ACM Student Chapter is the international
Association for Computing Machinery's student society which provides opportunities to students for networking, learn together and share their knowledge. Its main focus is on building and developing members' passion for
computer science
Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includi ...
.
History
The first student chapter was founded in 1961 at the
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette, University of Louisiana, ULL, or UL) is a public research university in Lafayette, Louisiana. It has the largest enrollment within the nine-campus University of Louisiana System and the s ...
. ACM is currently organized into over hundreds of local chapters over 800 colleges and universities throughout the world.
Membership
The members of chapters are eligible for various benefits such as coding competitions, technical talks and mentoring sessions by experienced professionals.
Notable chapters
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University of California, Los Angeles* ACM student chapter o
University of Washington* ACM student chapter of
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette, University of Louisiana, ULL, or UL) is a public research university in Lafayette, Louisiana. It has the largest enrollment within the nine-campus University of Louisiana System and the s ...
* ACM student chapter o
University of Pittsburgh* ACM student chapter of
Nazarbayev University - is the first and only ACM chapter in Kazakhstan
References
External links
Homepage
Association for Computing Machinery
Student organizations established in 1961
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