Slides from UCLA ACM's Fall General Meeting

1. FAL L GENERAL MEETING

2. PRESIDENT, UCLA ACM
AKSHAY BAKSHI
(LOVES PLAID)

3. WHY ARE YOU HERE?
• You are a Computer Science major.
• You are interested in computing.
• You are interested in Diddy Riese.

4. ACM?

5. ASSEMBLED
COMPUTER MONKEYS
LISE GAGNE

6. WHO WE REALLY ARE
• Association for Computing Machinery
• World’s largest computing society
• UCLA ACM student chapter

7. OFFICERS
THERE ARE MORE.

8. “Our mission is to foster student interest and
promote extracurricular activities in the field
of Computer Science.”
-ACM HQ

9. “CS outside class.”
-ME

10. WHAT DO WE DO?
• Corporate

11. CORPORATE, UCLA ACM
NICHOLAS VAN HOFF
(LOVES TRAVELING)

12. COMPANY TOURS

13. INFOSESSIONS

14. SPRING BBQ!

15. CORPORATE
• Industry Infosessions
• Company Tours
• Spring BBQ!
• Recruitment Fairs
• Resume Workshops

16. CORPORATE
Oct 21, MS 4000A @ 6PM

17. WHAT DO WE DO?
• Corporate
• Artificial Intelligence group

18. AI PRESIDENT, UCLA ACM
OMRI RACCAH

19. AI ACM
To facilitate a common outlet for AI interests
through collaborative projects and faculty
interaction.

20. AI ACM STRUCTURE
• Weekly meetings including seminars and faculty/
student talks
• Meetings begin with discussion/talk on current
topics of AI
• Second half to work on AI related projects

21. AI VICE-PRESIDENT, UCLA ACM
DAVID PEATMAN

22. SHAYNA
ANN
V INCENT AUS T IN

23. AI ACM
Next AI meeting
Oct 21, Bunche 3170 @ 6PM

24. WHAT DO WE DO?
• Corporate
• Artificial Intelligence group
• Teach

25. VICE PRESIDENT, UCLA ACM
DANIEL DUAN

26. TEACH WORKSHOPS

27. HACKATHONS

28. SLEEPATHONS

29. NIGHTS

30. TEACH
• One-off Workshops : Usually an hour long.
• Basic programming skill required.
• Web dev, iOS/Android, Linux, APIs etc.
• Nights : Weekly office hours + hack sessions
(usually until midnight)
• hackNY talk : 10/22 @ 7 PM in Boelter 4760

31. WHAT DO WE DO?
• Corporate
• Artificial Intelligence group
• Teach
• Outreach

32. OUTREACH COMMITTEE, UCLA ACM
MARKO VOJVODIĆ

33. OUTREACH CHAIR, UCLA ACM
FAY WU

34. HIGH SCHOOLS

35. OUTREACH
HIGH SCHOOLS
• Goal: Expose young students to CS
• CS demos & talks at local high schools.
• First fall talk on Nov 4 at Santa Monica High
School.
• Frequency: One talk every two weeks.

36. ACM M&MS

37. OUTREACH
M&MS
• M&Ms : Mentors and Mentees
• Women’s and minorities in CS mentorship program
• Goal: Provide support to under-represented
groups in CS and learn about relevant issues
• Starts Thu (Wk 3) at 5 PM in Boelter 4760
• If you want to join, sign up : goo.gl/N3Y0ON

38. SPEAKERS & SOCIALS

39. OUTREACH
CS COMMUNITY
• Goal: Foster a community of computing-loving
students
• Speakers Series: A talk every other week
• ACM Distinguished speakers, Professors, Grads,
People with interesting skills/projects
• Socials : Ice cream right after the meeting today!

40. VICE PRESIDENT, UCLA ACM
SHAHID CHOHAN

41. COMPETITIVE PROGRAMMING

42. WORLD FINALS

43. ICPC
• ICPC: International Collegiate Programming
Competition
• World finals in Russia, Sweden, Japan etc.
• For the hardcore coders and algorithms experts.
• Weekly meetings starting 10/27 @ 6 PM
• Qualifier: 10/21, Tuesday @ 6 PM in Boelter 3760

44. __INIT__

45. COMPANIES
WANT CS PEOPLE
PEOPLE WANT TO
LEARN CS
Job Market

46. __INIT__
• Learn programming
• Designed for absolute beginners. No prior
coding experience required.
• Starts 6 PM Thu, 10/23 in Boelter 4760.
• Weekly sessions. Teach Nights right after for
office hours.

47. WHAT DO WE DO?
• Corporate
• Artificial Intelligence group
• Teach
• Outreach
• Competitive Programming
• __init__

48. WE DO A LOT OF STUFF.

49. ALL FOR Y’ALL.

50. HOW DO YOU JOIN?
• No membership fees. It’s FREE.
• Sign up for the updates on acm.cs.ucla.edu
• Sign-up for specific groups right after this.
• Want to join the executive board?
• Register interest here: goo.gl/ved46B

51. BECOME AN INTERN.
(FETCH COFFEE)

52. BECOME AN INTERN.
(FETCH COFFEE)

53. INTERN PROGRAM
• Direct access to every CS company on campus.
• Get mentored by current officers.
• Give back to the CS community.
• Future board will be elected from interns and active
members.
• ???
• Profit.

54. SIGN-UPS ARE OPEN
NOW.
goo.gl/ved46B

55. UPCOMING
• AI Meeting : Tue, 10/21 in Bunche 3170 @ 6 PM
• Facebook : Tue, 10/21 in MS 4000A @ 6 PM
• ICPC Qualifier : Tue, 10/21 in Boelter 3760
• hackNY Talk : Wed, 10/22 @ 7 PM in Boelter 4760
• M&Ms Kickoff : Thu 10/23 @ 5 PM in Boelter 4760
• __init__ : Thu 10/23 @ 6 PM in Boelter 4760

56. RECAP
• You can join any of six ACM groups.
• Joining is free.
• Become an intern.
• Cookies and ice cream social today.
• Now what?

57. FOOD!

58. THANKS FOR COMING!
ACM.CS.UCLA.EDU