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Siddhant Gupta

Professor Cynthia Alt

BUAD 302

25 October 205

!""" Co#puter Society

!""" $!nstitute of "lectrical and "lectronics "n%ineers& is an online or%ani'ation #ade

for Co#puter Science students and de(elopers) All the resources are located online

includin%* Certification pro%ra#s and eBoo+s) ,hey also hold industry e(ents for

net-or+in% -ith other professionals) ,hey are located in .e- /ersey but since #ost of

the benefits are online* this is not an issue) Usually there are industry panel #eetin%s held

freuently and the #e#bers are notified of these) Other than that there are al-ays

on%oin% pro1ects* -ebinars* eBoo+s and certifications pro%ra#s a(ailable) ,here are no

yearly con(ocations and the cost of 1oinin% the or%ani'ations is 3 for one year) ! feel

that this or%ani'ation -ill be beneficial because it -ill allo- #e to see the different

 pro1ects that people are -or+in% on the industry) Alon% -ith that there are #any

interestin% 1ournals* eBoo+s* #a%a'ines and technolo%y conferences that ! can ta+e

ad(anta%e of if ! 1oin !""") ,hese are pro(ided to #e#bers on discounted prices

A!,P

A!,P $Association of infor#ation technolo%y professionals& 4os An%eles is an

association focused on the people -or+in% in the infor#ation technolo%y field as -ell as

students -ho -ant to be part of it) !t is based in 4os An%eles) ,here are #ultiple e(ents

 posted by this association and they are scattered throu%hout the year) e#bers are

notified of the topic* ti#e and location for these e(ents) ,hey do not ha(e yearly

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con(entions but they ha(e re%ular e(ents) ,he cost of 1oinin% is 30 per year for students)

! feel that this -ould be a beneficial association to be part of since it is relati(ely cheap

for students to 1oin) ,hey host a lot of e(ents that are of topics related to the current

ad(ance#ents in the filed) .ot only that they ha(e (arious net-or+in% e(ents -here ! can

#eet people fro# (arious parts of the co#puter science industry and discuss the topics

that they are -or+in% on) A lot of the conferences held by this or%ani'ation are #ore

infor#ati(e in ter#s of ne- de(elop#ents* -hich ! belie(e -ould be (ery beneficial)

USC student inno(ation institute

,his is an entrepreneurial or%ani'ation at USC that focuses on pro(idin% resources to

students for their startups) ,he technolo%y field is a (astly %ro-in% filed and this allo-s

students to pursue their ideas and #a+e ne- de(elop#ents) ,here are also (arious e(ents

hosted by the or%ani'ation brin%in% in spea+ers fro# (arious technolo%y co#panies in

the re%ion) !nfor#ation about these e(ents is e#ailed to the students throu%h a #ailin%

list -hene(er they are or%ani'ed) ,here is also a hac+er house -here students can

collaborate and -or+ on pro1ects) !f there are pro1ects that the students -ould li+e to -or+ 

on* they could %o to that house* collaborate and code the ideas) !n addition to that there is

also a contest that is hosted each se#ester -here the -inners %et 20*000 in fundin% for

their startups) ,his is a beneficial or%ani'ation to 1oin since ! can #eet students fro# USC

-ho -ant to #a+e ne- ideas) ! can %o to the e(ents hosted by it and ! can -or+ on #y

o-n ideas* -hich is e(entually #y %oal) .ot only that it %i(es #e an opportunity to #eet

other students -ho are -or+in% on their ideas and collaborate -ith the# and %ain

e6perience) "(entually ! could also #a+e a tea# and apply for the co#petition)

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7or+s Cited

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