Hello all,

For our first tech talk of the year an engineer from Google will be joining us to present some of their recent work. This weekend we also have our second Geek Night of the term, themed around the Wikipedia game.

If you're interested in joining the society, please remember to bring five pounds to any of our upcoming events, and we can provide you with a membership form.

Many thanks,

Thomas and the rest of the committee

Events

Google Tech Talk https://www.facebook.com/events/349790655362525/

*Lecture Theatre A, Department of Computer Science - 7:00pm Wednesday (2nd week)*

An engineer from Google will be joining us to present on the area of their latest work. More details will be announced on our Facebook page soon.

Please note that we expect demand to be high for this talk, so be sure to arrive before 19:00.

Free food and drinks will be provided after the talk, along with a selection of Google swag.

Geek Night 1 https://www.facebook.com/events/321146424929187/

*Undergraduate Social Area - 7:00pm Saturday (1st week)*

Geek Night meets Wikipedia: In the "Wikipedia Game" you click the random article link and aim for another Wikipedia page in the fewest clicks possible.

We're going to be writing bots to play the game and compete with one another, but without downloading the entirety of Wikipedia.

Later this week I'll be releasing some Python to get you started with getting a list of links from a Wikipedia article, but feel free to use any programming language you like (a link to the Python will be posted on the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/events/321146424929187/ for the event). This will be also be a great opportunity for beginners to get an introduction to programming with Python and working with web APIs.

Bring your own laptop and we'll provide the pizza :).

Please see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Game if you've never played the Wikipedia Game before.

Other events

Bloomberg CodeCon Qualifiers - 13th October http://tinyurl.com/hc6wccx

From Bloomberg, one of our sponsors:

"CodeCon is a live programming contest developed in-house at Bloomberg.

Push your programming and problem solving skills to the limit against the clock to win the title of Bloomberg CodeCon champion against your peers across the UK and Europe!

Your school's top winners will be invited to our Bloomberg CodeCon Global Finals in our London office in January 2017 for a chance to win an amazing prize and compete against the best students from Europe and the US!

Please make sure you register with your university email address and bring your laptop.

The event will take place at Room 051, Wolfson Building, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QD. Kick-off at 6.30pm, come early to get a seat!

Food and refreshments will be provided!"

To sign up, please click here http://tinyurl.com/hc6wccx.

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