ACM is the umbrella organization for Special Interest Groups (known as SIGs) who specialize in an area of computer science, like mobile applications, artificial intelligence, game development, high performance computing, multimedia, operating systems, security, and more.
Developing mobile apps. Creating games with stunning graphics. Working on cutting-edge robotics and artificial intelligence, or even making our own operating system. That's the work of ACM.
ACM is free to join. You may have heard about a $19 yearly fee to join, but this only applies to the national organization. You are welcome to join the national organization (there are some cool benefits that you can look up), but to be a part of Purdue's Chapter of ACM, all you need to do is show up to a SIG's meeting. As long as you show up to meetings, you're a part of the group.
You'll get real world experience and work on fun projects. ACM hosts tech talks, hackathons, and other fun events. Corporate sponsors love to interview ACM members. It's free!
SIG stands for Special Interest Group. During the year, each SIG will meet for roughly two hours per week and work on a project. These aren't your standard class projects, though. In ACM, you'll get to work on cool things like create the official Purdue app, go to the VEX Robotics World Championships, or design a system that can reconstruct shredded documents.
Jonathan is a senior in Electrical Engineering from Brownsburg, IN. He has been a part of ACM for four years now, with the two years prior to holding the ACM President position spent as the President of SIGBots. Jonathan has held two internships at Rolls-Royce and one internship at Boeing. In his free time, he enjoys building robots and playing guitar.
Ruihang is a senior in Computer Science from Beijing, China. Previously, Ruihang has been a member of SIGAI for three years. His passion lies in the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence, and he is actively engaged in related research projects in here at Purdue.
Elliot Berman is a senior studying Computer Science and Statistics from Indianapolis, IN. Prior to becoming the ACM Treasurer, he was the development team lead for PROS in SIGBots. Elliot has had two internships with General Electric and one with Qualcomm. When he’s not maintaining financial records for ACM, he can typically be found working with PROS or wandering around campus.
Without the following companies' generosity, we wouldn't be able make cool stuff and travel to compete. Most of our SIGs are funded through corporate donations, so we'd like to thank the following.
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