Hi all,
This week we're going to be hosting our second Geek Night of the term, in
which we'll be writing algorithms to find optimal solutions to a modified
version of the travelling salesperson problem. Later in the term we will
also be hosting a competitive programming competition, CoreWars tournament,
and hopefully a Capture the Flag event.
One of our sponsors has asked that we share this UCAS survey about how CS
students view technology <https://www.surveybuilder.com/s/eQkba/nav#p/186a0>.
It only takes a few minutes to fill in.
Have a great week!
Thomas and the rest of the committee
EventsGeek Night 1 <https://www.facebook.com/events/1448897341847565/>
*Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science - 7pm Saturday
(1st week)*
The theme this week is the travelling salesperson problem, but with a
twist! We're going to be writing competing approximation algorithms for
finding the shortest pub crawl around Oxford, but with a few extra
restrictions (to be announced on the night). Come along for a chance to
practice your algorithms skills.
Join us for an evening of relaxing, chatting, games, coding, and the usual
selection of food and drinks.
We will also have an Adafruit IoT starterkit and a BBC micro:bit if you are
interested in learning some embedded programming. Join us for an evening of
relaxing, chatting, games, coding, and the usual selection of food and
drinks.
Sponsor NoticesEntrepreneur First Student Partner opportunity
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We're on the lookout for a Student Partner to help us change the way the
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specialise in supporting people to build technically defensible companies
from scratch and we're looking for ambitious Student Partners to help us
inspire and engage the best student technologists to build a startup with
EF. This is a great opportunity if you're interested in tech startups and
either see yourself founding one or working for one in the future.
*The role*
You'll be helping us grow EF's brand at your university and encourage the
best student engineers to start companies. This is a community-facing role
and you'll be the eyes and ears 'on the ground' - gathering first-hand
insights about our customers and helping them to kick-start their startup
journeys with EF. You'll be focused on building a technical community and
running tech and startup-focused meetups and events. You'll play a key role
in driving applications to our EFX Internship programme enabling students
to experience working for a startup first hand.
For more information click here.
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The Oxford University Computer 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>, Twitter <https://twitter.com/oxcompsoc>,
or visit our website <https://ox.compsoc.net/> for more information about
the society.
Thomas Denney
President - Oxford University Computer Society
president(a)ox.compsoc.net
Welcome back!
At the end of Hilary we held our Annual General Meeting at which we elected
a new committee. I'm delighted to announce that the 2017-18 committee is:
- *President:* Thomas Denney - president(a)ox.compsoc.net
- *Secretary:* Edward Hart - secretary(a)ox.compsoc.net
- *Treasurer:* William Seymour - treasurer(a)ox.compsoc.net
<treasurer(a)ox.comspoc.net>
I'm really looking forward to working with the new committee, and I'd also
like to thank Matt Burke and Chris Mullender for their fantastic work as
president and treasurer over the last year.
This week we've got out first Geek Night of the term, and later in the term
we will also be hosting a competitive programming competition, CoreWars
tournament, and hopefully a Capture the Flag event.
Have a great week!
Thomas and the rest of the committee
EventsGeek Night 0 <https://www.facebook.com/events/440629976288504>
*Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science - 7pm Saturday
(0th week)*
Join us for an evening of relaxing, chatting, games, coding, and the usual
selection of food and drinks.
Sponsor NoticesEntrepreneur First Student Partner opportunity
<https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WPTpeFLMyV5>
We're on the lookout for a Student Partner to help us change the way the
most talented students think about their careers. At Entrepreneur First we
specialise in supporting people to build technically defensible companies
from scratch and we're looking for ambitious Student Partners to help us
inspire and engage the best student technologists to build a startup with
EF. This is a great opportunity if you're interested in tech startups and
either see yourself founding one or working for one in the future.
*The role*
You'll be helping us grow EF's brand at your university and encourage the
best student engineers to start companies. This is a community-facing role
and you’ll be the eyes and ears 'on the ground' - gathering first-hand
insights about our customers and helping them to kick-start their startup
journeys with EF. You'll be focused on building a technical community and
running tech and startup-focused meetups and events. You'll play a key role
in driving applications to our EFX Internship programme enabling students
to experience working for a startup first hand.
For more information click here.
<https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WPTpeFLMyV5>
------------------------------
The Oxford University Computer 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>, Twitter <https://twitter.com/oxcompsoc>,
or visit our website <https://ox.compsoc.net/> for more information about
the society.
Thomas Denney
President - Oxford University Computer Society
president(a)ox.compsoc.net
