ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
1. Institue of Electrical and Electronics Enginers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is the world's largest technical professional society. It is comprised of over 40,000 student members and 300,000 members who conduct and participate in its activities in more than 150 countries. Its 37 technical societies publish more than 80 transactions, magazines, and journals, covering all areas of electrical engineering. The IEEE also sponsors approximately 200 technical conferences, and conducts over 6000 local meetings each year.
Membership in the Polytechnic Student Branch of the IEEE is open to any undergraduate or graduate student currently enrolled in at least 50% of a normal, full-time course of study in electrical/computer engineering or computer science at Polytechnic Institute of NYU. The student branch is administered by elected student officers with assistance of a faculty advisor, and its overall goal is to promote the students' professional awareness in their chosen field. Activities of the student branch involve: field trips to local engineering firms and professional technical conferences; lectures by invited speakers in the fields of engineering and computer science; tutoring Polytechnic students in the areas of electrical engineering and computer science; organizing technical conferences in which students present senior projects and related material; and interaction with IEEE student branches at other local colleges.
2. Association for Computing Machinery Student Chapter
The ACM is an international professional organization whose 80,000 members all share an interest in computers and their applications. Many of its members are computer science majors; however, there are a large number of computer and electrical engineering majors as well. The student chapter is very active in computer-related events ranging from seminars on how to use the school's UNIX and PC labs, giving courses on various software packages, and engaging in research projects in various areas of computer science. The ACM is a great group to belong to, especially if your future career in any way involves computers. For more information contact Prof. Steele.
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Student Organizations
