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Local Clubs and Organizations
The Spelman College Computer Science Department has the following
student organizations. If there are other clubs and organizations
that should be listed, please let us know.
- Association for
Computing Machinery (ACM)
- ACM Programming Team. This team meets regularly to learn,
discuss and practice programming techniques. They compete
annually in the ACM-sponsored Southeast Regional Programming
Competition. The last one was held in Gainsville, Florida. Click here for more
information about the national competition. For more
information about being on the Spelman Programming Team, please
contact the coaches, Charles
Hardnett or Scott
Anderson.
- Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE)--Zeta Chapter.
History: Computing Sciences is a relatively young
discipline. Yet despite its comparative youth, Computing Science
has had an unparalleled effect on almost every aspect of
contemporary life. Indeed it is difficult to predict the ultimate
place of the computer in our world. It is the express purpose of
Upsilon Pi Epsilon to promote the Computing Sciences and to
encourage its contribution to the enhancement of knowledge.
Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) was first organized at Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas, in 1967. The international
organization now consists of chapters in various colleges and
universities in North America and overseas.
Mission Statement The mission of Upsilon Pi Epsilon is
to recognize academic excellence at both the undergraduate and
graduate levels in the computing sciences.
Guidelines and Goals Upsilon Pi Epsilon is an honorary
society whose membership consists of outstanding undergraduate and
graduate students in Computing Science. Only schools that offer a
degree in a computing science-related discipline may be
chartered. Likewise, prospective student members must be working
toward a degree in Computing Science at the time they are
considered for membership. Yet members are chosen not only for
their scholastic achievement in a computing science program, but
also for distinguishing themselves as true professionals by
meeting the standards of the society. Membership is limited to
those who can effectively achieve the original goals of the
society. These goals include:
- The recognition of outstanding talent in the field of
computing science,
- The promotion of high scholarship in computing science,
- The establishment and maintenance of high standards in
computing science,
- The representation of computing science in interdisciplinary
communications, and
- The encouragement of individual contributions to society
through computing science.
The following are professional organizations for computer
scientists. It's worth learning what they are and considering
joining, certainly upon graduation. Again, if there are other
organizations that should be listed, please let us know.
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