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

• Fundamentals of computing and informatics (2. part)September 1, 2022
  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 […]
• Programing for GirlsAugust 29, 2022
  From 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 […]
• Fundamentals of computing and informatics (1. part)June 29, 2022
  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 […]
• Delavnica NVIDIA: Osnove pospešenega računalništva s CUDA C/C++February 22, 2022
  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 […]
• Pizza party 2022February 9, 2022
  Dear Students and Colleagues, we are thrilled to announce our annual Pizza Party social event. It will be held on 28th of February at 16:00. The event will take place in the G3 basement (Amfiteater Gauss) of Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor (UM FEECS). Pizza Party […]

Communications of the ACM: News

• Building a New Type of Efficient Artificial Intelligence Inspired by the Brain
  January 31, 2023
  Although the brain's architecture is very shallow, brain-inspired artificial neural networks' learning capabilities can outperform deep learning.
• Roboticists Want to Give You a Third Arm
  January 31, 2023
  Unused bandwidth in neurons can be tapped to control extra limbs.
• Israelis, Germans Bring Yad Vashem Museum to Minecraft
  January 31, 2023
  Israeli engineers and German gamers partnered to build an accurate virtual model of Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Museum and an educational exhibition in the online gameworld of Minecraft.
• AI Model Can Detect Future Lung Cancer Risk
  January 31, 2023
  A new artificial intelligence tool can perform lung cancer risk assessments without the help of a radiologist.
• Virtual Exam Case Primes Privacy Fight Over College Room Scans
  January 31, 2023
  Cleveland State University asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to review a district court ruling that "room scans" by exam proctoring software amount to unconstitutional searches.
• Why the Simplex Method, at Age 75, is Still the Go-To Algorithm
  January 31, 2023
  Daniel A. Spielman and colleague Shang-hua Teng solved the mystery of the Simplex Method using a technique called smoothed analysis.
• Researchers Discover That Electrons Play a Surprising Role in Heat Transfer Between Layers of Semiconductors
  January 31, 2023
  An electronic bridge facilitates the fast transfer of energy between semiconductors.
• The Race of the AI Labs Heats Up
  January 31, 2023
  ChatGPT is not the only game in town.