UPE Honor Society

Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) was first organized at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, in 1967 at the request of the Computing Science students. The goal was to recognize students with outstanding scholastic and professional achievements in the Computing and Information Disciplines. Today, the international organization consists of 280+ chapters in various colleges and universities in North America and overseas.

The UPE Chapter at the American University of Sharjah (AUS) is the first in the Middle East and will be launched on the 14th of November 2017. Currently, 32 AUS faculty and students are members of the Chapter.

Mission Statement

“The mission of Upsilon Pi Epsilon is to recognize academic excellence at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in the Computing and Information Disciplines.”

Endorsements and Affiliation

Upsilon Pi Epsilon is the first and only, existing international honor society in the Computing and Information Disciplines. It has received endorsements from the two largest computer organizations in the world, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS).

Guidelines and Goals

Upsilon Pi Epsilon is an honorary society whose membership consists of outstanding undergraduate and graduate students in Computing and Information Disciplines. Only schools that offer a degree in a computing science-related discipline may be chartered. Likewise, prospective student members must be working toward a degree in Computing and Information Disciplines at the time they are considered for membership. Yet members are chosen not only for their scholastic achievement in a computing science program, but also for distinguishing themselves as true professionals by meeting the standards of the society. Membership is limited to those who can effectively achieve the original goals of the society. These goals include:

• The recognition of outstanding talent in the field of computing science,
• The promotion of high scholarship in computing science,
• The establishment and maintenance of high standards in computing science,
• The representation of computing science in interdisciplinary communications, and
• The encouragement of individual contributions to society through computing science.

UPE official website

The eligibility of students, former students, and faculty for election for membership in this chapter of the Upsilon Pi Epsilon Association shall be determined as follows:

• A graduate student must be a candidate for a graduate degree in the computing and information disciplines
• must have completed at least 18 semester hours for graduate credit
• must have a grade point average of at least 3.6, exclusive of research and seminar courses


• An undergraduate student must be a candidate for an undergraduate degree in the computing and information disciplines
• must have completed at least 45 semester hours for Undergraduate credit including 15 semester hours or 23 quarter hours in the basic courses in the, Computing and information disciplines (Computer Science and Computer Engineering are eligible)
• must have a grade point average of at least 3.0, with a grade point average of at least 3.3 in all computer science coursework, and must rank in the top thirty-five percent of computing students satisfying the credit requirement

• Contact Ms. Diane Rose Gregorio (Office: EB1-256, Ext: 06-5152969)
• Payment of AED 300.00 that includes the permanent UPE membership and 1 year student membership of ACM

• Recognizes academic excellence in the Computing and Information Disciplines.
• Have chapters in various colleges and universities in North America and overseas.
• Is the only honor society that is recognized by the ACM and the IEEE-CS.
• Presents scholarship awards to active members.
• Present scholarship awards to student members of the ACM and the IEEE-CS.
• Presents cash awards to chapters who send representatives to its annual convention.
• Presents cash awards and plaques to all participating teams at the ACM International Scholastic Programming Contest.
• Presents scholarship awards on behalf of industry supporters of the association.
• Presents the ABACUS Award - our most prestigious award presented to an individual who, over several years, has provided extensive support and leadership for student-related activities in the Computing and Information Disciplines.

Apart from the above benefits, the students will have opportunities to network with members of 280 plus UPE chapters and develop leadership skills, organizational skills, communication skills and social skills. Definitely your CV mention UPE membership will draw the attention of the employer.

Fall 2020 Executive Council:

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Fall 2018 Executive Council:

Fall 2017 Executive Council:

Spring 2020 Members (7 new members):

• Yousuf MD Noorul Islam
• Iffa Afsa Changaai Mangalote
• Syed Muhammad Kumail
• Avantika Parthasarathi Poddar
• Zainab Jamil
• Anas Sami Ba Ragaa
• Mohamed Abdelaty

Fall 2019 Members (15 new members):

• Taslim Mahbub
• Brylle Ryan Gomez
• Priyanka Prakash Chand
• Jeremy Dsilva
• Maya Khaled Hiba
• Najia Mustafa
• Mariam Khaled Reda
• Anishka Pilli
• Hessa Abdulla Almheiri
• Omar Ahmad Alsarookh
• Sheikh Abdur Raheem Ali
• Natasha Madhu
• Abdullah Irfan Siddiqui
• Hima Bijulal
• Donthi Sankalpa

Fall 2018 Members (11 new members):

• Dalia Fatah Elrahman Hassan Omer
• Mohammed O.A. Alhusin
• Jayroop Ramesh
• Mumtaz Ummar
• Zahra Solati
• Mohamad Saleh
• Mueez Ahmed Khan
• Farah Hafez Ibrahim
• Loay Taha Kamel
• Eilaf Algebail
• Ahmad Mohammad Khater

Spring 2018 Members (13 new members):

• M.Said M.Bichr Alghabra
• Mariam Jamal Arshi
• Nada Mohamed Abdalgawad
• Mohammad Asif Towheed
• Ahmed Salman Kanaani
• Reem Abdalla AlAmeeri
• Niha Abdu Rabb Keeran Thodika
• Mohamed Shezan Rizny
• Ahmed Hamza Riaz
• Touqa Mohamed Beltagui
• Miraal Arshad Kamal
• Abdalla Ahmed Mohamed
• Naili Mustafa

Fall 2017 Members (32 new members):

• Dr. Fadi Aloul
• Dr. Imran Zualkernan
• Dr. Ra'afat Aburukba
• Mr. Suresh Radder
• Abdullah Ahmed
• Abid Farhan
• Ahmed Abdallah Almaazmi
• Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Mahmoud
• Amal Hussain Alsayegh
• Dina Ibrahim Al-Hamahmy
• Gehad Mohamed Abouarab
• Hussain Fahim Akhter Abbassi
• Ikram Jemal Idris
• Karam Ahfid
• Labeeba Begum
• Lochan Yoganathan
• Manal Atif
• Mohamad Naeem Al Solh
• Mohammad Atallah
• Mohammed Elnawawy
• Mousa Saifi
• Noura Omar Alshamsi
• Omar Sobhy
• Osama Aref
• Osama Elhindawy
• Prerna Chander
• Sakib Shahriar
• Salma Malas
• Tasneem Batool
• Vikram Sakkia
• Wasif Waqar Kiyani
• Yara Kaddoura