compsoc-announce March 2015

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Fwd: Week 8 Newsletter
by Joe Fowler 10 Mar '15

10 Mar '15

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. -- Regards, Joe -- Joe Fowler President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>

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LAN Party TONIGHT
by Joe Fowler 06 Mar '15

06 Mar '15

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 -- Joe Fowler President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>

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Week 7 Newsletter
by Joe Fowler 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

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. * *LAN Party - Unconfirmed Friday, 7pm, Undergraduate Social Area/Room 051 * Geek Night 7 Saturday, 7pm, Undergraduate Social Area Kind Regards, -- Joe Fowler President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>

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