The Spring Projects Showcase will give an opportunity for our Spring projects teams to present the projects they built in AI, hack, design. Showcases will be open to everyone to provide both a platform for students to gain valuable experience communicating their ideas to a general audience, as well as for those interested to get an idea of what projects are. The first 30 minutes will be explaining the projects system to attendees and interested applicants for the next cycle. The last hour will be a science-fair style demonstration of the projects each team built over the Spring.

Join ACM x Poker Club @ UCSD for Intro to Poker ♠️♥️♣️♦️ - a beginner-friendly introduction to one of the most strategic and widely played card games in the world. In this interactive session 🎲, members from Poker Club @ UCSD and ACM will introduce the fundamentals of poker, focusing on the popular format Texas Hold’em. Attendees will learn the rules of the game, how poker hands are ranked, and the structure of a typical round including betting, folding, and showdown. We’ll also host a free-entry poker tournament 🏆 after the workshop where participants can test their skills in a fun, low-stakes setting. Stick around for the social afterwards 🤝 to meet other students interested in poker, strategy games, and game theory. No prior experience required, just bring curiosity and be ready to play!

Join ACM x Roblox @ UCSD for Intro to Roblox Studio! 🎮✨ A technical workshop followed by a social where you’ll learn how games on Roblox are built. In this hands-on session, developers from the Roblox @ UCSD and ACM community will walk through the fundamentals of Roblox Studio, the platform used to create experiences played by millions of users worldwide 🌎. Attendees will learn how to navigate the development environment, place and manipulate objects, understand basic game structure, and get a first look at scripting with Lua to add interactivity. This workshop is beginner-friendly and open to all experience levels 🚀. After the workshop, stick around for a casual social 🍕🤝 to meet other students interested in game development, ask questions, and learn about future opportunities to collaborate on Roblox projects. No prior experience required. A laptop is highly recommended 💻.

Need a productive but low-pressure space to work? Come to ACM AI’s Study Jam, where students can work on homework, side projects, or interview prep in a relaxed and supportive environment.

We will be celebrating the hard work of the members of ACM and looking back on all our accomplishments, and introducing the new team that will be leading ACM next year. Food and drinks will be provided, and attire is semi-formal/formal.

Take a break and come hang out with ACM Hack at Doyle Park for a relaxed dogs meet-and-greet featuring Chowder! Stop by to meet Chowder, pet some dogs, chat with friends, and enjoy some time outside as the quarter wraps up. No experience with dogs needed, just bring yourself and good vibes.

ACM AI Presents: Stellatro AI Competition ♣️♦️♠️♥️ Train AI bots to choose winning poker hands! Open to all people of all experience & CS/AI backgrounds! Prizes include: Qualcomm AI Development Kits & Snapdragon X-Elite Laptops

Web Scraping 101 is a fast‑paced, beginner‑friendly workshop where students dive into the world of extracting real data straight from the web. ⚡💻 Attendees will learn how modern engineers turn chaotic webpages into clean, structured datasets using practical tools and hands‑on techniques. They’ll break down how sites are built, identify the exact elements they want to capture, handle dynamic content, and build a working scraper that pulls live information right before their eyes. 🔍

Don't have a summer design internship? Not to worry! Come learn how to make the most of a summer without an internship: building portfolio-worthy projects, finding freelance work, and turning your summer break into a competitive edge!

Take a break from midterms and come play pickleball with ACM!! 🥒🏓 You don't need to be a pro, all experience levels are welcome! Please bring your own paddles and balls if you own any 🙏🏻 Depending on how many people show up, we may need to do court rotations.

Step into the world of computer vision and discover how machines make sense of images and video. In this beginner-friendly workshop, we’ll explore the core ideas behind image classification, object detection, and real-world vision applications. Come learn how AI “sees” the world and get a glimpse into one of the most exciting areas of modern technology.

Load Balancer Lab is a hands-on systems engineering workshop where participants learn how modern backend services scale by testing real load balancing strategies in a live simulation environment. Instead of just learning theory, attendees will experiment with traffic routing algorithms, measure performance metrics like latency and reliability, and respond to realistic scenarios such as server slowdowns and failures. Through interactive challenges and guided exploration, participants gain practical insight into how engineers design scalable, high-performance systems — making this workshop an engaging introduction to real-world backend and distributed systems concepts.

ACM members get to go to the climbing gym on campus to go up! And the come down. And go up again! And so on. Sign up for a slot on https://acmurl.com/climb-form !

Ever wanted to learn JavaScript but never knew where to start? This event will give a thorough introduction to the basic functionalities of JavaScript along with the React framework. JavaScript is the base programming language that is used as a blueprint for many kinds of frameworks and libraries that are utilized within web development, so if you want to try and get a good start in your web dev journey, this workshop is a good way to start!

We will be having a collab social with IEE and make dirt cup ice cream in celebration for Earth Day!

Think your CSS skills are cracked? We’ll throw a mystery UI component on the screen and it’s your job to recreate it as fast and as accurately as possible using only HTML + CSS. ⏱️💻 Clean code. Pixel perfection. Pure chaos. Last dev standing wins. 🏆 Whether you’re a Flexbox veteran or still figuring out margin vs. padding, this is your arena. Come learn, experiment, and challenge yourself — beginners welcome, competitive spirit encouraged. 😤✨

Lights, camera, algorithms 🎬🤖! Take a break from coding and come unwind with ACM AI at our AI Movie Night — a chill evening where fiction meets the future 🍿✨. We’ll be screening a hand-picked AI-themed film that dives into big questions: What does it mean to think like a machine? Can intelligence go too far? Or maybe… too human? 🧠💭 From dystopian drama to mind-bending sci-fi, this is your chance to watch tech in action on the big screen 🎥🌌. Come stop by for some free food and a great time with your friends!

Interested in building real-world AI applications? Join us for a hands-on workshop featuring Arduino UnoQ, App Lab Development, and Edge Impulse Integration. Learn how to take a model from concept to app. Hear insights from Qualcomm engineers and experience live demos with a Q&A session

You've probably heard of REST, and how the modern web is built on stateless requests. Ever wondered how that technology works in situations where information has to flow between client and servers constantly? It doesn't -- which is why we need the socket! WebSockets are for handling connections that must stay persistent, such as in a voice call or video game. In this workshop, we'll go over common WebSocket concepts, some example implementations, and walk you through creating your own WebSockets!

Board is recruiting for 2026-2027 school year! Learn more about the different positions we have available at ACM, what the process is like, and ask any questions you have to our current executive team and board members!

Based on the award-winning YouTube series with hot questions and even hotter wings! Watch Professor Joe Politz, who teaches CSE 29/15L and 131, answer deep-cut questions while eating progressively hotter chicken wings.

Explore how modern AI can go beyond the chat! From planning steps, using tools, and completing real tasks with minimal hand-holding, you will learn what makes an AI “agentic,” how agent workflows are structured (goals --> plans --> actions --> feedback), and the practical patterns that turns one-off prompts into reliable automations.

Dive into the full designer tech stack— spanning design systems, no-code platforms, AI tools, and light coding— that bridges creativity and execution. Join us for an interactive workshop where we break down the essential tools and workflows that help designers research, prototype, and ship faster than ever.

Show your bit/byte some appreciation! ✨🌲We'll be scrapbooking, making notes, and doing small crafts!

Ready to spare some time for a fun night out? We’re linking up with ACM SDSU for a bowling collab! 🎳 Whether you’re a pro aiming for a 300 or just trying to keep it out of the gutter, come through for a good time. ✨ 👉 Sign up here: https://acmurl.com/acmbowlingnight Sign-ups close Wednesday, April 8th