compsoc-freshers March 2016

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Week 8 Newsletter; Hack Campus Start-up Talk; Learn to Code; LAN Night; Geek Night
by Matthew Burke 08 Mar '16

08 Mar '16

Hello All, This week we are hosting HackCampus for their *Startup Series Talk* <https://www.facebook.com/events/348988538605069/>, they will be bringing developers from some exciting companies to talk about and answer any questions you may have about startups. *Free pizza* will be provided. *Learn To Code* <https://www.facebook.com/events/1565043827148306/> on Thursday will be providing some challenges for both groups, with helpers on hand to answer any questions or point you towards useful resources. The *End of Term LAN Night* <https://www.facebook.com/events/1686567698282741/> will be on Friday, bring your laptop and some ideas for games you would like to play. There will be plenty of food provided. For anyone still in Oxford on Saturday evening: *Geek Night* <https://www.facebook.com/events/1702081470061738/> will be on Saturday, join us for games, coding, and pizza. We hope everyone has enjoyed this term, and we look forward to bringing you more events next term. Matthew, CompSoc Secretary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HackCampus Startup Series Talk <https://www.facebook.com/events/348988538605069/> *Department of Computer Science - 7:00pm Wednesday (8th week)* HackCampus are excited to bring developers from some of their partnered startups to talk to you about what they do, and some of the challenges they face day-to-day. It will be a relaxed evening with some 'fireside chat' style talks followed by an opportunity to network, and accompanied by free pizza! Learn To Code 7 <https://www.facebook.com/events/1565043827148306/> *Department of Computer Science - 7:30pm Thursday (8th week)* In the final session of Learn to Code for this term, we'll have various exercises and challenges for you to practice your Python on. Helpers will be on hand to provide assistance and advice, as well as to answer any questions you have about any of the material covered in the course. The material from previous sessions can be found at https://ox.compsoc.net/learntocode/. Doors will open at 7pm, for a 7:30pm start. The session will last 2 hours. If you are interested in helping out at Learn to Code, please get in touch! End of Term LAN Night <https://www.facebook.com/events/1686567698282741/> *Department of Computer Science - 7:00pm Friday (8th week)* An evening of gaming and food to celebrate another successful term. Bring your own laptop. Geek Night 8 <https://www.facebook.com/events/1702081470061738/> *Undergraduate Social Area - 7:00pm Saturday (8th week)* For those still around in Oxford. Our ninth Geek Night of 2016, with our usual selection of food, drinks, games, chatting and coding. We would love to see some new faces, so please do feel free to come along. Open to all members and anyone interested in joining. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Oxford University Computing Society (CompSoc) aims to organise meetings and events for our members to use and further their computing interests. See all of our upcoming events on our Facebook Page <https://facebook.com/oxcompsoc/> or visit our Website <https://ox.compsoc.net> for more information about the society. -- Matthew Burke Secretary - Oxford University Computer Society secretary(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:secretary@ox.compsoc.net>

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Week 7 Newsletter
by Matthew Burke 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Hello All, A huge thank you to all those of you who came to the AGM last week and helped elect the new committee for the next year. Starting in Trinity the committee will be: * President - Matthew Burke (3rd Year Physics) * Secretary - Thomas Denney (1st Year Computer Science) * Treasurer - Christopher Mullender (3rd Year Physics) I am looking forward to another year on the committee and working closely with the new members. I also want to give a huge thank you to our current President Cameron Alsop and Treasurer James Wallis for their excellent work over the last year; and to Ex Presidents Joe Fowler and Sam Lanning, their assistance and knowledge has been essential in running the society. We have plenty of space on the committee for new roles, so if there are any positions that you think the society could benefit from having please let us know by contacting the committee, either by email at committee(a)ox.compsoc.net, or by finding one us at any of our events. Even though we are near to the end of term, we still have some great talks to go, as well as some more Learn To Code sessions and Geek Nights. Tomorrow (Wednesday) we have a Tech Talk from Mark Olleson from Bloomberg on *Super-scale Mobile Applications* <https://www.facebook.com/events/920225338069355/>, food and drinks will be provided and we hope to see you there. *Learn To Code* <https://www.facebook.com/events/771396236329084/> on Thursday will be providing some challenges for the main group to practice what they have learnt in the course, and covering Classes and Object Oriented Programming in the second group. *Geek Night* <https://www.facebook.com/events/1037106759716236/> will be on Saturday, join us for games, coding, and pizza. Next week we are hosting HackCampus for their *Startup Series Talk* <https://www.facebook.com/events/348988538605069/>, they will be bringing developers from some exciting companies to talk about and answer any questions you may have about startups. Free pizza will be provided. Matthew, CompSoc Secretary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Super-scale Mobile Applications with Bloomberg <https://www.facebook.com/events/920225338069355/> *Department of Computer Science - 7:00pm Wednesday (7th week)* An email client. An instant messenger. A real-time financial market data viewer and news reader. A portfolio viewer. A note taker, file manager, media viewer, flight planner, restaurant finder..... All built into one secure,mobile application. On 4 different mobile operating systems. Does this sound challenging? Mark Olleson from Bloomberg's Mobile team will discuss how conventional development tools and techniques scale poorly when faced with this challenge, and how Bloomberg tackles the problem. Food and drinks will be provided after the talk. Learn To Code 6 <https://www.facebook.com/events/771396236329084/> *Department of Computer Science - 7:30pm Thursday (7th week)* In Session 6, the main group will be able to choose from a variety of coding challenges, to practice everything they have learnt. Helpers will be on hand to advise and give tips. We will also be happy to help you with anything you have had difficulty with during the course, or answer any other questions you might have. The secondary group will be covering Classes and Object Oriented Programming, plus file operations and random numbers. The material from previous sessions can be found at https://ox.compsoc.net/learntocode/. Doors will open at 7pm, for a 7:30pm start. The session will last 2 hours. If you are interested in helping out at Learn to Code, please get in touch! Geek Night 7 <https://www.facebook.com/events/1037106759716236/> *Undergraduate Social Area - 7:00pm Saturday (7th week)* Our eighth Geek Night of 2016, with our usual selection of food, drinks, games, chatting and coding. We would love to see some new faces, so please do feel free to come along. Open to all members and anyone interested in joining. HackCampus Startup Series Talk <https://www.facebook.com/events/348988538605069/> *Department of Computer Science - 7:00pm Wednesday (8th week)* HackCampus are excited to bring developers from some of their partnered startups to talk to you about what they do, and some of the challenges they face day-to-day. It will be a relaxed evening with some 'fireside chat' style talks followed by an opportunity to network, and accompanied by free pizza! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Oxford University Computing Society (CompSoc) aims to organise meetings and events for our members to use and further their computing interests. See all of our upcoming events on our Facebook Page <https://facebook.com/oxcompsoc/> or visit our Website <https://ox.compsoc.net> for more information about the society. -- Matthew Burke Secretary - Oxford University Computer Society secretary(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:secretary@ox.compsoc.net>

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