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Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Welcome to the January 2016 ACM Learning Center Bulletin, keeping you current on the many online learning tools ACM offers to help extend our members' skills and knowledge. To suggest addition of books, courses, future Webinar speakers and topics, or just offer feedback, leave a note in the Learning Center Suggestion Box. IN THE SPOTLIGHT
IN THE SPOTLIGHT Register for Feb. 3 Talk with ACM Fellow Grady Booch "Computational Thinking"  Register for our next ACM Learning Webinar, "Computational Thinking", presented live on Wednesday, February 3, at 12 pm ET by Grady Booch, ACM Fellow and Chief Scientist for Software Engineering at IBM Research. In this presentation, Booch will examine the nature of the shift from development of software-intensive systems by a relative few professionally trained computer scientists and engineers to a much larger community of amateur and incidental developers, people who must build computational systems as part of their primary focus, and consider the consequences not only for our profession but for the world that increasingly relies on such systems. The talk will pay particular attention to the importance of computational thinking for the masses, and how we as professionals have a responsibility to shape the conversation. Will Tracz, Lockheed Martin Fellow Emeritus and Past Chair of ACM SIGSOFT, moderates. You can view our entire archive of past ACM Learning Webinars on demand at http://learning.acm.org/webinar/.
Award-Winning Author Steve McConnell: �Measuring Software Productivity�  If you didn't catch "Measuring Software Productivity" live on Jan. 11, the webcast is now available on demand. Steve McConnell, award-winning author and CEO and Chief Software Engineer of Construx Software, summarizes the results of more than 20 years of research, discussion, and application in measuring productivity of software organizations, teams, and individuals and presents surprising conclusions that are more effective and more readily available than you might think. Will Tracz, Lockheed Martin Fellow Emeritus and Past Chair of ACM SIGSOFT, moderates. You can view our entire archive of past ACM Learning Webinars on demand at http://learning.acm.org/webinar/.
2014 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award Winner Matei Zaharia, "Making Big Data Processing Simple with Spark"  If you didn't catch "Making Big Data Processing Simple with Spark" live on Dec. 17, the webcast is now available on demand. Presented by Matei Zaharia, Co-Founder and CTO of Databricks and recipient of the 2014 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award, the talk covers the main ideas behind the Spark programming model, the popular open-source tool for parallel applications intended to be as easy to use and versatile as those for single machines. Reynold Xin, Co-Founder of Databricks, moderates. You can view our entire archive of past ACM Learning Webinars on demand at http://learning.acm.org/webinar/.
January 12 Swap to Refresh Safari Books Online Library  We periodically change the composition of the ACM Collection to reflect current trends in computing and update existing editions, as well as meet requests we receive from our members. Our next book swap is scheduled for January 12, 2016. Titles marked for removal will be removed after January 12 and titles marked for addition will appear on January 13. Below are just a few of the new books and full-length video courses that will be added:
Learning Center: Books and Courses Featured Skillsoft Course: Implementing OpenStack  This month's featured Skillsoft course is Implementing OpenStack. A collaboration between cloud technology experts and developers, resulting in a highly scalable open standard cloud operating system, OpenStack cloud environments can be used for both private and public clouds and depend on a set of core components. This course introduces the OpenStack Cloud offering, cloud service features, and provides some background on the OpenStack Project and Release Cycle. The course presents the logical architecture and provides an introduction to the various project components that work together as part of the OpenStack cloud. This course also looks at the planning and deployment of OpenStack, including components such as OpenStack Block Storage, images, instances, OpenStack Compute, installation packages, Controller Services, database services, and orchestration services.
