ACM - Association for Computing Machinery
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Off IEEE's site, www.ieee.org[^], The designated fields are, in broad terms: Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology, Physical Sciences, Biological and Medical Sciences, Mathematics, Technical Communications, Education, Management, Law, and Policy. Sounds like they cover a pretty broad area of study.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
Well...again, I have no opinion on them specifically, I mean I've heard of them for decades but I don't really know much about them; in general terms I don't see the usefullness of any of these organizations to my daily life. In this day and age of the internet in a field that is so highly adapted to the on-line world I just can't see the relevance of *any* society, organization, magazine or book. Just as I don't have much use for a car that you need to crank to start, as a curiousity sure but relevant...no.
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson