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st three years of the ACM Student Chapter Maribor
Iztok Fister Jr. Niko Lukacˇ
University of Maribor University of Maribor
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science Science
Smetanova 17, 2000 Maribor Smetanova 17, 2000 Maribor
Slovenia Slovenia
iztok.fister1@um.si niko.lukac@um.si
Background year electronic subscription for the ACM’s student maga-
zine XRDS, and access to quarterly editions of the ACM
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is one of Student Quick Takes (SQT) newsletter. The Chapter was
the largest associations for the Computer Science field in the created when 10 future members met together in order to
world. In recent years, it has enabled the establishment of elect the first Committee and set the goals for the Chapter
local student chapters, at a university or community level, in the inaugural year. In that meeting, the members dis-
besides already growing professional chapters. The Student cussed activities, where most of the words were dedicated
Chapter ACM Maribor was officially founded in 2015, as to the first internal workshop that was planned to be orga-
the first such Chapter in Slovenia. The idea was born when nized in May, 2015. During the first meeting, members also
Iztok Fister Jr. and Niko Lukaˇc, who were graduate stu- discussed other aspects of the Chapter, such as financing,
dents, discussed the problem that undergraduate and grad- establishment of an internal mailing list, supporting and ad-
uate students of Computer Science programs did not col- vertisement of the Chapter through all channels, especially
laborate enough. This was even more apparent due to the a website (screen shoot is shown in Fig. 1). Table 1 presents
research fields of various laboratories at the Faculty. Fur- the first elected student members in 2015. After a period of
thermore, there was a lack of student workshops and con- one year, new Chapter members were elected (Fig. 2), mak-
ferences, which would connect students in Maribor. The ing the following appointments (Table 2). Future officials
and members agreed that one year of being an official is not
enough to implement greater ideas in the Chapter. The offi-
cials’ period has, therefore, been extended to two years (by
March, 2018).
Position Person
Chair Iztok Fister Jr.
Vice Chair Niko Lukaˇc
Secretary Denis Kolednik
Treasurer Danijel Zˇlaus
Membership Chair Sˇtefan Kohek
Web Masters Jani Dugonik, Uroˇs Mlakar
Figure 1: Website of ACM Student Chapter Mari- Table 1: First officials of the ACM Student Chapter
bor. Maribor (From March, 2015 to March, 2016).
possibility of meeting domestic students and students from Position Person
other Slovenian universities, as well as participation in joint
student conferences, was a big reason for the creation of this Chair Uroˇs Mlakar
Chapter. Moreover, the ACM Student Chapter’s members Vice Chair Sˇtefan Kohek
gain great benefits, such as complimentary subscription to Secretary Denis Kolednik
ACM communications, a free acm.org email address, a full- Treasurer Danijel Zˇlaus
Membership chair Duˇsan Fister
Web Master Jani Dugonik
Table 2: Second officials of the ACM Student Chap-
ter Maribor (From March, 2016 to March, 2018).
StuCoSReC Proceedings of the 2017 4th Student Computer Science Research Conference DOI: https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-7023-40-4.13-14 13
Ljubljana, Slovenia, 11 October
Iztok Fister Jr. Niko Lukacˇ
University of Maribor University of Maribor
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science Science
Smetanova 17, 2000 Maribor Smetanova 17, 2000 Maribor
Slovenia Slovenia
iztok.fister1@um.si niko.lukac@um.si
Background year electronic subscription for the ACM’s student maga-
zine XRDS, and access to quarterly editions of the ACM
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is one of Student Quick Takes (SQT) newsletter. The Chapter was
the largest associations for the Computer Science field in the created when 10 future members met together in order to
world. In recent years, it has enabled the establishment of elect the first Committee and set the goals for the Chapter
local student chapters, at a university or community level, in the inaugural year. In that meeting, the members dis-
besides already growing professional chapters. The Student cussed activities, where most of the words were dedicated
Chapter ACM Maribor was officially founded in 2015, as to the first internal workshop that was planned to be orga-
the first such Chapter in Slovenia. The idea was born when nized in May, 2015. During the first meeting, members also
Iztok Fister Jr. and Niko Lukaˇc, who were graduate stu- discussed other aspects of the Chapter, such as financing,
dents, discussed the problem that undergraduate and grad- establishment of an internal mailing list, supporting and ad-
uate students of Computer Science programs did not col- vertisement of the Chapter through all channels, especially
laborate enough. This was even more apparent due to the a website (screen shoot is shown in Fig. 1). Table 1 presents
research fields of various laboratories at the Faculty. Fur- the first elected student members in 2015. After a period of
thermore, there was a lack of student workshops and con- one year, new Chapter members were elected (Fig. 2), mak-
ferences, which would connect students in Maribor. The ing the following appointments (Table 2). Future officials
and members agreed that one year of being an official is not
enough to implement greater ideas in the Chapter. The offi-
cials’ period has, therefore, been extended to two years (by
March, 2018).
Position Person
Chair Iztok Fister Jr.
Vice Chair Niko Lukaˇc
Secretary Denis Kolednik
Treasurer Danijel Zˇlaus
Membership Chair Sˇtefan Kohek
Web Masters Jani Dugonik, Uroˇs Mlakar
Figure 1: Website of ACM Student Chapter Mari- Table 1: First officials of the ACM Student Chapter
bor. Maribor (From March, 2015 to March, 2016).
possibility of meeting domestic students and students from Position Person
other Slovenian universities, as well as participation in joint
student conferences, was a big reason for the creation of this Chair Uroˇs Mlakar
Chapter. Moreover, the ACM Student Chapter’s members Vice Chair Sˇtefan Kohek
gain great benefits, such as complimentary subscription to Secretary Denis Kolednik
ACM communications, a free acm.org email address, a full- Treasurer Danijel Zˇlaus
Membership chair Duˇsan Fister
Web Master Jani Dugonik
Table 2: Second officials of the ACM Student Chap-
ter Maribor (From March, 2016 to March, 2018).
StuCoSReC Proceedings of the 2017 4th Student Computer Science Research Conference DOI: https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-7023-40-4.13-14 13
Ljubljana, Slovenia, 11 October
