UIC ACM http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress The Oldest Chicago Student Chapter, incorporated in 1967 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:22:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 en Week 11 http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/11/02/week-11/ http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/11/02/week-11/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:26:44 +0000 Sean Deitz Uncategorized http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/11/02/week-11/ SIG-Code continues rocking with Perl, meeting Monday at 5:30. We’ll be continuing on for a while longer, as it looks like there’s sufficient interest. If you’ve got any other ideas, make them known.
Flourish Planning meetings are every other Tuesday at 5:30, starting next Tuesday. To get involved our our awesome open source conference, start attending.
SIG-Game did not meet last week, and there haven’t been any submissions for the past week. Being busy is understandable, but don’t forget about us completely.
This Thursday, everyone should be at the CS Scavenger Hunt, starting around 3:30 pm, in ERF 1043. Great prizes, great food, and a good competition. Come and enjoy with the rest of us.
SIG-Fun continues their movie night every Friday with a wide arc from computing, watching Live Free or Die Hard. Stop by around 6:00 pm, and enjoy a movie and some candy.

It’s a good time to get involved, don’t miss it.
~Sean Deitz

]]> http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/11/02/week-11/feed/ Week 10 http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/10/26/week-10/ http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/10/26/week-10/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:09:45 +0000 Sean Deitz Uncategorized http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/10/26/week-10/ Don’t forget, this is the last week to use an Engineering W to drop classes.

SIG-Code is getting the ball rolling on Monday with an overview of the ICPC, how it went on Saturday, and a review of problems if desired. The rest of the semester we will be covering varying topics in languages and programming, kicking it off with Perl at this meeting and next meeting, continuing on if there is enough interest.
5:30 pm, SEL 2262
SIG-Game is not meeting this Wednsday, but keep working on the game.
This Thursday, Niko Bessinas will be leading a workshop on Eclipse and Java. If you don’t know much (or anything at all) about the IDE Eclipse, you should come and we’ll help you get set up. If there’s time, we’d like experts or long time users of Eclipse to give us some details of their experiences and what they think Eclipse is good for. This is especially true for those who have used Eclipse with less standard plugins, or perhaps even just using Eclipse with C and C++ programming.
There will be cheesecake and sandwiches being served.
5:30 pm, SEO 1000.
SIG-LUG will meet as usual this Friday at 4:00 in SEL 2262, and will be discussing this Fall’s Installfest, so if you want to spread the Linux goodness or just promote your favorite distro, be there and let your input be heard.
SIG-Fun will be having movie night this Friday at 6:00 pm, to watch Colossus, The Forbin Project. Join us, it is compulsory.

Don’t forget, next Thursday, November 5th, from 3:30-6:00, the CS scavenger hunt is going on. You’re almost out of time to prepare, but you can still make it if you try!

You can follow along with the presentation materials at acm.cs.uic.edu/~sdeitz2

~See you all at this week’s meeting, ACM President, Sean Deitz

]]> http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/10/26/week-10/feed/ Week 9 http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/10/19/week-9/ http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/10/19/week-9/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:14:46 +0000 Sean Deitz Uncategorized http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/10/19/week-9/ Hope everyone had a great time at Reflections|Projections.
We still need more competitors at the practice ICPC, Thursday night from 5-9pm. Send an e-mail to sdeitz2@uic.edu if you can attend. Additionally, if you can volunteer for the actual competition this Saturday, let me know now.

No ACM meeting this Thursday.
SIG-Code will have their last meeting before the competition this Monday evening, so competitors, come and be prepared.
SIG-Game is meeting this week?
SIG-Fun will still be meeting this week, but movie night may be ended early to prepare for the ICPC. Show up at 6 pm to get the details.

Keep in mind, the CS Scavenger Hunt will occur Thursday, Nov 5th, 3:45-6pm. Train your minds and bodies, for the competition will be fierce.

~Sean Deitz, ACM President

]]> http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/10/19/week-9/feed/ Week 8 http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/10/13/week-8/ http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/10/13/week-8/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:22:16 +0000 Sean Deitz Uncategorized http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/10/13/week-8/ WMS Gaming is presenting this Thursday, October 15th 2009, at 5:30 pm in SEO 1000.  Please come and enjoy this professional presentation.
There will be sandwiches and cheesecake (at the next meeting :( )!

