Resources for Computer Science Students

• 10 a.m. to noon: Henry
• 1 to 2 p.m.: Nikhil
• 2 to 4 p.m.: Roschlynn
• 4 to 6 p.m.: Tharun
• 6 to 8 p.m.: Bhanu

• 2 to 4 p.m.: Roschlynn
• 4 to 6 p.m.: Tharun
• 6 to 8 p.m.: Noah

• 10 to noon: Henry
• 1 to 2 p.m.: Nikhil
• 2 to 4 p.m.: Roschlynn
• 6 to 8 p.m.: Bhanu

• 10 to noon: Tharun
• 2 to 4 p.m.: Roschlynn
• 4 to 6 p.m.: Nikhil
• 6 to 8 p.m.: Bhanu

• 10 a.m. to noon: Henry
• 1 to 2 p.m.: Nikhil
• 2 to 4 p.m.: Roschlynn

• Noon to 2 p.m.: Nikhil
• 2 to 4 p.m.: Noah
• 4 to 6 p.m.: Tharun
• 6 to 8 p.m.: Bhanu

This is the primary student organization for students interested in computer science, with weekly meetings on Mondays at 5 p.m. Please contact acm@slu.edu for more information.

SLU's math/computer science student club traditionally meets at 4 p.m. on Wednesday in the Ritter Hall lobby, offering a mix of activities including outside speakers, games, competitions, field trips, and other opportunities to socialize with fellow students.

SLU's Data Science Club explores how fields such as machine learning are used to extract and apply the knowledge that can be found in large data sets. Efforts rely on both statistical theory and modeling together with programming skills in languages such as Python and R to efficiently analyze data sets. For practical experience (and motivation and fun), the club typically explores data science competitions, such as those at www.kaggle.com or NCAA basketball pools.

Saint Louis University prides itself on its strong commitment and participation in service to the community. This carries over to the field of computer science. Students who are interested in sharing their time and efforts to give back to the community should contact the department chair. Opportunities include mentoring roles for computer science outreach into K-12 and after-school activities, and developing websites or software for non-profit organizations, or volunteering time with local organizations.

Each year the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) sponsors the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC). Students work in teams of three to solve as many problems as possible in a five-hour time period. The available programming languages for the contest are C++ and Java, and Python. Saint Louis University can send up to nine students (three teams of three) to the regional competition.

SLU's campus is within walking distance of the Cortex Innovation Community, a vibrant 200-acre (and growing) innovation hub and technology district. Cortex is home to SLU's Research Innovation Group which works on technology transfer and commercial partnerships. Cortex is also home to the weekly Venture Cafe, which occurs every Thursday from 3-8 p.m. Venture Cafe is a great place for students to connect with members of the tech community in a friendly and informal setting, and they are very open to those who attend regularly and those who might be stopping in for the first time.

There are a steady stream of Hackathons in the Greater St. Louis area.  Check our announcement site for current opportunities, but some past events and dates have included Code with a Cause (February), {eHacks} (March), Globalhack (October), UMSL|Hack (October), ArchHacks (November).

MedLaunch (now SLULaunch) is a healthcare incubator that was founded and sponsored by SLU. Their goal is to improve the standard of healthcare through the engineering and design of creative solutions while also fostering a community of entrepreneurship and collaboration at Saint Louis University. Most of their team projects have computational components and they have been very appreciative when having computer science students participate.

Computer science students at SLU have also participated on teams for various engineering challenges/projects, most notably participating in the annual Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), sponsored by Dr. Srikanth Gururajan, or working as part of SLU's Space Systems Research Laboratory.

There are a variety of activities on campus for those wishing to explore aspects of entrepreneurism. The SLUstart program is designed to help participants ensure that their research and innovations will have greater economic and societal benefit. They welcome applications from students to be trained in the lean startup methodology. There is also a SLU Entrepreneur's Club that hosts a regular series of networking events coined Billicon Valley.