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Week 2
by Will Thompson 01 May '06

01 May '06

Hi, This week we've got a talk which echoes last term's sysadmin crash course. The briefest of introductions to Active Directory and Group Policy Objects ========================================================================== James Holwell (Exeter) Thursday 4th May, 20.00 Venue TBA Active Directory is often given as an example of a Windows tool effectively unmatched in the Unix world in terms of comprehensiveness and ease of use. James, a maths undergrad who moonlights as a part-time sysadmin for a small business, will give us a swift tour of what it's capable of. Happy mailman day, wjt

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Also in Week 1
by Will Thompson 27 Apr '06

27 Apr '06

Hi all, There's also a talk from the British Computer Society this week: Computer Games Development: Past, Present and Future ==================================================== Simon Prytherch, Head of Internal Development (Empire Interactive) Thursday 27 April 2006, 19:30 (Tea and Coffee from 19:00), ComLab This year will herald the arrival of new variants of both the XBOX from Microsoft and the Sony Playstation. The games industry is worth 20 billion dollars globally and UK companies are a significant force, contributing positively to the UK balance of payments to the tune of £200 million in 2004. The average game takes between 70 and 120 man years and several million pounds to make; this is a chance to look behind the scenes at how your favourite games are put together. For more information, see http://www.oxon.bcs.org/program2005-6.htm#Apr wjt

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Week 1
by Will Thompson 26 Apr '06

26 Apr '06

Sorry for the ridiculously short notice. I sent this to -members, but forget about -announce. === Hi all, No speakers for you this week, I'm afraid. However, the new committee (Michael Howe[0], Dave Morgan[1], and myself[2]) will be in the Lamb and Flag[3] this WEDNESDAY (yes, I know it's TODAY - sorry for the short notice) from 20.00; it'd be great to speak with people about what they want to get from CompSoc, as well as meeting new people. Termcards will appear soon! Hope to see people tonight, wjt [0] http://www.ox.compsoc.net/images/michael.jpeg [1] http://www.ox.compsoc.net/images/djm.jpeg [2] http://www.ox.compsoc.net/images/resiak.jpeg [3] http://oxford.openguides.org/wiki/?Lamb_And_Flag

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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 Week2
by Ken Kawamoto 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

Hi all, This week we will be continuing with our series of System Administration crash course talks: Time: 20:00 Thu 26th Jan Place: Denis Sciama Lecture Theatre, Denys Wilkinson Building (on Banbury Rd & Keble Rd) Also... We are planning the Annual General Meeting on Thursday of Week 7 (2nd March), where we intend to elect a new committee. Three positions are up for grabs. You may want to contact the current committee members to have any queries answered. President: Ken Kawamoto (president(a)ox.compsoc.net) -> "to preside over meetings, to authorise all expenditure and ultimately be responsible for the running of the Society" Secretary: Simon Hay (secretary(a)ox.compsoc.net) -> (meant to) "take minutes at meetings, deal with Society correspondence and stand in for the President when necessary" Treasurer: Stanley Yung (treasurer(a)ox.compoc.net) -> "to maintain the accounts of the Society, report to the members thereon, and to stand in for the Secretary when necessary" (and not quit mid-term) Please contact me if you are thinking of running for any of these positions. Finally... Here's an extract from an e-mail from QinetiQ: --- I am QinetiQ's Campus Manager for graduate and postgraduate recruitment at Oxford University this academic year, and am contacting you to let you know that we are holding a careers evening on Wednesday of 2nd week (25th January) in the Danson Room, Trinity College, which members of OU CompSoc may be interested in attending. Computer Science is one of our target recruitment subjects, and as such I am keen to promote the event to students of this subject, as well as those in related disciplines. The evening will begin with presentations about a wide range of different projects within QinetiQ, and then there will be an informal session over drinks during which speakers and QinetiQ representatives will be happy to answer questions. It should be an interesting and enjoyable evening, and will hopefully be of great benefit to anyone considering a career in science and technology research. --- Have a good week! Ken.

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SysAd workshop changed to *THURSDAY*
by Ken Kawamoto 18 Jan '06

18 Jan '06

Hi all, The system administration workshop/talk scheduled for Wednesday has been changed to Thursday. Location: Denis Sciama Lecture Theatre, Denys Wilkinson Building (on Banbury Rd & Keble Rd) Time: 8:00pm - 19 Jan You may want to bring your laptops to try things out on the spot. Regards, Ken.

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CompSoc- Welcome back
by Ken Kawamoto 15 Jan '06

15 Jan '06

Hi all, Welcome back to a new term! Starting this term we're running a crash course of technical talks and workshops that aims to cover everything someone working with computers ought to know! OK, so we won't have enough time to cover absolutely everything, but in future many of you will find yourselves - often not by choice! - responsible for setting up and administering computer systems. Inevitably that involves tracking down and fixing problems when things go wrong. Firstly, we want you to be equiped with the understanding and practical troubleshooting skills that could help you become a (well-paid) computing expert. Secondly, we'd like to provide a broad exposure to many different aspects of computing at many levels so you feel you know something about all sorts of things you might encounter. We'll get started by looking at the world from the perspective of a systems administrator, and focus on security and then networking. Once things get going, we're hoping that some of you will offer to share your own particular expertise with other members as part of this programme. The first event will be this Wednesday and there'll be roughly one each week. Alongside this we intend to apply some of the skills to set up a server in Oxford for the society again. Hope you all have a great term. Ken.

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Week 7
by Ken Kawamoto 19 Nov '05

19 Nov '05

Hi all, There are no more talks for the rest of the term. We have the termly general meeting this week: Termly General Meeting Wednesday 23 Nov 19:00, The Mitre B&R (High st.) ------------------------------------------------ As usual, Compsoc's Termly General Meeting provides an opportunity for the members to speak to the committee directly and find out about the running of the society. Followed by a traditional CompSoc curry at a nearby Indian restaurant. ==== Here's something from the Invariants which may be of interest to people. the Invariants, the OU Maths society, are holding a speaker event on Tuesday evening of 7th week, which should be of great interest to any computer scientist and everybody who likes beautiful fractal pictures. Title: "Indra's Pearls" Abstract: In Buddhist mythology, the heaven of Indra contained a net of pearls, each of which was reflected in its neighbours, so that the whole Universe was mirrored in each pearl. Felix Klein, one of the great nineteenth-century geometers, studied iterations of reflections or inversions, whose interactions are the mathematical embodiment of this idea. In the 1980's, David Mumford, David Wright and I embarked on the first computer exploration of Klein's ideas, recreating some of his remarkable pictures and finding further compelling fractal images of their own. This talk, illustrated with many pictures, will be a short introduction to our book "Indra's Pearls", published by CUP. Time: Tuesday evening, 8.15 prompt. Doors open at 8. Place Maths Institute on the corner of St. Giles and Keble Road Entry is free for members and 2 Pounds for non-members. Refreshments will be provided after the talk. === Have a great week! Ken

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