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Becoming a SIGSOFT member is easy. Join ACM and SIGSOFT now and you'll receive the following:

• Member Benefits:
  • Subscription to the quarterly newsletter, Software Engineering Notes in electronic format. SEN contains member-submitted articles as well as regular columns including the popular forum, "Risks to the Public"
  • Web access to the SIGSOFT portion of the ACM Digital Library, including articles from all SIGSOFT sponsored and co-sponsored conferences (e.g., ICSE, EESC/FSE, PASTE, and ISSTA)
  • Discounted registration at conferences and workshops that are sponsored, co-sponsored or in cooperation with SIGSOFT
  • Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) are available as a Member Plus package
  • Notification of relevant information through the SIGSOFT electronic member mailing list
  • The SIGSOFT Web site, www.sigsoft.org
  • The SEWORLD Mailing List, www.sigsoft.org/resources/seworld.html
  • The SEN Web site, www.sigsoft.org/SEN/, which includes additional SEN content such as books available for review as well as links to references in the Risks to the Public and Surfing the Web columns
  • SIGSOFT presence on social networking sites, including a LinkedIn group (ACM SIGSOFT), a Facebook community page (ACM SIGSOFT), and a Twitter feed (sigsoft)
• Community Benefits:
  • Networking and leadership opportunities through participation in SIGSOFT events
  • Stimulating interaction among practitioners, researchers, and educators through SIGSOFT events
  • Representing software engineers to professional, legal, and political entities
  • Opportunities to serve as a volunteer in various capacities in relation to SIGSOFT activities
  • Fostering professional development of software engineers through participation in the Computing Curriculum for Software Engineering Steering Committee
  • Providing assistance to graduate students presenting papers at SIGSOFT-sponsored conferences via the Conference Attendance Program for Students grants
  • Participation in honoring distinguished individuals through the:
    • ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Research Award
    • Distinguished Service Award
    • Influential Educator Award
    • Impact Paper Awards and
    • ICSE Most Influential Paper Award
  • ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Awards are also given to a small number of papers accepted at SIGSOFT-sponsored conferences
  • Participation in honoring distinguished Ph.D. students through the ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award

You can also join SIGSOFT without joining ACM, and we have special information for students and volunteers.

The current annual rates in US dollars are:

• SIGSOFT membership, Professional: $20
• SIGSOFT membership, Student: $10
• SIGSOFT membership, Affiliate (non-ACM Member): $20
• SIGSOFT Member Plus Package (in addition to SIGSOFT membership):
  • ICSE Proceedings: International Conference on Software Engineering (April): $30

For further information about ACM and SIGSOFT membership, please refer to

• ACM Membership Questions and Answers
• SIGSOFT Dues and Membership application (PDF)