In case you missed it, MinerLAN was a ton of fun this semester as always! We had four different prize tournaments this year and fortunately didn’t blow any fuses either. Our next LAN party will be in the spring of 2010 and will last the entire weekend, so start preparing now to game off against other Missouri S&T students and alum.
ACM has switched our regularly scheduled meeting with ACM Sig Security. Free refreshments will be provided!
Arduino and You: Getting started with the Arduino Development Platform
This week’s topic revolves around Arduino, more specifically the hardware, software and how it can be used in your projects. We hope to see you there!
Topic: Arduino and You: Getting started with the Arduino Development Platform
Where: CS 209A
When: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 @ 7:00 PM
Registration for MinerLAN is now open. The registration fee is only $5 and $2.50 for ACM members. This year’s MinerLAN will features Warsaw, Starcraft, Armagetron and Trackmania Nations Forever. If your favorite game is not in the above list, don’t worry as we will assist in getting people together to play a match of your favorite game.
This year’s MinerLAN is sponsored by Express Scripts.
There is a limited number of spots so register now before spots fill up!
Join ACM as we host Flight Safety on Thursday, November 5th at 7:00 PM. This weeks meeting will be held in the Meramec/Gascconade Room in the Havener Center, rather than our normal meeting time!.
Speaker: Flight Safety
Where: Meramec/Gascconade Room in the Havener Center.
When: Thursday, November 5 @ 7:00 PM
Join ACM this Wednesday as we host Dr. Sedigh as she gives a presentation on Applied Research in Networking.
The increasing ubiquity of computer networks has led to
interesting and diverse research in applications of networking, and vice
versa. We will discuss a number of areas where this research has been
particularly fruitful, including sensor networks for environmental
monitoring and intelligent critical infrastructure systems.
Dr. Sahra Sedigh is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Research Investigator with the Intelligent Systems Center at the Missouri University of Science & Technology.
Topic: Applied research in networking: sensors, grids, and beyond
Where: CS 209A
When: Wednesday, October 21 @ 7:00 PM
Join ACM this Wednesday as we host Amanda Mechlin of Cerner. She is the current Director of the Internal IT group at Cerner and the presentation will focus on several projects her team is currently working on. In addition she will be talking about some of the careers available at Cerner.
Topic: Cerner – Current Projects and Careers
Where: CS 209A
When: Wednesday, October 7 @ 7:00 PM
The Semestly AI Tournament is scheduled for November 7. This semester’s theme is time travel, and to win the game competitors will have to travel through time to defeat their opponents. For more information check out the website for MegaMiner AI.
The ACM is hosting a Career Fair Dinner on Tuesday, September 29 at 6:30 PM. Space is limited so make sure you reserve in advance. To reserve your spot please email Kyle Ensign. When emailing please make the subject of your email: ACM Career Fair Dinner.
A list of the companies who will be joining us can be found below:
Join us on September 23 when we host Ian Eyberg as he talks about the NoSQL movement. Pizza and Soda will be provided!
Ian Eyberg graduated from college here at Missouri S&T when it was currently called UMR, and he was the progenitor of SIG-Security.
Topic: Hash Data Stores, AKA the NoSQL movement
Speaker:Ian Eyberg
Where: CS 209A
When: Wednesday, September 23 @ 7:00 PM
Reflections|Projections provides a great opportunity for a weekend full of fun and expanding your knowledge. We will be organizing a group to attend Reflections|Projections, if you are interested in attending, please attend a meeting in the next couple weeks. If you are unable to attend a meeting, feel free to email an officer.
The Association for Computing Machinery at the University of Illinois is hosting its 15th annual computing conference on October 16-18, 2009. Reflections | Projections is an opportunity for us to bring together students from across the country to gain a broader perspective on computer science in the presence of some of the great minds of today and yesterday. Throughout the weekend, we’ll have several speakers from across the country (from industry and academia alike), a programming competition from in-house developers (MechMania), and a job fair for students and companies in Computer Science.
Join ACM tonight as we host our annual Student Design Showcase. Learn about the design teams around campus, including Solar House, Robotics and the S&T AI team. In addition, ACM will be discussing our projects, the soda machine and the ACM Christmas lights project! So come to CS 209A at 7 PM to learn how you can get involved. There will be refreshments provided.
What:Student Design Showcase
Where: CS 209A
When: Tonight @ 7 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out and helped make this year’s Graphics on the Grass into a great success. We hope you all had a great time. If you weren’t able to make it but still want to get involved in ACM, watch out for announcements here and around campus for our upcoming events this semester.
For those interested in learning more about the demos we showed, you can find more of them at http://pouet.net/ and learn more about the demoscene community at Wikipedia. The demos from GotG were Atrium, Nucleophile, Chaos Theory, and Stargazer.
Finally, thanks to Bryan Thompson for taking photos at this year’s event. You can view more of his pictures from GotG here.
ACM’s biggest annual recruiting event, Graphics on the Grass, will be happening on August 26th this year and will feature all the favorites of years past: graphics demos, video games, and free pizza. Don’t pass up this opportunity to hang out with outstanding members of both ACM and the CompSci department, as well as see two projectors displaying on the side of the CS Building. Meet up with us on the north side of the Computer Science building (near the flags) at 8:30 pm, when we’ll get things started with a few demos and put out the pizza. And don’t forget your due money. This will be your first chance to become an ACM member for this school year.
