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ACM Skills Bundle Add-On

ACM has created a new Skills Bundle add-on providing unlimited access to ACM's collection of thousands of online books, courses, and training videos from O'Reilly, Skillsoft Percipio, and Pluralsight. ACM’s collection includes more than 60,000 online books and video courses from O’Reilly, 9,700 online courses and 11,000 eBooks and audiobooks from Skillsoft, and 2,000 courses from Pluralsight.

The new Skills Bundle add-on is available to paid Professional Members only. Visit the ACM subscription page or contact Member Services to add the Skills Bundle to your membership.

ACM ByteCast

Listen to ACM ByteCast!

In this episode of ACM ByteCast, Bruke Kifle hosts ACM Fellow and ACM Distinguished Service Award recipient Jennifer Chayes, Dean of the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society at UC Berkeley. Before joining Berkeley, she co-founded the Theory Group at Microsoft Research Redmond and later founded and led three interdisciplinary labs: Microsoft Research New England, New York City, and Montreal. Her research areas include phase transitions in CS, structural and dynamical properties of networks including graph algorithms, and applications of ML. Jennifer is one of the inventors of the field of graphons, widely used for the ML of large-scale networks. Her recent work includes generative AI and ML theory in areas like cancer, immunotherapy, climate change, and ethical decision making, with more than 150 scientific papers authored and 30 patents she co-invented. Her honors and recognitions include the Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Leadership Award, SIAM’s John von Neumann Lecture Award (the highest honor bestowed by SIAM), and election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. She serves on numerous boards and advisory committees and has served on the ACM A.M. Turing Award Selection Committee.

ACM TechTalks

Scott Tilley TechTalk

Register now for the next free ACM TechTalk, "Testing the System: A Holistic Approach to Security in Systems Development," presented on Thursday, January 23 at 12:00 PM ET/17:00 UTC by Scott Tilley, an Emeritus Professor at the Florida Institute of Technology. Will Tracz, former Chair of ACM SIGSOFT and member of the ACM Professional Development Committee, will moderate the questions and answers session following the talk. Continue the discussion on ACM's Discourse Page.

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New Pluralsight Courses and Learning Paths

We have added dozens of new and updated Pluralsight learning paths, with hundreds of new courses added. These significant new additions to the custom ACM Pluralsight course library extend coverage of today’s most in-demand skills, technologies, and vendor certifications, including coverage of .NET and Blazor, Angular, AWS and Azure cloud, C#, Data Engineering, DevOps and ITOps, Generative AI and Machine Learning, Java and the Spring Framework, Kubernetes, Linux, Python, React, and Rust.

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Introducing SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance (IAG)

Learn about access management for your cloud and hybrid landscapes with SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance! First, understand the security challenges that SAP Cloud IAG helps solve. Then see how SAP Cloud IAG’s services work, from access analysis and privileged access management to access request and the role designer. Walk through key integrations, including on-premise SAP systems, and get to know the bridge scenario service for connections to SAP Access Control.

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Relevance and Scoring Mechanisms for RAGs

In this course, you'll explore cutting-edge ranking and scoring techniques to elevate your information retrieval systems. First, you’ll learn about foundational ranking algorithms such as BM25 and cosine similarity to grasp the basics of document relevance. Then, you’ll dive into sophisticated techniques like BERT embeddings and semantic matching with Sentence Transformers to handle complex queries and enhance retrieval accuracy. Finally, you’ll gain practical skills in implementing and optimizing these techniques using Python libraries, including tuning and adapting methods for specific tasks and domains.

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Intermediate Python and Data Wrangling Bootcamp Sandbox

Welcome to the Intermediate Python and Data Wrangling Bootcamp Sandbox. This is a virtual environment where you can test out software without needing to install anything onto your own device.

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Endpoint Foundations

In this skill path, you will cover the basics of Windows System Administration Linux System Administration, and Database Administration that are often defined as “implied” knowledge for Endpoint Administration. This path is the gateway from conceptual understanding to the technical application of endpoint administration skills within specific job roles. The skills learned in this path are heavily focused on hands-on learning , allowing you to gain experience and experiment in a safe environment.

ACM TechTalks

Wei-Meng Lee TechTalk

Register now for the next free ACM TechTalk, "Unlock Hugging Face: Simplify AI with Transformers, LLMs, RAG, Fine-Tuning," presented on Wednesday, February 12 at 12:00 PM ET/17:00 UTC by Wei-Meng Lee, Founder of Developer Learning Solutions. Marlene Mhangami, Senior Developer Advocate at Microsoft, will moderate the questions and answers session following the talk. Continue the discussion on ACM's Discourse Page.

ACM TechTalks

Rush Shahani TechTalk

View the recent ACM TechTalk, "Research to Reality: Building Production-Ready LLM Apps Users Can Trust," presented by Rush Shahani, CTO and Co-Founder of Persana AI. Oana Olteanu, ML Engineer at SignalFire, moderated the questions and answers session following the talk. Continue the discussion on ACM's Discourse Page.

Discover ACM Selects - Shortlists of Learning Resources Curated by Experts

ACM Selects are themed shortlists curated by subject matter experts for both serious and emerging computing professionals, with the goal of providing new ways to discover relevant resources. Please visit our archive of Selects on a variety of subjects which is available here.

ACM Case Studies

Written by leading domain experts for software engineers, ACM Case Studies provide an in-depth look at how software teams overcome specific challenges by implementing new technologies, adopting new practices, or a combination of both. Often through first-hand accounts, these pieces explore what the challenges were, the tools and techniques that were used to combat them, and the solution that was achieved.

ACM Distinguished Speakers Program

The Distinguished Speakers Program (DSP) is one of ACM's most valued outreach programs, providing universities, corporations, event and conference planners, and local ACM chapters with direct access to top technology leaders and innovators from nearly every sector of the computing industry. ACM will cover the cost of transportation for the speaker to travel to your event.