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
- Findings suggest that no dataset is completely objective, even those carefully curated to be used as objectivity benchmarks.
- Using the same password for business and personal accounts is a common but risky practice that creates vulnerabilities.
- Stealth aircraft can foil radar but can't dodge detection by Starlink satellite signals, a game-changer for aerial protection.
- Causal inference makes AI systems smarter by injecting real-world logic and cause-and-effect dynamics into decision-making.
- The expense of HDD and SSD is pushing the development and consideration of alternate storage options.
- UT Austin researchers used AI to correctly predict 70% of earthquakes over seven months in an area of China a week before they happened.
- Lower-energy options are being sought to reduce the energy footprint of AI training.
- Aides or staffers registered official email addresses and passwords on vulnerable third-party sites, putting those credentials at risk.