Organizations and Activities for
Chicago Area Computing Professionals
The Chicago area offers computing professionals a huge range of activities. Professional society chapters and user-groups meet regularly, usually monthly. Most meetings are open to non-members. Open meetings are either free or moderate cost. Most serve refreshments; some serve a meal.
Organization |
Usual Monthly Meeting |
| ACM Association for Computing Machinery -- The original organization for computing professionals (Chicago chapter since 1962) | Second Wednesdays, Roosevelt University |
| SIM Society for Information Management -- A forum for I.T. executives | Third Wednesdays lunch, Spiaggia |
| C-SPIN Chicago Software Process Improvment Network -- affiliated with the Software Engineering Institute | First Wednesdays, AT&T |
| ABPMP Association of Business Process Management Professionals | - |
| CCS Chicago Computer Society | - |
| APCU Association of Personal Computer Users | Last Saturday mornings, Hyde Park or Wilmette |
| PMI Project Management Institute | - |
| IEEE Computer Society | (This organization may be dormant) |
| CQAA The Chicago Quality Assurance Association | - |
Organization |
Usual Monthly Meeting |
| CJUG Java Users' Group | Second Tuesdays, Loyola Univeristy, Water Tower Campus |
| Oracle Users' Group | - |
| Windy City Linux Users' Group | First Thursdays, Wicker Park restaurant |
| UniForum UNIX Users' Group | Last Tuesdays, IIT Wheaton Campus |
| Python User Group | Second Thursdays |
| Microsoft Project User Group | - |
Many colleges and universities have student chapters of ACM or IEEE Computer Society. Some alumni groups conduct panel discussions and presentations.