Association for Computing Machinery, NMU Student Chapter
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Our (unofficial) local student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery at NMU is focused on applying the academic aspects of computer science and gaming into a fun, social environment. The organization allows computer science students and other computer programmers and aficionados to meet up with each other and organize activities based on the interests of the group members.
| First meeting of the Fall 2008 semester! |
| Date: Friday, August 29, 2008 |
| Time: 5:00 PM |
| Place: NSF 1207 |
| Interested in joining the NMU Student Chapter of the ACM? |
| Contact us at acm@nmu.edu |
Activities:
- ACM Programming Contests
- Annual NMU Invitational Programming Contest
- Game Nights / LAN Events
- Argonne National Laboratory Trip (Students + Faculty)
- Movie Nights
- Weekly Meetings
- We take suggestions!
[edit] Current and Future Events
- Currently ongoing: We're working on becoming an official student chapter of the ACM.
- Fall 2008 semester: Meeting dates and times to be announced when the semester begins.
- Discussion/debate talk: e.g., OpenGL vs. DirectX, C++ vs C# vs Java vs Objective-C vs Smalltalk vs D, etc.
- Computing talks in various subject areas, including the following: algorithms, design, documentation, economics, experimentation, human factors, languages, legal aspects, management, measurement, performance, reliability, security, standardization, theory, and verification.
[edit] Meetings
No official meetings during the Summer Semester. (Although, events may occur.)
Tentative Fall 2008 semester meeting times:
- When: Fridays at 5 PM
- Where: NSF 1207
[edit] Meeting Minutes
[edit] Officers
- President: Benjamin DePew (graduated)
- Vice President: Brian Krent
- Treasurer: Scott Raiford (graduated)
- Secretary: Amy Elliott
