compsoc-freshers October 2013

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Week 3 Newsletter
by Sam Lanning 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Hello Everyone! This newsletter is a little later than usual because there were a few things which needed to be sorted out beforehand, sorry about that. Before we dive into events, the CompSoc website now has an *ICS* calendar file you can import into your calendar software to have all of our events automatically appear: http://ox.compsoc.net/events.ics Whenever we change details on our website, this file will also change, and hopefully the change should be reflected in your calendar software too! This week we have one of our sponsors *G Research* holding a coding competition, it will be on Wednesday evening, and as usual pizza and refreshments will be included. We also have the second *Learn to Code with OE* event that will be held on Sunday 3rd November, the details are yet to be added to the website, the above calendar file and facebook, but will be in due course. Here are the full gory details of all the events excluding the OE one, see you later this week! G-Research Competition <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2013/michaelmas/g_research_competition/> Date: Wednesday Week 3 - 30 October 2013 Time: 06:00 PM Facebook Event <https://facebook.com/events/571539619567991/>Place: Undergraduate Social Area - Dept. of Computer Science <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_social_area/>Tags: Competition <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/competition/> Corporate <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/corporate/> G-Research <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/gresearch/> Sponsor Event <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/sponsor_event/> Algorithmic Trading challenge: Can your code beat the markets? Test your coding skills trading fake money and win real prizes. G-Research has developed a simulated stock exchange where you can trade your strategies in competition with other teams. Whose will make the most money by the end of the session? You'll be split into teams, given a brief overview of the system and then have 60 minutes to write your code (in C# - syntax help available) to trade on our simulated exchange. After that development time, your code will run in competition with the other teams and the team which makes the most money will win a £20 Amazon gift voucher for each member. Please join us on *Wednesday 30th October* in *The Undergraduate Social Area, at The Department of Computer Science* at *6pm*. The session will be followed by pizza and refreshments. We will have some of our software developers on hand to answers questions. Sign-up is required. To sign up, fill out this online form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1W1NXihhpNZrYvhQkJtN7WTrOW6fmxlSQ1vRspy3PLl…> ASAP; there is a limit of 40 spots, and members will be given priority. Learn to Code: Session 3 <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2013/michaelmas/learn_to_code_3/> Date: Saturday Week 3 - 02 November 2013 Time: 05:00 PM Facebook Event <https://facebook.com/events/252707428213142/>Place: Room 379 - Dept. of Computer Science <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_379/>Tags: Learn to Code <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/learn/> *Note: Remember to bring your laptop to these events!* About Learn to Code During these events, there will be a mixture of interactive workshops and talks. We will be teaching you the basics of programming using Python <http://www.python.org/>. These events are good if you have zero coding experience, but they are also valuable if you already have started coding and would like to better your skills. We also welcome people who already have good coding experience as the more volunteers the better! These events are always followed by our weekly Geek Night <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/geek_night/>. You can find out more information about this series of events over at ox.compsoc.net/learn <http://ox.compsoc.net/learn/> We also have a facebook group for discussion if you are taking part in this course: fb.com/groups/OXLearnToCode <https://www.facebook.com/groups/OXLearnToCode/> ...and a group for those who would like to volunteer: fb.com/groups/OXLearnToCodeHelpers <https://www.facebook.com/groups/OXLearnToCodeHelpers/> Geek Night 3 <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2013/michaelmas/geek_night_3/> Date: Saturday Week 3 - 02 November 2013 Time: 07:00 PM Facebook Event <https://facebook.com/events/240331446124434/>Place: Undergraduate Social Area - Dept. of Computer Science <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_social_area/>Tags: Geek Night <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/geek_night/> -- Kind Regards, The CompSoc Committee Sam Lanning President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>

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Morgan Stanley Talk Tonight - Now including free pizza and pub
by Sam Lanning 23 Oct '13

23 Oct '13

Hey Everyone, Just a very quick reminder about tonight's event (in case you missed it). Morgan Stanley will be talking about open source and enterprise software (and how companies like Morgan Stanley contribute to the open source community), after which they will be buying pizza for everyone, and offering to take us all to the pub. Hope to see many of you there tonight! =) Morgan Stanley: Open source and the enterprise <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2013/michaelmas/morgan_stanley_open_source_and…> Date: Wednesday Week 2 - 23 October 2013 Time: 06:30 PM Facebook Event <https://facebook.com/events/166643480198101/>Place: Lecture Theatre A - Dept. of Computer Science <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_lta/>Tags: Corporate <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/corporate/> Talk <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/talk/> /Note: This event will include pizza and Morgan Stanley will be taking everyone for drinks afterwards./ This session looks at what it means to be "Enterprise" software: how open-source can help in large organisations, and vice versa: where are the benefits in organisations contributing to open-source, using Morgan Stanley's contributions to open-source as examples. Specific ideas are presented around how to make software more enterprise friendly, and how to build an open-source community. -- Kind Regards, Sam Sam Lanning President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>

