Organizations
Student organizations are a vital and important aspect of student life and growth as a computer scientist. By joining a student organization, you will build social and professional networks and deepen your leadership, technical, and communication skills. Students organizations provide an opportunity to engage in fun activities and provide service to the department; your involvement and contributions to an organization should be highlighted on your resume.
The list of CS student organizations is provided below (click on the links to get info on how to join).
Association for Computing Machinery
ACM Student Chapter at UTEP is a community of 160+ students interested in programming, problem-solving and engineering. We are passionate organizing hackathons, datathons, CTF's and building and environment for everyone to succeed. We collaborate with many student organizations to help them grow and involve students into their events. If you are a CS student, or you are interested in learning more about software, we're here for you.
ACM-W Women in Computer Science
The purpose of ACM-W WICS is to support, promote, and empower Women in Computer Science. This is done through outreach projects where we educate young women and girls throughout our border city of El Paso Texas, about Computer Science and technology development, as well as through in-school programs, where we create a network of support for all women in Computer Science, Undergraduate, and Graduate, as well as where we educate all students about the importance of equal representation in the Computer Science field.
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The CIC aims to provide students with practical experience on coding questions that they can expect in a technical interview. The club aims to improve students’ problem solving skills through practice problems, mock interviews, technical workshops, and extracurricular presentations. The club also serves as a community where students can support each other and feel empowered to successfully interview and further benefit students' professional development.
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We are a student organization focused on helping students create games. Become a member and learn how to make games and where to find the resources improve your game development skills. Although our projects are primarily associated with Computer Science, we encourage students from different majors to join as making a game is not limited to just programming. GameBuilders works closely with the research group ISG, Interactive Systems Group, and UTEP professors Dr. David Novick and Dr. Nigel Ward to develop these interactive demonstrations.
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The Irish Bunnies is a cyber-security focused student group that participates in online CTFs. We also promote the education of cyber-security concepts to enhance members in becoming better candidates. We encourage students of all backgrounds and skill levels to join. Workshops are conducted with the goal of demonstrating new and exciting technologies in cyber-security! Ultimately, providing the skills that will start or propel your career in cyber-security.
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UPE is an International Honor Society for the Computing Sciences. Founded in 1967, UPE is an honorary society whose membership consists of outstanding undergraduate and graduate students of the Computing Sciences.
