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  <li><a href="#members">For Members</a></li>
  <li><a href="#social">Social Media</a></li>
  <li><a href="#pubs">Publications</a></li>
  <li><a href="#highlights">Research Highlights</a></li>
  <li><a href="#organizers">For Event Organizers</a></li>
  <li><a href="#participants">For Authors and Event Participants</a></li>
  <li><a href="#academics">For Academics</a></li>
  <li><a href="#visas">Visas for travel to US events</a></li>
  <li><a href="#caps">Student travel / child care assistance (CAPS)</a></li>
  <li><a href="#seworld">SEWORLD mailing list</a></li>
  <li><a href="#opentoc">Open TOC</a></li>
  <li><a href="#webinars">Webinars</a></li>
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<h1>Resources</h1>

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<h2>For Members</h2>
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<li><a href="http://www.acm.org/account/">Creating your ACM Web Account</a></li>
<li><a href="https://myacm.acm.org/dashboard.cfm?svc=eforward">Setting up your ACM email forwarding address</a></li>
<li><a href="https://campus.acm.org/public/renewal_url/get_urls.cfm">Renewing your membership</a></li>
<li><a href="http://learning.acm.org/">ACM Learning Center</a></li>
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<h2>Social Media</h2>
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 <li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/ACMSIGSOFT/115495415136334">SIGSOFT Facebook page</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://twitter.com/sigsoft">SIGSOFT Twitter feed</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&amp;gid=96766&amp;trk=anet_ug_hm">SIGSOFT LinkedIn group</a></li>
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<h2>Publications</h2>
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<li><a href="/SEN/">Software Engineering Notes (SEN)</a> - SIGSOFT's quarterly newsletter</li>
<li><a href="http://dl.acm.org/">ACM Digital Library</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.acm.org/publications/">ACM Publications</a></li>
<li><a href="http://queue.acm.org/">ACM Queue Magazine</a></li>
<li><a href="http://xrds.acm.org/">Crossroads</a> - the ACM magazine for students</li>
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<h2>Research Highlights</h2>
<p>SIGSOFT's <a href="resources/highlights.html">Research Highlights</a> selects papers from its sponsored conferences that show recent, significant, and exciting results that are also of general interest to the computer science research community.</p>

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<h2>For Event Organizers</h2>
<p>If you're organizing an event in cooperation with or sponsored by SIGSOFT, your primary Executive Committee contacts will be the <a href="/contact.html">Vice Chair and the Program Director</a>.</p>
<p>Understand and follow these policies and guidelines:</p>
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 <li><a href="policies/pgmcommittee.html">Policy for Program Committees</a></li>
 <li><a href="policies/cooperation.html">Guidelines for Obtaining SIGSOFT Cooperation Status</a></li>
 <li><a href="policies/sponsorship.html">Guidelines for Obtaining SIGSOFT Sponsorship Status</a></li>
 <li><a href="policies/meeting.html">Guidelines for Running a SIGSOFT-Sponsored Meeting</a></li>
 <li><a href="policies/workshop.html">Guidelines for organizing a SIGSOFT-Sponsored Workshop</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://portalparts.acm.org/1410000/1402521/fm/frontmatter.pdf">Updates to Event Proceedures from SEN Sept. 2008</a> - refer to "Letter from the Vice-Chair"</li>
 <li><a href="http://www.acm.org/publications/policies/plagiarism_policy">ACM Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://www.acm.org/sigs/volunteer_resources/officers_manual/anti-harassment-policy">ACM Anti-Harassment Policy</a></li>
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<p>The <a href="resources/seworld.html">SEWORLD</a> mailing list is available to help announce your event.</p>
<p>ACM and SIGSOFT <a href="http://www.sigsoft.org/resources/logos.html">logo images</a> are available for use in publicity and publications.</p>

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<h2>For Authors and Event Participants</h2>
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 <li><a href="/resources/vanleunenlipton.html">Advice to Authors from SIGPLAN's Mary-Claire van Leunen and Richard Lipton</a></li>
 <li><a href="/resources/pugh.html">Advice to Authors from SIGPLAN's William Pugh</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://www.acm.org/publications/policies/plagiarism_policy">ACM Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://www.acm.org/sigs/volunteer_resources/officers_manual/anti-harassment-policy">ACM Anti-Harassment Policy</a></li>
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<h2>For Academics</h2>
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  <li><a href="http://www.computerscienceonline.org/degree-programs/">New Guide to Computer Science Degrees</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.computerscienceonline.org/cs-programs-for-women/">Computer Science Resources and Pre-College Programs for Women</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://sites.computer.org/ccse/">Computing Curricula on Software Engineering</a>, an initiative of ACM and IEEE/CS to provide curriculum guidance in the area of SE for undergraduate programs in computing. Contact Joanne M. Atlee, jmatlee (at) uwaterloo (dot) ca, for more information about CCSE and SIGSOFT involvement.</li>
 <li><a href="https://www.cyberdegrees.org/">CyberDegrees.org</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://web.engr.illinois.edu/~taoxie/sefamily.htm">Software Engineering Academic Genealogy</a></li>
 <li><a href="/dissertations.html">PhD Dissertations</a></li>
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<h2>Obtaining Visas for Travel to US Events</h2>
<p>Some international visitors will need to obtain a visa for travel to the U.S. The latest official information on visas for foreign citizens can be found on the <a href="http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en.html">U.S. Department of State website</a>. Since the visa process may vary from country to country, it is best to start the process as early as possible to be able to satisfy all requirements and paperwork.</p>
<p>The visa that conference attendees are most likely to need is the <a href="https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/business.html">Business Visitor B-1 Visa</a>.</p>
<p>It is important that you be able to demonstrate your intent to return home. This link gives more information on this topic.  In general, a round-trip ticket is helpful but not sufficient for proving your intent to return home.</p>
<p>ACM and SIGSOFT do not issue formal invitation letters for visas.  However, the ACM can issue a <a href="http://www.acm.org/sigs/volunteer_resources/conference_manual/visas">visa support letter</a>.</p>
<p>Often it is helpful to find the website for the specific embassy location where you will be applying for a visa. These sites tend to have specific information on turnaround time, necessary paperwork, and so on.</p> 


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<h2>Student Travel Support and Child Care Assistance at Conferences - CAPS</h2>
<p>SIGSOFT's <a href="resources/caps.html">CAPS program</a> offers financial assistance to support travel and participation at conferences by SIGSOFT student members, professional members, and non-member undergraduate students.</p>

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<h2>SEWORLD Mailing List</h2>
<p>The <a href="resources/seworld.html">SEWORLD mailing list</a> is provided as a service to the Software Engineering community.  It can be used for distributing time-sensitive material such as announcements of events and available positions.</p>

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<h2>Open TOC</h2>
<p><a href="resources/opentoc.html">Open TOC</a>, the Open Table of Contents, is a list of open access conference proceedings. It provides access to the proceedings papers in the ACM Digital Library for one year from the conference start date.</p>

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<h2>Webinars</h2>
<p>SIGSOFT and ACM Professional Development sponsor free <a href="resources/webinars.html">webinars</a> on current topics.  You can register for upcoming webinars and access past events.</p>

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<h2>Impact Project</h2>
<p>The <a href="impact.html">Impact Project</a> seeks to determine the impact of software engineering research upon software engineering practice. The project organizes volunteers who are among the world's most eminent software engineering researchers and practitioners to develop solidly researched documentation that will aid future research, education, and technology transition.</p>

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