We had an amazing talk by Al and Abe (ACM members and founders of DoubleA Studios ) they went over on how to create a game from scratch, the tools used to make and publish. The tools they showed were Using Visual Studio, XNA Game Studio, Microsoft's Dreamspark and creating models with Blender and sound with audacity. Also had a speech from ASI ECS Director Candidate (Caleb Fountain) promoting to vote in the ASI election on April 26th & 27th To see the video: Click Here...
Apr 23, 2011
This meeting we introduced the new officers ( http://www.ecs.csus.edu/acm/your-new-acm-officers/ ) those guys showed off our brand new Win7 phone app with some technicalities (thanks to Marcus and William http://www.ecs.csus.edu/acm/acm-windows-phone-7-app/ ) and showed you some tips and tricks to survive your major (Must use apps, ECS know-hows and more) To see the video click here...
Apr 10, 2011
Title: Emerging Cyber Security Issues of the Smart Grid Abstract: The smart grid will use automated meters, two-way digital communications technology, and advanced sensors to save energy, improve electricity efficiency and reliability. Use of these systems exposes the electrical grid to potential cyber security and privacy risks. For instance, there have been media reports of fears that a hacker could gain control of thousands, even millions, of meters and shut them off simultaneously; or a hack...
Apr 09, 2011
What was discussed during the meeting was: *GDC *Elections *SFS Scholarship presentation by Dr. Arad more information about SFS can be found at: http://www.ecs.csus.edu/sfs/ *Artificial Intelligence Talk by Dr. Gordon To see the video click here
Mar 03, 2011
We have a guest speaker, Cici Mattiuzzi, to talk to us about the upcoming ECS Career Fair! She answered questions regarding how to approach employers, what to wear, or maybe some resume help. Here is a link to the ECS Career Center which Cici is in charge of: http://www.ecs.csus.edu/career/ Please check that website out to find more information about life after your graduation. It is never too soon to prepare. To see the video click here...
Feb 17, 2011
The second meeting was also as good as the first. Still a busy room with about 40-50 people. There was lots of updates and reminders of upcoming events. To see the video click here
Oct 03, 2010
This was a triumph! I’m making a note here: huge success! We had a great turnout. Upwards of 60 people attended ACM’s first meeting of the semester. The meeting opened with a brief description of the club, an introduction to the new ACM Officers, and information on ways to contact us. We talked about upcoming events like CES 2011, and asked members to suggest their own ideas. After a quick discussion about tutoring, we surprised Ash with a birthday cake (accompanied by the song “Still Alive”). T...
Sep 10, 2010
Dr. Gordon faculty Advisor for our club and teacher of CSC 180 and other courses was the co-host of the 2009 Harbat Classic in Las Vegas NV. This is the video of that event.
Oct 08, 2009
President Bailey talks about what is going to happen this year. Meeting Minutes will follow. To see the video Click Here
Oct 08, 2009
ACM members Marcus Watstein, Akshat Srivastava, & John Cook went to National Association Engineering Student Council conference at Cal Poly during the Break and one of the presentations was from Sun CIO about IT Services and Software as a Service platform. To see the video Click Here
Apr 15, 2009
Alumnus Mike Daniels talks about Threading in Java. This was the last meeting of the semester. Also the camera ran out of power so this is not a complete video. To see it Click Here
Apr 10, 2009
Tim lets the candidates talk and discusses the election To see the video click here View our calendar for more information about upcoming events http://www.ecs.csus.edu/acm/index.php?content=calendar
Mar 18, 2009
Tim talks about all the officer positions in ACM to prepare for the election. To see the video click here Announcements: Programming Contest=NEXT FRIDAY Officer Nominations==DEADLINE Next TUESDAY Next Week Meeting will be who is going to RUN View our calendar for more information about upcoming events http://www.ecs.csus.edu/acm/index.php?content=calendar...
Mar 17, 2009
Marcus Watstein talks about all the ECS resources available to students To see the video click here Announcements: LAN Party=NEXT FRIDAY Programming Contest=March 20th Next Week Meeting will ELECTION information View our calendar for more information about upcoming events http://www.ecs.csus.edu/acm/index.php?content=calendar...
Mar 09, 2009
President Tim Bender about shortcuts in Eclipse and some basics in Programming. To see the video click here Announcements: Poker Night http://acmpoker.eventbrite.com/ Next Week Meeting will be Marcus Watstein, discussing ECS Resources View our calendar for more information about upcoming events http://www.ecs.csus.edu/acm/index.php?content=calendar...
Mar 02, 2009
President Tim Bender talks about things for the upcoming semester, introduces members and officers. To see the video click here Announcements: Engineering Week 2/15-2/22, Events are at http://athena.ecs.csus.edu/eweek.php Next Week Meeting will be Cici Mattiuzzi, Director ECS Career Services on Resumes View our calendar for more information about upcoming events http://www.ecs.csus.edu/acm/index.php?content=calendar...
