California State University, Chico ACM Student Chapter

Congrats to all our recent graduates!!

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The University is closely monitoring the Camp Fire, which started near the community of Pulga in the Feather River canyon. With high winds, it is growing quickl...y and multiple mandatory evacuations have been ordered for residents in and around Paradise. Any faculty, staff, or students who live in the area should not hesitate if they need to evacuate. Use caution and drive carefully. Please note that Skyway is being closed at Bruce Road to traffic into Paradise. Employees should work with your supervisors if you need to leave or cannot reach campus. Students should contact faculty at their convenience. All residents are advised to remain vigilant and prepared as conditions can rapidly change. For evacuation information, the Town of Paradise Call Center is open at 530-872-5951 and Butte County Sheriff is posting updates. An evacuee shelter has opened at the Church of Nazarene in Oroville, at 2238 Monte Vista Ave. Campus remains open. The University will continue to accommodate and support affected faculty, staff, students and their families. We are closely monitoring the situation in partnership with our regional emergency service partners, and will work with the Red Cross should a shelter need to be opened on campus.

A week after MONEY magazine recognized CSU, Chico as one of the nation’s top public colleges, Forbes magazine named the University in its annual America’s Top Colleges list.

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Our students are competing in the ACM Regional ICPC: http://acmicpc-pacnw.org/scoreboard/index1.html

"Since so many devices can now be connected to the Web, we need to protect ourselves no matter where we are. All computers and smart devices are vulnerable. If ...it's connected to the Internet, it can be exploited." Bryan Dixon, assistant professor of computer science at Chico State, is an expert voice on cybersecurity, one of the world's hottest careers right now.

ACM’s International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) regional competition will be held on November 11th at UC Berkeley. We will be sending 5 teams of 3 students on an overnight trip to compete in this fun and challenging event from 11/10-11/11, and are looking for more interested students! Come to the ACM club’s meeting this Friday (10/13) from 4:00-5:00p in OCNL 124 to sign up or get more information! Sample problems from ICPC’s recent qualifier competition:

As an FYI, UPE is putting on a Hack-a-thon on October 28th. More details on flyers on the department & UPE bulletin boards.