Hi All,
It's that time of the week to find out about what CompSoc is doing again!
This week we have a talk from Deloitte titled 'Technology in Deloitte' (more
information below - there will be a free buffet + drinks afterwards!). The talk will last
no longer than an hour and should be well worth going to, if only to find out what
Deloitte actually do (they operate globally across over 30 separate divisions).
Read more below to find out about this event and the final technology challenge of this
term (which is open to anyone, but only members can win prizes) - as well as last weeks
solution.
Ben and Alex
CompSoc Co-Presidents
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The Oxford Computer Society
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Technology at Deloitte:
Thursday 24, 20.00-21.00 St Catz JCR Lecture Theatre
Link: TBA
Representatives from Deloitte, including a Partner, will be coming to talk about the
company and particularly its technology division. The talk will include some interesting
case studies of their work.
A buffet and drinks will be provided afterwards.
Deloitte provide audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management and tax services
to selected clients. Their Technology Practice addresses numerous advancements, such as
cloud computing, mobility, data analytics and social media, through the prism of new
market creation.
The plan is to meet at St Catz lodge at 19.45 for a 20.00 start in the JCR Lecture
theatre.
Here is a handy map for finding Catz:
http://g.co/maps/eeut2. If you get truly lost in
Catz, you can call Ben on 0754 999 3401.
This event, like most CompSoc events, is free for anyone to attend.
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Technology Competition:
Challenge 7 + Bonus:
This week's challenge is related to
http://xkcd.com/426/.
The challenge is to find the 440th element in the following series:
1st Element: The last date, x, such that the geohash x was somewhere in Oxford. Rather
than using the DOW opening use the word CompSoc (with that capitalisation).
(N+1)th Element: The first date before the Nth date such that the geohash of this date was
somewhere in Oxford. Rather than using the DOW opening, use the Nth date.
For the purposes of this challenge, Oxford is bounded by the points (51. 7903, -1. 2899)
and (51.7154, -1.1763) - forming a rectangle using these points in the obvious way. As a
hint, the solution is within the last 500 years.
Once you have figured it out go to
http://compsoc.dartoxia.com/answer/<ANSWER GOES HERE>. The answer should be of the
form YYYY-MM-DD (ie it should include leading zeroes, hyphens and be represented by
digits).
A bonus prize will go to the first person who sends me (president(a)ox.compsoc.net) a
picture of them at the location corresponding to the 440th element of the series.
Anyone (with a .ox.ac.uk email address) can sign up to the competition through the
http://compsoc.dartoxia.com website, but only members can receive prizes.
Compsoc.dartoxia.com isn't connected to the compsoc network, and so you will need to
make a new account to participate.
For more details about the competition see
http://compsoc.net/technology_competition or if
you have any questions contact committee(a)ox.compsoc.net
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Technology Competition:
Challenge 6 Result:
Congratulations to Jonathan Tuckwell for solving the sixth challenge the quickest - we
will get in touch separately to arrange your prize.
Last week's challenge was to reorder the tiles at
http://compsoc.dartoxia.com/dominoes.txt such that:
- You use exactly 8 tiles
- You use at least one of each type of tile
- When you read the top row you get a palindrome of a's and b's
- When you read the bottom row you get a palindrome of x's and y's
You then had to submit the answer as a string of a's and b's followed by a string
of x's and y's. The correct solution was: abbabababababbaxyyxyxxyxxyxxyxxyxyyx
When you relax the second condition a number of other solutions can be found - this
seemed to be the biggest stumbling block.
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Membership:
Our current membership rates are £5 for life and £3 for a year. Being a member entitles
you to free socials, prizes in the technology competition and you can attend (obviously)
members only events - such as the upcoming Bank of America dinner. You will also receive a
CompSoc membership card!
Membership forms can be downloaded from
http://compsoc.net/forms/Compsoc_Membership_Application.pdf - please return them completed
and money to a committee member.
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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(a)lists.ox.compsoc.net with 'subscribe' in the subject line.