Feb 16, 2009
Schilling Robotics gave a talk on November 13th @ 4:30 to 6:00 pm in RVR 1015. Alums, Andy Lyons (BSMET), Director of Manufacturing Technologies and Chris Savarino (BSME), Mechanical Engineer,spoke to students and alumni about career opportunities and company activities.
Nov 26, 2008
How do you build a business around something that is free? Why are companies like IBM, Redhat and others doing it? What is "Open Source" exactly? What are the customer benefits and challenges of open source? What is IBM's involvement in open source? In this presentation, come find the answers to those questions and more. We'll dive down deep into the definitions of Open Source and Open Standards and why they're important in the IT industry. In addition, we'll talk about the various business mode...
Nov 11, 2008
Joe Palen works for Caltrans department of Research and Innovation. He is talking about different projects that Caltrans is working on including some by our very own members like the Bluetooth Traffic System by Darin Barnes. Announcements: A tour of EA games is planned for 11/21/08. Email acmofficers to attend. Schilling Robotics will be out on 11/9/08 View our calendar for more information about upcoming events http://www.ecs.csus.edu/acm/index.php?content=calendar To see the video click here...
Nov 10, 2008
Title: Extreme Project Management Abstract: My presentation centers on successfully accomplishing projects and satisfying customer expectations in environments not conducive to practicing and performing best practices in project management. This presentation brings out the skill sets that every project manager must know for the negotiation of resources, working with the customer, and guiding the project team through a hostile project management environment. I use concepts developed by Doug De Ca...
Oct 28, 2008
Title: Agile Software Development and Quality at FTB Abstract: A look at the Agile software development methodology and how it can result in quality software for Franchise Tax Board. As agile softwaqre development practices move into the mainstream, it will be vital that you understand what agile is all about and how agile practices can help you deliver better software. Traditional development methodologies like the Waterfall approach can loss sight of quality and more importantly value. In comp...
Oct 28, 2008
Title: Are we building the right product? Abstract: Customer driven requirements become a formal process that bridge business and technical requirements into Research and Development. Pre Release Validation Test (PRVT) is proactive process of analysis, review and testing that partner with the customer during the development lifecycle to reduce ambiguities in requirements, design, and acceptance criteria. PRVT validates features and capabilities of the proposed final system before product release...
Oct 28, 2008
Title: Software Development at Google Abstract: Over the past 10 years Google has gone from a startup founded by two computer scientists working on one project to a company with thousands of software developers and computer engineers working on hundreds of different projects. During this time Google has established a reputation for developing applications that are highly reliable, frequently updated and very useful. This talk will explore how Google's software development is done, which aspects ...
Oct 28, 2008
Talk title: How We Entered the Cloud: Computing in the Web Abstract: We are entering a new era in computing. Application development and deliver completely in cyberspace. How did we end up in this new paradigm? What lessons from the past will apply to this future? In the modern software world, the ever increasing pressure to develop more complex applications faster with less costs coupled with the needs to have complete accessibility and portability of end applications is driving a need for a ne...
Oct 28, 2008
Jack Isberner spent his career working for Intel and retired as a engineering manager with over 200 people reporting to him. He talked about his hiring practices as a manager and what it takes to get a job at intel. Announcements: A tour of EA games is planned for 11/21/08. Email acmofficers to attend. ICPC is coming up. Chance to code outside of class for fun. Winners advance to Regional Competition. It will be on 10/24/08 in RVR-1015 at 4. See the flyer for more details Next Week meeting is wi...
Oct 17, 2008
Suphatra Paravichai of BrickaBracka.com discussed flash animation and action scripting. Announcements: Console Night (10/17/08) in RVR-3009 See the flyer for more details A tour of EA games is planned for 11/21/08. Email acmofficers to attend. ICPC is coming up. Chance to code outside of class for fun. Winners advance to Regional Competition See the flyer for more details View our calendar for more information about upcoming events http://www.ecs.csus.edu/acm/index.php?content=calendar To see th...
Oct 15, 2008
Speaker: Cici Mattiuzzi Director, Career Services, College of Engineering and Computer Science Topic: Resume Writing Cici highlighted many important qualities of a good resume. Among her points were: Keep the resume at one page Reduce margins to add space Use tabs to show lists in columnar format Exclude irrelevant history Have it proof read For more career information visit http://www.ecs.csus.edu/career Announcements: Quality Software Development Conference 10/10/08. For more conference inform...
Sep 29, 2008
President Bender talks about things for the upcoming year. To see the video click here
Sep 12, 2008
Member Sven Amaya talks about go the chinese board game. We also talked about upcoming events and President Elect Bender talks about things. To see the video click here
May 23, 2008
Eric Branson and Ashkan Gholami answer the tough questions about events and PIZZA during the ACM Event Coordinator Debate. To see the video click here
Apr 24, 2008