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Week 2 Newsletter
by Sam Lanning 21 Oct '13

21 Oct '13

Hey Everyone, This week we have our usual set of 3 events, a geek night, a learn to code event, and this week we also have Morgan Stanley coming to give a talk about open source in the enterprise. All details below. Morgan Stanley: Open source and the enterprise <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2013/michaelmas/morgan_stanley_open_source_and…> Date: Wednesday Week 2 - 23 October 2013 Time: 06:30 PM Facebook Event <https://facebook.com/events/166643480198101/>Place: Lecture Theatre A - Dept. of Computer Science <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_lta/>Tags: Corporate <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/corporate/> Talk <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/talk/> This session looks at what it means to be "Enterprise" software: how open-source can help in large organisations, and vice versa: where are the benefits in organisations contributing to open-source, using Morgan Stanley's contributions to open-source as examples. Specific ideas are presented around how to make software more enterprise friendly, and how to build an open-source community. Learn to Code: Session 2 <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2013/michaelmas/learn_to_code_2/> Date: Saturday Week 2 - 26 October 2013 Time: 05:00 PM Facebook Event <https://facebook.com/events/480262092071769/>Place: Room 379 - Dept. of Computer Science <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_379/>Tags: Learn to Code <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/learn/> *Note: Remember to bring your laptop to these events!* About Learn to Code During these events, there will be a mixture of interactive workshops and talks. We will be teaching you the basics of programming using Python <http://www.python.org/>. These events are good if you have zero coding experience, but they are also valuable if you already have started coding and would like to better your skills. We also welcome people who already have good coding experience as the more volunteers the better! These events are always followed by our weekly Geek Night <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/geek_night/>. You can find out more information about this series of events over at ox.compsoc.net/learn <http://ox.compsoc.net/learn/> We also have a facebook group for discussion if you are taking part in this course: fb.com/groups/OXLearnToCode <https://www.facebook.com/groups/OXLearnToCode/> ...and a group for those who would like to volunteer: fb.com/groups/OXLearnToCodeHelpers <https://www.facebook.com/groups/OXLearnToCodeHelpers/> Geek Night 2 <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2013/michaelmas/geek_night_2/> Date: Saturday Week 2 - 26 October 2013 Time: 07:00 PM Facebook Event <https://facebook.com/events/1406024182964750/>Place: Undergraduate Social Area - Dept. of Computer Science <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_social_area/>Tags: Geek Night <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/geek_night/> -- Best Wishes, The CompSoc Committee Sam Lanning President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>

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Midweek Notice: Learn to Code
by Sam Lanning 18 Oct '13

