are regional celebrations of women in computing, ACM-W chapters, and scholarships for women CS students to attend research conferences. In India and Europe these activities are overseen by ACM-W India and ACM-W Europe respectively. ACM-W collaborates with organizations such as the Anita Borg Institute, the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), and Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W). The ACM-W gives an annual Athena Lecturer Award to honor outstanding women researchers who have made fundamental contributions to computer science. This program began in 2006. Speakers are nominated by SIG officers. Partner organizations ACM's primary partner has been the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS), which is the largest subgroup of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The IEEE focuses more on hardware and standardization issues than theoretical computer science, but there is considerable overlap with ACM's agenda. They have many joint activities including conferences, publications and awards. ACM and its SIGs co-sponsor about 20 conferences each year with IEEE-CS and other parts of IEEE. Eckert-Mauchly Award and Ken Kennedy Award, both major awards in computer science, are given jointly by ACM and the IEEE-CS. They occasionally cooperate on projects like developing computing curricula. ACM has also jointly sponsored on events with other professional organizations like the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). Criticism In December 2019, the ACM signed a letter to US President Donald J. Trump opposing open access. A petition against this was formed and collected over a thousand signatures. In reaction to this, ACM clarified its position. The SoCG conference, while originally an ACM conference, parted ways with ACM in 2014 because of problems when organizing conferences abroad. See also ACM Classification Scheme Franz Alt, former president Edmund Berkeley, co–founder Computer science Computing Bernard Galler, former president Fellows of the ACM (by year) Fellows of the ACM (category) Grace Murray Hopper Award Presidents of the Association for Computing Machinery Timeline of computing hardware before 1950 Turing Award List of academic databases and search engines References External links ACM portal for publications ACM Digital Library Association for Computing Machinery Records, 1947-2009, Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. ACM Upsilon Phi Epsilon honor society 1947 establishments in the United States Computer science-related professional associations International learned societies Organizations established in 1947