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
- Hour of Code 2023ACM Student Chapter Maribor participated in this year’s Hour of Code event. On December 6, 2023, our members held a workshop for elementary school students at the Leona Štuklja Elementary School in Maribor. During the workshop, 8th and 9th grade students learned about the basics of programming in the Scratch programming … Read more
- Fundamentals of computing and informatics (2. part)On Tuesday, August 30, the follow-up workshop “Fundamentals of computing and informatics”, where held at UM FERI, which were intended for seniors and other interested parties who are involved in the Association of Maribor Engineering Societies. Participants got to know the applications of Google company. For using Google’s applications, participants had … Read more
- Programing for GirlsFrom 24th to 26th of August 2022, a workshop “Programming for girls”, were held at UM FERI, which were intended for high school girls which want to get to know how to write a program that will work on may devices of our network called Internet. The content of the workshop … Read more
- Fundamentals of computing and informatics (1. part)On Tuesday, June 28, the workshops “Fundamentals of computing and informatics”, parts 1 was held at UM FERI, which were intended for seniors and other interested parties who are involved in the Association of Maribor Engineering Societies. In the 1st workshop, the participants first learned about the basic components of a … Read more
- Delavnica NVIDIA: Osnove pospešenega računalništva s CUDA C/C++KDAJ: 16. 2. 2022, 10.00-18.00 KJE: MS Teams (povezavo dobite na dan dogodka) Število mest: 30 Rok prijave: 15. 2. 2022, do 23.55 oziroma do zapolnitve mest! Cena: 0€ Delavnica je namenjena študentskim članom IEEE Slovenija ter študentom UM, UL, UPR in IJS, so pa dobrodošli tudi zaposleni na univerzah in … Read more
Communications of the ACM: News
- The risk of attack on industrial controls is greater for today's interconnected systems than for those in the isolated world of Stuxnet.
- The impact of changes in federal funding is a top concern for many university computer science programs.
- Nuclear energy checks many of the boxes sought for a modern power source.
- Generative AI tools are streamlining administrative tasks, enhancing clinical-decision support, and augmenting patient education.
- Uncertainties about competition, legislation, and sustainability counterbalance the thrilling potential of AI.
- There are no effective standardized evaluation methods to measure how well a particular AI model performs a particular task.
- The U.S. Cyber Trust Mark program is a mechanism for providers of wireless smart home devices to test and certify the security of their products.
- An accurate digital twin could monitor a person’s health and serve as a testbed for various therapies as needed.