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Math & Computer Science

IBM Extreme Blue - "The Extreme Blue™ program is IBM's premier internship program for top-notch students pursuing software development and MBA degrees." SU student Daniel Bauer was selected for this in 2010 (story here).

MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES

Conference for Computing Sciences in Colleges regional meetings
ACM Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) each spring (February/March)
The Tapia Conference is billed as a Celebration of Diversity in Computing
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PROBLEM ARCHIVES

OPPORTUNITIES AT SU

Faculty-Student Research Project Grant - for individual or group undergraduate research over the summer with an SU faculty member. Deadlines are in January, so start looking for a faculty member in the Fall.
King Creativity Fund - for creative projects. In 2007, a group of students used the fund to develop a 3D interactive computer game to aid in the teaching of languages. Deadline is in October.
Fleming Collaborative Research and Creative Works Program

SUMMER PROGRAMS

NSF REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) - various programs and locations each year.

INTERNSHIPS

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

ACM Computing Careers website
Career News ACM's career newsletter
EE/CS Mother Site - A job placement and recruitment site, maintained by Stanford University
IBM Research
RADIANT at Los Alamos National Laboratory

GRADUATE SCHOOL INFORMATION

LINKS OF INTEREST

ACM Crossroad (student magazine publication of "the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society")
IEEE Potentials (student magazine publication of the "world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology")
desktoplinux.com - for all your linux needs.
Cybercinema - an interactive site devoted to the history of computers and artificial intelligence in film.
Evaluation of Face Recognition Systems
The Garbage Collection Page - "a comprehensive resource for automatic dynamic memory management a.k.a garbage collection."
Computer Science - A guide to selected resources on the internet.

ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVICES

ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) is the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society.
ACM Student Chapters
The Association for Computing Machinery, is a departmental organization for students interested in computer science. The purpose of ACM is to increase knowledge and interest in the science and applications of computing.
- To receive infrequent but important email about the club's activities, sign up for the su-acm list serve at this link.

Upsilon Pi Epsilon Computer Science Honorary (UPE)
IEEE (institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers) is the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology.
Within IEEE, the Computer Society declares itself “dedicated to advancing the theory, practice, and application of computer and information processing technology.”
USENIX - The Advanced Computing Systems Association
Center for Democracy & Technology - for the promotion of democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age.
Computing Research Association seeks to strengthen research and advanced education in computing and allied fields