The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Turing Award Celebration Conference China 2024 (ACM TURC 2024) opened in Changsha on July 6. Zhou Haibing, vice governor of Hunan Province and mayor of Changsha City, addressed the opening ceremony. Also in attendance were Yannis Ioannidis, president of the ACM; Turing Award winner Vinton Cerf, also chairman of the Academic Steering Committee of the ACM TURC 2024; Duan Xianzhong, principal of the Hunan University; Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Mei Hong, He Jifeng, and Zhang Pingwen; Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Gui Weihua, Song Junqiang, Liao Xiangke, Liu Yongjian, and Wang Yaonan; and, Xu Fan, secretary general of the Changsha Municipal People's Government.

Founded in 1946, the ACM is the world's largest professional academic organization in the field of computing. So far, the ACM TURC has been successfully held in Shanghai, Chengdu, Hefei, and Wuhan for five sessions, attracting tens of thousands of professionals in the field of computer and artificial intelligence.

The ACM TURC 2024 was themed on "Instrumented · Interconnected · Intelligent · Integrity". Academic experts and professors at home and abroad were invited to give keynote presentations, share their views on cutting-edge technologies and artificial intelligence, and discuss the future of computing science.

This year's conference, which lasted until July 7, delved into the most advanced scientific research technologies in the field of information through a variety of technical exchanges and professional forums, injecting new impetus and vitality into the development of the computer field.

Source: en.changsha.gov.cn