Do you want to build your own video game, iOS application, or neural network? Do you want to participate in competitive programming or CTFs? Do you care about diversity in STEM?

Join ACM for our Fall General Meeting on Tuesday, October 1st, 2024, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Ackerman Grand Ballroom to learn about how you can get involved!

ACM is the largest Computer Science student organization in Southern California and comprises nine different committees: AI, Cloud, Cyber, Design, Hack, ICPC, Studio, TeachLA, and W. Each committee focuses on one area of technology, so we guarantee that you will discover the one that interests you. We hold numerous workshops, events, projects, and initiatives each quarter, through which you will be able to acquire new skills and develop your knowledge.

Don’t worry about prior experience - students of all backgrounds and skill levels are welcome to join our community and share our passion for technology!

ACM Fall General Meeting 2024

Hey all, join us this week for ACM Cloud's Fall General Meeting. Come and learn about all the exciting things we have planned this quarter! It doesn't matter who you are or what your background is. As long as you're even a tiny bit interested in how tech infrastructure works, you belong here. So come join us and see if ACM Cloud is the right fit for you!

Cloud Fall GM

Hey all 👋 interested in making games? 🎮 Come check out our specially planned events for the upcoming year! 🎉 From game jams and workshops to student-run studios (SRS) and socials, ACM Studio has something for everyone. 😎 We’ve been hard at work organizing some exciting new programs, so be sure to pull up and learn how YOU can start making games, connect with industry experts, and meet tons of awesome new friends in our community! 🫂✨

Studio Fall GM

Want to join the premier cybersecurity club at UCLA? Come to our Fall GM on Wednesday Week 1 to learn more about all of the cool things we'll be doing this quarter 🍋 😎! Whether you're interested in Cyber Academy, Cyber Lab, or our CTF team PBR, it'll all be revealed at our GM! 🔮👀

Cyber Fall GM

Come join us at ICPC's General Meeting on Thursday 10/3 from 7-8PM in Boelter 4760. We will be announcing our plans for events and workshops this fall, introducing the officer team, and playing some fun games so you don’t want to miss it 🎉! If you are planning to attend, please RSVP here: https://forms.gle/6XVhSwsXanyDsdhv7

ICPC Fall GM

Hey folks! Come to AI's Fall Kickoff to find out about all the cool workshops and projects we're doing this quarter, as well as meet all of the amazing AI officers! Whether you're just looking to learn more about AI or looking to meet people doing research, ACM AI is the place for you! Optional boba social afterwards :)

AI Fall Kickoff

The first tryout for the UCLA ICPC team will be on Sat 10/5/2024 from 10:30 AM - 2:00 PM!  For our first tryout, we will be using the ICPC North America Qualifier (NAQ) contest. If you're interested in trying out, register by October 2 for the NAQ using these instructions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aRbyvLE43ND1I2APp38x-ojaIFjGef0kwLe7c8Ct9YA/edit?usp=sharing. While we will have some accounts available first-come first-serve for unregistered participants, we cannot guarantee that all unregistered participants will be able to participate. For full tryout logistics, please read https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EXEmkH5QIrXT4fwRIcx4jIor_KXhi7w0DYxbCItmhjY/edit?usp=sharing.

If you don't have competitive programming experience, still free to come 🎉! Beside the tryouts, our officers will also be leading teams of students through some past NAQ problems.

ICPC Fall Tryout #1

💡 Looking for professional development, career opportunities, technical programs, and new friends this quarter? 💡

Come hang out with us this Friday, October 4, from 6-7:30 PM at ENGR VI 289 for an evening of Jeopardy, bracelet making, and good vibes! 🎉 You’ll also meet our board, hear about exciting events and opportunities, and discover how YOU 🫵🏻 can get involved. Don’t miss out—RSVP here: tinyurl.com/acmwfallmeeting!

ACM-W Fall GM

Hi everyone 👋 Interested in teaching local schools about CS or making educational web applications? 📚💻 Join us for Teach LA's Fall General Meeting at 6pm in Royce 133 to learn more about the TLA Curriculum + Dev team. 🌱 No experience required and open to everyone! Follow @acm.teachla on Instagram for more updates. We look forward to seeing you there 😎

Teach LA Fall GM

Are you passionate about tech for social good? 💡 Want to make a difference while sharpening your CS and entrepreneurship skills? 💻 This is the event for you! 🫵

Join us for the ACM Impact x JEDI Social Good Pitch-a-Thon and team up with other changemakers to develop technical solutions to real-world social justice and DEI issues 🌍✨

Pitch your idea, get feedback from UCLA alumni, and win amazing prizes! 🎁

No prior pitching or hackathon experience? No problem! This event is designed for beginners in CS and entrepreneurship, providing mentorship and a low-stakes space to learn product design, public speaking, and business fundamentals. Dinner & networking with alumni to follow 🍽️

Sign up now!
🔗 https://forms.gle/NqRfHpdAr4o1H9fW7 

📢 Date and location will be announced soon. Follow @impact_ucla on Instagram for updates!

