compsoc-freshers May 2013

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Last newsletter of term
by Sam Lanning 28 May '13

28 May '13

Hi Everyone, We hope you have had a good term, and attended enough CompSoc events! We've certainly had a great time, with the Facebook hackathon, Rebellion Games Games Night, Dionach Capture the Pi Challenge and talk from GreenQloud, along with our weekly geek nights. As many of you are aware, we were originally going to plan for a Cocktails night this term, but we have taken the decision, due to the looming exams and revision, to cancel this event, and we will be hosting no further mid-week events for the rest of term. We will however continue hosting our Saturday Geek Nights! So come on down if you need an escape from exams, or anything else for that matter! And for everyone sitting exams, good luck!!! For anyone who is yet to join it, here is the official Oxford University CompSoc group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/oxcompsocgeeknight/ Best Wishes, Everyone from the CompSoc Committee Sam Lanning President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>

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Event Tomorrow from GreenQloud
by Sam Lanning 21 May '13

21 May '13

Hi Everyone, Sorry for the particularly delayed email this week! Tomorrow we are proud to be welcoming GreenQloud ( http://greenqloud.com/) who's CTO along with one of their lead developers will be coming all the way from Iceland to give us a unique talk about the company. This is going to be a great event that you will not want to miss. As always there will be pizza. GreenQloud Talk <http://ox.compsoc.net/termcards/2013/trinity/GreenQloud_Talk/> Wednesday 22nd May Department Of Computer Science - Lecture Theatre A This week we have a guest company, GreenQloud <http://greenqloud.com/>, coming in to do a talk on Cloud Computing. Tryggvi Larusson, CTO and Cofounder of GreenQloud will be joined by Jonatan Nilsson, GreenQloud developer and QloudPay Lead, to discuss the components, software, systems and security of the Public Cloud. They'll review the unique approach to GreenQloud's cloud structure from its renewable energy powered services to its architecture and APIs. GreenQloud are a hosting company based in Iceland. They have data centres that utilise 100% renewable, carbon neutral energy. Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/371575126280944/ Posted Mon 20 May 2013 14:43:41 BST And as always, the week will conclude with a geek night on Saturday! -- Kind Regards, Sam Sam Lanning President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>

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Hacking Event this week (with Raspberry Pis) and CompSoc Competition
by Sam Lanning 12 May '13

12 May '13

Hi Everyone! This week we have a really cool event lined up! Dionach (a white-hat pen testing company based on the outskirts of our fine city) are coming in with a load of raspberry pi's set up with particular vulnerabilities. They will talk a bit about particular vulnerabilities and get teams of people to try and break into them remotely. This is definitely an event you will want to come down to! Also, this week, we have a competition running, organised by our secretary Greg: > CompSoc is having mini competition to see who can make the best Sevens > playing program! Will happen around 7-10pm next Saturday evening in > the social area. > > At some point that evening submit to me a Java .class file which > implements the following interface. Anything goes except reflection, > returning invalid moves, or causing the simulation to hang! :P > > https://github.com/greglo/Sevens/blob/master/src/Player.java > <https://github.com/greglo/Sevens/blob/master/src/Player.java> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevens_(card_game) > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevens_%28card_game%29> The actual running of the competition will happen during our next weekly geek night. Hope to see many of you there! Here are the full details for Wednesday's event: Capture the Pi Challenge - Workshop with Dionach <http://ox.compsoc.net/termcards/2013/trinity/Capture_the_Pi_Challenge_-_Wor…> Wednesday 15th May Department Of Computer Science - Lecture Theatre A This week we have a guest company, Dionach <http://www.dionach.com/>, coming in to do an interactive session with attendees. You will need to bring your laptops with you for this event, and don't forget power cables. People will also be grouped up into teams. Teams will be challenged to exploit vulnerabilities that have been setup on Raspberry Pis, in order to understand various types of software vulnerabilities. Dionach are an information security consultancy based in Oxfordshire that specialize in penetration testing. Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/605392719472561/ -- Kind Regards, Sam Sam Lanning President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>

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Games Night This Week
by Sam Lanning 06 May '13

06 May '13

Hi Everyone, Hope term has gone well for you all so far! It's been pretty hectic so far for us CompSoc people. With 3 Geek Nights, a hackathon, and a film night already done, and lots more to come, the best we to spend your relaxation time this term definitely seems to be here! This week we have our termly Games Night! So bring your laptops down to the usual place at the usual time on Wednesday for many hours of LAN Party goodness. The event this week is also sponsored by Rebellion Games who have agreed to bring along some extra free games to play, along with some funding for pizza of course. We also have our usual Geek Night this Saturday, so come along down to that if you feel like a relaxing evening with pizza and computer related banter. Games Night <http://ox.compsoc.net/termcards/2013/trinity/Games_Night/> Wednesday 8th May Department Of Computer Science - Undergraduate Social Area This event is sponsored by Rebellion Games <http://rebellion.co.uk/>, who are providing us with some games to play for free! As always, pizza and refreshments will be provided. If you are having trouble getting into the building on the night, call 01865 283599. If you plan on attending you will need to bring a laptop with any games you want to play *installed and updated*! You will also need a LAN cable and probably a power supply for your laptop. Team Fortess 2 and Super Monday Night Combat are both free to install and play from store.steampowered.com/ <http://store.steampowered.com/> (you have to install Steam first, though). It is also possible to install TF2 from another computer with it already installed on, we will probably be able to facilitate this but should stress that it is a much better idea to *make sure it is installed and up to date beforehand!* If there are any other games you'd like to play (and think others will have) bring them along and we might play them too! Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/381795038601490/ Posted Mon 06 May 2013 14:09:23 BST See you all later on! -- Kind Regards, Sam Sam Lanning President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>

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