Tired of studying? ACM presents “Cocoa and Cookie Decorations!” It will take place on January 27th from 4:30PM – 6PM at the CSE2 Undergraduate Commons (Long Table Area). Come relax with other students, socialize, and enjoy some sweets! RSVP to the event here.

Tired of studying? ACM presents “Cocoa and Cookie Decorations!” It will take place on January 27th from 4:30PM – 6PM at the CSE2 Undergraduate Commons (Long Table Area). Come relax with other students, socialize, and enjoy some sweets! RSVP to the event here.

ACM is hosting a dodgeball night on Saturday January 25th from 6:30pm – 8:00pm at IMA Gym D! Come with your friends for a friendly but fierce game of dodgeball. All skill levels are welcome. You can RSVP to the Facebook event here, but feel free to just show up on the night of the event!

ACM is committed to ensuring that our events are accessible for all students and is happy to arrange disability accommodations for students (with advanced notice). Please reach out to Chelsea Navarro (our staff adviser) at crmn@cs.washington.edu if you have any questions or requests. Please note that we occasionally may not be able to fulfill a specific request, but will do the very best we can to ensure you have a positive experience at our event!

For any other questions or concerns, please email us at acm-officers@cs.washington.edu.

Best Regards,
ACM

This is a reminder that ACM Research Night will be held this year on February 6th from 5:00-6:00 pm in CSE2 G01!  This event will offer you a chance to learn more about the significance of doing undergraduate research during their time at the Allen School, as well as effective ways to get involved in research and future career prospects in the research field.

If you’re interested in attending, then please fill out this questionnaire by January 15th 11:59pm to tell us what specific aspects/information/questions about research you would like to have addressed at this event.

RSVP to the event here. There will be snacks provided the day of the event!

For any questions or comments, please email us at acm-officers@cs.washington.edu

Best Regards,
ACM

CSE Research Night hosted by ACM will be held this year on February 6th from 5:00-6:00 pm in CSE2 G01. This event will offer undergraduate students a chance to learn more about the significance of doing undergraduate research during their time at the Allen School, as well as effective ways to get involved in research and future career prospects in the research field.

Interested in attending? Please fill out this CSE Research Night Questionnaire by January 15, 2020, at 11:59 pm to tell us what specific aspects/information/questions about research you would like to have addressed at this event.

RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cse-research-night-2020-tickets-87203360599?aff=RSVP 

For any questions or comments, please email us at acm-officers@cs.washington.edu

Thank you,
ACM

Hello Allen School Students! Welcome to the 3rd weekly ACM Newsletter for this quarter where we’ll be compiling all of our upcoming events and general announcements.

Event Recaps

DA Trivia Night Recap

Thank you to everyone who came to the ACM DA Trivia Night! We’re planning on hosting more Trivia/Quiz Bowl style events for everybody, so if you are interested in those then be on the lookout for our upcoming events!

Big/Little Hangout Recap

Our first ACM Big/Little event after orientation was on Wednesday October 23rd! We set up a lot of snacks, ice cream, and soda in the CSE2 Undergraduate Commons for Bigs and Littles to just drop by and hang out with each other. If you didn’t get a chance to attend this event, don’t worry, we’ll be hosting many more events for you to hang out with each other in the future.

Interview Prep Session #1 Recap

Our first Interview Prep session for this quarter was last night in CSE2 from 5-6pm, led by ACM officers Thomas Fuller and Michael Sulistio! They went over the job application process, the different types of interviews, how to effectively prepare for interviews, and ended with a mock interview. One lucky student also won a copy of Cracking the Coding Interview from our raffle! If you weren’t able to attend, here is a link to the slides they went over last night:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSJb08beJ-OVrDCPIr91fKFy5HO9Xda3YXdbjxEJvLdHtuStMtLX64OXLmCUrMEu-hufzVxswhiciKD/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&fbclid=IwAR2Kvjt3zLS4OViKufumV_1w0ATM3d3XLg3THJpLCl9KsIdcpPcjMp-Xdmk&slide=id.p

Upcoming Events

Interview Prep Session #2

ACM is hosting another Interview Prep Session on Thursday, November 7th from 5-6pm at CSE2 G10. More details about the topics of this session will be released later.