18 Oct '13

Hi Everyone, Just a quick mid-week email (these don't happen often at all so don't worry), because a new event has been finalised before our next newsletter is due to go out. If you have picked up one of our "Learn to Code" flyers, you will notice that as well as our weekly events on a Saturday, we are also doing 3 joint events with Oxford Entrepreneurs (the first of which is also this Saturday). These events are workshops where we will be teaching the basics of front-end web development. Here are the details of all events this Saturday: Learn to Code with OE (Part 1 of 3): Intro to Front End <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2013/michaelmas/learn_to_code_with_oe_1/> Date: Saturday Week 1 - 19 October 2013 Time: 10:00 AMTags: Oxford Entrepreneurs <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/oxford_entrepreneurs/> Learn to Code <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/learn/> This is the first in a set of 3 events this term with Oxford Entrepreneurs (OE) where together we will be teaching the basics of front-end web development (HTML and CSS) Get online in 4 hours, or less... The event will be running from 10am-3pm (with an hour lunch break 12pm-1pm) so there will be 4 hours of content total. You can sign up to the course here: http://goo.gl/KGXyCe It will be held in the Said Business School Oxford Entrepreneurs Facebook Page <https://www.facebook.com/OxEntrepreneurs> Learn to Code: Session 1 <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2013/michaelmas/learn_to_code_1/> Date: Saturday Week 1 - 19 October 2013 Time: 05:00 PM Facebook Event <https://facebook.com/events/597450513633816/>Place: Undergraduate Social Area - Dept. of Computer Science <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_social_area/>Tags: Learn to Code <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/learn/> This is the first event in our Learn to Code series! *Note: Remember to bring your laptop to these events!* About Learn to Code During these events, there will be a mixture of interactive workshops and talks. We will be teaching you the basics of programming using Python <http://www.python.org/>. These events are good if you have zero coding experience, but they are also valuable if you already have started coding and would like to better your skills. We also welcome people who already have good coding experience as the more volunteers the better! These events are always followed by our weekly Geek Night <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/geek_night/>. You can find out more information about this series of events over at ox.compsoc.net/learn <http://ox.compsoc.net/learn/> We also have a facebook group for discussion if you are taking part in this course: fb.com/groups/OXLearnToCode <https://www.facebook.com/groups/OXLearnToCode/> ...and a group for those who would like to volunteer: fb.com/groups/OXLearnToCodeHelpers <https://www.facebook.com/groups/OXLearnToCodeHelpers/> Geek Night 1 <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2013/michaelmas/geek_night_1/> Date: Saturday Week 1 - 19 October 2013 Time: 07:00 PMTags: Geek Night <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/geek_night/> In addition to this, Oxford Entrepreneurs will be hosting a Startup Fair which you may be interested in, here are the details. > > StartUp Business Day > > Interested in meeting numerous awesome startups from London, but don't > want to make the trek? In partnership with Enternships, OE will bring > them to you! On October 26th, 11:00am - 5pm we'll be holding > a StartUp Fair at the Said Business School. This will coincide with > Oxford University's careers fair week but with a focus on startups. > Over 20 startups from London and 10 from Oxford will be exhibiting. > This is a great opportunity to reach out to the startup community in > London, network in general, and hear from our great speakers: > > Kristo Käärmann, CEO and cofounder at TransferWise > (uk.linkedin.com/in/kkaarmann > <http://e.groupspaces.com/click/3ouxr-4c4cz-z4eitoeop?u=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.link…>) > Simon Coulson, CEO at Internet Business School LLP > (uk.linkedin.com/in/simoncoulsonuk/ > <http://e.groupspaces.com/click/3ouxr-4c4cz-z4eitoeop?u=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.link…>) > Jordan Poulton, The Apprentice super star > (uk.linkedin.com/in/jordanpoulton > <http://e.groupspaces.com/click/3ouxr-4c4cz-z4eitoeop?u=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.link…>) > > check out our event page and register here. > <http://e.groupspaces.com/click/3ouxr-4c4cz-z4eitoeop?u=http%3A%2F%2Foxfords…> Hope the start of term has treated you well, and hope to see many of you at our upcoming events! -- Kind Regards, Sam Sam Lanning President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>

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Week 1 Newsletter
by Sam Lanning 14 Oct '13

14 Oct '13

Hi Everyone, Thank you to everyone who signed up to our mailing list during freshers' fair. This is the first of a weekly newsletter you will receive. You can unsubscribe from this list at any time via our website. First point to make is that we also run a "jobs" mailing list ( http://ox.compsoc.net/members/mailing_lists/), we get a large number of job advertisement requests (thing freelance work, internal Oxford work, graduate / internship opportunities etc...), and we will not spam you with these, but if you are interested in receiving these kind of emails, feel free to sign up to this list. Second thing is Events! This week we have the legendary Jon Skeet ( http://stackoverflow.com/users/22656/jon-skeet, *person with the most reputation in ALL of Stack Overflow*, and author of C# in depth) from Google coming to give a talk about what it's like to work there. We also have our first Learn to Code event, all details below. We look forward to seeing you at our events, if you are interested in becoming a member, bring £5 with you to the events and we will have membership signup sheets! =) *This Week's Events:* Google: Engineering at Google: it's a little different <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2013/michaelmas/google_talk/> Date: Wednesday Week 1 - 16 October 2013 Time: 06:00 PM Facebook Event <https://facebook.com/events/1418356795049339/>Place: Lecture Theatre A - Dept. of Computer Science <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_lta/>Tags: Google <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/google/> Corporate <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/corporate/> Sponsor Event <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/sponsor_event/> Talk <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/talk/> Abstract Being an engineer at Google is a fantastic experience. Most people know about some of our perks such as free food and fabulous offices - but what's the work like? How does it compare with other environments? I've been at Google for just over five years, with about ten years of industry experience before that, so I've seen a bit of both sides. In this talk I'll try to address four questions: * What challenges are particular to Google (and other companies of similar scale) which don't affect most environments? * What challenges faced by smaller companies simply aren't a problem at Google? * Where does software engineering still have significant issues which hurt everyone, regardless of scale? * How can you get ahead of the game as a software engineer? Bio *Jon Skeet* is a Senior Software Engineer in Google's London office, where he's worked on Mobile Sync, Mobile Notifications, Windows Phone 7 Google Search App, and Google Offers. Beyond Google, he's better known for his is involvement in the C# community and particularly the Stack Overflow Q&A site. Jon has a maths degree and a diploma in computer science from "the other place." Learn to Code: Session 1 <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2013/michaelmas/learn_to_code_1/> Date: Saturday Week 1 - 19 October 2013 Time: 05:00 PM Facebook Event <https://facebook.com/events/597450513633816/>Place: Undergraduate Social Area - Dept. of Computer Science <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_social_area/>Tags: Committee Speaker <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/committee_speaker/> Talk <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/talk/> Learn to Code <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/learn/> This is the first event in our Learn to Code series! *Note: Remember to bring your laptop to these events!* About Learn to Code During these events, there will be a mixture of interactive workshops and talks. We will be teaching you the basics of programming using Python <http://www.python.org/>. These events are good if you have zero coding experience, but they are also valuable if you already have started coding and would like to better your skills. We also welcome people who already have good coding experience as the more volunteers the better! These events are always followed by our weekly Geek Night <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/geek_night/>. You can find out more information about this series of events over at ox.compsoc.net/learn <http://ox.compsoc.net/learn/> We also have a facebook group for discussion if you are taking part in this course: fb.com/groups/OXLearnToCode <https://www.facebook.com/groups/OXLearnToCode/> ...and a group for those who would like to volunteer: fb.com/groups/OXLearnToCodeHelpers <https://www.facebook.com/groups/OXLearnToCodeHelpers/> Geek Night 1 <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2013/michaelmas/geek_night_1/> Date: Saturday Week 1 - 19 October 2013 Time: 07:00 PMTags: Geek Night <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/geek_night/> -- Kind Regards, Sam Sam Lanning President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>