This event is proudly supported by the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

ACM Impact x JEDI Social Good Pitch-a-Thon

Ever wanted to learn what a software engineer does? 😎🖥️ Join us for the first session of Hackschool, a novice-friendly workshop series that paves the way for you to build an impressive website of your very own. Get hands-on learning with industry relevant skills including HTML, CSS, and TypeScript via React, one of the most popular web development platforms today. 🔥😮‍💨 Save your spot now! RSVP here: https://forms.gle/CvrzVxYTTXzihApCA (Dinner will be served 😋)

Hackschool

🌟 Interested in UI/UX Design, web development, and/or general design career prep?
Join us for ACM Design's General Meeting/Info Session, where you can learn about who we are, what we do, and the amazing projects and workshops we have planned for this quarter! 🎨✨ Plus, get tips and tricks for our fall recruitment cycle and enjoy an optional boba run to chat with us afterward. 🥤💬

ACM Design Fall General Meeting/Info Sesh 

Are you wondering where the heck to even begin your journey into making games? 🤔 FEAR NOT because Studio is hosting our first introductory workshop session! 🎉 Our Studio Dojo workshops are completely beginner friendly, so if you've got even an inkling 🦑 of an interest in game dev, we recommend you try this series out! 😆

Intro Game Dev Workshop

Come play all of Studio's recent game jam releases! 🔥 From this weekend, LD56 already has over 100 participants in 14 teams, who are creating cool games that will be included in this showcase! 😳 Chill, hang out, and have a fun time getting your hands on games created by college students like YOU! 🫵

Game Jam Showcase

Studio’s First Official Social is HERE! 🤩 Meet us this weekend for lunch at 🍔In-N-Out (11AM), or at the🚏bus stop (12PM) to leave together for the beach! ✨ Relax and meet new friends while playing activities led by our officers next to the ocean waves! 🌊 Fill out the RSVP form below to vote for which beach! 🙌

RSVP Form:https://forms.gle/REBQa3fAotkvf1zV66

Beach Social

Wanna learn how to ace your technical interviews? Come to ICPC's Interview Track series, where we'll be going over data structures, algorithms, and proper coding techniques to prep for your next coding interview! This workshop will review binary search and sorting, and give a chance for attendees to practice clear communication of their code. This workshop will be open to attendees of all skill levels. The workshop is held at Engineering VI 289 on Tuesday (10/08) at 6PM. We can’t wait to see you there!! 🥳🤩

Interview Track Workshop #1

Are you ready to level up 🚀 your competitive programming skills? 😍 Our competitive programming workshop series is starting this Thursday at 6pm, and we're covering some exciting topics this quarter! 🔥Join us for the first meeting on Thursday Week 2, 🕕 6:00-8:00pm in Engineering VI 289! We'll be going through introductory problems that nevertheless challenge your problem-solving skills. Don't miss out on the opportunity to improve your coding abilities and conquer those algorithms together! 💪📚💻 See you there! 🤗

Competitive Programming Track Workshop #1

Always dreamed of making it to the Olympics of Programming Competitions? Waiting for the opportunity to represent UCLA at the ICPC World Finals? Look no further, for official tryouts are here! Join us at our second tryout this Sunday (10/13) from 2 - 6 PM in Engineering VI 289!

ICPC Tryout #2

Ready to get your hands on pytorch, transformers, and more compute than ever before? Join us for our first projects meeting of the year in boelter 4760, where we'll get you started on the path to your own language model. 

AI Project Kickoff

Our first workshop of the year has arrived! Come out to learn the fundamentals of machine learning: the classic multilayer perceptrons, how overfitting breaks models, and what loss really is!

Capstone Track #1

Its time to get into the details. Ready to understand how ML models actually figure out what a cat and dog look like? Want to learn some probability and linear algebra? Come to research track's first meeting to find out all that and more! 

Research Track #2

It's time to cook, Jesse! Much like how industrial chemists design their processes by reasoning about the temperature, pressure, and mixture of ingredients (on a macro-scale, without worrying about the behavior of each individual molecule), we can reason about ML models by examining their loss landscapes (without worrying about individual neurons). For those of you returning to SLT, I'll be providing a peek into the latest research happening at Timaeus. If you're a newcomer, fear not - I'll provide an overview as well as updated intuitions.

AI Reading Group: Singular Learning Theory -- Intuitively Understanding Model Development

🎉 It's the first Cyber Academy of the year 🎉! Come out to Young Hall CS 76 from 6-8 PM to hear an exciting talk from Jason on what happens in browsers behind the scenes 🌐🔍. See you there 💛💛!

Cyber Academy: Browsers: Behind the Scenes

🎉 Welcome (or welcome back) to the first Cyber Lab meeting of the year 🎉! Come join us for Benson's "You Are Now The CISO" talk on cybersecurity careers 🔐 and find out your Cyber Lab project groups 👥 for the quarter. See you guys then 💛💛!

Cyber Lab: You Are Now The CISO

First social of the year is... our ✨Classic✨ Westwood and Boba Social 🥳! Join us by the Bruin Bear 🐻 at 6:30 this Saturday for dinner and boba with all your friends at Cyber 🤗🍴👀✨. Be there or be 🟨!

