For the second time in the last 3 cycles, a school of computing team is headed to North America Finals of Inter Collegiate Programming Competition (ICPC) – the largest competition of its type across the world. The team Athens Wok, with Hiep Pham, Rishith Auluka, and John Song, qualified with a strong showing with the South Division. Accolades were earned by two additional teams in the regional competition: one involving Grayson Krause, David Kan, and Quentin Proels, and another involving Brennan Davenport, James Nguyen, and Vikas Katari.

UGA Computer Science senior David Kan and Data Science senior Jasmine Nguyen won the Most Creative Hack award at Cal Hacks 13.0, UC Berkeley’s flagship hackathon and one of the largest collegiate hackathons in the world, held in San Francisco in late October. Their project, GovTok, turns 311 civic reporting into a short-form video platform. Taking inspiration from TikTok and Instagram Reels, GovTok lets residents report a local problem, like a pothole or a broken streetlight, by recording up to a 20-second video and optionally adding a short description.

New York times recently conducted a very detailed study on earnings across majors and universities. This extensive survey (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/10/07/your-money/college-degree-earnings-guide.html} reports the following very positive results about the Computer Science program at University of Georgia.

Every year, New York University runs CSAW CTF, one of the longest-running cybersecurity competitions for students in the US, within its 23rd edition. 

Reminder that applications are currently being accepted for SoC's Connect Abroad trip to England! Details about the trip can be seen below. Please click this link or scan the QR code to apply! The deadline for these applications will end on September 20th.