The ACM at NYU

Interview Night

admin — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 06:40:13 +0000

Hope you all had a nice, relaxing break. Just a reminder that we’re having interview night (again) on Tuesday, March 20th, at 7pm in room 317. This is a great opportunity to learn some good techniques for CS interviews, learn what to expect from them, and get a little bit of practice with algorithm/logic questions. It’s a great opportunity if you think you might be working as a software engineer, even if you already have some experience. And we’ll have free food.

P.P.S. Unless noted otherwise, our meetings are in Courant (CIWW) at 251 Mercer Street, New York, NY

The Coming Monday — Derek: Tech Talk about Tumblr!!!

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:25:18 +0000

Let’s keep this blog short, so it might imitate a “tumblelog.”

Event: Derek Gottfrid (derekg.org), API lead at Tumblr, will give us an interesting tech talk about Tumblr
Date: February 27, 2012 Monday
Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Courant Institue Room 517
Address: 251 Mercer Street, New York

Tech Startups and Wall Street

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:57:07 +0000

When: Tuesday, February 7th
Where: 251 Mercer St, Room 317

About the Talk
SecondMarket is continuously iterating and developing its platform for trading alternative assets. In this talk, find out from Michael Lysaght, SecondMarkets VP of Engineering, how its technology platform has gone through a number of major overhauls, the reasons for these changes and where we are today. Also Michael will discuss how software is built at SecondMarket using a blend of Test Driven Development, Agile and Scrum.

How We Work
SecondMarket’s technology team has 45 people and is located downtown in the heart of the financial district. Even though we operate in the financial markets, our goal is to dramatically change the way in which these markets work. At our core, we operate as a small technology startup. Our development teams are cross functional comprising of Engineers, Product Management, Interaction Designers and QA, all working together on the same product. Software is developed using short development cycles of two
weeks or less, so we experience the gratification of seeing our work in production quickly and often. We use industry best practices such as continuous integration and continuous deployment. Our culture is central to who we are. We encourage participation in the local NY community and we all share a passion for learning.

About SecondMarket
SecondMarket is the marketplace for alternative investments and an online destination to get market data, connect with other investors and transact in assets such as private company stock, fixed income, public equity and bankruptcy claims. SecondMarket makes it easier to transact in fragmented markets by connecting buyers and sellers in an online investment platform and providing the market and operations expertise to complete trades. Since the firm was founded in 2004, more than 75,000 individuals and institutions have signed up to SecondMarket and billions of dollars in alternative investment transactions have been completed.

ACM’s First Joint Venture with Poly’s EIA, Featuring Fred Wilson

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:48:54 +0000

Join NYU Poly’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Association for their first event of the spring semester: Commercializing your idea! Hear start-up success stories from names like Fred Wilson of Union Square ventures, mingle with fellow entrepreneurs while you grub on delicious FREE food! EIA seeks to create an ecosystem that will build on NYU Poly’s i2e mission: providing students with the concepts of entrepreneurship, the benefits of self-employment, and the step-by-step path for launching and commercializing ideas.

When: February 10th, 4pm-6pm
Where: LC 400, @NYU Poly
Why: Because it will be awesome
For more information and to RSVP please email Polyentrepreneurs@gmail.com

Spring 2012 ACM Meetings

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:54:40 +0000

ACM meetings are on every Tuesday nights at 7PM this semester. We planned lots of exciting nights for you. You can take a look at our tentative agenda at http://cs.nyu.edu/~acmweb/wordpress/?page_id=25. Besides, you can sign up our mailing list for updated information at http://bit.ly/acmatnyu. The first meeting will be next week, 31st January 2012. We are looking forward to seeing you!

Weekly ACM Meeting Fall ‘11

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:49:14 +0000

What’s up, nerds?
We host a weekly meeting every Monday from 8:00 PM in CIWW Room 312.
Spend this awesome semester with coding, planning, playing and hacking (Max’s words) with us!
See you all there!
ACM

Memefactory is Friday April 22nd at 8:30 pm in CIWW 109.

admin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:25:00 +0000

meme/mēm/Noun
1. An element of a culture or behavior that may be passed from one
individual to another by nongenetic means, esp. imitation.

Have you ever wondered where memes come from? Be prepared to take a
tour through the internet: the good, the bad, but mostly the ugly. The
gentlemen of memefactory will take you through /b/, the rules of the
internet, how to piss off Xzibit, how much power you need (hint: it’s
> 9000), what you should do when the low battery light comes on and
you’re busy (challenge accepted), how to save money, and more. There
will be pizza and soda, as usual. Don’t miss this one. Seriously.
We’ve been planning this all year.

Memefactory is Friday April 22nd at 8:30 pm in CIWW 109.

A great video by Eric Hong: ACM @ NYU - MakerBot + EggBot

admin — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:34:17 +0000

Like the video?
Just come to our weekly meetings.
The MakerBot and the EggBot are waiting for you =)

ACM @ NYU

Daniel Goddemeyer will give a talk about IDEO this Tuesday

admin — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 06:26:13 +0000

Daniel Goddemeyer, an employee at IDEO will come in to meet us on 3/22 (first Tuesday back from break).
We will start at our usual 7 pm and would go for about an hour or so.
You will want to go to room 317 in Warren Weaver Hall (251 Mercer Street, New York NY).

What is IDEO? source: Wikipedia
IDEO is a design and innovation consultancy founded in Palo Alto, California, United States with other offices in San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Boston, London, Munich and Shanghai. The company helps design products, services, environments, and digital experiences. Additionally, the company has become increasingly involved in management consulting.

ACM meeting tomorrow (3/1)

admin — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 02:57:08 +0000

Hello,

We will be having a meeting tomorrow (3/1) at 7 PM in CIWW 317. We will be working on both the 3D printer and Egg Bot, but the highlight of tomorrow will 3 more demos. They are:

Tengchao: Another implementation of SOLE that integrates the hash function of Blake, one of the SHA-3 finalists.
Andrew: Graphics, animation, and UI with Processing
Tamreen: Quick Introduction to Haskell

See you all there!