Computer Science Organization

The TAMS Computer Science Organization (CSO) exposes students to the wide array of topics within computer science such as web development, cybersecurity, APIs, hardware, and much more!

Computer Science Organization

Topic(s)	Computer Science
Abbrev.	CSO
Active Years	2009 - present
Advised	Yes
Advisor	Melissa Minick
Execs	President - Kanav Bengani Vice President - Lisa Li Hackathon Director - Dylan Li Competitions Director - Zhuoli Xie Treasurer - Jocelyn Zhang
Event(s)	hackTAMS, HP CodeWars, USACO
Website	https://cso.tams.club/
Facebook	Link
Email	tamscomputerscience@gmail.com

Events

hackTAMS

hackTAMS is a hackathon organized by CSO. This event originally only allowed TAMS students to participate but has grown to become the largest free high school hackathon in DFW.

Competitions

At the start of each semester, CSO holds a tryout for their CS competition teams. Usually, there are three advanced teams and two novice teams.

Seven Lakes

2020-2021

• Daniel Ting - 1st place in individual
• Joseph Li, Hubert Yang, and Ernest Lu - 3rd place in advanced

Battle of the Brains

2020-2021

• Joseph Li, Hubert Yang, and Ernest Lu - 2nd place in advanced

Frozen Eagle

2020-2021

• Daniel Ting, Zhuoli Xie, and Timothy Haynes - 3rd place in advanced
• Lisa Li and Joanne Liu - 5th place in novice
• Andrew Zheng, Daniel Abujaber, and Charlie Hu - 6th place in novice

Committees

Unlike other clubs, CSO did not have many committees until 2020-2021. Each committee specializes in a specific niche of computer science or focuses on community service.

API Masters

Our vision is to serve and inspire the TAMS community and the greater Denton community by instructing and involving student developers in the use of APIs. We aim to spread information of APIs and cool API projects through a novel approach of “mini-thons,” which are miniature hackathons, an involved and encouraging Facebook community, and community outreach.

Committee Heads	Years
Nathaniel Brown	2020-2021
Sridhar Nandigam

Cybersecurity

The TAMS CSO Cybersecurity Committee is here to introduce you to the fascinating world of computer security. We will be hosting theoretical and practical lessons as well as hands-on activities and competitions to develop skills in binary exploitation, reverse engineering, networking, digital forensics, and cryptography. Come and join if you would like to push the boundaries of your knowledge in computer science beyond what you are taught!

Cybersecurity was merged into CSO from the now defunct TAMS Cybersecurity Association.

Committee Heads	Years
Daniel Ting	2020-2021

CodeEd

TAMS CodeEd is a committee of the TAMS Computer Science Organization devoted to teaching local middle schoolers at Calhoun Middle School how to program. We volunteer each week to train kids in the basics of programming, from Scratch to C++.

Committee Heads	Years
Aditya Paul	2018-2019
Preeth Kanamangala
Vincent Wong	2017-2018
Sahil Patel
Ashwin Kumar

Girls Who Code

We are the TAMS committee of Girls Who Code under CSO! Our mission is to encourage girls in the Denton area to pursue careers in computer science by working with the organization Girls Who Code and volunteering with local schools. Come join us in our efforts to close the gender gap in CS and change the image of modern programmers!

Committee Heads	Years
Kevin Kim	2020-2021
Grace Liu

Good Samaritans

Our mission is to help senior citizens with their technology problems and questions. No CS experience necessary. If you know how to navigate social media, your phone or your computer, you're already an expert!

Committee Heads	Years
Grace Huang	2019-2020

Hardware

The TAMS Hardware Committee aims to provide computer hardware related services to the TAMS community in the form of workshops and volunteering opportunities. As a CSO committee, we run hands on biweekly workshops where we teach concepts in digital logic, electrical engineering, and programming. We also run PCs2Prosper, a volunteering opportunity where you can sign up to refurbish and fix laptops and computers for people in need.

