Upsilon Pi Epsilon (): International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines, is the first honor society dedicated to the discipline of the computing and information disciplines. Informally known as UPE, Upsilon Pi Epsilon was founded on January 10, 1967 at Texas A&M University and has chartered over 270 chapters at college campuses around the world. With the rise of importance of information technology to many fields, other honorary societies have added computer science to their traditional scope.An example is Sigma Zeta, whose discipline scope now includes natural sciences/

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Upsilon Pi Epsilon is endorsed by the

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(ACM) and the

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Computer Society (IEEE-CS), the two largest computer organizations in the world. Aside from conferring honor on computer science and computer engineering students, it has a large involvement with the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. UPE is a member of the ACHS - Association of College Honor Societies. Membership in UPE, like many other

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, is lifetime. Newly inducted student members get a free year of

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student-level membership as well. Additionally, UPE gives out a number of scholarships for its members and those who are active student members of the ACM or IEEE-CS.

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External links

UPE Homepage

ACHS Upsilon Pi Epsilon entry

Upsilon Pi Epsilon chapter list at ACHS
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