✨Classic✨ Westwood + Boba Social

Interested in creating websites 💻, apps 📱, or learning new technologies? Come out to Hack's Fall GM on Wednesday at Haines A18 to learn more about who we are 🤔, what we do, and how you can get involved 😁. We'll explore all the events we have planned this quarter, and if you're interested in joining a fam 👪, stick around to meet the fam heads!

RSVP: https://forms.gle/E1jQzqb6HZ4HWYAx8

Hack Fall GM

Hack is back for the 2024 school year with our flagship HackFam 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒🏡! This is your opportunity to join a fam, meet new people, and make new friends. There will be Hack-wide social events 🎤, competitions 🥇,  and fam events that range from dinners 🍽️ to kickbacks 🥂 to study sessions 🤓! Sign ups will be on a rolling basis so make sure to snag your spot! Meet who will be leading the fams after the Hack GM on Wednesday! 🏂 

Sign Up: tinyurl.com/hackfam24 

Meet the Fam Heads

Google is coming to UCLA! Get ready for technical interviews with mock questions and expert tips. Whether you are aiming for STEP, Software Engineering Internships, or full-time SWE roles, this workshop will help you sharpen your skills. There are two events: one on the 14th and one on the 16th. Check out the RSVP link for more info!

Google @ UCLA

We're back with another Cyber Lab meeting this week to continue working on our projects 💛💛! Come join us in Boelter 4760 from 6-8 PM; you won't want to miss out on being part of the crowd for Renuka's talk on the 🦅 CrowdStrike 🦅 outage!

Cyber Lab: CrowdStrike

Come out to Cyber Academy today to hear from our amazing guest speaker, Aaron James Eason! Get ready to hear an exciting talk about 💥 How to Attack Networks 💥, and prepare to ask any questions you may have about his journey from ACM Cyber @ UCSD into industry or his current work as a Senior Security Researcher at 🦅 CrowdStrike 🦅. See you all at Young Hall CS 76 from 6-8 PM 💛💛!

Cyber Academy: Aaron James Eason

Hope everyone's ready to capture some flags ⛳️, because we're kicking off PBR ⁤⁣‌‍‌⁢‍⁢‍⁡‍‍⁡⁢‍⁢‍⁢‌‍‍⁢‍⁢‍⁡‍⁡‍⁢‌⁢‍⁢‌⁡⁤‍‌⁣‌⁤⁡‍⁢‍⁡‌⁢‍⁢‍‌⁣‍⁢⁣‍⁡⁢⁡‌⁡‍⁡‍⁢⁣‍‌‍⁡‍⁢‌⁡‍⁣⁡‍⁡⁤‍‌⁣‍‌‌⁡‌⁢‌⁡‍‍⁣‍‌‍⁡‌⁡⁤‍⁢‍⁢‍‌⁤‍⁢‍⁡‍⁢‍⁢‍⁢‍⁢‌‍‍⁢‍⁢‍⁡‍‍⁢⁡‌⁡⁢⁡‌⁡⁢⁡‌⁤⁡‌⁢‌⁢‌‍‍⁢‍‌‌⁢‍‌‌⁡‍⁢‌⁡‌‍⁣‍⁢⁣‍‌‍⁡‍⁣⁡‍⁢⁡⁢‍‌⁣‍⁢⁣‌⁢‌⁡‌⁢‌⁡‍⁣⁡‌⁡⁢⁡‌⁢‌⁢‍‌‍⁡‍⁢⁣‍⁢‌⁡‍‌⁣‍⁢‌⁡‌‍⁣‍⁢‍⁡‍⁣⁡‌⁢‍⁢‍‌‍⁡‍⁢‌⁡‍‌‌⁡‍‌⁡⁢‍‌‌⁡‍⁣⁡‌⁡‍⁡‍⁣⁡‍‌‍⁡‌⁡⁢⁡‌⁢‌⁢‍‌‌⁡‍⁡⁢⁡‍⁣⁡‍⁡‍⁡‍⁢⁣‌⁣⁡‍‌⁢⁡‌⁡⁤‍‌‍⁡‌⁤⁡‍‌‍⁡‍⁡‌⁢‍⁢‍⁡‌‌⁡this year with DEADFACE CTF 💀 this weekend; we'll have an exciting talk from Gary on Advanced OSINT techniques! See you guys there 💛💛!

DEADFACE CTF 2024 w/ Advanced OSINT

🎉 Join us for our first ACM Cyber x ACM-W social of the year 🎉! We’ll be kicking things off with a fun nail painting session 💅 right after PBR in the same room. Don’t miss out—see you there 💛💛!

Nail Painting Social

Do you want to learn more about developing a roguelike game in Unity? In this workshop, we’ll kick things off by exploring the Unity engine and its architecture, plus a quick intro to C# scripting. Then, we’ll dive right in and implement player and enemy movement for our game, and potentially create variations on enemy movement patterns!

