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invitations to outside events. Such events may be
sent to us via the central ACM people, or may
brought to our attention by individual members. Current
announcements are: Reflections
| Projections 1998
The following is from the University of
Illinois ACM chapter:
The student chapter of the Association for
Computing Machinery at the University of Illinois
is hosting Reflections | Projections, its annual
student computing conference, on October 2-4,
1998, and we want you to attend.
Held in the Digital Computer Lab on campus,
Reflections | Projections offers students from
all over the country a chance to interact with
computer industry professionals and to peek into
the future of computing.
The conference begins with an employment fair
on Friday, October 2, from 10-5. Thirty companies
will be recruiting in the DCL atrium, including
Abbott Laboratories; Crowe, Chizek, and Company
LLP; CSG Systems, Inc.; International
Telecommunication Data Systems; Lante
Corporation; Lucent Technologies; Motorola, Inc.;
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; STR; and Wolfram
Research, Inc.
Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of C++, will
deliver the keynote address on Saturday. In
addition, there are sessions covering these and
more topics: Distributed Computing using Java
Spaces, WindowsCE, Art and Music for Computer
Scientists, Software Components, Mandatory Access
Control and Other High Level Operating System
Security Mechanisms, Pitfalls in Real Time
Operating System Design, Practical Graphics
Programming, Using Computers to Solve Genetics
Problems, Java and Object Databases, and the
Personal Software Process. There will be a round
table discussion of Free Software and Open Source
Development as well as a discussion of Women in
Computer Science.
Also returning for its fourth year is
MechMania, an artificial intelligence programming
contest. Last year, teams from 8 different states
battled to colonize extraterrestrial landscapes
with their mechanical warriors. This year, 15
teams will compete to conquer the Vinyl Frontier.
The contest is sponsored by Trilogy.
If you are a representative of an ACM chapter
or other group of computer enthusiasts, consider
attending the regional chapter meeting on Sunday
morning. It is a way for you to exchange ideas
with other groups around the country. If you are
interested in attending, please mail acm@uiuc.edu
and include anything you would like to discuss.
For complete information about the conference,
take a look at
http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/conference. Online
registration is available there. Everyone is
encouraged to attend - no ACM affiliation is
required. Free housing with UIUC students is
available.
The registration fee is $15, which includes
entrance to all conference events, meals for the
weekend, inclusion of your resume in the
conference resume book, and a T-shirt. If you
register before September 18, you will be
eligible to win free software from Microsoft and
Red Hat and free books from O'Reilly. You can
mail your payment and resume to the ACM office
before the conference: ACM Conference, 1304 W.
Springfield Ave. MC258, Urbana, IL 61801.
If you have any questions about the
conference, please email
reflections@acm.uiuc.edu.
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