The ACMS sponsors a biennial conference, generally in late May.  A gathering at the annual Joint Mathematics Meetings in January is also sponsored; that gathering has normally consisted of a dinner and a lecture. If ACMS members wish to host the ACMS biennial conference at their institution, please complete and forward to the president or the executive secretary the attached Conference Site Survey.

Site of 2026 Conference

Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI, has been chosen as the site for the 2026 ACMS Conference. The dates will be Wednesday, May 27 – Saturday, May 30, 2026, with pre-conference workshops on Tuesday, May 26 and Wednesday, May 27.
Stay tuned for more details.

Conference Proceedings

Those interested in obtaining a print copy of any volume of the conference proceedings for their library or personal collection should contact the ACMS Executive Secretary for availability and price information.

The complete listing of Conference Proceedings table of contents is also provided in a single document in order to simplify searches for a particular author or topic if you do not know the year of a given article.

Past Biennial Conferences

2024

Dordt University (May 29 – June 1)

Lydia Manikonda, RPI; Joel Amidon, Ole Miss; Judith Canner, CSU Monterey Bay; Jason Douma, U. of Sioux Falls.

2022

Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA  (June 1 – June 4)

Matt DeLong, Marian University; Jason Thacker, chair of research in technology ethics at The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission; Talithia Williams, Harvey Mudd College.

Journal and Proceedings of the 2022 ACMS Conference

2019

Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN  (May 29th – June 1st)

Invited speakers: Michael Alford,  FBI, Cyber Division; Ken Ono, University of Virginia/Emory University; and Joan L. Richards, Brown University.
Proceedings of the 2019 ACMS Conference
Conference information  from before the conference, as archived.

2017

  Charleston Southern University, North Charleston, SC  (May 31st – June 3rd)

Invited speakers: Sloan Evans Despeaux, Western Carolina University; Dominic Klyve, Central Washington University; and Derek C. Schuurman.
Proceedings of the 2017 ACMS Conference
Conference information from before the conference, as archived.

2015

Redeemer University College, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada (May 27th – 30th)

Invited speakers: Annalisa Crannell, Franklin & Marshall College; Matthew Dickerson, Middlebury College.
Proceedings of the 2015 ACMS Conference
Conference Photos: Picture 1 and Picture 2.

2013

Bethel University, St. Paul, MN (May 29th – June 1st)

Invited speakers: Tim Chartier, Davidson College; Satyan Devadoss, Williams College; and Ron Arkin, College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology
Proceedings of the 2013 ACMS Conference
Conference Photos: Picture 1 and Picture 2.

2011

Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA (June 1-4)

Invited speakers: Art Benjamin, Harvey Mudd College; Glen VanBrummelen, Quest University; and Fred Brooks, University of North Carolina
Proceedings of the 2011 ACMS Conference
Conference Photos: Picture 1 and Picture 2.

2009

Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL

Invited speakers: David Bressoud, Macalester College; James Sellers, Penn State University; Lori Carter and Anna Hail, Point Loma Nazarene University; and Jim Bradley, Templeton Foundation
program outline
abstracts of invited talks
abstracts/schedule of contributed talks
Table of contents for the conference proceedings
Composite picture of attendees

2007

Messiah College, Grantham, PA

Invited speakers: Francis Edward Su, Harvey Mudd College; Jennifer J. Wiseman, NASA; and Charles R. Hampton, Wooster College
Conference Information
Table of contents for the conference proceedings

2005

Huntington College, Huntington, IN

Invited speakers: Fernando Q. Gouvêa, Colby College and Larry Wall
Table of contents for the conference proceedings
Conference website from after the conference, including photographs and PowerPoint presentations, as archived

2003

Point Loma Nazarene College, San Diego, CA

Main speaker: Paul Zorn, St. Olaf College
Table of contents for the conference proceedings
Abstracts of papers presented at the conference
Conference information from before the conference, as archived

2001

Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI

Main speakers: William Dembski, Baylor University and James Keener, University of Utah
Table of contents for the conference proceedings
Conference information from before the conference, as archived.

1999

Gordon College, Wenham, MA

Main speaker: William Dunham, Muhlenberg College
Table of contents for the conference proceedings

1997

Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL

Main speaker: Owen Gingerich, Smithsonian Institute and Harvard University
Table of contents for the conference proceedings

1995

Taylor University, Upland, IN

Main speakers: David S. Moore, Purdue University and Thomas Banchoff, Brown University
Table of contents for the conference proceedings

1993

Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA

Main speakers: Joseph Dauben, CUNY and Donald Knuth, Stanford University
Table of contents for the conference proceedings

1991

Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL

Main speaker: Joan Richards, Brown University
Table of contents for the conference proceedings

1989

Messiah College, Grantham, PA

<span”>Main speaker: Thomas Banchoff, Brown University
Table of contents for the conference proceedings

1987

Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI

Main speaker: Donald Knuth, Stanford University
Table of contents for the conference proceedings

1985

King’s College, Wilkes Barre, PA

Main speaker: Donald MacKay, University of Keele, England
Table of contents for the conference proceedings

1983

  Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL

Main speaker: Willem Kuyk, University of Antwerp
Table of contents for the conference proceedings

1981

Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL

Main speaker: Vern Poythress, Westminster Theological Seminary
Table of contents for the conference proceedings

1979

Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL

Table of contents for the conference proceedings

1977

Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL

Table of contents for the conference proceedings