Number of Bombe machines used to decipher messages
encoded by the Enigma that were running by 1941.
18
11,200 £
Turing’s estimate to build the universal Turing
machine in 1945.
Spreading Knowledge:
Talks and lectures from ACM Student Chapters
ACM Student Chap- ters around the world are constant- ly organizing interesting and relevant activities to engage and educate
students in the computing
world. Through lectures,
seminars, and talks offered
by ACM chapters, students
around the globe are offered glimpses into many
interesting fields and have
the opprotunity to meet
important people. The variety of the talks, seminars,
and lectures offered by the
worldwide ACM chapters is
very impressive; we would
like to share some of these
with you.
The Ionian chapter in
Greece held the “schoolit11”
workshop with the goal of
delivering a comprehensive
overview of research from
local schools and local
people. The workshop
consisted of a series of
15-minute talks given by
students from Greek ICT
schools who wanted to
share a research topic of
interest. In addition to
helping students practice
their public speaking
skills, the event was an
opportunity for local
students to meet, interact,
and learn from each other.
The ISI Kolkata chapter,
a new student chapter in
India, hosted its inaugural
event: SFD 2011. The goal
of the event was to educate
attendees about the ideals
of software freedom and
the practical benefits of
free software. More than
200 students, many of
them undergraduates,
attended the free seminar
series where they learned
from FOSS (Free and Open
Source Software) experts
about various open source
software packages and their
importance in computing
and industry. The event
concluded with free
software circulation and an
open discussion.
The ACM Student Chapter of ISI Kolkata organized its very first
event, Software Freedom Day 2011, in West Bengal, India.
business, thinking skills,
and more.
The student chapter at
the University of Antwerp in
Belgium has been hosting
ongoing “Tech Talks,” where
students present their
hobbies, research, software,
discoveries, algorithms, or
anything else of interest.
These events serve as an
opportunity for students to
practice their presentation
skills. A wide variety of
topics are covered due to
the diversity of students’
interests.
The NUCES-Karachi
chapter in Pakistan hosted
a talk titled “Inspiration:
Life of Steve Jobs,” focusing
on the tremendous impact
Jobs had on the IT industry.
The talk was hosted by
the head of the Computer
Science Department at
FAST-NUCES, and the
essence of the session
was a discussion of Jobs’
personality, innovation, and
technology.
As is evident from the
variety and creativity of
these events, ACM student
chapters around the world
are doing a wonderful job of
organizing interesting and
informative lectures, talks,
seminars, and sessions
for students. Hopefully
these ideas will continue to
inspire students and ACM
chapters around the globe
to spread knowledge.