Big/Little Boba Night

ACM will be hosting another Big/Little event on Friday, November 8th from 4-6pm. At this event, stop by and grab some boba with your big or little. The location is still to be determined, but we will likely have a section of the store reserved for ACM.

Fall Fest

ACM Fall Fest is our annual Fall Quarter festival filled with food, friends, and games, and it is confirmed to be on November 15th, 5:30-8:00pm in the CSE1 Atrium, so mark your calendars! More details about Fall Fest will be released in the coming weeks.

Membership

Want to become an ACM member? There are 2 easy steps:
1. Venmo $8 to uw-acm
2. Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/UMZ1PRb5y1GRdbya9

Questions & Feedback

If you have any questions about ACM and/or any feedback, feel free to contact us at acm-officers@cs.washington.edu

Hello Allen School Students,

The ACM team is excited to announce that Snack Overflow is fully restocked and ready for customers! We also added some new changes to the store/system since last year.

What is it?

As some of you may remember, Snack Overflow is ACM’s honor-based, self-serve, convenience store, located in the ACM Lounge of the Paul G. Allen Center (basement of CSE 1). It provides all kinds of snacks for purchase, from muffins and chips to cold brews and green tea! The store is a small community-focused, student-run store that the ACM team works hard to keep running.

How to use it?

We are continuing to use our Square tablet checkout system. After choosing the items you want, use the store tablet to add the corresponding items to your cart and checkout by swiping/tapping your card. Square requires a $1 minimum per transaction. Moving forward this year, we are no longer accepting Venmo or cash payments.

New Changes

To monitor and combat theft, the Allen School has installed a video camera in the lounge, surveying the checkout area. ACM will not have access to this footage, only the department will.

New prices and new items. Unfortunately, Square raised their transaction fee just as the school year started so we’ll need to adjust prices accordingly. Throughout the year we will be trying out new items and and try to provide bigger snacks to match pricing accordingly.

If you have any comments or suggestions for Snack Overflow, feel free to email us at acm-officers@cs.washington.edu

Happy Fall quarter, Allen School students!

Two announcements from the Allen School’s Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) are below. These are awesome opportunities to get more involved with the Allen School community and meet your peers!

Firstly, ACM is looking for associate officers – this is a chance not only to develop your leadership skills and get more involved with the school but also to add to your project portfolio and make new friends. Associate officers will help plan and organize social and technical events and work on technical projects that directly serve your peers.

We encourage any motivated CSE major who wants to learn or take on a new challenge to apply (this is open to both new and veteran CSE majors). No prior experience necessary.

The application is due on October 4, 2019 at 11:59pm.

Sign in with your CSE account to access the application:

https://forms.gle/2ixyJxKS3YaPf4Uc9

Secondly, ACM is once again beginning sign ups for our Big & Little mentorship program! The ACM Big & Little mentorship program is a great opportunity for newly admitted students to learn more about the Allen School, and for returning students to give back to the community and help out the new students.

Once you are paired with a Big or Little(s), ACM encourages you to hang out every once in a while, but ACM will also plan a variety of Big & Little events that all of the Bigs & Littles can attend throughout the quarter.

The deadline to sign up is October 2, 2019 at 11:59pm.

If you are a *newly admitted* Allen School student looking for some mentorship and to learn more about the school, sign up as a Little!

https://forms.gle/UVif73ogkDYuG5E98

If you are an Allen School student who has been in the school *for at least 1 quarter*, and are looking to share your wisdom and experiences with a newer student, sign up as a Big!

https://forms.gle/CHeu1bGEVSwiyxvx7

If you have any questions about ACM, associate officer positions or Bigs & Littles, please email acm-officers@cs.washington.edu and we would love to answer your questions!

Have a great quarter,

ACM

Hi all!

Research night is happening again on Tuesday, 5/28 at 4:30 PM in the Amazon Auditorium in CSE2. Please RSVP here.

In addition, we will be hosting an optional coding challenge for the research night. You can complete it here. Your response will be sent to labs to help them find a good fit for their research.

ACM is committed to ensuring that all CSE events are accessible for all students and is happy to arrange disability accommodations for students (with advanced notice). Please reach out to Chloe Dolese (our ACM adviser) at cdolese@cs.washington.edu if you have any questions or requests. Please note that we occasionally may not be able to fulfill a specific request but will do the very best we can to ensure you have a positive experience at our event!

Best,
ACM