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Computer Science Students of Distinction

An award program for outstanding high school computer students.

Computer Science Students of Distinction Application

The CSSoD is an award program for High School Juniors and Seniors who are interested in pursuing a career in Computer Science.  The program, which is facilitated by the Arkansas Computer Science Initiative, is administered by the Arkansas Academy of Computing. The AAOC is comprised of more than 200 members who have demonstrated a significant impact on computing in Arkansas.


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New Member Induction 

Banquet


Friday Night October 11, 2024

Alumni House - UAF


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AAOC 2025 Annual Banquet and Induction Ceremony

We hope that you can join us on the evening of November 7, 2025, at the Chenal Country Club in Little Rock, for the annual Arkansas Academy of Computing dinner.

This is an annual event where we celebrate Arkansans who have made significant contributions to computing/engineering and we also use this time to raise money for scholarships for the NEXT generation of Arkansans going in to STEM fields.


Mayor Frank Scott, Jr. will be our keynote speaker.

We also plan to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the EAST Initiative and the 50th Anniversary of the founding of Arkansas Systems.

This year, we will be honoring the following Arkansans for their achievements in technology.

The 2025 Inductees


Ahmed AbuHalimeh, Pd.D.,

SMIEEE Associate Professor of Information Science at University of Arkansas at Little Rock


Tina Appleyard

Director - IS - Application Development at ArcBest Technologies


Will Bunker

Systems Architect and Systems Developer - Developed Match.com among others.


Devin Graham

VP Cloud & Infrastructure at Tyson Foods


Sandy Kizer

Retired- Director of Computing-Sam Walton College of Business


Rasesh Patel

Leader HouseCare Technology


Daniel Pullen

Chief Data Scientist and Data Architect at SAIC


Josh Smith

Veteran, Founder, Entrepreneur, Advisor & CTO


Lee Watson

CEO and Founder @ Forge Institute | Serial Entrepreneur & Disruptor

Agenda for the evening is as follows:

6:00 PM-- Reception & Social

6:30 PM -- Welcome and Introduction

6:45 PM -- Dinner

7:15 PM -- Distinguished Induction Speaker

7:30 PM --- Induction Ceremony

8:30PM -- Closing Remarks

Tickets are $75 per person

Please click here to register for the event

2025 AAoC Banquet Registration


AAOC History Project

History Project

The Arkansas Academy of Computing has initiated a History Project to preserve many of the stories and artifacts of the founding of the computing business in Arkansas. Most of the true computing industry pioneers in Arkansas had no idea they would make a career and significant contributions in this new field and their stories are fascinating, informative, and inspirational.

History Project

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