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Competitions for chapters: the ACM student chapter excellence award

Competitions for chapters: the ACM student chapter excellence award identity theft updateS 52 percent of businesses purchased over computer networks, with a value of £466. is the number one u.S. consumer complaint, according to the federal trade Commission, and the number one white-collar crime. it is also one of the fastest growing crimes. Competitions for Chapters e The ACM Student Chapter Excellence Awards stablishing and operating an ACM student chapter in your university is not only about promoting knowledge and interest in modern computing ”it is about participating in innovative activities, networking with colleagues, scientists and professionals, improving your skills, and of course, having fun. But it is also about competing and winning prizes! Do you think you are in one of the best chapters around the world? ACM Student Chapter Excellence Awards are here to award you for your excellence. These awards aim to recognize chapters with outstanding initiative during the academic year. Chapter activities and website, community and school service, and recruitment program are the five key areas for which you can apply in order to gain fame and money. Winning chapters in each of these five areas receive $500 and a œbest of  icon to proudly display on their chapter ™s Web page. These chapters are also featured on the ACM Web site and in ACM MemberNet. This year ™s deadline is Apr. 9, 2011, so you still have time to prepare a competitive application. To help you Feross Aboukhadijeh, the president of the chapter, says: œThe idea originated from brainstorming ways to increase computer science student participation in public service. The belief was that computer science students participate in Dance Marathon and public service in general at lower rates than other majors because the projects available do not interest them or utilize their skills, which are very valuable. Therefore, we strived to create a public service opportunity that would interest computer science students and utilize their talents and brilliance. What we came up with was the Hack-A-Thon.  The idea was so successful that the chapter keeps organizing and promoting it. Recently, the third HackA-Thon took place with new projects and participants. Chapter officers continue working on other activities like the œACM Tech Talks  series where speakers share their CS tools, research, and tech demos with the Stanford CS community. More information on these awards can be found at http://www.acm.org/ chapters/students/essaycontest/essay_contest-toc. ” Vaggelis Giannikas georgia State ™s chapter hosted mark guzdial (third from left). get an idea about the competition, let ™s take a look to some of the last year ™s winners. ATLAnTA, geoRgiA, UsA Chartered in the mid-1980s and operating for more than 20 years, the student chapter in Georgia State University was the winner of the recruitment program award by which they significantly increased their membership. By setting up tables at freshmen orientation, handing out flyers, giving prizes and awards for game and raffle winners, and talking about the chapter in CS classes, they succeeded in bringing many new members to their chapter. During the year they promoted their activities using the university ™s radio and TV station, built a new web site and created podcasts for their new Facebook page. œIf I had to highlight just a few activities of the past year, I would choose the talks by Thad Starner (wearable computing) and Aaron Hillegass of Big Nerd Ranch (iPhone programming). The other highlight was the trip to Oak Ridge National Laboratory in March  said Dr. K. N. King, advisor of the chapter. This year the chapter continues its activities with more trips and talks, most recently œMeeting Everyone ™s Need for Computing  by Dr. Mark Guzdial (see photo). sTAnFoRD, cALiFoRniA, UsA Officers in the ACM Student Chapter in Stanford University won the community service award by organizing a marathon! While people were enjoying the Stanford Dance Marathon, 34 œhackers  hacked for 24 hours on non-profit software projects. XRDS ¢ Spring 2 01 1 ¢ V ol .17 ¢ no.3 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Crossroads Association for Computing Machinery

Competitions for chapters: the ACM student chapter excellence award

Giannikas, Vaggelis
Crossroads , Volume 17 (3) – Mar 1, 2011
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identity theft updateS 52 percent of businesses purchased over computer networks, with a value of £466. is the number one u.S. consumer complaint, according to the federal trade Commission, and the number one white-collar crime. it is also one of the fastest growing crimes. Competitions for Chapters e The ACM Student Chapter Excellence Awards stablishing and operating an ACM student chapter in your university is not only about promoting knowledge and interest in modern computing ”it is about participating in innovative activities, networking with colleagues, scientists and professionals, improving your skills, and of course, having fun. But it is also about competing and winning prizes! Do you think you are in one of the best chapters around the world? ACM Student Chapter Excellence Awards are here to award you for your excellence. These awards aim to recognize chapters with outstanding initiative during the academic year. Chapter activities and website, community and school service, and recruitment program are the five key areas for which you can apply in order to gain fame and money. Winning chapters in each of these five areas receive $500 and a œbest of  icon to proudly display on their chapter ™s Web page. These chapters are also featured on the ACM Web site and in ACM MemberNet. This year ™s deadline is Apr. 9, 2011, so you still have time to prepare a competitive application. To help you Feross Aboukhadijeh, the president of the chapter, says: œThe idea originated from brainstorming ways to increase computer science student participation in public service. The belief was that computer science students participate in Dance Marathon and public service in general at lower rates than other majors because the projects available do not interest them or utilize their skills, which are very valuable. Therefore, we strived to create a public service opportunity that would interest computer science students and utilize their talents and brilliance. What we came up with was the Hack-A-Thon.  The idea was so successful that the chapter keeps organizing and promoting it. Recently, the third HackA-Thon took place with new projects and participants. Chapter officers continue working on other activities like the œACM Tech Talks  series where speakers share their CS tools, research, and tech demos with the Stanford CS community. More information on these awards can be found at http://www.acm.org/ chapters/students/essaycontest/essay_contest-toc. ” Vaggelis Giannikas georgia State ™s chapter hosted mark guzdial (third from left). get an idea about the competition, let ™s take a look to some of the last year ™s winners. ATLAnTA, geoRgiA, UsA Chartered in the mid-1980s and operating for more than 20 years, the student chapter in Georgia State University was the winner of the recruitment program award by which they significantly increased their membership. By setting up tables at freshmen orientation, handing out flyers, giving prizes and awards for game and raffle winners, and talking about the chapter in CS classes, they succeeded in bringing many new members to their chapter. During the year they promoted their activities using the university ™s radio and TV station, built a new web site and created podcasts for their new Facebook page. œIf I had to highlight just a few activities of the past year, I would choose the talks by Thad Starner (wearable computing) and Aaron Hillegass of Big Nerd Ranch (iPhone programming). The other highlight was the trip to Oak Ridge National Laboratory in March  said Dr. K. N. King, advisor of the chapter. This year the chapter continues its activities with more trips and talks, most recently œMeeting Everyone ™s Need for Computing  by Dr. Mark Guzdial (see photo). sTAnFoRD, cALiFoRniA, UsA Officers in the ACM Student Chapter in Stanford University won the community service award by organizing a marathon! While people were enjoying the Stanford Dance Marathon, 34 œhackers  hacked for 24 hours on non-profit software projects. XRDS ¢ Spring 2 01 1 ¢ V ol .17 ¢ no.3

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Crossroads – Association for Computing Machinery

Published: Mar 1, 2011

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