Academy of Computer Science

What Academy of Computer Science does

The Academy of Computer Science is a private honorary professional organization affiliated with Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) in Rolla, Missouri. Established on January 10, 2003, with the approval of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Chancellor of the University of Missouri-Rolla, the Academy recognizes and honors distinguished graduates of Missouri S&T's computer science programs who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and professional achievement in computer science or related fields. The Academy operates as a self-perpetuating membership honor society: prospective members are nominated by existing active members, reviewed by the Membership Committee and Board of Directors, and elected by active members through a balloting process requiring a three-fourths affirmative vote. Annual induction ceremonies formalize new members into the organization. The Academy's stated mission is to recognize outstanding contributions to the computer science profession, provide advisory guidance to the Computer Science Department, strengthen student dedication to computer science through professional example, and encourage personal, corporate, foundation, and government gifts to the university for the benefit of the department.

The Academy is governed by a Board of Directors comprising elected officers (President, Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer), the Past President, the Chair of the Computer Science Department as an ex-officio member, and three elected Directors. Current leadership includes President Karen Squires-Foelsch (Vice President at Pearson Educational Measurement), Vice President Jeff Marker (Sr. Vice President at Junction Solutions), Secretary/Treasurer John Brown (Nestle Purina Petcare), and Directors with backgrounds at Sandia National Laboratories, Rational Software, and Hewlett-Packard. The Academy has approximately 42 listed members and is self-supporting, deriving its operating funds exclusively from contributions made or solicited by members, which are deposited into moneys reserved for the Academy in a University account. There are no commercial products, services, or pricing models associated with the organization.

The Academy does not engage in revenue-generating activities. Its single "revenue stream" is voluntary member contributions, classified as a non-commercial funding mechanism. The organization operates from a single location at the Computer Science Department on the Missouri S&T campus in Rolla, Missouri, and serves a regional Midwest United States geographic footprint centered on Missouri S&T's alumni network. The Academy has no subsidiaries, no funding rounds, no M&A activity, no patents of its own, and no technology products. Its primary value to members is recognition, professional networking, and the ability to mentor current Missouri S&T computer science students.

Name

Academy of Computer Science

Legal name

Academy of Computer Science

Website

https://csacademy.mst.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Academy of Computer Science is a nonprofit honorary society at Missouri University of Science and Technology that recognizes distinguished CS alumni for professional achievement, facilitates mentorship of current students, and supports the Computer Science Department through member contributions.

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Professional Honor Society

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Polytechnic & Applied Sciences Universities (EDAHAEAB)

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Public Research Universities with Engineering/Polytechnic Emphasis (EDAHAAAD)

Keywords

• Honor society membership
• Alumni recognition programs
• Professional mentorship
• Computer science advisory
• Academic honor society

Headquarters

HQ city

Rolla

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Member Contributions: The Academy of Computer Science is self-supporting. It uses only moneys exclusively reserved for it in a University account. Said moneys accrue from contributions made or solicited by the members.

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Core offering

The Academy of Computer Science is an honorary recognition society affiliated with Missouri University of Science and Technology. It recognizes and honors distinguished computer science alumni for their professional achievements and leadership, facilitates networking among members, provides advisory guidance to the university's Computer Science Department, and offers mentorship to current Missouri S&T students. Membership is gained through nomination by existing members, committee review, and a three-fourths affirmative vote by the active membership.

Product overview

The Academy of Computer Science is an honorary recognition society, not a product company. It provides membership recognition services, mentorship programs for Missouri S&T students, and nomination processes for new members. It organizes annual meetings and induction ceremonies for inducted members. There are no commercial products or services offered.

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Missouri University of Science and TechnologycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 January 2003The Academy of Computer Science was established with the approval of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Chancellor of the University of Missouri-Rolla (now Missouri S&T). The Academy is dedicated to strengthening the dedication of students to Computer Science through personal and professional example, providing advisory guidance to the department, and encouraging personal, corporate, foundation and government gifts to the university for the benefit of the Computer Science Department.

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Direct peers

• Upsilon Pi Epsilon: Upsilon Pi Epsilon is the international honor society for the computing and information disciplines, recognized by ACM. Like the Academy of Computer Science, it inducts distinguished students and professionals into an exclusive recognition body tied to a computing science community.
• IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN): IEEE-HKN is the honor society of IEEE, recognizing excellence in electrical and computer engineering. It is directly comparable to the Academy of Computer Science as a university-chapter-based recognition society honoring computing-adjacent professionals.
• Tau Beta Pi: Tau Beta Pi is the oldest engineering honor society in the United States and inducts members across engineering disciplines including computer science. It shares the Academy's honor-society model of recognizing top scholars and professionals through a nomination and election process.

Emerging players

• Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society: Sigma Xi is an international scientific research honor society that recognizes excellence in research across disciplines including computer science. It uses a nomination-based model and shares structural similarities with the Academy's election-based induction process.

Broad incumbents

• National Academy of Engineering: The National Academy of Engineering is a prestigious U.S. institution that elects members for distinguished contributions to engineering, including computer science and computing research. It is a higher-tier peer-recognition body operating at a national level, but shares the Academy's membership-by-election model.
• IEEE Computer Society: The IEEE Computer Society is a major global organization serving computing professionals through conferences, publications, and member recognition programs. Comparable to the Academy's mission in fostering computer science professional identity, though at much larger scale and with a global footprint.
• ACM (Association for Computing Machinery): ACM is the world's largest professional computing society, offering recognition, publications, and community. It overlaps with the Academy's mission of advancing computing professionalism, though ACM operates as a broad, multi-thousand-member global organization rather than a single-university honor society.

Regional players

• Phi Beta Kappa: Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest academic honor society in the United States, with university chapters that elect members based on scholarly achievement. It is comparable to the Academy as a university-chapter-based honor society, though it focuses on liberal arts rather than computer science specifically.

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Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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