Clubs and Organizations

Association for Computing Machinery
The JMU student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) organizes a variety of different events and activities of interest to computer science students, including: "tech talks", game nights, meals, job nights, and more.

Computer Forensics Group
The computer forensics group is a forum for everybody at JMU who is interested in computer forensics. Activities in the past have included: presentations of interesting topics and tools, participation in national forensics challenges, provision of data recovery services and development of custom tools. The group is currently in the process of establishing a partnership with the JMU Police Department to provide support for some of their technical problems and to learn about computer crime investigations.

Cyber Defense Club
The Cyber Defense Club is a group of students that is interested in the operational aspects of managing and protecting the network infrastructure. Among other activities, the Cyber Defense Club represents JMU at the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC).

Upsilon Pi Epsilon
Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) is the first honor society for Computer Science. The mission of Upsilon Pi Epsilon is to recognize academic excellence at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in the computing sciences.