Association for Computing Machinery

First General Meeting

ACM Officers

                   Chair  Benjamin Quach
          Co Vice-Chairs  Mark De Ruyter and Kevin Hsieh
               Secretary  Christine Hawley
               Treasurer  Kashyup Krishna
         Marketing Chair  Charity Sun
       Event Coordinator  Faiz Mirza
 Membership Coordinators  Alyza Malunao and Amanda Berryhill
               Webmaster  Aakash Kadakia
   Volunteer Coordinator  Wendy Lynn
       Citrus Hack Chair  Calvin Kwan
Graduate Student Advisor  Jeffery McDaniel
   Career Pathway Leader  Kyle Minshall

What is ACM@UCR?

 

By definition…

“ACM, the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession.”

 

Specifically…

We are UCR’s official ACM chapter. We aim to help students succeed with their studies and prepare them for their professional careers.

 

 

What will ACM do for me?

  • Supplement course material and supercharge your learning
  • Prepare you for exams
  • Build your professional network
  • Land you a job/internship
  • Expose you to real world programming
  • Provide a commonplace for you to meet new people and encourage collaboration

Event and Workshop overview

Career Pathways

Weekly Web Development Workshops

Kyle Minshall is teaching Web Development from the beginner level. Throughout the 8 week workshop you will:

 

  • Rebuild Pinterest from the ground up
  • Learn web languages like Ruby on Rails
  • Learn the fundamentals of both front end and back end web development

Professional Events

Social Events

Workshops

Excursions

The Inland Empire's Premier Hackathon @ UCR

November 6-8

Register your team or sign up to volunteer at www.citrushack.com!

Meetups

Hack Nights

Wednesdays 6-8pm in WCH 135

 

Collaborate and work on projects including:

Android/IOS, Web, Games, OS, etc...

  • Every year and major welcome!
  • Join a team or make your own!
  • Get help from experienced mentors!

Programming Practice

Occurrence: Weekly

 

Practice solving problems on HackerRank, CodeChef, TopCoder, etc...

Sharpen your algorithms and programming skills!

 

Perfect practice for ACM ICPC and IEEE Xtreme

ACM Mentorship Program

Want to get involved with UCR, Computer Science, or ACM but you aren't really sure how?

 

Join ACM's mentorship program!

Sign up to be a mentee by filling out this form! Provide some information about you and we'll pair you with an awesome mentor!

 

Head over to The Leviathon (WCH 226) after the meeting!

Inter-org announcements

Gamespawn workshops

  • UCR's  video game development club
  • Teaches how to design and implement games
  • Emphasis on Unity3D platform 
  • No experience necessary!

Contact Gamespawn at

gamespawn.ucr@gmail.com

IEEE's UAV

Contact Fritz!

Facebook Information Session
& Career Etiquette

Bring your resume and interest to:

WCH 205/206 on October 13 at 6pm

Email your resume to:  Swe.ucr@gmail.com
Join the event on Facebook: SWE-UCR

How and why should I become a member?

How?

  • Membership costs a mere $20 for the entire school year
  • Pay your fee preferably to Kash
  • Provide your shirt size.

Why?

  • Discounted ticket prices
  • Priority workshop enrollment
  • Ability to participate in giveaways
  • Access to "member's only" hardware
  • Free t-shirt!

ACM Clubroom

WCH 226

Bored between classes, have to print out your homework, or want to work on your CS homework in a more comfortable lab? Stop by WCH 226 and say hi!

 

We even have rent-able lockers to keep your things safe!

  • $20 if you need a lock, $15 if you provide your own
  • Must provide name, contact info, and lock combination
  • Rental good for entire quarter

aka: The Leviathon

ACM Fridge

  • Stocked every week with sodas and water.
  • Novelty knockoff flavors!
  • Runs on donations!
  • $0.50 per soda or water bottle
    • This is without a doubt the cheapest soda or water bottles on campus, so please pitch in.
    • When donations run out, so does the restocking, so don't let this happen.

Thank you! :)

What is ACM@UCR? Fall2015

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What is ACM@UCR? Fall2015

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