The computer society is the largest technical society within IEEE and should be of particular interest to computer engineering students. All of our chapters coordinate closely with the IEEE student branch. You must be a member of either IEEE or ACM in order to join the Computer Society. The Association for Computing Machinery is the oldest professional society that services the computer industry. Its focus is much more narrow than IEEE and more software oriented than the IEEE Computer Society.
Many computer engineers belong to both organizations.
The UMR Student Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery was organized in 1962 and was the second student chapter in the United States. Admission into this organization is by invitation only. Questions concerning the activities of this society and typical entrance requirements may be directed to the local Eta Kappa Nu faculty advisors listed above. This society can often help supply tutors for Electrical Engineering students . Tau Beta Pi is an Honorary Society for Engineering.