Join
Free. No experience needed. No application.
Three steps
Join the Discord
Announcements and conversation between meetings.
Open DiscordSign up for the mailing list
Hear about meetings and events by email.
Come Thursday
Thursdays, 7–8 PM · Clark Hall G004
Mailing list
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Member
Anyone who joins. Come to whatever interests you.
Active Member
Attend at least half of the general meetings in a semester.
Project team
Work on a research project in one of the three tracks.
Run for office
Stand in an FCS election. Officers must be full-time UVA students.
Dues
$10 / semester · $15 / academic year · voluntary
Dues are never required for membership, meetings, education, research, or officer eligibility. Ask the Treasurer for a full waiver at any time; requests are confidential.
Questions
Do I need experience?
No. Curiosity is enough. There’s no application, and every level of experience is welcome.
What does it cost?
Nothing. Dues are voluntary ($10 a semester or $15 a year), the Treasurer waives them confidentially on request, and they are never required for anything.
How much time does it take?
As much as you want to give. The general meeting is one hour: Thursdays, 7–8 PM · Clark Hall G004. Project teams take more time, and joining one is your call.
Who can join?
UVA students, faculty, staff, and alumni. At least 51% of members are UVA students, and officers must be full-time UVA students.
How is FCS different from ML@UVA, VAISI, or doQuantum UVA?
FCS is a research society for the whole computing stack: systems and AI infrastructure, AI models, and theoretical computer science, with student teams running their own research projects.
We’re glad ML@UVA, the Virginia AI Security Initiative (VAISI), and doQuantum UVA exist, and we’d encourage you to join them too. If quantum computing is your main interest, doQuantum UVA is the place for it; at FCS, quantum shows up as one topic within theoretical CS.
Non-discrimination
Frontier Computing Society at the University of Virginia does not restrict its membership, programs, or activities on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identity, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family or genetic information.
Frontier Computing Society at the University of Virginia does not restrict its membership, programs, or activities on the basis of any protected characteristics/statuses – including all protected characteristics/statuses listed in University Policy HRM-009 (Preventing and Addressing Discrimination and Harassment: https://uvapolicy.virginia.edu/policy/HRM-009).