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Week 0 Newsletter
by Sam Lanning 08 Oct '13

08 Oct '13

Hello Everyone! Welcome back to Oxford! We hope you have had a great summer, and are well refreshed ready for the year ahead. And we hope those of you not in studying any more have a great summer none the less and are settling into your careers nicely. First things first, we have a new website!!! You can check it out at: http://ox.compsoc.net/. There is still lots of work that needs to be done to it, but we have made that oh-so-difficult leap to actually implementing enough of it to switch over. Second thing, Events! This term is set to be a big one! With 3 events per week, we have plenty to keep you on your toes. Along with our usual wednesday evening events, we have our weekly "Geek Nights" which proved a success last year, and we're introducing a "Learn to Code" Course which will be held directly before the Geek Nights. You can see the full termcard here: http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2013/michaelmas/ And learn more about "Learn to Code" here: http://ox.compsoc.net/learn/ For the time being, before 1st week commences, we have a Geek Night on Week 0 Geek Night 0 <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2013/michaelmas/geek_night_0/> Date: Saturday Week 0 - 12 October 2013 Time: 07:00 PM Facebook Event <https://facebook.com/events/1398157007083334/>Place: Undergraduate Social Area - Dept. of Computer Science <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_social_area/>Tags: Geek Night <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/geek_night/> And the first main event is in 1st week and is a talk from Google: Google: Engineering at Google: it's a little different <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2013/michaelmas/google_talk/> Date: Wednesday Week 1 - 16 October 2013 Time: 06:00 PM Facebook Event <https://facebook.com/events/1418356795049339/>Place: Lecture Theatre A - Dept. of Computer Science <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_lta/>Tags: Google <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/google/> Corporate <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/corporate/> Sponsor Event <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/sponsor_event/> Talk <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/talk/> Abstract Being an engineer at Google is a fantastic experience. Most people know about some of our perks such as free food and fabulous offices - but what's the work like? How does it compare with other environments? I've been at Google for just over five years, with about ten years of industry experience before that, so I've seen a bit of both sides. In this talk I'll try to address four questions: * What challenges are particular to Google (and other companies of similar scale) which don't affect most environments? * What challenges faced by smaller companies simply aren't a problem at Google? * Where does software engineering still have significant issues which hurt everyone, regardless of scale? * How can you get ahead of the game as a software engineer? Bio Jon Skeet is a Senior Software Engineer in Google's London office, where he's worked on Mobile Sync, Mobile Notifications, Windows Phone 7 Google Search App, and Google Offers. Beyond Google, he's better known for his is involvement in the C# community and particularly the Stack Overflow Q&A site. Jon has a maths degree and a diploma in computer science from "the other place." We hope to see many of you at the upcoming events, and good luck for the year! P.S: Keep an eye out for us at re-freshers' fair ;-) -- Best Wishes, The CompSoc Committee Sam Lanning President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>

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