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ACM: An international scientific and educational
computing society comprised of professionals
and students in the areas of industry, academia,
and government. Their mission is to advance the arts,
sciences,and applications of information technology.
IEEE Computer Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) which is "dedicated to advancing the theory, practice, and application of computer and information processing technology."
IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing): A multinational, apolitical organization in Information & Communications Technologies and Sciences
AAAI (Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence): Scientific society for promoting the understanding of the “mechanisms underlying thought and intelligent behavior and their embodiment in machines.”
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