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When the Rensselaer Center for Open Source Software (RCOS) was established in 2007, there were four student members, working on two open source projects. The seed money for RCOS was donated by Sean O’Sullivan ’85, a member of the Rensselaer Board of Trustees and founder of MapInfo, JumpStart International, and other companies, with the intention to “support the development of open software solutions to promote civil societies in the United States and across the globe.” Part of the Computer Science Department, RCOS is growing dramatically; there are now more than 160 student members, with over half of those new to the center this year.
To join, a student needs to start or become involved with an existing open source project, one that somehow serves the greater good. Every aspect of that project—plans, progress, issues, goals, and most importantly, the code—must be open, available, and transparent.
HackRPI is a student run club that is responsible for the planning, organization and running of the annual RPI hackathon. In past years, more than 500 hackers from the region participated in the hackathon and participated in competitions in many different software categories.
As the only International Honors Society for the computing and information disciplines, the membership of Upsilon Pi Epsilon consists of outstanding undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of Computer Science, Information Technology, and Computer Engineering. Members are chosen not only for their scholastic achievement in a computing field, but also for distinguishing themselves as true professionals by meeting the standards of the society. Members also provide a number of services to the Rensselaer community through tutoring services and remediation sessions.
The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Committee on Women in Computing strives to recruit, engage, and rejoice in the accomplishments of female computer scientists within the institute. By providing a variety of workshops, networking events, and career advancement opportunities, the chapter strives to create equal opportunity and diversification in CS-related fields.
RPISEC is a computer security club for students interested in topics rarely covered in the Computer Science and Information Technology curriculum: network security, cryptography, application vulnerabilities, and others. The club holds interactive presentations, competes in and hosts wargames, and fosters research in a safe and legitimate environment.
Girls Who Code is a social and professional club that strives to connect girls and help them further their computer science skills.
The Computer Science Graduate Council (GC) provides an interface between the CS graduate student body at RPI and the faculty members.
Coding&&Community is a passionate group of students from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute whose goal is to close the disparities in education opportunities for computer science, related to race/ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status.
