Georgia Tech ACM

ACM Elections

2008-04-21T18:24:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone!

So, it's that time of year again. Unfortunately, I blew it, because I should
have gotten this out sooner, so we could have elections at the normal meeting
time. However, it's unfair to everyone involved to only give one day's notice.
As a result, I'm scheduling elections for this Thursday at 7:30PM. If that does
not work for you, just let me know, and you can still run; you won't be able to
present, but just let me know what you want me to say, and you can still be a
candidate.

If you haven't been an officer before, we ask that you please fill out the
officer application on our website (gtacm.org -> documents section).

If you're a returning officer, you don't need to do this. However, please update
me on:
-Whether you will be re applying for next year or not (please let me know either
way).
-If you're staying, which position(s) you're applying for, just for my
information.

Tentatively, we'll schedule this in the student org room. I will confirm this as
soon as I know for sure.

Thanks everyone! Let me know if you have any questions. I'm looking forward to
another great year!

-Chris Sladky
GTACM President

FYI:
I will be running for President.
Elections are determined by a majority of ACM members present.

The following is a list of our positions:
-President
-Vice-President Internal
-Vice-President External
-Treasurer
-Secretary
-Publicity Chair (filled for next year unless current officer decides to run
for a different position)
-Social Chair
-Technology Chair (website)
-SIG Chair (filled for next year unless current officer decides to run for a
different position)
-Membership Chair

We are also looking for leaders for the signews Special Interest Group (all
positions are open-President, VP, Treasurer, and Secretary) or anyone wanting to
start a new Special Interest Group.

2008-03-07T14:01:00.000-08:00

Presentation order:

Roger Pincombe-One Big Canvas
Roger Pincombe-DialPrice
Hementh Pai-Accessibility Toolkit for Webpages
Christopher Sladky-TripHack
Jeff Starker - See Them Live
Depack - YKids
Alex Guan-BusTracker
Rohit Sinha-Absolute Everything
William Harris-Magic Player
Enrique Santos-Brainiac
Travis Gockel-Mobile Quiz
Jeffrey Bernard-Flixr
Trevor Stone-HandyMap
Stan Komsky-AutoPicSaver
Nick Padgett-Skedu
Praful Rana-Buzzwords
Mike Pulaski-Syncr
David Foster-NetDraw
Jeff Wei-ChatBlock
Michael Tanner - Ajax JSON Edit
Andrew Guyton-GT Campus Information Mashup

Yahoo! Hack Week Update

2008-03-05T17:50:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Just a quick update and answers to some common questions.

-The 24 hour marathon starts tomorrow, which is basically a get together for coders; you're free to code wherever and whenever you'd like, but projects are due on Friday at 5PM.
-The locations for tomorrow's "*Meet the Dev's*" luncheon and the 24 hour hacking marathon have been posted on our calendar (click Schedule above)-hope to see you there!
-The turn-in process will be posted on Yahoo's website (here) starting at 5PM on tomorrow (Thursday) and ending on 5PM on Friday (March 7th).
-Presentations follow afterwards, at 5:30PM (in Klaus 1443)-this will be the closing event, and will entail judging and some other activities as well.
-Winning teams will win a digital camera for each member as well if every member of the team is also an ACM member (to join ACM, print off the form under Documents, bring it to one of the events, and give it to me, William, Jon, or another officer).
-Teams can be any size up to 4 people.

Thanks! If you have any more questions, email me at president --a t--- gtacm.org

Hack Week Update!

2008-02-25T17:40:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone! Just a quick note to say that we've updated our calendar (click here, or on the "Schedule" tab) with dates, locations, and more information on the various events of Hack Week. The quick rundown of locations is:

(all of these are in the Klaus building)
Friday February 29th - 1443 (kickoff event)
Saturday - 1443
(no events on Sunday)
Monday - 1456
Tuesday - 2443
Wednesday - 1456
Thursday - TBD (luncheon), TBD (24 hour hacking)
Friday - TBD (24 hour hacking), 1443 (closing ceremony)

If you have any questions, feel free to ask (president@gtacm.org).
Get excited! It's coming THIS FRIDAY!

Yahooooooooooo!

