Upsilon Pi Epsilon () is the first honor society dedicated to the computing and information disciplines. Informally known as UPE, Upsilon Pi Epsilon was founded in 1967, at Texas A&M University. It has more than 300 chapters worldwide.
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Upsilon Pi Epsilon was established at Texas A&M University in January 1967 as an honor society for computer information. It was founded with 22 original members.
The purpose of Upsilon Pi Epsilon was "the promotion of high scholarship and original investigation in the field of computer science and the advancement of the art and profession of computer science and related endeavors." It was the first society developed for computer science in the United States. It was also a founding member of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies.
The UPE emblem or key features three symbols that are important historically to the computing and information disciplines: the zero, the one, and the abacus. The numbers are arranged as eleven binary bits. During the society's initiation ceremony, inductees sit in front of a table that features nine lit candles and two unlit candles that are arranged as the eleven binary bits of its key. Its symbol is the abacus. Its quarterly publication is the UPE NewsBrief.