SIG-Game is gearing up again, so participate to the fullest.

SIG-Fun movie night this Friday is cancelled, on account of us all going down to Reflections|Projections this weekend!

If you’re available to volunteer for the ICPC next weekend, send an e-mail to sdeitz2@uic.edu.

~Stop by the ACM Office, 2262 SEL,
ACM President, Sean Deitz

]]> http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/10/13/week-8/feed/ Week 7 http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/10/06/week-7/ http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/10/06/week-7/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:40:35 +0000 Sean Deitz Uncategorized http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/10/06/week-7/ No ACM General Meeting this week.

SIG Code will be meeting at their usual time of 5:30 on Wednsday.
ACM movie night will be at 6:00 pm on Friday, as usual.  We’ll be watching “The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes.”
Plan now, the CS Scavenger Hunt will occur Thursday, Nov 5th, 3:45-6pm.  Train your minds and bodies, for the competition will be fierce.

~Sean Deitz

]]> http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/10/06/week-7/feed/ Week 6 http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/09/29/week-6/ http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/09/29/week-6/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:50:53 +0000 Sean Deitz Uncategorized http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/09/29/week-6/ Hopefully the projects and midterms aren’t hitting you all as bad as it’s hitting some of us.

Regardless, be sure to come to this Thursday’s meeting, at 5:30 pm in SEO 1000, to hear Jason Leigh give a talk on the current happenings at EVL.

Additionally, join us for movie night, at 6:00 pm on Friday.

If you wish to participate in the programming contest (October 24th), or the practice contest (October 22th), or want to be involved in SIG-Code, send an e-mail to sdeitz2@uic.edu.  Please attend next Monday’s meeting if at all possible (Monday, October 5th, 5:30 pm, SEL 2260).

SIG-Game will not meet this week.

Good luck with midterms.
~ACM President, Sean Deitz

]]> http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/09/29/week-6/feed/ Meeting Updates - Week 5 http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/09/20/226/ http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/09/20/226/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:44:55 +0000 Sean Deitz Uncategorized http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/09/20/226/ No general meeting this week, but come check out our SIGs, or come in for help with your classes.  If you’re all caught up with your coursework, then feel free come come by and hang out.  If there’s a game you’d like to play, let people know.
Today, Monday, September 21st, 5:30 pm, 2262 SEL
SIG-Code meeting
We’re finalizing teams for the October 24th ICPC.  Come and prove your worth, if you dare.  We’ll be doing practice problems, both from previous competitions and online.
Wednsday, September 23rd, 6:00 pm, 2262 SEL
Optional SIG-Game meeting
Good luck with midterms!
If you’re new, check out the getting started page under https://acm.cs.uic.edu/trac/siggame/, and do the tutorials so you can get involved.

Friday, September 25th, 6:00 pm
ACM Movie Night
Lawnmower Man
There are many events going on. Get involved! Even if you can’t make the events, stop by 2262 SEL at any time.

If you need tutoring, stop by any time, and we’ll see if we can help you. If you want to make sure someone will be available, go to the tutoring page, and e-mail to one of the tutors and the mailing list.

~Get involved,
ACM President
Sean Deitz

]]> http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/09/20/226/feed/ Meeting Updates - Week 4 http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/09/14/meeting-updates-week-4/ http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/09/14/meeting-updates-week-4/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:56:35 +0000 Sean Deitz Uncategorized http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/09/14/meeting-updates-week-4/ For next week’s meeting (Thursday, September 17th), please sign up at
http://chicago-gtug3.eventbrite.com/

Today, September 14th, 5:30 pm, 2262 SEL
SIG-Code first meeting
We’re beginning our training for the ICPC (Intercontinental Programming Contest). If you’re curious, or want to join a team, please come. If you just have general questions about code, or want to demonstrate something neat you found out, we’ll discuss that as well.

Wednsday, September 17th, 5:30 pm, 2262 SEL
SIG-Game meeting
Two weeks have passed, are your tasks done?
Evaluating where we’re at, setting milestones, and reassigning tasks.
If you’re new, check out the getting started page under https://acm.cs.uic.edu/trac/siggame/, and do the tutorials so you can get involved.

