ACM SIGACT 1999 2000 Annual Repor t Jeffrey S . Vitter, SIGACT Chai r on behalf of the SIGACT Executive Committee July 200 0 1 Overall Missio n The primary mission of ACM SIGACT (Association for Computing Machinery Special Interes t Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory) is to foster and promote the discovery and dissemination of high quality research in the domain of theoretical computer science . The field o f theoretical computer science is interpreted broadly so as to include algorithms, data structures , complexity theory, distributed computation, parallel computation, VLSI, machine learning, computational biology, computational geometry, information theory, cryptography, quantum computation, computational number theory and algebra, program semantics and verification, automat a theory, and the study of randomness . Work in this field is often distinguished by its emphasis o n mathematical technique and rigor . The SIGACT community is a rich mix of professors, researchers, and entrepreneurs who ar e driven by and who drive the foundations of computing . SIGACT actively sponsors numerou s symposia, workshops, and awards (often in cooperation with other SIGs and Societies) as well as a quarterly newsletter . 2 Recent SIGACT Initiative s SIGACT sponsors or cooperates in
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