2008-02-21T07:32:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! We have a super exciting announcement to make today about an event that we've been working hard to make happen for quite a while...
GTACM and Georgia Tech are going to be hosting a Yahoo! Hack Week! Officially the Hack Day, they'll be here for a week, which culminates in the "Hack Day" challenge!
You can find more information about a hack week at their website, but here's the quick rundown of important information:
-The event kicks off Friday, Feb. 29th and runs until Fri., March 7th; the 24 hour coding marathon is Thurs. and Fri. March 6-7.
-Rasmus Lerdorf, the founder / creator of PHP, will be on campus all week and a speaker at many of the events!
-There will be all kinds of events and games-pretty much the entire time they are here will be filled with demos, seminars, instruction, games, fun, and other events! Check out the schedule below for detailed info.
-The contest itself centers around mashups and website creation; previous winners and more info are on the Yahoo! website (above).
-Participants are on self-chosen teams of up to 4 people.
-The winning team will receive a Wii for each team member! In addition, they will be able to participate in the national challenge, featuring an all expenses paid trip to Yahoo Headquarters!
-As if the Wii weren't enough, if all of the members on the team were GTACM members by the end of Wednesday (March 5), the winners of the contest will also each receive a new Samsung 7MP camera (with image stabilization and 2.5in LCD) from ACM.

Here's the basic rundown of the schedule:
Friday, February 29: 5:30PM Kickoff event! Moe's burritos! Raffle of an iPod Shuffle and Yahoo swag!

Saturday: 2PM Kickoff follow up--demos, code of past participants, idea generation.

Monday: 6PM: Instruction / Demo by Rasmus! Chick-fil-A.

Tuesday: 6 or 7:30PM: Yahoo Tech Talk - same format, topic style as usual-Wendy's burgers + chicken!

Wednesday: 6PM: Instruction / Demo by Rasmus! BBQ!

Thursday: 11-1PM-*Meet the Dev's* Luncheon-come out and meet the yahoo developers, and get to talk to them in a relaxed, social atmosphere-free pizza

Thursday: 4PM: Start the 24 hour marathon!

Friday: 4PM: Conclusion, presentations, award ceremony.

*We'll be getting more details and room numbers out as that information becomes available.*

Thanks everyone! Hope to see you there! This is really exciting; even if you don't participate in the contest, there's something for everyone to learn and experience at the events. Take a look at the website, start coming up with ideas, and get excited!

IBM is coming, and we need more officers!

2008-02-11T11:35:00.000-08:00

Quick update on what's going on this week:

We've extended the officer's application deadline to this Friday, February 15th at 5PM. For more information, see this post.

We also will have IBM on campus for a Tech Talk and information session tomorrow, Tuesday, February 12th, at 6:30PM. The event will be held in CoC 17. For more information on IBM, see the post below.

Thanks again! Hope to see everyone at the event!

More about IBM

2008-02-11T11:30:00.000-08:00

Although IBM is very well known, there's still a lot many people aren't aware of. Here's some basic info and bullets of interesting information:

IBM is aligned around a single, focused business model: innovation. IBM takes its breadth and depth of insight on issues, processes and operations across a variety of industries, and invents and applies technology to help solve its clients' most intractable business and competitive problems. Although it remain committed, as ever, to lead the development of state-of-the-art technologies, and the products and service offerings built around them, it measures itself today by how well it helps clients solve their biggest and most pressing problems.

• In 2007, for the 15th consecutive year, IBM was issued more U.S. patents (3125) than any other company. This is just one example of the company's technology leadership that continues to be reflected in its products and services. Some other quick facts:
• Revenue: $91.4 billion, Net Income: $9.4 billion(2006 year-end).

• IBM has 355,766 employees worldwide, and serves customers in 170 countries. (2006)

• In 2006 IBM invested $6.1 billion in Research and Development.

• IBM's net 2006 cash investment of $3.8 billion for 13 acquisitions — nine of them in key strategic areas of software — was up $2.3 billion year to year.

• In January 2006, the United States Patent and Trademark Office reported that IBM earned more patents than any other company for the thirteenth consecutive year. In 2005, IBM earned 2,941 patents -- 1,100 more patents than any other company.

• IBM is the world leader in middleware and the second-largest software company overall. IBM is the market leader in information management software, all application integration and middleware categories; instant messaging software for corporations; portal software; and systems management and systems operations software.

