We had an amazing talk by Al and Abe (ACM members and founders of DoubleA Studios) they went over on how to create a game from scratch, the tools used to make and publish. The tools they showed were Using Visual Studio, XNA Game Studio, Microsoft's Dreamspark and creating models with Blender and sound with audacity. Also had a speech from ASI ECS D…

This meeting we introduced the new officers (http://www.ecs.csus.edu/acm/your-new-acm-officers/) those guys showed off our brand new Win7 phone app with some technicalities (thanks to Marcus and William http://www.ecs.csus.edu/acm/acm-windows-phone-7-app/) and showed you some tips and tricks to survive your major (Must use apps, ECS know-hows and m…

Title: Emerging Cyber Security Issues of the Smart Grid Abstract: The smart grid will use automated meters, two-way digital communications technology, and advanced sensors to save energy, improve electricity efficiency and reliability. Use of these systems exposes the electrical grid to potential cyber security and privacy risks. For instance, ther…

What was discussed during the meeting was: *GDC *Elections *SFS Scholarship presentation by Dr. Arad more information about SFS can be found at: http://www.ecs.csus.edu/sfs/ *Artificial Intelligence Talk by Dr. Gordon To see the video click hereVon ACM Officers @ Sacramento State

We have a guest speaker, Cici Mattiuzzi, to talk to us about the upcoming ECS Career Fair! She answered questions regarding how to approach employers, what to wear, or maybe some resume help. Here is a link to the ECS Career Center which Cici is in charge of: http://www.ecs.csus.edu/career/ Please check that website out to find more information abo…

The second meeting was also as good as the first. Still a busy room with about 40-50 people. There was lots of updates and reminders of upcoming events. To see the video click hereVon ACM Officers @ Sacramento State

This was a triumph! I’m making a note here: huge success! We had a great turnout. Upwards of 60 people attended ACM’s first meeting of the semester. The meeting opened with a brief description of the club, an introduction to the new ACM Officers, and information on ways to contact us. We talked about upcoming events like CES 2011, and asked members…

Dr. Gordon faculty Advisor for our club and teacher of CSC 180 and other courses was the co-host of the 2009 Harbat Classic in Las Vegas NV. This is the video of that event.Von ACM Officers @ Sacramento State

President Bailey talks about what is going to happen this year. Meeting Minutes will follow. To see the video Click HereVon ACM Officers @ Sacramento State

ACM members Marcus Watstein, Akshat Srivastava, & John Cook went to National Association Engineering Student Council conference at Cal Poly during the Break and one of the presentations was from Sun CIO about IT Services and Software as a Service platform. To see the video Click HereVon ACM Officers @ Sacramento State

Alumnus Mike Daniels talks about Threading in Java. This was the last meeting of the semester. Also the camera ran out of power so this is not a complete video. To see it Click HereVon ACM Officers @ Sacramento State

Tim lets the candidates talk and discusses the election To see the video click here View our calendar for more information about upcoming events http://www.ecs.csus.edu/acm/index.php?content=calendarVon ACM Officers @ Sacramento State

Tim talks about all the officer positions in ACM to prepare for the election. To see the video click here Announcements: Programming Contest=NEXT FRIDAY Officer Nominations==DEADLINE Next TUESDAY Next Week Meeting will be who is going to RUN View our calendar for more information about upcoming events http://www.ecs.csus.edu/acm/index.php?content=c…

Marcus Watstein talks about all the ECS resources available to students To see the video click here Announcements: LAN Party=NEXT FRIDAY Programming Contest=March 20th Next Week Meeting will ELECTION information View our calendar for more information about upcoming events http://www.ecs.csus.edu/acm/index.php?content=calendar…

President Tim Bender about shortcuts in Eclipse and some basics in Programming. To see the video click here Announcements: Poker Nighthttp://acmpoker.eventbrite.com/ Next Week Meeting will be Marcus Watstein, discussing ECS Resources View our calendar for more information about upcoming events http://www.ecs.csus.edu/acm/index.php?content=calendar…

President Tim Bender talks about things for the upcoming semester, introduces members and officers. To see the video click here Announcements: Engineering Week 2/15-2/22, Events are at http://athena.ecs.csus.edu/eweek.php Next Week Meeting will be Cici Mattiuzzi, Director ECS Career Services on Resumes View our calendar for more information about u…

Schilling Robotics gave a talk on November 13th @ 4:30 to 6:00 pm in RVR 1015. Alums, Andy Lyons (BSMET), Director of Manufacturing Technologies and Chris Savarino (BSME), Mechanical Engineer,spoke to students and alumni about career opportunities and company activities.Von ACM Officers @ Sacramento State

