STUDENT CHAPTER ACM

The ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) is the student organization for Computer Science and Network Computing majors.  The club was founded in 2000 as a way for student programmers to interact socially and professionally.  The activities are chosen by the members and generally include such things as LAN gaming, LINUX install fests, and movie nights.  The ACM involves itself in two programming contests each year:  one in the fall and one in the spring.  The spring contest is held at NMU and is organized by the members of the ACM.  The ACM also involves itself in various road trips throughout the year; in particular, ACM members participate in the Argonne Undergraduate Symposium (observing student research projects or presenting their own) each year.

On Saturday 10 November 2007, NMU participated in the ACM East Central North America Regional Programming Contest, held simultaneously in multiple sites; we were in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  NMU Team Redundancy Team took 31st. place and Team $TEXAS took 75th. out of 114 teams competing.  This was the first time NMU competed in this contest; normally we compete at the North Central North America contest, but that contest was the same date as the Argonne Undergraduate Symposium, and many ACM members were committed to that trip.  NMU did very well at this competition, which attracted teams from much larger universities.  In particular, Team Redundancy Team took 6th. place out of the 25 teams competing in Ann Arbor.

For more information, contact Dr. Andrew A. Poe.

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