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

• Intel's Cryogenic Chip Shows It Can Control Qubits Even in a Deep Freeze
  May 17, 2021
  Intel's researchers have proven that Horse Ridge could be used to control qubits directly next to the quantum processor.
• The Way We Use Emojis Evolves Like Language, Changes Their Meaning
  May 17, 2021
  A study of emoji use over time found that their use and meaning evolves like language, with changes dictated by context.
• An Automated Box on Wheels—with Personality
  May 17, 2021
  People find boxy talking robots humorous and engaging, which may make robotic technology more acceptable in everyday life.
• Police Departments Adopting Facial Recognition Tech Amid Allegations of Wrongful Arrests
  May 17, 2021
  U.S. police departments are adopting facial recognition technology, despite complaints of wrongful arrests as a result of its use.
• Precise Touchscreens, Thanks to AI
  May 17, 2021
  A new artificial intelligence technique more precisely estimates where a finger touches a mobile phone screen, to reduce typing errors.
• Simulating Sneezes, Coughs to Show How COVID-19 Spreads
  May 17, 2021
  Two groups of computer scientists created detailed simulations of droplets sprayed by coughs or sneezes, to demonstrate how COVID-19 spreads.
• Cloudflare Reveals Plan to End CAPTCHA 'Madness'
  May 17, 2021
  Cloudflare says the CAPTCHA system wastes nearly 500 human years every single day.
• The Pentagon Inches Toward Letting AI Control Weapons
  May 17, 2021
  Drills involving swarms of drones raise questions about whether machines could outperform a human operator in complex scenarios.