Since 2018, COMPUTE has been the flagship education symposium of ACM India, wholly devoted to computer science education in the country and elsewhere. It has seen a consistent attendance each year of approximately 150 participants, including academicians, industry researchers, policymakers, and research students. The 2020 and 2021 editions were held online, but that did not diminish the conference participation. The 2022 edition at Manipal University Jaipur was hybrid. The 2023 edition at the University of Hyderabad, and the 2024 edition at IIT Gandhinagar were fully offline.
COMPUTE 2025 is the eighth edition of the series and is planned to be held from Dec 7 to 9, 2025, at IIT Ropar. COMPUTE 2025 is being organized under the aegis of the iSIGCSE (India Chapter of Special Interest Group on CS Education) in cooperation with ACM and SIGCSE.
We have received confirmation from the following people to deliver keynotes at COMPUTE 2025 –
- Tanuja Ganu, Microsoft
- Clif Kussmaul
- Maria Mercedes T. Rodrigo Professor, Ateneo de Manila University
- Shoaib Dar – Founder-CEO Pi Jam Foundation
Some of the highlights of the past COMPUTE have been multiple sessions on ACM Computing Curricular 2020 (CC2020), a session on the SWAYAM initiative of AICTE, the CS Education Workshop by Educational Technology IITB, panel discussion on India’s National Education Policy 2020, the Teaching Video Challenge, and keynotes by internationally acclaimed researchers such as Sumit Gulwani (Microsoft Research), Pankaj Jalote (IIIT Delhi), Sridhar Iyer (IIT Bombay), Alison Clear (EIT, New Zealand), Dr. Ricardo Caceffo (Univesp Brazil), Anil Sahasrabuddhe (All India Council for Technical Education), Samuel Mann (http://sustainablelens.org/), Shuchi Grover (Looking Glass Ventures | Edfinity), Sudarshan Iyenger (IIT Ropar), to name a few. Since 2020, COMPUTE also has hosted the awardee of the ACM India Outstanding Contribution to Computing Education award as a keynote speaker.
We solicit your support and financial assistance. Organizing COMPUTE 2025 incurs substantial monetary expenses. The registration fees cover a part of this. The target attendees of COMPUTE are the faculty members and students from tier 2 and tier 3 colleges and universities in India. Hence, to keep the registration affordable, we need additional funds. For the last five years, ACM India has kindly supported COMPUTE to help it grow. We are approaching industry and academic institutes to sponsor this year’s COMPUTE and also look forward to support in the future.
We have the following tier system for sponsorships this year:
| Tier | Sponsorship | Entitlements |
| Platinum | Rs 3,00,000 | Stall at the Venue. Prominent banners at the conference and lunch venues and on the website. 8 Complimentary Registrations. |
| Diamond | Rs 2,00,000 | Stall at the Venue. Prominent banners at the conference and lunch venues and on the website. 6 Complimentary Registrations. |
| Gold | Rs 1,00,000 | Prominent banners at the conference venue and on the website. 4 Complimentary Registrations. |
We take this opportunity to invite you to be a Tier Sponsor for COMPUTE 2025 and look forward to a positive response. If you prefer to sponsor a different amount or have any further questions, please feel free to contact the undersigned Sponsorship and Industry Chair.
Amey Karkare (IIT Kanpur), karkare@iitk.ac.in
Sponsorship and Industry Chair, COMPUTE 2025