Association for Computing Machinery

LAN Party! on for Friday March 23

mrrobbins — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:03:29 +0000

ACM will be hosting our second LAN Party of the year on Friday March 23 in the CS Lounge in Houser Hall 107. We’ll get started around 6:30. It’s always a fun time so we hope to see you there.

First LAN Party of the Semester this Friday!

Blake Bassett — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:53:00 +0000

Hey everyone! Come on over to the undergrad lounge for the first LAN party tomorrow, February 10. We’ll be playing TF2 and maybe some other games. We’ll be starting around 6:30.

ADTRAN Evening Lecture

mrrobbins — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:25:18 +0000

ADTRAN will be on campus Monday, February 13^th to hold a lecture on the agile methodology engineers have deployed in certain areas within the company. Their “Agile Effect” lecture is at 5:30 p.m. at SEC 3437. Here is a link to the building map. The concept is to educate students more about agile development and how it can benefit a development cycle. They are encouraging any students with an interest and passion for software development to stop by at any time. Refreshments will be provided.

ADTRAN also has several co-op, intern, and entry level openings. You can find out more about their career opportunities at the event or by applying to any of their postings through Crimson Careers or the Co-op Office. Make sure to sign up quickly, as interviews will be held the day after the career fair.

ACM SE info and Kami-Con employment opportunity

Kim Kosta — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:28:31 +0000

If you’re interested in what kinds of events ACM Southeast might have, you can check out proceedings from previous years here. And here is a list of sessions from 2011.

If you’re interested in game development, Kami-Con staff are looking for someone to develop their game. We mentioned it at our last meeting, but for more information you should contact Raymond Lenzner at KamiConStaff@kamicon.net.

Join UA ACM’s orgsync!

mrrobbins — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:08:31 +0000

The University uses a service called orgsync to keep in touch with it’s student organizations on campus. If you request to join ACM’s page, it could help our chapter receive more funding from the University. You can sign in with your MyBama credentials with the link below.

https://orgsync.com/join/28018/university-of-alabama-student-chapter-of-the-association-for-computing-machinery

FedEx: Using Technology so that it Scales

Monica Anderson — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:57:36 +0000

Fedex will be presenting to ACM on Feb 7th at 5:15. They have several internships and jobs open and are particularly interested in CS students. Do not miss this opportunity to prepare yourself for an onsite interview (Feb 16).

FedEx provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services. They offer integrated business applications through operating companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world’s most admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 275,000 employees and contractors to remain absolutely, positively focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities.

Next Meeting: Tuesday, January 31, 2012

mrrobbins — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:08:13 +0000

Our next chapter meeting will be Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 5:15pm in SEC 3437.

We will be discussing chapter events, like recaping the Microsoft AppLab workshop last Tuesday, looking forward to an upcoming LAN party, and more. We will also be looking for volunteers to run a Science Olympiad competition next month that the College of Engineering is hosting for area high schools and middle schools.

There will be a brief Tech Talk on an exciting topic in computing and, as always, there will be pizza and drink after the meeting.

Important: The Treasurer and Membership Committee will be collecting $5 dues from all members during the meeting. Please don’t forget to bring the amount, preferably in exact change.

We hope to see every one there!

Minutes

Microsoft:Link to Tara Walker’s website

Monica Anderson — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:14:30 +0000

http://blogs.msdn.com/tarawalker

Also, link to the Windows Phone Twitter App Demo code:

http://bit.ly/w9jox2

Committee Forums

Paul Kilgo — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:49:39 +0000

Committee forums have been added to the forums. They are meant to discuss and plan for any club issues in the event the committee can’t physically meet or if you need to bring something else to that committee’s attention. The intention is for at least one person from each committee to serve as the moderator to each forum.

I encourage all the committee members to head on over to the forums and introduce yourselves. If there are any volunteers for moderators, just contact me.

Microsoft Windows App Contest

Monica Anderson — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:49:16 +0000

Students can win money and prizes by submitting Windows Phone apps. See below for details.

Windows Phone Student Contests