Diana Polanco Mejova was awarded with the Santander scholarship to study a semester at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Abimelec Barreiro First Place
in the Programming Competition at Ponce
We encourage our members to further develop the knowledge provided by our professors. We serve as an intermediary between the students and the professors. Also, we promote acitivities to exhance the social, intelectual and professional progress of our members.
Computer Science Student Association was created 20 years ago. Currently, it has been key for our Intercollegiate Programming Competitions. The AECC association is affiliated with the Association of Computer Machinery (ACM).
Computer Science Student Association
The mission of our association is to promote different activities to offer our members all the necessary tools to be succesfull in their personal and professional life.
Computer Science Student Association
The sense of community within our association is what make us special. This is a free space to discuss any type of problem that the members may have. All of our members have a sense of comradery. If any of our member has a problem, we help each other.
Were are going to offer a variety of worshops in which we are looking forward that our members learn, practice, evolve and search for opportunities that meet their expectations and also help them growth during every phase.
Each year we host of our already known Intercollegiate Programming Competitions. Where students from all the colleges of Puerto Rico comes to our college to prove who are the best programmers of Puerto Rico.
Our contest is divided in 3 categories:
We provide a free space of open and friendly enviroment in which our member can discuss, interact, and compete with fellow members. This help students improve their skills in their courses, it serve as a guide for programming competitions. Here, we have the chance to help one another to evolve as a better programmer.
If you have any doubt? Don't waited out! We will be given orientaions in different hours to inform all the students in the program about who we are and what is the mission we want to fufill. If you still have a doubt, send us a message or contact one of the members of our board of directors. We are here to help you, anytime.
We will be given sections of tutories for those members who are in need of them. They will be focused on courses of the Computer Science Department. The services may be given a few days before a test or for a mimimum group of 5 members.
Not everything is work with us. We want our members to have a little bit of fun. This is why we provide movie nights, games tournements, roadtrips, among other things. What are want to achieve with our social activities is to exposed to our members to get to know other members of the association to build friendships that could last years.
Board of Directors of the academic year 2017-2018
“Truth can only be found in one place: the code.”
― Robert C. Martin
"How hard you can get hit and keep moving forward? That's how winning is done!" -Rocky Balboa
Get to know us through pictures of the activities that we host in the academic year. Also, you will find pictures of members of our association awarded with different scholarships or internships, among other accomplishments.
Here you can read some of the experiences of our members.
"The AECC helped me develop leadership skills while I was part of the board of directors and also helped me develop teaching skills while offering theoretical and practical workshops to chapter members."
Ramon Benitez Pagan | AECC Treasurer 2016-2017 www.benitezpagan.com
"The Asociation of Computer Science Students (AECC in spanish) has been without a doubt the most important experience in my bachelors degree. It has helped me develop as a leader within the university, as well as open new doors necessary for my professional growth. The AECC has made me grow into the person I am today."
Carlos Figueroa Soto | AECC President 2016-2017 & Vice President 2015-2016 https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-figueroa-72b713aa
"The AECC has given me so many experiences to be thankful for, as well as helping me meet indivuals who have impacted my life greatly. I'm incredibly grateful for the great team that I worked with. I implore everyone who can, to be a part of the aecc and help other students."
Andres Acevedo | AECC Secretary 2016-2017
In this section you will find our ourstanding students that were part of an internship, earned a scholarship or did anything extraordinary.
Diana Polanco Mejova was awarded with the Santander scholarship to study a semester at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Christian J. Rivera Rivera was 1 of 6 students from all the country awarded with the Rock Solid Scholarship because of his outstanding work in the field of Computer Science.
Allan Fret and Juan Figueroa were selected by the program of Research Experience for Undergraduates to represent our college conducting a research at the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Eduardo Pérez and Tamara Rosario were selected by the program of Research Experience for Undergraduates to represent our college conducting a research in Obiquous Sensing with University of South Florida at the University of Oviedo in Austria, Spain.
If you have any question or recomendation, do not doubt in contacting us. We will answer as soon as possible. Also, if you are a member you can send tell us how has been your experience in the association. Your experience is going to get publish in the section above of member experiences.
Computer Science Association
University of Puerto Rico at Bayamon
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