Nominations are solicited for the ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Award for an outstanding educator who has advanced new CS/Engineering teaching methodologies or curriculum development, or who is contributing to ACM's educational mission. National or international impact is preferred, but there will be special consideration for those teaching less than ten years. A prize of $5,000 is supplied by Prentice-Hall. 8/1/95 deadline. W. Eric L. Grimson , (617) 253-5346, (617) 258-6287 Fax. [comp.ai, 5/2/95. David Joslin.]

The 5/26/95 US opening of the movie "Johnny Mnemonic" will be publicized with an Internet scavenger hunt. Over $20K in prizes, including a DEC computer and many items of Johnny Mnemonic memorabilia. Sign up at . [Drue Miller , net-hap, 5/8/95.] ("I bet with my net I can get those things yet!" -- The Cat In the Hat.)

Awarded "Computer Software Innovation of the Year" by Discover magazine: The Personal Communicator is a Macintosh CD ROM for deaf children, permitting classroom or one-to-one communication via signing (ASL), speech synthesis, and digital video. The main portion of the program converts text into speech and video clips of the signed words. Michigan State's CommTech Lab, , (517) 353-5498 Fax. [Brian Winn , 5/4/95.]