We had an amazing talk by Al and Abe (ACM members and founders of DoubleA Studios) they went over on how to create a game from scratch, the tools used to make and publish. The tools they showed were Using Visual Studio, XNA Game Studio, Microsoft's Dreamspark and creating models with Blender and sound with audacity.

Also had a speech from ASI ECS Director Candidate (Caleb Fountain) promoting to vote in the ASI election on April 26th & 27th

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This meeting we introduced the new officers (http://www.ecs.csus.edu/acm/your-new-acm-officers/) those guys showed off our brand new Win7 phone app with some technicalities (thanks to Marcus and William http://www.ecs.csus.edu/acm/acm-windows-phone-7-app/) and showed you some tips and tricks to survive your major (Must use apps, ECS know-hows and more)

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Title: Emerging Cyber Security Issues of the Smart Grid

Abstract:

The smart grid will use automated meters, two-way digital communications technology, and advanced sensors to save energy, improve electricity efficiency and reliability. Use of these systems exposes the electrical grid to potential cyber security and privacy risks. For instance, there have been media reports of fears that a hacker could gain control of thousands, even millions, of meters and shut them off simultaneously; or a hacker might be able to dramatically increase or decrease the demand for power, disrupting the load balance on the local power grid and causing a blackout.

This seminar will discuss smart grid security and privacy issues with the view to answering the following key questions, among others:

• What are some potential cyber security vulnerabilities of the smart grid?

• What cyber security best practices can be used to handle these vulnerabilities?

• Given that smart grid is a critical infrastructure, how are government, industry, and academia working to deal with smart grid cyber security issues?

• What are some unique customer privacy issues introduced by the smart grid?

• What are some potential areas of research and development (R&D) with respect to R&D cyber security of the smart grid?

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What was discussed during the meeting was:

*GDC

*Elections

*SFS Scholarship presentation by Dr. Arad more information about SFS can be found at: http://www.ecs.csus.edu/sfs/

*Artificial Intelligence Talk by Dr. Gordon

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We have a guest speaker, Cici Mattiuzzi, to talk to us about the upcoming ECS Career Fair! She answered questions regarding how to approach employers, what to wear, or maybe some resume help.

Here is a link to the ECS Career Center which Cici is in charge of: http://www.ecs.csus.edu/career/ Please check that website out to find more information about life after your graduation. It is never too soon to prepare.

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The second meeting was also as good as the first. Still a busy room with about 40-50 people. There was lots of updates and reminders of upcoming events.

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This was a triumph! I’m making a note here: huge success! We had a great turnout. Upwards of 60 people attended ACM’s first meeting of the semester.

The meeting opened with a brief description of the club, an introduction to the new ACM Officers, and information on ways to contact us. We talked about upcoming events like CES 2011, and asked members to suggest their own ideas. After a quick discussion about tutoring, we surprised Ash with a birthday cake (accompanied by the song “Still Alive”). The cake was not a lie. Happy Birthday, Ash! Finally, Dr. Kwai-Ting Lan and former officer Dale Fletter concluded the business part of the meeting by endorsing ACM, calling it a great resource for Computer Science students.

With such a crowded room, the free pizza quickly disappeared. There was enough for everyone, but just barely. This was followed by a video game tournament. On one side of the room: Super Smash Brothers on the Wii. On the other side: a PlayStation 3 running Street Fighter. After roughly two hours of gaming, two people emerged victorious: Billy Saetern kicked butt at Street Fighter, and Julien Tran was crowned champion of Super Smash Brothers. Both were awarded free one-year memberships to ACM and fancy official club shirts. Congratulations, guys!

It was a great first meeting, and we hope everyone continues to join us in the future. If you couldn’t make it, that’s OK. Meetings are streamed live via Ustream and can be downloaded via our podcast. Thanks for joining us!

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Dr. Gordon faculty Advisor for our club and teacher of CSC 180 and other courses was the co-host of the 2009 Harbat Classic in Las Vegas NV. This is the video of that event.

President Bailey talks about what is going to happen this year.
Meeting Minutes will follow.

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ACM members Marcus Watstein, Akshat Srivastava, & John Cook went to National Association Engineering Student Council conference at Cal Poly during the Break and one of the presentations was from Sun CIO about IT Services and Software as a Service platform.
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