Looking to land your first internship? Kickstart your hunt with ACM Projects wherein you'll be placed on an application development team under the guidance of a project manager and an industry mentor (member of Industry). After the near semester long program you will present your fully fledged application in front of a panel of judges during presentation night!
meet the directors
Abis Naqvi
Projects Director
Kanchan Javalkar
Projects Director
experience
It helped me land my first internship!
I was able to join a community!
I made lots of friends and networked with industry professionals
An invaluable/great/wonderful program to gain real world experience
S24 1st Place
SAGE
Have you ever asked your advisor a question only to wait weeks for a response? Many times, advisors get flooded with questions that have simple answers or problems that are easy to resolve. SAGE is an advisor chatbot that can answer your questions quickly and efficiently, so you don’t have to worry about it. On top of this, SAGE can view your profile to help you make decisions about future classes and even generate personalized degree plans. Take the stress out of the logistics and just ask SAGE for help with your inquiries and classes!
members: Ethan Varghese, Shraddha Subash, Ram Gudur, Maruthi Eranki
project lead Abis Naqvi
S24 2nd Place
RPG
RPG is a game with endless maps to explore and enemies to slice through. Through procedural generation, no map will look the same as you explore and find the final boss room. Although the backstory and setting of the game will be decided by the participants, it will be a 2D Top Down RPG hack and slash roguelike.
members: Aendri Singh, Faizaan Siddiqui, Jose Garcia, Lana Barakat
project lead Kacie Yee
F23 1st Place
ShareSched
Have you ever wanted to compare schedules with a friend but found it too tedious to compare every little time, professor, and location? ShareSched is an app that allows you to upload a picture of a schedule and extract the key details from it. ShareSched can also find similarities in your schedule and your friend’s whether it’s location, professor, class section, or more! ScareSched is the app you need when schedule planning time comes up.
members: Noel Emmanuel, Nadeeba Atiqui, Aldrin Roshan, Aizan Kalam
project lead Karina Batra
frequently asked questions
•What is the application process like?
The first step is to fill out our application. Our application consists of general questions intended to give us insight into your previous development and leadership experience. From these applications, we select the most promising candidates for one-on-one interviews. The interview is the last step of the application process. Based on the application and interview, we select the very best candidates to create around 8 teams of 5 people.
•How do I stand out during the application process?
Be genuine! We want to see your passion for technology and desire to learn. We can only judge your experience and character based on what we see in the application, so fill all of the questions out! Leaving questions blank is a lost opportunity for us to learn more about you.
•Do I need to have prior development experience?
ACM Projects is designed for those new to software development. Although some experience is great, we're looking for passionate and committed candidates who have a desire to learn and grow in software development
•How is ACM Projects structured?
You will be placed into a team of five students with a project and a mentor. We will have weekly (and mandatory) build nights every Wednesday from 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm. This is time for you to work with your team, meet with your mentor and learn. Some build nights may include a short tech-related workshop designed to diversify your tech skills.
•What is the time commitment?
The minimum time commitment is the 1.5 hours required for each weekly build night. Beyond this, you and your team may need extra time to complete your project so it's up to you to schedule the time amongst yourselves.