Hi all!
Bloomberg Talk - Machine Learning
<https://www.facebook.com/events/829190463803389/>
Lecture Theatre A - Wednesday 7pm
Gary Kazantsev from the R&D Machine Learning group will speak about
Bloomberg´s current projects in the area of Machine Learning and Natural
Language Processing, such as sentiment analysis of financial news,
question answering, information extraction, etc. See attached flyer for
specifics.
Geek Night 8 -
<https://www.facebook.com/events/1583380675266956/>/Unofficial
<https://www.facebook.com/events/1583380675266956/>
/Undergraduate Social Area - Saturday 7pm
Since it is the end of term, Geek night won't /officially/ be running.
What this really means is that it will be running as usual, but you can
expect that much fewer people will be attending.
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Regards,
Joe
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Joe Fowler
President - Oxford University Computer Society
president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>
Hi everybody!
I am sorry for giving such short notice, but as hinted to in the
newsletter, we can confirm that the LAN party will be **TONIGHT** in the
undergraduate social area, and room 051, from 7pm onwards. Bring your
own computer/laptop, and make sure you bring all your peripherals
(charger, dongles, network cables etc) as we won't have many (if any)
going spare.
Regards,
Joe
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Joe Fowler
President - Oxford University Computer Society
president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>
Hi All! Here is our event line-up for this week. Note that some of the
times/days are irregular!
The Role of Computer Scientists in Mass Surveillance
Tom Leinster - Tuesday, 4pm, Lecture Theatre A
We learned from Edward Snowden that our intelligence agencies are
intercepting and storing everyone's communications, of every possible
form, all the time. We also learned that they make extensive use of
malware, attacking, among others, IT professionals not suspected of any
connection to any kind of crime. I will summarize what we now know, and
describe some of the damage that the intelligence agencies have done -
both to our individual freedoms and to the functioning of democracy.
Computer scientists, however, are uniquely well-placed to change this
situation for the better. I will explain how.
Annual General Meeting
<https://www.facebook.com/events/1549165502000856/>
Wednesday, 7pm, Undergraduate Social Area
Our AGM will be happening*this Wednesday
<http://tlear.co.uk/isthecompsocagmthisweek.html>*, at which each of the
elected roles for the society will be re-elected. For clarification,
these roles are:
* *President* - Ultimately in charge, responsible for event
organisation and relations with sponsors.
* *Secretary* - Interchangeable responsibilities with the president,
and with re-registering the society with the Proctors each term.
* *Treasurer* - Responsible for keeping track of the accounts, and
producing summaries for each term.
Additional roles may be assigned at the discretion of the
President/Secretary. Ultimately, the positions do not require a vast
amount of time to be invested, but they *do* require good organisational
skills.
*Only society members can vote on motions. If you are a member, and you
are unable to attend, you may arrange to vote by proxy.
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*LAN Party - Unconfirmed
Friday, 7pm, Undergraduate Social Area/Room 051
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Geek Night 7
Saturday, 7pm, Undergraduate Social Area
Kind Regards,
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Joe Fowler
President - Oxford University Computer Society
president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>