Character Movement Workshop

Studio Squads are here! At Kickoff, meet your Squad heads and fellow members! 🎉 After the introduction and getting to know your members, each squad will head into Westwood to have their first dinner together! 🍽️

The goal of Studio Squads is to provide new members with a smaller group in order to better integrate into the club 🫂 We intend Squads to last for fall quarter and hope that in winter and spring, you'll feel comfortable getting involved in SRS or other aspects of the club with friends! 🫶

If you haven’t yet filled out the Studio Squad Google Form, do it now! (by October 15) 🫵

Studio Squads Kickoff

Calling out all interested in leading a game project this year! 😆 

Studio’s flagship program SRS, Student Run Studios, will have teams of students work under the guidance of their team leads and Studio officers as they build their own video games from the ground-up in winter & spring quarter! 🎮 Beginner friendly to everyone, we highly recommend getting some previous experience by attending our workshop series! 🕹️

Recruiting those team leads, Studio is hosting 3 Team Lead Seminars this quarter to prep students to lead their own mini studio! 🌟 This week’s seminar will be a workshop teaching important project management skills, tools, and terminology related to specifically game development! 😍

Team Lead Seminar I

Are you interested in a career in the gaming industry? Come hear from Blizzard data scientist Zhen Zhai! Zhen leads the centralized AI and ML team, driving innovation to transform game development and elevate player experiences. Her team excels in computer graphics, reinforcement learning, NLP, and personalization. Zhen is committed to a human-centric approach to responsible AI, working closely with game development teams to ensure ethical considerations are at the forefront of her team's work. Beyond her professional role, Zhen is dedicated to community engagement, teaching computer science classes at a local community college. She inspires students from diverse backgrounds to pursue careers in computer science and gaming.

Industry Speaker: Zhen Zhai

Are you interested in learning about AWS? Have you ever wondered how companies deploy large scale applications on the cloud? Then come join us for our first AWS workshop of the quarter! Get guided hands on experience developing and deploying full stack applications on AWS. We'll be in Haines Hall A18 from 6-8 PM. Come join us :>

AWS Workshop Series

To all official Cloud members: this week will be the launch of the Fall research track. The first topic of the quarter will be... System Design! We'll be going over a quick rundown of all you need to know to design fault tolerant and scalable system architecture. Location will be Ackerman 2412 from 6-8PM on Wed 10/16.

Research Track

To all official Cloud members: this week will be the launch of the Fall consulting track. Get ready to dive into the business of the tech industry!  Prepare to make a real world impact with technology. The location will be at the ACM Clubhouse from 6-8PM on Thurs 10/17.

Consulting Track

Ready to level up your web development skills? 🌐 The excitement continues as ACM Hack's Hackschool series dives into the world of TypeScript and Vite! 🎉🖥️
Join us for our next session, where we’ll explore the fundamentals of TypeScript, a powerful, statically typed superset of JavaScript that enhances code quality and developer productivity. Paired with Vite, a lightning-fast build tool, you'll learn how to streamline your development workflow and create efficient, modern web applications. 🚀👩‍💻
Mark your calendars for Thursday, October 19th, 6-8pm PT at Rolfe 1200🌟 (Food will be provided 😋)



Are you ready to level up 🚀 your competitive programming skills? 😍 Our competitive programming workshop series is happening this Thursday at 6pm, and we're covering some exciting topics this quarter! 🔥Join us for Greedy algorithms on Thursday Week 3, 🕕 6:00-8:00pm in Engineering VI 289! We'll be going through introductory problems that nevertheless challenge your problem-solving skills. Don't miss out on the opportunity to improve your coding abilities and conquer those algorithms together! 💪📚💻 See you there! 🤗

Competitive Programming Track Workshop #2

AI Projects work sessions are Monday and Thursday in Boelter  4760 and Dodd 121 respectively 

AI Projects Meeting

Want to dive deep into deep learning? Come out to Captsone track's second meeting to discover the evolution of deep neural networks and how they came to be. We'll explore gradient descent, training deep neural networks, and the advent of Convolutional neural networks!

Capstone Track #2

Ever wanted to know how Machine learning actually learns? What is backpropagation anyways? Time to find out at this week's research track! We'll discuss optimization theory, the math of gradient descent, and how clustering really works.

Do you need a break from the Fall Quarter grind 💻? Want a fun way to meet new people and get outside before midterms 📚 roll around? Join us this Saturday, 10/19 for Hack Fam Codelympics 🏅, our first Fam wide event of the quarter!! You'll be competing with your Fam in a variety of sporting events, including volleyball 🏐, a potato sack race🏃, and Spikeball🎾! The starting time of the games is TBD, and will be announced soon on our Discord, so keep your eyes peeled👀! RSVP @ https://forms.gle/RkUNmEkyj7ioyqj18

Don't have a Fam yet? No worries, we'll make sure you find a wonderful group and have a lot a fun 🥳! 

Hack Fam: Codelympics

Ready to boost your interview prep? 🌟 This week’s session focuses on the Prefix Sum 🔍 and Sliding Window 🪟 techniques! We’ll dive into these powerful tools and give attendees a chance to practice clear communication of their code 🗣️💻. Open to all skill levels, this workshop is perfect for those looking to sharpen their problem-solving skills and get ready for technical interviews 🚀. 
📅 When: Tuesday, 10/15, 6–8 PM
📍 Where: Engineering VI 289
Don’t miss out—your next big opportunity might just be a few lines of code away! 👩‍💻👨‍💻

Interview Track #2

Dive in 🪂 to the world of embedded security by joining ACM Cyber 🔶 & IEEE's 🔷 Embedded Capture-the-Flag team 🚩! This Fall, we'll be holding a series of workshops 🛠 to launch your journey 🚀 to secure a satellite system 🛰️ in Winter! Whether you're interested in programming on bare metal ⛓, probing physical boards for side channels 🔬, or designing unbreakable cryptosystems 🔒, we'll be taking it all to the moon 🌑 starting **tomorrow** at our kickoff from 6-7:30 PM in the Engineering 4 Tesla Room ⚡!

