ACISS

What ACISS does

ACISS (Association of Computing & Information Systems Students) is a student-led academic society operating under the Department of Computing & Information Systems at the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, headquartered at the Kuliyapitiya campus. It is not a commercial entity: it has no proprietary technology products, no pricing model, no paying customers, and no disclosed revenue. Its activities consist of co-curricular programming for computing undergraduates, including technical workshops (GitHub via the GitGenius workshop, Python), coding competitions (ENIGMA), career awareness sessions, webinars on topics such as DevOps and CloudOps, and industry engagement including a visit to IFS Sri Lanka.

The organization is governed by annually elected student executive committees, with documented committees for the 2019/2020, 2020/2021, and 2021/2022 academic years, and runs under the oversight of faculty leadership at the Faculty of Applied Sciences. ACISS does not operate its own distribution channels, relying instead on the Faculty's website (fas.wyb.ac.lk), student social networks, and on-campus events to reach its audience. Its sole customer segment is Computing & Information Systems undergraduates within the Faculty.

ACISS is structurally a non-commercial university-affiliated entity. It has no parent company in a corporate sense, but operates under the academic parent of the Faculty of Applied Sciences at Wayamba University of Sri Lanka. Recent developments at the parent level include a Dean transition (Prof. M.M.D.R. Deegahawatura effective 07 June 2026, succeeding Prof. L.D.R.D. Perera after nine years) and a new Head of Department for Computing and Information Systems (Dr. (Mrs.) B. Munasinghe, effective 16 June 2026, succeeding Mr. T. Arudchelvam).

Name

ACISS

Legal name

Association of Computing & Information Systems Students (ACISS)

Website

https://fas.wyb.ac.lk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

ACISS is a non-commercial student society at the Department of Computing and Information Systems, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Kuliyapitiya, running workshops, coding competitions, and industry engagement events for its computing undergraduates.

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Student Organizations & Club Administration

Education/Student Services & Campus Operations/Student Activities, Clubs & Campus Life

Keywords

• Student society activities
• Computing education support
• Coding competitions
• Technical workshops
• Career development events

Headquarters

HQ city

Kuliyapitiya

HQ country

Sri Lanka

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Others

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ACISS is the student society of the Department of Computing and Information Systems at Wayamba University of Sri Lanka's Faculty of Applied Sciences. It organizes workshops, coding competitions, career events, and industry visits for computing students, supplementing their formal degree programs with peer-led academic and professional development activities. The society operates under the academic oversight of the Faculty Dean and the Head of the Department of Computing and Information Systems.

Product overview

ACISS (Association of Computing & Information Systems Students) is a student society at the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka. It is not a technology company and does not offer commercial products or services. The organization facilitates student activities including workshops, coding competitions (ENIGMA), webinars, and industry engagement events for computing and information systems students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Technical Workshops Student society-organized training sessions covering computing and information systems topics for undergraduate members and interested students.
• Coding Competitions Competitive programming events organized by ACISS for computing students to practice and demonstrate coding skills in a peer setting.
• Career Events Career development events organized for computing students to support their transition from academic study to professional employment.
• Industry Visits Site visits to industry organizations arranged by ACISS to expose computing students to real-world workplaces and professional environments.

Quantifiable outcome

• Organized comprehensive academic year program with multiple workshops, industry visits, and skill-building events for students

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• IIT Bombay ACM Student Chapter: A university computing student chapter at a leading Indian technical institution, organizing workshops, hackathons, and industry talks for computing students. Comparable in activity profile to ACISS but at a much larger and more resource-rich institution.

Broad incumbents

• IEEE Computer Society: Global professional society for computing, with student branches at universities worldwide. Comparable to ACISS as a member-driven computing community organizing technical events, but operates at vastly larger scale and as a global body rather than a single-department student society.
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): The world's largest computing professional society, with ACM Student Chapters at universities globally. Comparable to ACISS in mission (advancing computing through community and learning events) and structure (university-affiliated chapters), though ACM is a global nonprofit rather than a single Sri Lankan university society.
• British Computer Society (BCS): UK chartered body for IT professionals, with university student chapters and educational outreach. Comparable to ACISS in serving computing students with events and career resources, but is a national/international credentialing body rather than a single university society.

Regional players

• Singapore Computer Society: National professional society for IT practitioners in Singapore, with student/young professional programming. Comparable to ACISS in its computing-community-building mission but operates nationally in Singapore rather than at a single Sri Lankan university.
• NUS Computing Club (National University of Singapore): Student computing society at NUS running hackathons, technical workshops, and industry networking for computing undergraduates. Comparable in activity type to ACISS but operates in Singapore with substantially larger scale and corporate sponsor base.

Direct peers

• University of Moratuwa - IEEE Student Branch / E-Club: Student-run computing/electronics societies at the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka's leading engineering university. Most directly comparable to ACISS as a peer Sri Lankan university computing student organization running workshops, competitions, and industry engagement for computing students.
• University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC) Student Bodies: Student organizations within UCSC, another major Sri Lankan computing institution. Directly comparable to ACISS in offering computing students extracurricular technical workshops, hackathons, and career programming at a Sri Lankan university.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/mswayamba
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/acisssociety

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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