Communications of the ACM (CACM), the flagship magazine of the Association for Computing Machinery, has launched Regional Special Sections to cover computing research and innovations from around the world, with roughly one such section being published every quarter.

It is our pleasure to announce that the second edition of the CACM Europe Region Special Section is scheduled to appear in April 2022. It will include 10 to 15 articles, 1 to 5 pages each. It is a unique opportunity to share the innovative and influential computing activities happening in Europe. CACM is a magazine with articles that present an overview and impact of a broader topic, leading interested readers to more detailed articles and sources present elsewhere.

Topics of interest include:

1. Computing research highlights: State-of-the-art computing research undertaken in the Europe region in areas including but not limited to NLP, Vision, Data-driven AI, Networking, Security, Mobile Computing, Sensors, HCI, Autonomous Driving... Articles with a theme that has special relevance are likely to be more suitable than those presenting narrow research results. Descriptions of prestigious and traditional regional conferences, schools, and other research related activities are welcomed.

2. Industrial impact and startups: Opportunities and challenges in the industry and startups in Europe. Many successful examples emerge from large-scale interdisciplinary research and transfer in the digitizing or disrupting traditional production industries, including the field of process management.

3. Societal impact with and of technology: Europe faces important societal challenges in all areas: health, energy, transportation, aging, migrations, etc. Examples of making a significant impact on society through the use of computing should be of interest to a global audience.

4. Government and digital technology: Europe has emphasized the importance of digital sovereignty as reflected in its data and AI strategies and regulation, and related technological and social initiatives. Experiences and learning from these efforts will be ideal to be featured in the Europe section.

We invite ideas for articles on the above themes from individuals or teams involved in them. If you would like to contribute to this regional special section, please prepare a short, maximum 100-word abstract by August 5th, 2021 on your topic along with pointers to sources that can provide more details. Please, submit your abstract using the abstract subsmission portal by August 5th, 2021. Your abstract will be reviewed by a committee of experts, who will select a subset of the submitted abstracts for a short, online workshop presentation to be held on August 25-26, 2021 (free registration). The selection criteria will first consider the submission quality. Then, among high quality submissions, the reviewing committee will strive to achieve a diverse program including geographical and topic diversity. Shortly after the workshop, the reviewing committee will decide on the topics and papers to be included in the CACM Regional Special Section. Presenters of selected abstracts will be notified to extend their abstract to full papers (1-5 pages). Based on topic similarity, the reviewing committee may ask several presenters to coordinate and co-edit one full paper together.

If you have submitted an abstract, but could not attend the workshop, your abstract will still be considered for a full paper if it passes the quality and diversity measures and is considered a fit within the regional special section topics.

For queries, please write to: cacm.deputy.to.eic@gmail.com