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.