Chapters and specialist groups
Membership connects you to a community wherever you work. Join any number of specialist groups at no extra cost, and your local chapter automatically.
Specialist groups
Artificial Intelligence
The largest ACS community, covering machine learning engineering, model evaluation, assurance and the responsible deployment of AI systems in production.
- Meets:
- Second Tuesday of each month, 18:30–20:30 CT
- Home venue:
- Capital Factory, 701 Brazos Street, Austin, TX
- Members:
- 4,820
- Next:
- 6 December 2026 — Frontier model evaluation day
Cybersecurity
Practitioners working in secure architecture, incident response, offensive security and the protection of critical national infrastructure.
- Meets:
- Third Wednesday of each month, 18:00–20:00 CT
- Home venue:
- Port San Antonio Tech Port Center, 3331 General Hudnell Drive, San Antonio, TX
- Members:
- 3,960
- Next:
- 5 April 2027 — Security leadership day
Semiconductors & Hardware
Process, design, packaging, EDA and the software stack that keeps modern fabs running — anchored in the Central Texas chip belt.
- Meets:
- Thursday evenings on a six-week cycle, 18:00–20:00 CT
- Home venue:
- Texas Advanced Computing Center, J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Austin, TX
- Members:
- 2,140
- Next:
- 14 February 2027 — Silicon day: circuits and memory
Autonomy & Robotics
Safety cases, remote operations, simulation and fleet-scale validation for driverless vehicles, drones and industrial robotics.
- Meets:
- Last Thursday of each month, 18:30–20:30 CT
- Home venue:
- UT Austin Anna Hiss Gymnasium Robotics Complex, Austin, TX
- Members:
- 1,780
- Next:
- 27 September 2026 — Robotics field systems day
Space Systems
Flight software, ground segment, mission assurance and the computing challenges of high-cadence launch and satellite operations.
- Meets:
- First Wednesday of alternate months, 18:00–20:00 CT
- Home venue:
- Firefly Aerospace campus community room, 1320 Arrow Point Drive, Cedar Park, TX
- Members:
- 1,310
- Next:
- 11 January 2027 — Commercial space software day
Data & Analytics
Data engineering, platform architecture, governance and statistical practice for teams operating analytical systems at scale.
- Meets:
- First Tuesday of each month, 18:00–19:30 CT
- Home venue:
- Austin Central Library, 710 West César Chávez Street, Austin, TX
- Members:
- 2,650
- Next:
- 7 June 2027 — Data platform architecture day
Health Informatics
Clinical systems, interoperability, bioinformatics and the patient-safety obligations that come with computing in healthcare.
- Meets:
- Second Thursday of alternate months, 18:00–20:00 CT
- Home venue:
- Dell Medical School Health Learning Building, Austin, TX
- Members:
- 1,490
- Next:
- 7 November 2026 — Biomedical informatics day
Green Computing
Energy use, grid interaction, cooling and the carbon accounting of data centres and the software that runs in them.
- Meets:
- Quarterly, on a Wednesday evening, 18:00–19:30 CT
- Home venue:
- Austin Energy Town Lake Center, 721 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TX
- Members:
- 940
- Next:
- 30 November 2026 — Grid, cooling and capacity day
Software Engineering Practice
Architecture, testing, delivery discipline and the craft of building systems that survive contact with production.
- Meets:
- Fourth Tuesday of each month, 18:30–20:30 CT
- Home venue:
- ACS Headquarters, 600 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX
- Members:
- 3,410
- Next:
- 9 November 2026 — Platform engineering day
Public Sector IT
Federal, state and municipal digital services: procurement, legacy modernisation and delivering to the public at scale.
- Meets:
- Third Tuesday of alternate months, 12:00–13:30 CT
- Home venue:
- Texas Capitol Extension, Room E2.030, Austin, TX
- Members:
- 1,180
Women in Computing
Participation, progression and retention across the profession, with a mentoring programme running nationwide.
- Meets:
- Second Wednesday of each month, 18:00–19:30 CT
- Home venue:
- Capital Factory, 701 Brazos Street, Austin, TX
- Members:
- 2,870
- Next:
- 27 October 2026 — Progression and sponsorship day
Early Careers Network
Students, apprentices and practitioners in their first five years, with portfolio clinics and employer introductions.
- Meets:
- First Thursday of each month, 18:00–19:30 CT
- Home venue:
- UT Austin Gates Dell Complex, 2317 Speedway, Austin, TX
- Members:
- 5,240
- Next:
- 26 October 2026 — Austin Tech Week opening day
Local chapters
Fifty-two chapters run talks, site visits and mentoring across the country, anchored by the four metros of the Texas Tech Triangle.
Austin & Central Texas
Flagship chapter at national HQ
Dallas–Fort Worth
Telecom, enterprise and chips
Houston
Space, energy and health
San Antonio
Cyber and defense
Bay Area
Platforms and venture
Seattle
Cloud and devices
New York
Finance and media technology
Greater Boston
Research and biotech computing
Chicago & Midwest
Industrial and logistics systems
Atlanta & Southeast
Fintech and public sector
Denver & Mountain West
Aerospace and climate tech
Research Triangle
Life sciences and academia