Tech Student Organizations | CS at UCLA (WIP)

This document is still in progress! It’ll be ready on Tuesday, Sept 21st - we promise :)

This is a community-driven resource for all of the tech-related student organizations at UCLA! We wrote this document specifically for the CS Welcome Day, though the goal of this document is to be continually updated throughout the year.

If you’d like, view this on a website instead.

I’m a student. How do I use this doc?

Check out the the total clubs list or the upcoming fall events to see general meetings and info sessions for clubs!

Then, feel free to browse the clubs by category:

I’m a student leader. How can I add or update our organization to this doc?

See our CONTRIBUTING.md. If you have no experience with git/GitHub/markdown and are a bit confused, please shoot matt an email at matt@matthewwang.me.

the list

organization type(s) of org application required? short description
ACM at UCLA software-focus no application required! UCLA’s largest tech community focused on making CS & tech accessible to everyone.
AIRES software-focus yes At the AI Robotics Ethics Society, we focus on educating tomorrow’s AI leaders in ethical AI principles to ensure AI is created ethically and responsibly.
Creative Labs software-teams yes; per-project A community of UCLA creatives working on cool projects to discover even cooler passions.
Datares software-focus yes We provide a platform for aspiring data scientists and analysts to collaborate on impactful data projects.
exploretech.la education-and-outreach yes exploretech.la is a student organization that hosts an annual event aimed at encouraging & inspiring local high school students to pursue possibilities in computer science, engineering, and technology.
HKN academic no; minimum GPA requirement HKN is the EE honors society. They provide tutoring for lower div CS classes.
IEEE hardware-focus yes We have devoted our energies towards bringing hands-on, practical experiences to engineering students throughout the campus, as well as creating opportunities for students to interact with industry professionals, develop their professional skills and more.
LA Hacks software-teams yes One of Southern California’s biggest hackathons, bringing over 1000 students to Pauley Pavilion for 36 hours of innovation, creativity and execution.
Nova software-teams yes a team of students at UCLA who aim to create high-impact technology that empowers nonprofits to better serve their communities.
SWE @ UCLA diversity and inclusion No SWE-UCLA aims to promote diversity and professional development opportunities to the UCLA engineering community.
TBP academic no; minimum GPA requirement TBP is the Engineering honors society. They provide tutoring for engineering classes like Physics and Math.
UCLA Campus Events Commission (CEC) software-team yes CEC is a student-run group that organizes free film, speaker, and concert events for students.
UCLA DevX software-team yes DevX is a program dedicated to solving that very problem! Build out real-world projects to help tackle pressing problems frustrating the UCLA community, grow your technical skills by pairing up with experienced students, and build a network that lasts beyond graduation.
UCLA Student Media software-teams yes UCLA Student Media has multiple tech-related sections including Daily Bruin’s Online, the Stack and Bruinwalk sections, as well as UCLA Radio Web.
Unmanned Aerial Systems at UCLA hardware-focus no UAS@UCLA designs and builds autonomous drones.
UPE at UCLA academic no; minimum GPA requirement UCLA’s Computer Science honor society.
WATT diversity-and-inclusion no We are a technical advocacy group for women and minorities in Electrical Engineering, operating as a branch of IEEE’s WIE (Women In Engineering).

upcoming fall events

organization event title date and time (PT) location link and/or RSVP
ACM at UCLA ACM Fall General Meeting Mon 09/27, 6:00-7:30 PM in-person/hybrid GM Page
Blueprint Blueprint Fall General Meeting TBD TBD TBD
Creative Labs Creative Labs Fall General Meeting TBD TBD TBD
DevX DevX General Applications - Fall TBD TBD TBD
exploretech.la TBD TBD TBD TBD
IEEE IEEE Fall General Meeting Wed 09/29, 6:00-8:00 PM TBD GM Page
NOVA NOVA Fall Recruitment TBD TBD TBD
SWE @ UCLA SWE Fall General Meeting TBD TBD TBD
Unmanned Aerial Systems at UCLA TBD TBD TBD TBD
WATT at UCLA WATT Fall General Meeting TBD TBD TBD

Resources and Thanks

This document was inspired by the Welcome to UCLA CS - 2020 article written by Katherine Chong, then the EVP of ACM at UCLA. It was written for the 2020 CS Welcome Day.

This document is the brainchild of Kendrake Tsui, the CS Advocacy Director for UPE. Matt Wang, the president of ACM at UCLA, set up the technical details; Spurthi Rallapalli, the Student Relations Director and Lobbying Director for SWE at UCLA, helped fill out a significant portion of the information.

Licensing

The contents of this repository are dual-licensed under the MIT License and the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License; feel free to use whichever license suits your purpose better.

We’d love to hear if you found this helpful, or if you have any suggestions! Please submit an issue, or send us an email - either to ACM at acm@ucla.edu or to Matt at matt@matthewwang.me.