compsoc-announce February 2006

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2006 Ig Nobel UK Tour - Oxford, Fri 10th March (8th Week)
by Alasdair G Kergon 19 Feb '06

19 Feb '06

The 2006 Ig Nobel Tour First it'll make you laugh, then it'll make you think. Featuring Marc Abrahams, organizer of the Ig Nobel Prizes, together with a gaggle of Ig Nobel Prize winners and other great scientists, musicians and other thinkers. Includes the Great Intelligence Debate - each debater explains why he or she is the smartest person in Britain - and a performance of the mini-opera The Count of Infinity. Date: Friday 10th March Start time: 7.45pm Venue: Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, part of the Physics Department By Clarendon Lab on Parks Road at the corner with Keble Road. http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/conference/travel.htm Tickets: Free. You can turn up on the night, but capacity is limited so please reserve a place in advance to be sure of getting in. Such reservations will be honoured until 7.35pm. https://www.ox.compsoc.net/ignobel/ http://improbable.com/improbable-research-shows/2006-ig-uk-tour/

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Week 6- Annual General Meeting + "Beyond 3G"
by Ken Kawamoto 19 Feb '06

19 Feb '06

Hi all, I'm sorry for the short notice, but we will have the Annual General Meeting this week (before a talk). Anyone interested in standing for a committee position should e-mail me asap. Annual General Meeting Date/Time: Thursday 23 Feb 19:30 Place: Common Room, Denys Wilkinson Building (on Banbury Rd & Keble Rd) ------------------------------------------------ Come and shout at the old committee, then elect a new one. Beyond 3G technologies Date/Time: Thursday 23 Feb 20:30 (straight after the AGM) Place: Denis Sciama Lecture Theatre, Denys Wilkinson Building (on Banbury Rd & Keble Rd) ------------------------------------------------ John Beer, an ICT Expert to the European Commission for grand funding and evaluator for Venture Capital organisations as well as the editor of "The View", will talk on Future ICT technologies, specifically the future impacts on mobile operators and handset manufacturers design. Regards, Ken.

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CompSoc- Week 4
by Ken Kawamoto 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

Hi all, We have the first speaker event of the term on Wednesday: IT General Computer Controls and Sarbanes Oxley (Deloitte) Date/Time: Wednesday 5 Feb 20:30 Place: Denis Sciama Lecture Theatre, Denys Wilkinson Building (on Banbury Rd & Keble Rd) ------------------------------------------------ The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is legislation enacted in response to the Enron and WorldCom financial scandals to protect shareholders and the general public from accounting errors and fraudulent practices in the enterprise. Ryan Loughins from Deloitte will explain the effects of SOX on the way we conduct business, as well as how embracing the “spirit of the law”―strong ethics, good governance, reliable reporting―will reap the benefits of a re-energized company and reassured investors. The thursday workshop is tbc. Have a great week! Ken.

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compsoc-announce February 2006