Team space is limited, so make sure to show your interest by attending our fall workshops 🍂! Nader will also be offering ☄️ **upper-div course credit** ☄️ for participating in ECTF this Winter.

If you are unable to come for the Kickoff and would like to be on the team, please contact an ECTF lead ASAP: @arcblroth @parth_pandhare @avdestroyer @freedthelamb @kwang7 @chey0

Cyber x IEEE: ECTF Kickoff!

The Cornell Tech NYC Admissions Team is coming to UCLA! They will provide information about their graduate programs and recruit prospective students. ACM’s alum Zack (who is currently a Master’s student at Cornell Tech) will also be coming to answer any questions you may have about the process. They will also be providing a free dinner with a chance to mingle and network! If you are interested in learning how graduate programs can be a potential path in your future, or just want to network with the admissions team, make sure to RSVP ASAP: https://forms.gle/3LKZ46EDtFTNUeBG9

Cornell Tech NYC Recruiting

Week 3 of Cyber Academy is here 💛💛! Hope we'll 🧤catch ya🧤 at Stewie's talk on Captchas this week at Young Hall CS 76. See you all then!

Cyber Academy: Captchas

Don’t miss the chance to hear from Professor Izhikevich, who will share her insights from working with Netflix and SpaceX 🚀, along with her cutting-edge research in Cloud and Network Security! Be sure to come to Boelter 4760 at 6 to learn more! 💛💛💛💛💛

Cyber Lab: Liz Izhikevich

Dive in 🪂 to the world of embedded security by joining ACM Cyber 🔶 & IEEE's 🔷 Embedded Capture-the-Flag team 🚩! This week, we'll be locking in 🔒 to learn how to design secure cryptosystems for modern embedded platforms 🧪!

Make sure to show your interest for the team by attending our fall workshops 🍂! Nader will also be offering ☄️ **upper-div course credit** ☄️ for participating in ECTF this Winter.

Cyber x IEEE: ECTF: Cryptography

Ready to dive deeper into the world of web development? 🌐 Excitement's in the air as ACM Hack's Hackschool series continues with its next session on React! 🎉🖥️

Gear up for our workshop dedicated to React, the powerful JavaScript library that's revolutionized modern web development. Whether you're crafting interactive UIs or looking to create dynamic single-page applications, React is your go-to tool, and we're here to guide you through it. 🚀👩‍💻

New to React or just want to solidify your understanding? No worries! Our beginner-friendly approach ensures everyone, from novices to those seeking a refresher, can benefit. Join us this Thursday, October 26th, 6-8pm PT at Rolfe Hall 1200. We'll delve into React components and props, kickstarting your journey into this game-changing library. 🌟

Get ready for our second AWS workshop. The topic of this week is Hosting with Docker and Elastic Beanstalk, where we’ll be talking about the basics of designing a website front-end📄, the basics of using docker and containers, and leveraging Amazon Web Services for scalable⚖️, dynamic 🔁deployments. We'll be in Haines Hall A18 from 6-8 PM. Come join us :>

To all official Cloud members: this week will be the second week of the Research Track. It'll be our very first deep dive into academic papers. The topic for this week is Lamport Logical Clocks, which is the foundation for establishing causality in a distributed system. Everything from Amazon's DynamoDB, Cassandra, Google Docs, and Garfana uses them. Location will be Ackerman 2412 from 6-8PM on Wed.

To all official Cloud members: this will be the second week of the consulting track. We will be continuing to work on our mission to make a real world impact using technology. Come join us to learn how to form connections with and provide value to clients. The location will be at the ACM Clubhouse from 6-8PM on Thurs. We are still working on the room size situation. Peace.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, our event has been postponed. Updates will be announced ASAP. Apologies for the inconvenience!

Are you passionate about tech for social good? 💡 Want to make a difference while sharpening your CS and entrepreneurship skills? 💻 This is the event for you! 🫵

Join us for the ACM Impact x JEDI Social Good Pitch-a-Thon and team up with other changemakers to develop technical solutions to real-world social justice and DEI issues 🌍✨

Pitch your idea, get feedback from UCLA alumni, and win amazing prizes! 🎁

No prior pitching or hackathon experience? No problem! This event is designed for beginners in CS and entrepreneurship, providing mentorship and a low-stakes space to learn product design, public speaking, and business fundamentals. Dinner & networking with alumni to follow 🍽️

Sign up now!
🔗 https://forms.gle/NqRfHpdAr4o1H9fW7 

📢 Date and location will be announced soon. Follow @impact_ucla on Instagram for updates!