• IBM is the world leader in IT services and consulting. With approximately 200,000 services professionals globally, the company's offerings include data center outsourcing, business transformation services, consulting, systems integration, application management services, infrastructure and system maintenance and Web hosting. (3/2007)

• The world leader in server sales, IBM has improved its server market position by about 10 points since 2000. IBM leads in supercomputers, with 237 of the top 500 systems including number one, BlueGene/L, and four of the world's top five systems. (11/06)

• Power Architecture microprocessors, custom designed and manufactured by IBM, run both the Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox 360 game consoles. Sony PLAYSTATION 3 is powered by the Cell Broadband Engine, a nine-core Power Architecture chip manufactured by IBM and designed jointly by IBM, Sony, and Toshiba.

• IBM procured $36 billion in goods and services globally in 2006. In October, 2006, IBM announced the relocation of its global procurement headquarters to Shenzhen, China as the company continues its strategy to draw more efficiently on its global capabilities and capitalize on emerging market opportunities.

• In June 2006 IBM announced "The Forbidden City: Beyond Space and Time,"a new cultural heritage initiative that will present the history and splendor of China's Forbidden City to a global audience. The project, undertaken in partnership with The Palace Museum, will bring Chinese culture to the world by creating a virtual online 3D recreation of the Forbidden City and associated sites in Beijing.

Want to be an officer?

2008-01-28T10:47:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! We've had some officers turnover in the past semester, and we've created some new positions as well. With that in mind, the following positions are now open. If you're interested, please fill out an officers application and send it to president at gtacm.org by Sunday, February 10th.

**UPDATE on 2/11:Application deadline extended until 2/15/2008**
You can find the application here.

SIG (Special Interest Group) Chair
Oversees creation, development, and operations of SIGs.

Membership Chair (new position)
In charge of creating new ways to server our members, getting member input, and managing membership.

Co-Treasurer (new position)
Works in concert with existing Treasurer; shares duties with Treasurer.

Publicity Chair
Develops advertisements using a variety of media to get the word out about ACM and our programs.

Note that all of these positions are invited to the executive board meeting, and as such allow for input in other areas as well. These positions are a great way to build your leadership skills and become more active in the organization.

In addition, we are always looking for people to start and oversee Special Interest Groups. If you have an idea for a SIG you'd like to see or help create, contact president at gtacm.org for more details (you don't need to fill out this officer application).

We're baaaaack!

2008-01-23T16:25:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! ACM is back in action and ready for another great semester.
We kicked off this semester's series of Tech Talks last week with Amazon.com, and it was great to see many of you there. It was a really great experience to hear from such an influential company in e-commerce. Coming up in the next few weeks, we have even more exciting speakers and events for you!

First, next Tuesday, we will host a man who needs almost no introduction-Christopher Klaus, who's name the Klaus Advanced Computing Building Proudly displays. The event will start at 6:30PM, and will be held in Klaus 1447. Pizza will be provided following the event.

The following Tech Talk will be on February 12th, and we will be hosting someone else who needs no intro, IBM. As one of the key founders of the computing industry and one of the most recognizable names in technology, IBM continues to lead the way in technology solutions, in addition to producing the world's most powerful computers.

We hope to see you there as we continue our biweekly tech talk program with these fantastic speakers!

2007 Programming Team

2007-09-05T19:07:00.000-07:00

The 2007 Georgia Tech Programming Team will be beginning practices starting this weekend. Contact our programming team coach, David van Brackle (vanb( at )biltmorecomm.com), for details. To see more info go to the Programming Team Page.

Frank Rietta on Entrepreneurship

2007-04-09T17:44:00.000-07:00

The ACM will be hosting a Q&A Session with Frank Rietta on Tuesday April
10th at 8pm in CoC 102. Frank is the creator of SQL Converter for
Excel. You can check his website out at: http://www.sqlconverter.com

Frank will Cover:
- What it is like to start a business while you are still in school
- How to design a product for the customer
- How to market your product online
- How to manage Copyrights
- How to get feedback and improve your product
- How customer support is handled

**
Just a reminder, elections are on April 17th. If you would like to run
for a position just post the desired position on the newsgroup (git.acm)
with a few sentences covering your platform. FYI I will not be running
for President next year, but will probably run for a VP role.
**

Jon

General Meeting April 3

2007-04-02T20:37:00.000-07:00

We will be having a General Meeting Tuesday at 11am in CoC 52.