Committee Heads	Years
Henry Castillo	2020-2021
Ernest Lu

IBM Z

Mainframes and stuff, very fun :)

Committee Heads	Years
Ajay Jayanth	2021-2022

Missing Maps

Our mission is to help map areas where people in need live. Use satellite images to trace buildings, roadways, and other features in vulnerable areas. No computer science experience needed and completely beginner-friendly! Volunteering hours will be determined by the number of features mapped.

This committee was merged into the Open Source committee after 2021.

Committee Heads	Years
Avi Udash	2020-2021

Open Source

We want to make an impact in open-source projects and introduce TAMS students to the many benefits of contributing to open source, including developing their coding expertise, developing problem solving skills, and the knowledge that you are making a sizable impact to thousands of people worldwide.

Committee Heads	Years
Ted Kwee-Bintoro	2021-2022
Nathaniel Brown	2020-2021
Pranay Gosar

Tech-Ed

Tech-Ed is a committee under TAMS CSO that aims to facilitate learning through a variety of online mediums as we enter a new age of remote education. Our mission is to help students within and beyond the TAMS community to simultaneously discover valuable educational resources and expand their own “range” by providing weekly posts on a plethora of thought-invoking subjects.

Committee Heads	Years
Joanne Liu	2020-2021
Lisa Li

USACO

We are the TAMS USACO Committee under CSO. Our committee is committed to helping TAMS students learn all there is about the USACO programming contest, including what it is, how to prepare for it, and what to do during the contest. We will cover algorithms and data structures necessary to pass the Bronze, Silver, and Gold Divisions of the USACO contest, as well as host practice contests in tandem with CSO.

Committee Heads	Years
Joseph Li	2020-2021
Hubert Yang
Jerry Liu
Ernest Lu

Web & Mobile Dev

The TAMS Web & Mobile Dev Committee is a community for TAMS students interested in web and mobile development. In this community, web developers will be able to gain the experience of collaborating with others to create professional websites. The committee also aims to educate people in web development, which will be done through workshops.

Committee Heads	Years
Zach Tang	2020-2021
Avi Udash

Execs

2021-2022

President - Kanav Bengani

Vice President - Lisa Li

Competitions Director - Zhuoli Xie

Hackathon Director - Dylan Li

Treasurer - Jocelyn Zhang

2020-2021

President - Ben Wang

Competitions Director - Anthony Zhou

Secretary - Michael Zhao

Treasurer - Pranoy Dutta

Volunteering Director - Jeongwoo Choi

2019-2020

President - Ben Sun

Competitions Coordinator - Ben Taylor

Volunteering Coordinator - Connie Wang

Treasurer - Eric Zhang

2018-2019

President - Manasi Ramadurgum

Competitions Coordinator - Ryan Chhong

Volunteering Coordinator - Samuel Liu

Publicist/Graphic Designer - Justin Cho

2017-2018

President - Rick Zhang

Hackathon Coordinator - Thomas Hobohm

Hackathon Coordinator - Justin Wei

Competitions Coach - Karthik Nair

Competitions Coach - Garrett Gu

Competitions Coach - Andrew Li

2016-2017

Club Coordinator - Nathan Contreras

Hackathon Coordinator - Dylan Macalinao

Hackathon Coach - Nimit Kalra

Competitions Coordinator - David Yuan

Competitions Coach - Jagath Vytheeswaran

2015-2016

Adil Virani

Estella Xin

Emily Hu

Eric Clinch

Aditya Vaidya

2014-2015

President: Laura Pang

Vice President: Brandon Truong

Secretary: Farhan Tejani

Club Coordinator: Andrew Tian

Coach: John Pascoe

2013-2014

President: Ian Macalinao

Vice President: Tyler O'Meara

Club Coordinator: Sherwin Thomas

Coach: Krzysztof Drewniak

Trivia

The most revered animal of CSO is the rubber duck; it's said that it has unique power in helping out debugging.

CSO also keeps a "Duck Diary" on its website.

See also

• Clubs
• Artificial Intelligence Society
• HackTAMS
• Computer Science + Computer Engineering Track
• Category:Advised Clubs