This event is proudly supported by the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

Bruin Linguistics, ACM AI, and UMSA invite Daniel Quigley (https://dquigley.dev/) to present his dissertation work on semantics as neurosymbolic, explore the cutting-edge intersection of neural networks and symbolic reasoning as we dive deep into how our minds make meaning. 

RSVP here: https://forms.gle/yDop7bJjGeh3d8os9
More info: https://tinyurl.com/daniel-quigley-talk-info

ACM AI x BLing x UMSA: Semantics as Neurosymbolic with Daniel Quigley

Ever wonder how text-to-image generative models like Stable Diffusion really work behind the scenes? How have we pushed these massive models beyond their limits to achieve controllable generation, video generation, and even 3D generation? What exactly is a "diffusion model" anyway? Most importantly—how did we get here?

We still start from the absolute basics, surveying the landscape of generative vision from the ancient years of 2013 with Variational Autoencoders (VAEs), Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), and early regressive models. Then, we motivate how Diffusion models came to be, and how research in the past two years have pushed them beyond text-to-image generation to video and 3D generation. We will also look at how computer vision researchers yoinked so many concepts from large language models to create state-of-the-art generative models. Lastly, we speculate at what's to come, and ask the question—what's next?

ACM AI Reading Group: Generative Models, "AI Art," and Beyond 

We'll be doing an AI social either before/after reading group for some midterms de-stressing. Make sure to join our Discord to stay tuned for more info  :) 

ACM AI Social  :)

Another week, another week of projects workessions! GPT teams be diving into transformer architectures and competitions teams will be refining their project scope. See y'all there! 

ACM AI: Projects Worksession

On this week of Capstone Track, we'll be diving into transformers and tokenization / embedding. Come learn about how LLMs like ChatGPT generate words!

ACM AI: Capstone Track #3: Transformers and Embeddings

On this week of Research Track, we'll continue exploring more MLl theory like clustering, regularization, optimization, and CNNs. Hope to see everyone there!

ACM AI: Research Track #3: Clustering, Regularization, Optimization, and CNNs

Join us for an exciting hands-on workshop where you'll learn how to spawn projectiles and implement damage mechanics! 

Discover the fundamentals of game development as we guide you through creating extensible projectile and health systems. This event will teach you more Unity fundamentals and help bring your Roguelike to life. Don't miss out on this opportunity to unleash your creativity and improve your coding prowess!

Workshop: Weapons and Health

Are you interested in leading your own game development team? Come hear from a panel featuring former SRS team leads as they share their experiences and advice!

This event provides a unique opportunity to know the inside story from those who have navigated the challenges of leadership and game creation. You can't miss this chance to gain wisdom from your SRS seniors and enhance your leadership skills!

SRS Team Lead Seminar II

Join us for the last installment in our team lead seminars! This event will be focused on boosting team morale and fostering collaboration within game development teams.

We will cover effective team management strategies, offering tips and best practices to help you lead your own team with confidence. Following the presentation, enjoy some free time to brainstorm ideas and socialize with fellow potential co-leads. Whether you’re an aspiring team lead for this year or simply interested in leveling up your project management skills, this event will equip you with the tools to cultivate a positive and productive team environment while building valuable connections!

SRS Team Lead Seminar III

Are you an aspiring developer? Do you want to make CS education more accessible? If so, join us for Teach LA's weekly Dev Team Meetings. You'll have the opportunity to gain hands-on web development experience by working on our editor/static site or help create learning labs to teach kids various CS topics! No experience is required (in fact, we would love to train you)! Join us for our Boba Social with Curriculum Team at 8PM. We will walk down together from Royce Hall to ShareTea!

ACM Teach LA Dev Team Meeting

Do you like teaching? Are you interested in making CS education more accessible? If so, join us for Teach LA's weekly curriculum meetings, where you'll get a chance to learn more about pedagogy, develop curriculum, and become an instructor for one of the many courses we teach! Join us for our Boba Social with Dev Team at 8PM. We will walk down together from Royce Hall to ShareTea!

ACM Teach LA Curriculum Team Meeting

Ever wonder how a single cyber attack can cripple an entire industry? 🛢️💥 Curious about the inside story of the Colonial Pipeline hack? 🕵️‍♀️🔐 Join us at Cyber Academy this week for an exciting talk by Savannah on one of the biggest breaches in history! 💻⚡ Don’t miss out—meet us in Young Hall CS 76 from 6-8 PM! 👾🔥

Cyber Academy: Colonial Pipeline Attack

Don’t miss the chance to hear from Professor Izhikevich, who will share her insights from working with Netflix and SpaceX 🚀, along with her cutting-edge research in Cloud and Network Security! Be sure to come to Boelter 4760 at 6 to learn more! 💛💛

Cyber Lab: Guest Speaker Liz Izhikevich

A Platypus? 🤔 PLATYPWN THE CTF??? 🏇 Join us this weekend for our second CTF of the quarter, where we'll be having an exciting talk from Ronak on PP (Prototype Pollution) 😳💩🗑! See y'all there 💛!

Platypwn CTF 2024 w/ Prototype Pollution

Dive in 🪂 to the world of embedded security by joining ACM Cyber 🔶 & IEEE's 🔷 Embedded Capture-the-Flag team 🚩! This week, we'll be seein' C ⛵ as we navigate the waters of bare-metal programming ⛓️!