How do you build a business around something that is free? Why are companies like IBM, Redhat and others doing it? What is "Open Source" exactly? What are the customer benefits and challenges of open source? What is IBM's involvement in open source? In this presentation, come find the answers to those questions and more. We'll dive down deep into t…

Joe Palen works for Caltrans department of Research and Innovation. He is talking about different projects that Caltrans is working on including some by our very own members like the Bluetooth Traffic System by Darin Barnes. Announcements: A tour of EA games is planned for 11/21/08. Email acmofficers to attend. Schilling Robotics will be out on 11/…

Title: Extreme Project Management Abstract: My presentation centers on successfully accomplishing projects and satisfying customer expectations in environments not conducive to practicing and performing best practices in project management. This presentation brings out the skill sets that every project manager must know for the negotiation of resou…

Title: Agile Software Development and Quality at FTB Abstract: A look at the Agile software development methodology and how it can result in quality software for Franchise Tax Board. As agile softwaqre development practices move into the mainstream, it will be vital that you understand what agile is all about and how agile practices can help you de…

Title: Are we building the right product? Abstract: Customer driven requirements become a formal process that bridge business and technical requirements into Research and Development. Pre Release Validation Test (PRVT) is proactive process of analysis, review and testing that partner with the customer during the development lifecycle to reduce ambi…

Title: Software Development at Google Abstract: Over the past 10 years Google has gone from a startup founded by two computer scientists working on one project to a company with thousands of software developers and computer engineers working on hundreds of different projects. During this time Google has established a reputation for developing appli…

Talk title: How We Entered the Cloud: Computing in the Web Abstract: We are entering a new era in computing. Application development and deliver completely in cyberspace. How did we end up in this new paradigm? What lessons from the past will apply to this future? In the modern software world, the ever increasing pressure to develop more complex ap…

Jack Isberner spent his career working for Intel and retired as a engineering manager with over 200 people reporting to him. He talked about his hiring practices as a manager and what it takes to get a job at intel. Announcements: A tour of EA games is planned for 11/21/08. Email acmofficers to attend. ICPC is coming up. Chance to code outside of c…

Suphatra Paravichai of BrickaBracka.com discussed flash animation and action scripting. Announcements: Console Night (10/17/08) in RVR-3009 See the flyer for more details A tour of EA games is planned for 11/21/08. Email acmofficers to attend. ICPC is coming up. Chance to code outside of class for fun. Winners advance to Regional Competition See th…

Speaker: Cici Mattiuzzi Director, Career Services, College of Engineering and Computer Science Topic: Resume Writing Cici highlighted many important qualities of a good resume. Among her points were: Keep the resume at one page Reduce margins to add space Use tabs to show lists in columnar format Exclude irrelevant history Have it proof read For mo…

President Bender talks about things for the upcoming year. To see the video click hereVon ACM Officers @ Sacramento State

Member Sven Amaya talks about go the chinese board game. We also talked about upcoming events and President Elect Bender talks about things. To see the video click hereVon ACM Officers @ Sacramento State

Eric Branson and Ashkan Gholami answer the tough questions about events and PIZZA during the ACM Event Coordinator Debate. To see the video click hereVon ACM Officers @ Sacramento State

Sven Amaya and Akshat Srivastava answer the some questions during the ACM Secretary Debate. To see the video click hereVon ACM Officers @ Sacramento State

Tim Bender and Russell Bolles answer the tough questions during the ACM Presidential Debate. To see the video click hereVon ACM Officers @ Sacramento State

Dr. Krovetz, who teaches CSC 28, 140 and numerous grad courses talks during is CSC 140 class and ACM Members about Cryptography, what projects he has done and what is Cryptography.To see the video click hereVon ACM Officers @ Sacramento State

Dr. Gordon, who teaches CSC 133, 180 and numerous grad courses came to talk about Artificial Intelligence, and what projects have and can be done in the field of AI at CSUS.To see the video click hereVon ACM Officers @ Sacramento State

We talked about upcoming events and problems. Professor Dick Smith talked about CSC154 and the upcoming Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. Tyler ended the meeting talking about Web Development and different systems from web platforms to CMS'. To see the video click hereVon ACM Officers @ Sacramento State

Cici Mattiuzzi Director, Career Services, College of Engineering and Computer Science talked to students about Resume Building and Interview Tips. For more carrer information at http://www.ecs.csus.edu/career To see the video click hereVon ACM Officers @ Sacramento State