{"id":2491,"date":"2021-04-05T21:55:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T01:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asplos-conference.org\/?page_id=2491"},"modified":"2021-04-19T22:06:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T02:06:38","slug":"cares","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asplos-conference.org\/cares\/","title":{"rendered":"SIGARCH\/SIGMICRO CARES, SIGPLAN CARES, and SIGOPS CARES Presence at ASPLOS\u201921"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SIGARCH\/SIGMICRO CARES<\/a> is a joint subcommittee of SIGARCH and SIGMICRO, in existence since 2018, to have a presence at conferences sponsored by the two architecture SIGs. The purpose of CARES\u2019 presence is threefold. (1) By shining a light on this issue, we wish to raise awareness so as to deter and prevent discrimination and harassment, violations of ACM\u2019s Policy Against Harassment at ACM Activities<\/a>. We encourage all attendees to uphold this policy. (2) If there are any alleged violations of the policy (which we hope won\u2019t occur), CARES members serve as a support resource\u2014to listen empathetically, be a helpful sounding board, and provide reporting options to anyone who raises concerns about alleged incidents\u2014we do so without making a judgement call as adjudicating such matters is outside of our scope. (3) We wish to promote openness and inclusiveness. Our computer architecture conferences should be \u201csafe places and courageous spaces\u201d for the free exchange of research results and ideas, intellectual discourse, and scholarly interactions. As such, CARES members encourage everyone in attendance at our conferences to broaden their networks and be accessible to our diverse community of scholars, and be especially open and welcoming to our more junior colleagues (e.g., students). We CARE<\/em>, and we hope the importance of this issue will inspire and encourage everyone in attendance at ASPLOS\u201921 also to care<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this year\u2019s ASPLOS, CARES will have a virtual presence hosting two live open sessions as well as \u201cCARES table\u201d hours at various times throughout the main conference where CARES members will be present virtually on the conference platform for attendees to visit and speak to us. The two open sessions and the virtual CARES table are intended to provide safe spaces for having open dialog and discourse, which may include topics related to ways of preventing racism, sexism, and social injustices more broadly as related to discrimination and harassment prevention (see, for instance, a joint statement by SIGARCH, SIGMICRO, TCCA, and TCuARCH on their stance and call to action against racism found here: https:\/\/www.sigarch.org\/other-announcements\/statement-about-recent-events\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CARES Room<\/strong>: The two 30-minute live open sessions are scheduled to occur Monday, April 19<\/strong>th<\/strong><\/sup>, from 9:15am \u2013 9:45am PDT and 6:15pm \u2013 6:45pm PDT. Please check the conference platform for the link to attend either or both sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CARES table hours<\/strong> will be hosted by the following members on the following days and times:<\/p>\n\n\n\n