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.[1][2] Its main focus is on building and developing members' passion for computer science.
History
The first student chapter was founded in 1961[3] at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. ACM is currently organized into over hundreds of local chapters over 800 colleges and universities throughout the world.[4]
Membership
The members of chapters are eligible for various benefits such as coding competitions, technical talks and mentoring sessions by experienced professionals.[5][6]
Notable chapters
- ACM student chapter of University of California, Los Angeles
- ACM student chapter of University of Washington
- ACM student chapter of University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- ACM student chapter of University of Pittsburgh
- ACM student chapter of Nazarbayev University - is the first and only ACM chapter in Kazakhstan
References
- ↑ "Student Chapters". www.acm.org.
- ↑ "ACM Student Chapter · IIT Roorkee". www.iitr.ac.in.
- ↑ "Student Chapters". School of Computing & Informatics. May 26, 2015.
- ↑ "ACM at a Glance". www.acm.org.
- ↑ "Student Chapter Resources and Benefits". www.acm.org.
- ↑ "Student Chapter Member Benefits". www.acm.org.
External links
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