants. Also has conferences, numerous publications and student memberships.
NANOG (North American Network Operators Group) "an educational and operational forum for the coordination and dissemination of technical information related to backbone/enterprise networking technologies and operational practices."Also conferences, programs, mailing list,...