Thursday, September 17, 2009 from 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Lecture Center D1 and D2
Chicago Androids and Google Technologies Usesrs Groups,
together with ACM will be hosting an event with talks on the following
topics:

Android:

- *3D on the Android Platform (Open GL-es) * by Richard Li
(Principle Staff Research Engineer, Application Research & Technology Center
(ARTC), Motorola) (40min)
- *Json, XML, and the Restful Android framework*. by Cedric
Hurst (Spantree Technology Group) and Jason Shah (Jsdf,LLC) (40min)
- *MediaFly app for Android demo* by Jason Shah (Jsdf,LLC)
- *Hacking your Android phone in 6min and overview of Cyanogen*image -
performance-centric Android image - by Manan
Gandhi (20min)
- *Catch up 101: Android App. Development, basic building Blocks* by
Roberto C. Serrano (Motorola) (40min)

Business:

- *Carson V. Conant, CEO* MediaFly.com
- “lessons learned” on starting a tech company in Chicago (15
min.)

Google Tech:

- *Zainab Aziz **The Revere
Group
*
- Google Wave (creating gadgets - in depth) (30 min)
- *Uki D. Lucas* The Revere Group
- GWT development using Social Networks (Twitter, Facebook, Google
Friend Connect) (30 min)
- *Jordan Beck **The Revere
Group
* (15 min.)
- GWT performance optimization
- *P**ek Pongpaet *HotTweeters.com
(15 min.)
- Google Earth — case study
- *Chris McAvoy*
- Monitoring and Manipulating a Google Finance Portfolio with
AppEngine:
New functionality in AppEngine allows for offline processing of
data,
moving AppEngine beyond web applications. This demonstration uses
AppEngine’s offline processing and task queues to manipulate a
Google
Finance Portfolio to win a stock picking challenge. (15 min.)

Other Tech:

- *Sean Blanton, Ph.D. *OpenMake Software
- “builds beyond Maven” building an Agile software
build/test/deploy infrastructure (15 min.)
- *Brian Maggi* IdeaMomentum.com
- UX - User Experience — case studies (15 min.)

Friday, September 19th, 6:00
ACM Movie Night - Antitrust

There are many events going on. Get involved! Even if you can’t make the events, stop by 2262 SEL at any time.

If you need tutoring, stop by any time, and we’ll see if we can help you. If you want to make sure someone will be available, go to the tutoring page, and e-mail to one of the tutors and the mailing list.

~Get involved,
ACM President
Sean Deitz

]]> http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/09/14/meeting-updates-week-4/feed/ Meeting updates - Week 3 http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/09/10/meeting-updates-week-3/ http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/09/10/meeting-updates-week-3/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:22:44 +0000 Sean Deitz Uncategorized http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/09/10/meeting-updates-week-3/ For next week’s meeting (Thursday, September 17th), please sign up at
http://chicago-gtug3.eventbrite.com/

Tonight - September 10, 2009, 5:30 pm, 2262 SEL
Android Development Basics Hands on Session
Hands on session to cover the basics of how to develop and Android
App.
- The SDK components
- Layouts and widgets
- Intents
- Storing data with preferences
- Content providers (?)
- Reading the sensors (?)

I will assume that you are bringing a computer with the Android SDK already
setup. http://developer.android.com/sdk/1.5_r3/installing.html
By the way, I am going to be looking for help to develop a little game.  I
want to create an augmented reality pong (playable between two devices).  I
will use this as an example for a presentation that I will be doing October
6 at the Motodev Summit, and the code will be open source  (nice for the
resume), and you will receive credit for your collaboration on all
documentation, support sites, presentations, etc.

I could use some help with the math  (vector and space calculations),
networking, etc.  If you think you might be interested on helping, please
stop by this presentation.  I will dedicate a bit of time to the idea.