To access this and more than 1,000 Skillsoft Learning Collections courses, visit the ACM Learning Center, log in with your member credentials, and click on Skillsoft Learning in the top right corner. To jump directly to particular subject areas, visit the Skillsoft Learning Collections page. For more on these changes and new features in Skillport 8, see our Skillsoft FAQ/Support page. New Skillsoft Books  New books covering the latest IT skills and technologies are always being added to the ACM Skillsoft Learning Collections. In December, the following titles were added:
New Skillsoft Short Videos Did you know that ACM members have access to thousands of IT and productivity videos from Skillsoft? Covering a variety of today's hottest topics, these videos offer "on-the-job" support and solutions for busy practitioners. Recently, Skillsoft added significant video content in the following knowledge areas: A+ Essentials, A+ Practical, Adobe Flash Professional CC 2015, Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015, Advanced Architecting on Amazon Web Services, Advanced PowerShell Desired State Configuration, Android for .NET Developers, AngularJS and MVC 6 Web API, Automating Tasks with Grunt, Automating Web Development Tasks with Gulp.js, AWS Certified Developer, Big Data Marketing Perspective, Building Apps with MEAN Stack, CISSP, F# Fundamentals, Generic Design and Modeling Databases, Ionic Framework, Introduction to SQL, Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Suite, Microsoft SQL Server 2016 First Look, Microsoft Windows Performance Monitoring, Oracle Database 12c, Ruby on Rails 4.2, SCCM 2012 - Exercise, Software Programming Fundamentals, Universal Windows Platform - App Architecture and UX/UI with C#, Windows 10. See http://learning.acm.org/skillsoft/index.cfm for more information. Featured MK Title: Understanding Augmented Reality 
According to author Alan B. Craig, technology that supports augmented reality will come and go, evolve and change. The underlying principles for creating exciting, useful augmented reality experiences are timeless. Understanding Augmented Reality addresses the elements that are required to create compelling augmented reality experiences, covering core conceptual issues regarding the medium of augmented reality as well as the technology required to support compelling augmented reality. By addressing AR as a medium at the conceptual level in addition to the technological level, the reader will learn to conceive of AR applications that are not limited by today�s technology. At the same time, ample examples are provided that show what is possible with current technology.
This is just one of more than 400 titles from publishers Morgan Kaufmann (MK) and Syngress in ACM's eBook collection, covering the most bleeding-edge topics in computing, such as Big Data, Cybersecurity, Human-Computer Interaction, Parallel Computing, and more. The books are available in PDF (and some in ePub) and are downloadable to your desktop, laptop, tablet, and any popular eBook reader on your mobile device. All members (Student and Professional) can access them through the ACM Learning Center eBook catalog as well as the ACM Digital Library. Other Resources and Announcements Tech Packs: Expert-Curated Readings on Hot Computing Topics Have you looked at a Tech Pack yet? These innovative, integrated learning packages covering today's hottest topics in computing are created by subject matter expert committees who curate essential readings, such as foundational journal papers, conference proceedings, keynotes, and more. TechPacks available to members include:
 Tune in as the leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs advancing computing as a science and a profession discuss their background, experience, and career highlights, all while providing invaluable insights and lessons learned for future computing professionals in this ongoing series of exclusive interviews conducted by Stephen Ibaraki, Chair of the ACM Professional Development Committee.
In a recent ACM Podcast Stephen Ibaraki interviewed Moira de Roche, independent e-learning consultant, serial social entrepreneur, and Vice-Chair and Director of IFIP IP3 Global Industry Council. De Roche talks about her time with SkillSoft, the power and promise of social media in online learning, work with the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA), goals for IFIP IP3, and much more. Discounts on CompTIA Certification Exams and Training Materials for ACM Members 
Did you know that ACM members are now eligible for discounts on CompTIA certification exams (including A+, Network+, and Security+) as well as learning content and training materials that prepare learners for these certification exams? Members can save 15% on CompTIA Exam Vouchers/Bundles (including CertMaster) and 10% on Training Content/Materials using coupons found at http://learning.acm.org/courses/comptia.cfm. New certifications include Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP), Healthcare IT Technician, Linux+, Mobile App Security+, Mobility+, Project+, Server+, Storage+, Strata+ (IT fundamentals), and more.
CompTIA is a leading provider of vendor-neutral IT certifications worldwide with popular exams in security, network administration, computer repair, and server administration. See http://learning.acm.org/courses/comptia.cfm for the new discount codes and more information. Save 15% on EMC Courseware  ACM has partnered with EMC to bring members a 15% discount on practical training in some of today's most vital IT knowledge areas, such as Big Data, Cloud Computing, Information Storage and Management, Virtualization, and more. These EMC courses focus on technology, not products, to teach technology topics applicable to any vendor environment. Training is available in various modalities, including eLearning, instructor-led (ILT), online ILT, video ILT, and video ILT-stream. For the list of eligible courses and the discount code, visit the http://learning.acm.org/courses/emc.cfm.
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