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 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 […]
• Second ACM Maribor Workshop – September 2016October 16, 2019
  The goal of the second workshop by ACM Maribor was to introduce new members and to encourage the cooperation among members and students. Proceedings

Communications of the ACM: News

• The State of Virtual Reality Hardware
  February 1, 2021
  Advances in VR hardware could finally take the technology mainstream.
• Technological Responses to COVID-19
  February 1, 2021
  Companies are finding new ways to enforce social distancing, clean public spaces, and provide substitutes for human workers.
• Moore's Law: What Comes Next?
  February 1, 2021
  Moore's Law challenges point to changes in software.
• How Lobsters Can Help Make Stronger 3D-Printed Concrete
  January 25, 2021
  Special three-dimensional printing patterns designed by researchers at Australia's Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology  were inspired by lobster shells.
• Do Simulations Represent the Real World at the Atomic Scale?
  January 25, 2021
  Scientists have developed a validation protocol for simulations of the atomic structure of an interface between a solid metallic oxide and liquid water.
• DNSpooq Lets Attackers Poison DNS Cache Records
  January 25, 2021
  Researchers have uncovered seven vulnerabilities that affect Dnsmasq, a domain name system forwarding client for *NIX-based operating systems.
• Smart Algorithm Bursts Social Networks' 'Filter Bubbles'
  January 25, 2021
  Finnish and Danish researchers have developed an algorithm that boosts diversity of exposure on social networks, while still ensuring widely shared content.
• On the 100th Anniversary of 'Robot,' They're Finally Taking Over
  January 25, 2021
  Robot technology in many ways hassurpassed the vision presented in Karel Capek's play "R.U.R." ("Rossum's Universal Robots"), which introduced the word "robot" a century ago.