About Maribor ACM Student Chapter

Welcome to ACM Maribor student chapter. The chapter was established in 2015 by the PhD students from Computer Science Institute at Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor. Our main goal is to share computer science knowledge between different generations of students, while also connecting internationally with other students and ACM chapters across the world.

Recent Posts

• NVIDIA workshop: Fundamentals of Accelerated Computing with CUDA C/C++February 9, 2021
  Date: 18. 2. 2021Duration: 10.00 – 17.30Location: MS Teams (link will be sent to participants on the day of the workshop) In this workshop doc. dr. Domen Verber, ambassador for NVIDIA, will present the fundamental tools and techniques for accelerating C/C++ applications to run on massively parallel GPUs with CUDA ® […]
• Hour of Code 2020December 21, 2020
  ACM Student Chapter Maribor participated in this year’s Hour of Code event. Several members of our chapter volunteered to perform workshops in local school around the City Municipality of Maribor. We made a total of 2 workshops aimed towards the primary school students aged 11-13 years. A brief description of all […]
• Pizza PartyJanuary 6, 2020
  In order to popularise the ACM Maribor Student Branch among students, the Student Chapter members invite you to the “Pizza Party”, which will take place on Thursday, January 9, 2020, at 4 pm in G2-P04. We will begin with the presentation of the ACM University Programming Marathon (UPM) competition and the […]
• Hour of Code 2019December 23, 2019
  ACM Student Chapter Maribor participated in this year’s Hour of Code event. Several members of our chapter volunteered to perform workshops in several local schools in and around the City Municipality of Maribor. We made a total of 6 workshops aimed towards the primary school students aged 11-13 years. A brief […]
• Hour of Code 2018October 16, 2019
  ACM Student Chapter Maribor participated in this year’s Hour of Code event. Several members of our chapter volunteered to perform workshops in several local schools in and around the City Municipality of Maribor. We made a total of 6 workshops aimed towards the primary school students aged 11-13 years. A brief […]

Communications of the ACM: News

• Google Totally Changing How Ads Track People Around the Internet
  June 18, 2021
  The Internet giant is throwing tracking cookies in the dustbin, prompting big questions about privacy, competition, and advertising.
• Robotic Ship Sets Off to Retrace the Mayflower's Journey
  June 18, 2021
  The Mayflower Autonomous Ship set off this week to retrace the journey of its 1620 namesake across the Atlantic Ocean.
• Invention Uses Machine-Learned Human Emotions to 'Drive' Autonomous Vehicles
  June 18, 2021
  A Florida Atlantic University' researcher has designed technology for autonomous systems that uses machine-learned human moods to respond to emotions.
• Canadian Regulators Seek Policy Amendments for Facial Recognition
  June 18, 2021
  Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner has cited the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for illegally using facial recognition software from Clearview AI.
• McAfee Finds Security Vulnerability in Peloton Products
  June 18, 2021
  McAfee researchers discovered a vulnerability in the Peloton Bike+ that could enable attackers to install malware in the system through a USB port.
• Germany Unveils Quantum Computer to Keep Europe in Global Tech Race
  June 18, 2021
  Germany unveiled a quantum computer this week.
• Facebook Researchers Say They Can Detect Deepfakes And Where They Came From
  June 17, 2021
  Facebook's artificial intelligence program looks for cracks left behind in the manufacturing process used to change an image's digital "fingerprint."
• USPS Uses Edge AI Apps to Help Track Down Missing Packages Faster
  June 17, 2021
  The U.S. Postal Service is using artificial intelligence technology from NVIDIA to help it gain efficiencies.