Student Organizations
MAA/ACM Joint Student Chapter
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The Belmont University mathematics and computer science club is a joint Student Chapter of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The MAA and ACM are two of the most prominent professional organizations in mathematics and computer science, respectively. Our MAA/ACM chapter meets regularly throughout the semester. Each meeting has time for snacks, announcements, and discussion. Sometimes we play a game, other times we have a mini-lecture by a student or professor, but we always have fun! MAA/ACM also sponsors a very popular Game Day each semester at which faculty and students come together to play board games, card games, and video games. Finally, MAA/ACM performs community service, such as tutoring or helping out with Belmont's Family Literacy Day, each year. For up-to-date information, pictures, and more, check out the Belmont MAA/ACM Joint Student Chapter webpage. |
Spring 2010 Activities
| February 5 | 10:00 a.m. | HSB208 | MAA/ACM club meeting |
| March 2 | 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Massey Boardroom | School of Sciences Colloquium Series - Dr. Dan Funk, Vanderbilt University, will present "Ecological adaptation, specialization, and speciation: causal connections?" A reception will follow the talk. |
| March 5 | 10:00 a.m. | HSB208 | MAA/ACM club meeting |
| April 9 | 10:00 a.m. | HSB208 | MAA/ACM club meeting |
| April 9 | 4:00-7:00 p.m. | Hitch 2nd Floor | GAME DAY! |
| April 12 | 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Beaman A&B | School of Sciences Colloquium Series - Dr. Seraphine Shen-Miller will present "Cultivating a Research Mind: Examples from Materialism and Well-Being" - A reception will be held prior to the talk. |
| April 30 | 4:00 - 6:30 p.m. | HSB209 | Movie Night! |
2009/2010 MAA/ACM Student Chapter Officers:
President: Heather Ellis
Vice-President: Andrew Kaley
Secretary: Stephanie Bobo
Treasurer: Robbie Woolsey
Faculty advisors: Dr. Andy Miller, Dr. Bill Hooper
| The 2009 ACM Mid-Southeast Conference was held in Gatlinburg, TN on November 12-13, 2009. Belmont senior Ross Buffington presented a talk on Game Implementation for Increasing Mental Engagement of Security Professionals. His talk was based on the research he did in an REU last summer at the University of Houston. Dr. William Hooper gave a talk titled Assembly on the PlayStation 3 in which he discussed assembly language programming with the Sony PlayStation 3. Dr. Joyce Crowell also attended the ACM conference.
Ross' presentation earned him Honorable Mention honors, meaning his presentation was in the top six of the more than 30 presentations of undergraduate students from institutions such as Austin Peay, UT Martin, Furman, Armstrong Atlantic, East TN State, Mississippi Valley State, Jackson State, Columbus State, Samford, Wofford and MTSU. |
Students Compete in ‘Battle of the Brains'
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Six Belmont students competed in the 34th annual IBM-sponsored Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest, also known as the "Battle of the Brains," regional competition Oct. 24, 2009 at Tennessee Technological University. Tens of thousands of students in more than 90 countries participate in the global competition, and the top 100 regional champions will go on to compete Feb. 1-6, 2010 in Harbin, China. Team one, also known as "Force Quit," with Ross Buffington, Heather Ellis and Will Proffitt, placed 4th overall by solving 4 problems in 256 minutes. Team two, also known as "Bandits," with Cory Hughes, Trevor Hinesley and Hank Carter, came in 9th overall by solving 4 problems in 434 minutes. Here is a link to all of the results: http://score.cigas.net/cgi-bin/mcpc2009.cgi?view=3 |