See you there!
Roberto

Tomorrow - Friday, September 11th, 5:00 pm, 2262 SEL
Linux Users Group (LUG) meeting
Tomorrow - Friday, September 11th, 6:00 pm, 2262 SEL
ACM Movie Night - Sneakers

This Weekend - Saturday September 12th, 2:00 pm until ???, 2262 SEL
ACM LAN Party
Bring your box to play your favorite games, or just drop by th have some fun.
$10 for unregistered non-members
$5 for members and people who register
Register on www.acmlanparty.com

Monday, September 14th, 5:30 pm, 2262 SEL
SIG-Code first meeting
We’re beginning our training for the ICPC (Intercontinental Programming Contest).  If you’re curious, or want to join a team, please come.  If you just have general questions about code, or want to demonstrate something neat you found out, we’ll discuss that as well.

Wednsday, September 17th, 5:30 pm, 2262 SEL
SIG-Game meeting
Two weeks have passed, are your tasks done?
Evaluating where we’re at, setting milestones, and reassigning tasks.
If you’re new, check out the getting started page under https://acm.cs.uic.edu/trac/siggame/, and do the tutorials so you can get involved.

Thursday, September 17, 2009 from 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Lecture Center D1 and D2
Chicago Androids and Google Technologies Usesrs Groups,
together with ACM will be hosting an event with talks on the following
topics:

Android:

- *3D on the Android Platform (Open GL-es) *  by Richard Li
(Principle Staff Research Engineer, Application Research & Technology Center
(ARTC), Motorola)     (40min)
- *Json, XML,  and the Restful Android framework*.  by Cedric
Hurst (Spantree Technology Group) and Jason Shah (Jsdf,LLC)    (40min)
- *MediaFly app for Android demo* by Jason Shah (Jsdf,LLC)
- *Hacking your Android phone in 6min and overview of Cyanogen*image -
performance-centric Android image -  by Manan
Gandhi   (20min)
- *Catch up 101:  Android App. Development, basic building Blocks*  by
Roberto C. Serrano (Motorola)  (40min)

Business:

- *Carson V. Conant, CEO* MediaFly.com
- “lessons learned” on starting a tech company in Chicago   (15
min.)

Google Tech:

- *Zainab Aziz **The Revere
Group
*
- Google Wave (creating gadgets - in depth)    (30 min)
- *Uki D. Lucas* The Revere Group
- GWT development using Social Networks (Twitter, Facebook, Google
Friend Connect)   (30 min)
- *Jordan Beck **The Revere
Group
*    (15 min.)
- GWT performance optimization
- *P**ek Pongpaet *HotTweeters.com
(15 min.)
- Google Earth  — case study
- *Chris McAvoy*
- Monitoring and Manipulating a Google Finance Portfolio with
AppEngine:
New functionality in AppEngine allows for offline processing of
data,
moving AppEngine beyond web applications.  This demonstration uses
AppEngine’s offline processing and task queues to manipulate a
Google
Finance Portfolio to win a stock picking challenge.    (15 min.)

Other Tech:

- *Sean Blanton, Ph.D. *OpenMake Software
- “builds beyond Maven” building an Agile software
build/test/deploy infrastructure  (15 min.)
- *Brian Maggi* IdeaMomentum.com
- UX - User Experience — case studies  (15 min.
Friday, September 19th, 6:00
ACM Movie Night

There are many events going on.  Get involved!  Even if you can’t make the events, stop by 2262 SEL at any time.

If you need tutoring, stop by any time, and we’ll see if we can help you.  If you want to make sure someone will be available, go to the tutoring page, and e-mail to one of the tutors and the mailing list.

~Get involved,
ACM President
Sean Deitz

]]> http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/09/10/meeting-updates-week-3/feed/ Welcome to Fall 2009 http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/08/25/welcome-to-fall-2009/ http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/08/25/welcome-to-fall-2009/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:08:08 +0000 Sean Deitz Uncategorized http://acm.cs.uic.edu/modules/wordpress/2009/08/25/welcome-to-fall-2009/ For those of you getting lost, check out the UIC Mega Pathfinder link on the left sidebar.
Welcome to the Fall Semester here at UIC.  ACM welcomes CS students and those who have an interest in computing machinery to stop by the ACM office.  Our first meeting will not be until next Thursday, but you are welcome to come by the office until then if you have any questions about CS courses, our organization, or ideas for projects in the coming year.

Additionally SIGGame will continue to meet every Wednsday at 5:30.

Hope to see you all next Thursday, September 3rd, at 5:30 pm in SEO 1000.
~ACM President, Sean Deitz

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