Make sure to show your interest for the team by attending our fall workshops 🍂! Nader will also be offering ☄️ **upper-div course credit** ☄️ for participating in ECTF this Winter.

Cyber x IEEE: ECTF: Embedded Systems

Join us at Teach LA's weekly Dev Team meetings on Tuesdays from 6-7pm in Royce Hall 362 to develop technology teaching kids computer science! 🌱👩‍💻 No experience is required to join Teach LA. We look forward to seeing you there 💚

Teach LA Dev Team Meeting

Join us at Teach LA's weekly Curriculum Team meetings on Tuesdays from 7-8pm in Royce Hall 362 to develop curriculum and teach K-12 students! 👩‍🏫🪴No experience is required to join and teach with TeachLA.  We look forward to seeing you there 💚

Teach LA Curriculum Team Meeting

Join us on Monday, November 18 for a fireside chat with Muddu Sudhakar, a visionary entrepreneur, accomplished executive, and investor with decades of experience leading successful ventures. Catered dinner provided afterwards :)

Alumni Speaker Series - Muddu Sudhakar

Join us for insights into interdisciplinary AI/ML research, where researchers across various fields share their experiences and research highlights.

This event will feature labs from across CS, EE, Math, Stats, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, and other labs across departments working on fundamental or applied ML and AI research. Our goal is to expose undergraduate students to the many avenues to pursue ML/AI research, and facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration through exposing undergraduates in non-traditional ML/AI majors to the applications of these technologies to their field. 

Students will have the opportunity to meet and network with professors, graduate students, and undergraduate students who have experience doing research in academia and industry.

RSVP at: https://forms.gle/Hz57Cbc66WQkikrt8

AI Research Panel

Intrigued by how webpages update in real-time? 🖥️🤔 Dive right in as ACM Hack's Hackschool series continues with a spotlight on "Events and State" this Week! 🧑‍🏫🎉

Presenting Hackschool's next session, a hands-on workshop devoted to the dynamic duo of web development: Events and State. These core concepts play a crucial role in delivering engaging, live updates on webpages, and are foundational in the realm of modern web development. 🌐✨

No matter if you're just dipping your toes into coding or keen to delve deeper into web development intricacies, we welcome you! Remember to block your schedule for our sessions every Thursday, 6-8pm PT at Rolfe Hall 1200. This Thursday, October 31th, we'll unravel the mysteries of events and state. Join us on our journey! 🚀

Ready for a night of spooky fun? 🎃 👻

Come join ACM Studio for our Halloween Social! We have an entire night of fun activities planned for everyone, including free pizza 🍕, candy 🍬, and a special game! Show up in your costume, or just as yourself - we'll all have fun either way! 

Halloween Social

**RSVP Required: https://l.acmcyber.com/hike**

On 11/3, join ACM Cyber on a hike on the Temescal Canyon Loop! 🌳 The hike itself will probably take around 2.5-3 hours and is a 4.0 mile round-trip hike to and from the bus stop, gaining around 800 feet in elevation.

We will be taking the Metro 602 bus from the base of the Hill 🚌, or from wherever is convenient for you (stops are available throughout Westwood). Don't be late - the bus only runs roughly once an hour! There are no fees to do this hike other than the bus ride, which is covered by your bus pass! 💛

Hike Social

Get ready for our second??? AWS workshop. Apologies for the abrupt cancellation last week. We were busy with midterms and didn't have anyone free to fill in. The topic of this week will be Hosting with Docker and Elastic Beanstalk (which was supposed to be covered last week) + Continuous Integration and Deployment. We'll be in Haines Hall A18 from 6-8 PM.

To all official Cloud members: this week will be the third week of the Research Track. It'll be our very first deep dive into academic papers. The topic for this week is Paxos Consensus Algorithms, which is used in many applications to achieve consensus and fault tolerance when making a decision with multiple machines. Location will be Ackerman 2412 from 6-8PM on Wed.

To all official Cloud members: we will be having our weekly meeting as usual. Since the Clubhouse is very cramped and ACM doesn't have any other free rooms allocated, we'll most likely just book a CLICC room and send out an announcement. The (current) location will be at the ACM Clubhouse from 6-8PM on Thurs if we are unable to book a free room. Watch out for any location updates on the discord server.

Ready to boost your interview prep? 🌟 This week’s session focuses on the Recursion 🔍 and DFS! We’ll dive into these powerful tools and give attendees a chance to practice clear communication of their code 🗣️💻. Open to all skill levels, this workshop is perfect for those looking to sharpen their problem-solving skills and get ready for technical interviews 🚀. 
📅 When: Tuesday, 10/29, 6–8 PM
📍 Where: Engineering VI 289
Don’t miss out—your next big opportunity might just be a few lines of code away! 👩‍💻👨‍💻

Interview Track #4

If you previously RSVPed for this event, please edit your response and let us know if you are still able to attend. Look for a copy of your response in your email inbox.

