Good Morning All,

By now we've all had the introductory lectures to this terms courses, including the obligatory examples of futuristic technology that they will help us implement - well this week CompSoc will be hosting a talk about such an implementation!

This weeks talk, titled "Euphoria in the real world", is about a game animation engine called Euphoria which was used in developing a number of popular titles such as GTA IV and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

Read on for more details about this talk, results of the week 1 technology competition, as well as details of the upcoming Gloucester Research dinner.

Have a good one,

Ben and Alex CompSoc Co-Presidents

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The Oxford Computer Society

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NaturalMotion: Euphoria in the Real World Wednesday 25, 18.00, St Catz JCR Lecture Theatre

A short history of taking revolutionary procedural animation from academic research to commercial success. Delivered by Simon Mack, CTO of Oxford based NaturalMotion. After completing his Masters in Engineering at Oxford University, Simon worked at MathEngine Plc developing the Karma physics engine before joining NaturalMotion in 2003 as a developer.

NaturalMotion is a leading game technology and development company based in Oxford (England) and San Francisco (California). The companys award-winning euphoria engine is a break-through in real-time character animation and is used in AAA titles such as Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto IV, Red Dead Redemption, and LucasArts Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. You can find more details about the product at http://www.naturalmotion.com/euphoria.

Here is a handy map for finding Catz: http://g.co/maps/eeut2 And here is another one for finding the JCR lecture theatre (it joins on to the PDR): http://compsoc.dartoxia.com/map.png

If you get truly lost in Catz, you can call Ben on 0754 999 3401. The talk starts at 1800, he lodge are always happy to point you to the JCR Lecture Theatre (don't be afraid to ask!)..

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Gloucester Research Networking Dinner Wednesday 08/02 (4th Week), 7pm, Venue TBC

Gloucester Research is hosting a networking dinner for Oxford Computer Society Members on 8th February.

If you are interested in pursuing a career in financial IT whether as a software developer or within an infrastructure team - you are invited to a three course dinner, each course with different experienced members of the company.

This is a unique opportunity for you to find out first-hand about Gloucester Research and how they develop and support a sophisticated trading platform.

Please RSVP to president@ox.compsoc.net by Thursday of Week 3 if you wish to attend the dinner as places are limited, this is a members only event - although membership to the society is only £3 for a year or £5 for life, please get in touch with secretary@ox.compsoc.net if interested.

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Technology Competition: Week 1 result:

Congratulations to Sam Lanning who successfully exploited a hidden open proxy on compsoc.dartoxia.com to read the contents of http://compsoc.dartoxia.com/secret.txt. We will get in touch separately to send you your prize.

For those of you who missed the last compsoc email, the week 2 prize will go to the highest scoring member in the Facebook Hacker Cup qualifiers. Please send me evidence of your scores (if I cannot directly view them on FB already) on president@ox.compsoc.net once the qualifiers have ended or you have completed all three challenges.

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CompSoc Jobs Mailing list

The society receives a number of advertisements each week from companies and individuals interested in employing our members. The jobs range from graduate positions, to a bit of help with another societies website.

If you would like to receive these emails just email compsoc-jobs-request@lists.ox.compsoc.net with 'subscribe' in the subject line.

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Upcoming CompSoc AGM

Congratulations diligent reader for making it this far through the email. You may know that in week 6 CompSoc will be holding its Annual General Meeting during which the committee for 2012/2013 will be elected. If you think you might be interested in a role on the committee then please feel free to get in touch with us over committee@ox.compsoc.net and we'd be happy to answer any questions that you might have.

Along with the positions required by the university (President, Secretary and Treasurer) a number of other roles could be suitably created, such as Vice President, Social Secretary, Sponsorship Secretary, Publications Officer, etc. (basically whatever title + support that you think could be provided to the society).