Profile

Mission Statement

ACM SIGCSE is the leading global community of professionals, researchers, educators, teachers, and students interested in understanding and improving computing education. We provide opportunities and resources to advance educational research and practice related to designing, developing, and implementing pedagogy, curricula, programs, and tools at all levels in all types of educational settings. SIGCSE values diverse perspectives. We welcome and work to include the participation of all societies, people, and demographics in computing education.

Demographics

Computer Science Educators

Membership (as of June 2017)

As of January 2024, SIGCSE has a total of 2,559 members representing 66 countries. For more information, visit the membership page.

Awards

The following awards are presented annually:

• Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education
• Lifetime Service to the Computer Science Education Community

Officers

SIGCSE is managed by an elected Board of volunteers consisting of a chair, vice chair, secretary, treasurer, and three "at large" members.

List of previous officers.

Annual Events

The following events are held annually:

• Technical Symposium (SIGCSE), usually held in February/March in North America, with approximately 1300 attendees.
• Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE), usually held in June in or around Europe, with approximately 200 attendees.
• International Computing Education Conference (ICER), usually held in August at sites around the world, with approximately 100 attendees.
• ACM Global Computing Education Conference (CompEd), a new SIGCE conference starting in 2019. The conference will run in countries where we do not regularly hold SIGCSE conferences.
• Doctoral Consortium (DC), usually held in conjunction with ICER, with approximately 20 attendees.

Other Activities

In addition to sponsoring events and awarding awards, SIGCSE is active in many other ways:

• Publications - SIGCSE publishes a quarterly newsletter, the SIGCSE Bulletin.
• Mailing Lists - Two moderated mailing lists for announcements and discussion of topics of general interest to SIGCSE members are maintained.
• Special Projects - SIGCSE awards a limited number of grants to help its members investigate and introduce new ideas in the learning and teaching of computing.
• Speaker's Fund - This project supports the dissemination of outstanding SIGCSE/ITiCSE presentations to other venues.
• In Cooperation Events - SIGCSE may lend its name to non-SIGCSE events that are fully sponsored by other non-profit organizations.
• Committees - The Committee initiative encourages SIGCSE members to participate in substantive discussions on areas of community interest with the goal of investigating topics in depth and culminating in substantive reports.
• Resources - SIGCSE maintains resources for the computing education community, for example a list of PhD programs and a list of places to publish.