Are you passionate about tech for social good? 💡 Want to make a difference while sharpening your CS and entrepreneurship skills? 💻 This is the event for you! 🫵

Join us for the ACM Impact x JEDI Social Good Pitch-a-Thon and team up with other changemakers to develop technical solutions to real-world social justice and DEI issues 🌍✨

Pitch your idea, get feedback from UCLA alumni, and win amazing prizes! 🎁

No prior pitching or hackathon experience? No problem! This event is designed for beginners in CS and entrepreneurship, providing mentorship and a low-stakes space to learn product design, public speaking, and business fundamentals. Dinner & networking with alumni to follow 🍽️

RSVP now! [LIMITED SPOTS]
🔗 https://forms.gle/NqRfHpdAr4o1H9fW7

This event is proudly supported by the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

Do you want to talk to professionals from Apple, Meta, Google, etc? 🌟 Want insight into research, 
software development, UI/UX, product, etc? 💻

Sign up for ACM's first Alumni Coffee Chats program and get the chance to speak 1:1 with former ACM members who are now professionals in your dream companies and fields!💫
[Sign-ups are first come first serve!]
🔗
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclcdmT3cROMuDYutYdXOhKUFUVsaHbpORgEOv4qDMS-xsFVQ/viewform?usp=sf_link


ACM Alumni Coffee Chats

Ever wonder how hackers break into buildings just as easily as networks? 🏢🔓 Ready to explore the world of physical pentesting? 🚪🕵️‍♀️ Join us this week at cyber academy for a thrilling talk by Audrey, as she dives into the art of bypassing physical security! 🗝️💻 Don’t miss out—meet us in Young Hall CS 76 from 6-8 PM! 🔥💛

Cyber Academy: Physical Pentesting

Come join us for another fun Cyber Lab meeting!

Cyber Lab

Do you want to chat with the founder of a 300+ million dollar AI startup (who happens to be a UCLA alum!)? Muddu Sudhakar, founder and CEO of Aisera, is visiting UCLA and hosting a fireside chat with CS students on Monday, November 25th!
Catered dinner provided afterwards :) 

Speaker Series - Muddu Sudhakar [POSTPONED]

Do you want to talk to professionals from Apple, Meta, Google, and more tech companies? 🌟 Want insight into research, software development, UI/UX, product, and other fields? 💻

Sign up for ACM's first Alumni Coffee Chats program and get the chance to speak 1:1 with former ACM members who are now professionals in your dream companies and fields!💫
[Sign-ups are first come first serve, but final deadline for this round is November 13th!]
🔗
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclcdmT3cROMuDYutYdXOhKUFUVsaHbpORgEOv4qDMS-xsFVQ/viewform?usp=sf_link


ACM Alumni Coffee Chats Program

📍Unlock the secrets of roguelike games in our exciting workshop focused on one of their key features: procedurally-generated floors! ⚙️

Dive deep into innovative algorithms for map generation and gain hands-on experience by implementing them yourself 😍 Join us to discover how to connect intricate rooms and craft captivating maps that will elevate your game development skills 🗺️ Don’t miss this chance to enhance your creativity and technical game dev prowess! 👏

Workshop: Procedural Generation

For the first time EVER, ACM Studio is proud to be hosting its own Studio Jam! For those who don't know what a game jam is, it's an event where you and your team will have 72 hours to build a game from scratch based on a theme. This is a great opportunity to meet new people, pick up some new skills, and compete as a beginner or even create a more polished portfolio piece! 🎮✨ 

WHAT IS STUDIO JAM?🏆 
Studio Jam is a traditional 72 hour game jam with a random theme but there's a little twist... all entries must include our ACM Studio mascot: the axolotl! This is because the winning entry in this game jam will have their game put on the home page of the ACM Studio website! 
And how will the winner be chosen? By a ✨special guest judge from the games industry✨  of course! 
Also unlike previous game jams, Studio Jam has a $200 prize pool! 🤑 

Studio Jam will begin on Friday, November 15th at 6:00PM and end on Monday, November 18th, at 6:00PM.!

If you'd like to participate in the game jam, please fill out this form https://forms.gle/5fG9DgZmci885vRT7 by November 13th!

Studio Game Jam Signups

Step up your web navigation game with ACM Hack's Hackschool series this week! 🧭💻🚀

Join us for an enthralling session where we navigate the essentials of web development: Navigation. This workshop is your compass to mastering the art of guiding users through your website with ease and precision. We'll explore the mechanisms that make websites not just functional, but intuitive. 🗺️✨

Whether you're a newcomer to the digital realm or a seasoned developer looking to polish your skills, this workshop is your gateway to creating seamless online experiences. Mark your calendar for our session today from 6-8 pm PT at Rolfe 1200. On November 2nd, let's chart the course through the world of website navigation. 

Ready to boost your interview prep? 🌟 This week’s session focuses on the BFS and Graph 🎄 techniques! We’ll dive into these powerful tools and give attendees a chance to practice clear communication of their code 🗣️💻. Open to all skill levels, this workshop is perfect for those looking to sharpen their problem-solving skills and get ready for technical interviews 🚀. 
📅 When: Tuesday, 11/05, 6–8 PM
📍 Where: Engineering VI 289
Don’t miss out—your next big opportunity might just be a few lines of code away! 👩‍💻👨‍💻

Events

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