Agenda:
- Officer Reports
- Planning for Next Year
- Mention Intentions for Elections

*Elections for next year will be April 17th

See you There,
Jon

UPDATE: Functionality of our gtACM Office Computer

2007-03-07T16:49:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to inform everyone on the status of our gtACM Office Computer. Currently, it is up-and-running with the following features:

Standard functionality (that is, standard software that already comes with new computer),
Microsoft Office (2003 Edition, which I installed on 02/22/07),
Wireless Adapter (it now has Internet access, I installed it yesterday [03/06/07]),
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5.0i (which I installed yesterday [03/06/07]), and
Firefox (which I installed yesterday [03/06/07]).

Other features that will be implemented in the near future are the following:

Getting an USB cable for printer (which we need to purchase), and
Perhaps Dual Boot (with Ubuntu).

Thank you for your time,

Jimmy M. Espana

--
Jimmy M. Espana
B.S. Computer Science, May 2007
Co-Technology Committee Chair, Georgia Tech ACM
Georgia Institute of Technology

IBM Tuesday at 8pm in CoC 102

2007-03-06T07:28:00.000-08:00

The ACM will be hosting:
Gary Foster
Partner, Director - Technical Solutions and Operational Support
IBM GBS - Application Innovation Services

His presentation is entitled "Working in IBM Global Services - Public Sector"

When: Tuesday 8pm
Where: CoC 102
Food: Pizza and Drinks

Gary will cover,

- IBM
- Global Business Services – Public Sector
- Application Innovation Services – Service Areas
- Project Profiles
- Career Perspective
There will also be a question and answer session

About Gary Foster:

Gary Foster is a Partner within IBM’s Global Business Services organization. Gary leads the Application Innovation Services IT Infrastructure Development organization serving Public Sector. In his Service Area Leader role, Gary has responsibility for providing Infrastructure solutions and services in support of our Public Sector customers. His organization consists of over four hundred and fifty technical professionals, ranging from project managers, system administrators, network specialists, infrastructure architects, data center operations, solution principal, high performance computing specialist and business operations personnel. Prior to his appointment to Service Area Leader, Gary served as Delivery Executive, responsible for the overall delivery of IBM’s 800M portfolio of Federal contracts.

Prior to his joining Public Sector team, Gary served as Senior Project Executive on several of IBM’s large commercial outsourcing contracts, including NASCO, G.E Capital, AK Steel and Freeport McMoRan. Over his 27 years of experience working at IBM, Gary has held a variety of leadership positions with a primary focus on program delivery and business growth.

Gary is a Certified Project Manager and a member of the North America Project Management and IBM Project Executive Certification boards. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.

About IBM ( Wikipedia ):

International Business Machines Corporation (known as IBM or "Big Blue"; NYSE: IBM) is a multinational computer technology corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA. The company is one of the few information technology companies with a continuous history dating back to the 19th century. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware, software, infrastructure services, hosting services and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology.

With over 350,000 employees worldwide, IBM is the largest information technology employer in the world. IBM holds more patents than any other technology company.IBM has engineers and consultants in over 170 countries and IBM Research has eight laboratories worldwide. IBM employees have earned five Nobel Prizes, five Turing Awards, five National Medals of Technology, and five National Medals of Science. As a chip maker, IBM is among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders.

General Meeting, Tuesday, February 27th

2007-02-26T07:41:00.000-08:00

We will be having a General Meeting tomorrow at 11:05am in CoC rm. 102.

Agenda:
-Progress on SIGs
-Increasing Publicity for Meetings
-How do we make ACM more interesting?
-Collaborating with other CoC Organizations
-Our Office
-Programming Team Camp starting next month
-Increasing Communication
-Officer Reports

*Our google calendar is now mirrored under schedule

See You Tomorrow,
Jon

--
Jon Koon
President - gtACM
President@gtACM.org

Functionality of gtACM Office Computer (in progress)

2007-02-22T18:50:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to inform everyone on the status of our gtACM Office Computer. Currently, it is up-and-running with the following features: standard functionality (that is, standard software that already comes with new computer), and Microsoft Office (2003, which I installed today [02/22/07]). Other features that will be implemented in the near future are the following: Internet Access (which will require a wireless adapter that needs to be purchased), USB cable for printer (which we also need to purchase), and perhaps Dual Boot (with Ubuntu).

