Manage ACM Projects.

<aside> 💡 The Projects team organizes and runs ACM’s projects system. This includes reviewing and accepting applicants for our projects system, as well as coordinating and running projects related events. There are a few varieties of projects: AI, Design, and Hack. Projects team is also in charge of organizing and working with mentors. The team works with highly motivated members to give them the opportunity to go beyond what they learn in courses. This team has a more tail-end heavy workload at the beginning and end of quarters.

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<aside> ❓ Interested in Projects? Feel free to contact Alan Mayer (yelbuzz on Discord) if you have any questions or just wanna talk about it!

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Vice President Projects

Overview

The Vice President Projects will be responsible for heading the ACM Projects program, a cross-community collaborative system that guides students with working with a team in making a over the course of a quarter. You will be working alongside project leads and mentors across the ACM Communities for collaboration, as well as reaching out to other communities and professors for sponsorship. You will also be managing the discord server and ensuring people throughout projects are included and engaged.

Application

Closes: April 11th at 11:59pm

<aside> 🔷 acmurl.com/apply-exec

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Internal Development

We will be focusing on building a tight-knit, focused team for Projects next year. Our team will primarily consist of those that excel in the fields we offer projects for, to regularly mentor and support teams throughout the year. So that the subject specific leads can best be focused on that, it will help to have someone focused on purely on reliably handling logistics throughout the year.

Projects Director

• Projects directors work closely with the Projects team to direct workshops and assist in planning showcases. Project directors should be experienced in a broad range of skills - planning and building events, and development practices. Primary logistical commitments involve:
  • Coordinating with other branches of ACM to handle the logistics and marketing for events. This includes submitting event host forms, arranging logistics around food for events, and ensuring we have room code access for rooms that require it. There are two primary events that the Projects team host.
    • Showcase, where the previous quarter’s teams get a chance to show any interested students the projects they made.
    • Kickoff, where admitted applicants get to meet their teams and mentors in person for the first time.
  • Arranging and hosting regular projects stand ups. This will involve closely overseeing progress of all of the teams and handling the scheduling and locations (remote likely) for stand ups.

External: Project Leads

short for lead(er) i guess? not really sure how we ended up with this nomenclature but trust that its much less confusing than 2 years ago.

Overview

Project Leads will have a permanent position throughout the year, working alongside another mentor to lead project teams. You will be a permanent lead of at least 1 team per quarter, with a co-mentor to support you. Additionally, you will be responsible for ensuring on a regular basis that all teams in your subject area, including those that you are not personally mentoring, have the support they need and are making sufficient progress. This is primarily a role for you to guide and help others while passing on your experience - as well as giving you the opportunity to step in and contribute to the project itself.

AI Projects Lead: work closely with the AI project teams and mentors. You will meet with teams and mentors on a regular basis to check in with the team and to ensure AI mentors have adequate support throughout each project. Additionally, they are responsible to mentor at least 1 AI team per quarter. They should have experience with working with AI tools like Pytorch, Python, modern LLM tools, and more. A strong interest in what’s possible with foundational state of the art models as well as a strong understanding of the underlying math across machine learning topics is preferred.

Design Projects Lead: work closely with Design project teams and mentors. You will ensure Design teams have adequate support throughout each project, such as teaching Figma and other design tools. Additionally, they are responsible for 1 Design team per quarter.