compsoc-freshers January 2015

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eth0 hackathon venue changed, Geek Night this Saturday
by Joe Fowler 28 Jan '15

28 Jan '15

Hello all, The venue for the Jane Street hackathon *eth0 is no longer in the Undergraduate Social Area*. Those who have RSVP'd to the event will receive the venue details from Jane Street once they have been confirmed. Due to this change, *Geek night will now be running* for anybody who does not wish to attend the hackathon. Kind Regards, Joe -- Joe Fowler President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>

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Week 2 Newsletter
by Joe Fowler 25 Jan '15

25 Jan '15

Hello, all! Here are the events that we have organised for this week. Note that the first is on *Tuesday*, and that there is *no Geek Night* this week, due to the hackathon. Tech Talk: Distracted? Let’s Demand a New Kind of Design that Helps Us Spend Our Time Well <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2015/hilary/distracted/> Date: Tuesday Week 2 - 27 January 2015 Time: 07:00 PM Facebook Event <https://facebook.com/events/758205117596413/>Place: Lecture Theatre A - Dept. of Computer Science <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_lta/>Tags: Guest Speaker <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/guest_speaker/> Talk <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/talk/> *Speakers:* * Tristan Harris - Product Philosopher, Google - www.tristanharris.com <http://www.tristanharris.com/> * James Williams - Google / Oxford PhD in Philosophy - http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=275 *Event Description:* What if technology could distract us less, and respect our time & attention more? What would that world look like - and how could we build it? This question has been the focus of our Design Ethics work and thinking over the past two years at Google. In this talk we will give an overview of why we believe distraction, especially when it hijacks our collective psychological vulnerabilities, is one of the major unaddressed questions of the Information Age. In addition, we’ll suggest concrete steps you can take today - whether you’re a product engineer/designer, a business leader, or a user - to help technology design toward greater respect for users’ time and attention. For background information, see Tristan’s TEDx talk in Brussels last month:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT5rRh9AZf4 Tech Talk with CoreFiling: IPv6 <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2015/hilary/core_filing_ipv6/> Date: Wednesday Week 2 - 28 January 2015 Time: 05:00 PM Facebook Event <https://facebook.com/events/843599565682423/>Place: Lecture Theatre A - Dept. of Computer Science <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_lta/>Tags: Guest Speaker <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/guest_speaker/> Talk <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/talk/> *Event Description:* IPv6 is the next generation of the Internet Protocol. We'll talk about some of the practical details of its use, and attempt to separate fact from fiction about the world running out of IPv4 addresses and the impact this will have. *Speakers:* David North and Stephen White are both CompSoc alumni and IPv6 early adopters, and now work for local software company CoreFiling. eth0: JaneStreet 12-hour hackathon <www.janestreet.com/eth0> Date:Saturday Week 2 - 28 January 2015 Time:10:00 AM - 10:00 PM Facebook Event <https://www.facebook.com/events/793185687413821/>Place: Lecture Theatre A - Dept. of Computer Science <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_lta/>Tags: Guest Speaker <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/guest_speaker/> Talk <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/talk/> *Event Description**:* eth0: a day-long programming contest. Form teams and hack together software to compete against others and the markets. The winning prize will be *£0x1ff* per person. There'll be lots of *(free) food and drink available*. Absolutely no knowledge of finance, nor OCaml, required. You can use any language, but we'll provide some helper libraries in a few common ones. The contest is entirely technical in nature and you won't need any visual design skills. To sign up, or for any further queries, email: eth0(a)janestreet.com <mailto:eth0@janestreet.com> Further details will be announced to those signed up closer to the event. Teams of up to four will be accepted. You don't have to have a team to sign up — feel free to turn up as a singleton and we'll form teams on the fly. Regards, Joe Fowler President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>

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Week 1 Newsletter
by Joe Fowler 20 Jan '15

20 Jan '15

Hi all, First off, welcome back! Secondly, regarding events: * There will be *n**o talk this Wednesday*, however there are some visitors from Google who are willing to give a talk on some day between Thursday and next Tuesday - we will let you know when! * *Learn To Code* *is not going to run this term*, as the attendance for most of last term was reasonably low. We are however discussing a replacement, so keep the time free in your calendar for now! * *Geek Night* will be running as usual in the Undergraduate Social Area from 7pm onwards. Hope to see some of you there! Regards, Joe -- Joe Fowler President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>

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Week 0!
by Joe Fowler 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Hello all! I hope you have all had a great winter break, and are ready for another term. Our first event this term will of course be Geek Night 0 in the undergraduate social area *this saturday*, so I hope to see some of you there! Kind Regards, Joe -- Joe Fowler President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>

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