ACM TechTalks

ACM members and non-members alike are welcome to attend our popular series of free TechTalks by expert industry professionals, distinguished ACM award laureates, and visionary researchers from industry and academia. Focused on keeping our global audience of busy practitioners at the forefront of technical trends, professional development, and emerging technologies, the TechTalks are also popular with students and educators. Recent talks have covered topics in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Big Data and Data Science, Blockchain, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, JavaScript, Microservices, Python, Quantum Computing, and more. Registration is free and the TechTalks can be attended both live and on-demand, on desktop and mobile devices. Check this page frequently for upcoming events as well as our on-demand archive. To subscribe to our TechTalk announcements, email [email protected].

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Applying Cinematic Techniques to Data Storytelling

As data continues to shape decision-making across industries, the ability to communicate insights effectively has never been more critical. While traditional data presentations focus on charts and numbers, the real power lies in transforming data into engaging narratives that resonate with audiences.

This talk introduces a novel approach to data storytelling inspired by the structure of films and novels. Attendees will explore building a narrative framework that captivates and persuades, using proven storytelling techniques to make data-driven stories more engaging, memorable, and actionable.

The session will include:

The Art of Data Storytelling: Why narratives are more potent than raw data and how they drive better decision-making.
Building Blocks of a Data Story: Understanding the hero, the sidekick, the antagonist, and the central conflict in a data-driven narrative.
Structuring Your Story for Maximum Impact: How to apply the Three-Act Structure used in screenwriting to organize data insights effectively.
Delivering Your Story: Adapting narratives to different audiences and ensuring lasting impact.

This session is ideal for data analysts, developers, engineers, architects, and anyone looking to elevate their storytelling skills and make their data presentations more engaging and influential.

ACM Learning Center TechTalk Archive

ACM award winners, leading researchers, industry veterans, thought leaders, and innovators address today and tomorrow's hottest topics and issues in computing for busy practitioners, as well as educators, students, and researchers. Check out our archive of these ACM TechTalks, free for members and non-members alike.

TechTalks on Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Talks from some of the leading visionaries and bleeding-edge researchers in AI/ML: Fei-Fei Li on visual intelligence in computers and ImageNet; Eric Horvitz on AI solutions in the open world; and Tom Mitchell on using ML to study how the brain creates and represents language.

6 March 2025 :

The Death of Work: Leading Effective Engineering Teams with sarah Drasner

12 February 2025 :

Unlock Hugging Face: Simplify AI with Transformers, LLMs, RAG, Fine Tuning with Wei-Meng Lee

23 January 2025 :

Testing the System: A Holistic Approach to Security in Systems Development with Scott Tilley

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Building Reliable AI Agents and LLM Apps Using LangChain and LangGraph

Register now for the next free ACM TechTalk, "What's Differrent about LLM Apps," presented on Thursday, May 8 at 12:00 PM ET/17:00 UTC by Mayo Oshin, an AI engineer and early pioneer of LangChain, and Nuno Campos, Software Engineer at LangChain. Marlene Mhangami, Senior Developer Advocate at Microsoft and Vice-Chair of the ACM Practitioner Board, will moderate the questions and answers session following the the talk. Continue the discussion on ACM's Discourse Page.

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Empirical Software Design: When & Why

View the recent ACM TechTalk, "Empirical Software Design: When & Why," presented by software engineer Kent Beck. Margaret-Anne Storey, a professor of computer science and a Canada Research Chair in human and social aspects of software engineering, moderated the questions and answers session following the talk. Continue the discussion on ACM's Discourse Page.

ACM TechTalks

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ACM Learning Center TechTalk Archive

TechTalks on Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

View Latest Learning Center TechTalks

The Death of Work: Leading Effective Engineering Teams with sarah Drasner

Unlock Hugging Face: Simplify AI with Transformers, LLMs, RAG, Fine Tuning with Wei-Meng Lee

Testing the System: A Holistic Approach to Security in Systems Development with Scott Tilley

Building Reliable AI Agents and LLM Apps Using LangChain and LangGraph

Empirical Software Design: When & Why