Thank you for your time,

Jimmy M. Espana

--
Jimmy M. Espana
B.S. Computer Science, May 2007
Co-Technology Committee Chair, Georgia Tech ACM
Georgia Institute of Technology

Image Right Tuesday Night

2007-02-18T22:26:00.000-08:00

ACM will be hosting Ryan Taylor and Adam Weidenhaefer of Image Right:

When: Tuesday 8pm
Where: CoC 102
Food: Pizza and Drinks

Ryan and Adam will cover,
- A brief overview of Image Right
- Software Methodologies
- Technology used at Image Right
- Deployment Strategies
- Languages (C# and SQL)
- Database Integration

About Image Right:
We are a software development company and have been in business for 13
years. Our product is a document management/workflow system that we
sell to the insurance industry. We have more than 350 clients and have
never lost a client to a competitor. We have about 150 employees and we
are located in Conyers, Georgia. We received the award of #2 Best Place
to Work in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle in September 2006
(for a medium sized company).

*We have a google calender now so search "gtacm" on the public calendars.

See you Tuesday Night,
Jon

Meeting with Schlumberger Tonight

2007-02-07T11:43:00.000-08:00

The ACM is joining MCS (Minorities in Computer Science) for a meeting with Schlumberger:

When: Wednesday, February 7th, 6pm
Where: Klaus Advanced Computing Building(KACB) rm. 1116
Food: We will be having catered Lasagna (Meat and Vegetable)

See you there,
Jon

New website in progress

2007-01-18T08:51:00.000-08:00

I'm in the process of making a new version of this website that uses the MODx content management system. I'll post a link to the test version of the new site once I get it up and running.

First Meeting!!

2006-09-01T07:46:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone,

It is a new school year and I know everyone has been wondering, "When is the gtACM going to be having its first meeting?" The anticipation has ended:

When -- Tuesday, September 5th @ 8:00pm
Where -- CoC rm. 102
What -- gtACM and GT Programming Team introduction
Who -- David van Brackle, Programming team coach
Incentive -- Food

See you guys Tuesday,

Jon Koon
Georgia Institute of Technology
Computer Science Undergraduate
- gtACM President -

Meeting 3/14

2006-03-13T06:54:00.000-08:00

This is a reminder that the next ACM meeting will be tomorrow (Tuesday, March 14th) at 7:00 pm in the CoC room 102. We will be discussing the High School programming contest, as well as officer positions for next year. Nominations for officer positions will be held during the general meeting on April 11th.

Presenting at tomorrow's meeting will be Max Poliashenko, Chief Software Architect with Sage Software. This will be a great opportunity for all of you software engineering types! As usual, there will be free refreshments and time to speak to Mr. Poliashenko about employment opportunities. See you then!

Brandon Carpenter
President - gtACM

ACM Meeting Tomorrow!

2006-02-27T12:31:00.000-08:00

There will be an ACM meeting tomorrow at 7pm in CoC room 102. As usual we will have free refreshments! See you there!

Meeting Tonight!

2006-02-13T07:25:00.000-08:00

We will have a business meeting tonight! Items on the agenda include:

Last semester's receipts/expenditures
Topcoder.com college tour at GT
High School programming contest in April
Website
Bylaws
Elections for next year
Summary of last semester's events

It will be in the CoC, room 102 at 7pm. See you then!

Brandon Carpenter
President - gtACM

Meeting Tonight!

2006-01-24T09:44:00.000-08:00

We will be meeting tonight at 7pm in the CoC, room 102. Our sponsers for
tonights meeting will be Siemens, and they will be providing free pizza!
So take a break from your work and come hang out with us. It will be good
times!

Brandon H. Carpenter
President - gtACM

Meeting with CapitalOne on 11/24

2005-11-18T20:01:00.000-08:00

...has been canceled.

"I apologize, but there was some miscommunication on my end with this request. I will not be able to be there on the 22nd."

That was our last planned meeting for the semester (the second Tuesday of December is finals week). Sorry to end the semester on a low note, but we will be kicking next semester off with a bang! Siemens will be hosting our first meeting of the spring semester on January 24th. Additionally we are working with CapitalOne to bring them here at a later date. Other plans are in the mix as well! Have a great rest of the semester and good luck during the final push.

Brandon H. Carpenter
President - gtACM