compsoc-freshers June 2018

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Week 9 Newsletter: Palantir Women in Technology Scholarship, Foundry Events

by Joe Gardiner

G’day! A huge congratulations to all of those who are graduating! If you could subscribe to the CompSoc dinners mailing list <http://lists.ox.compsoc.net/mailman/listinfo/compsoc-dinners> so that we can invite you back for an anniversary dinner in 2028, that would be great since it’s a great opportunity for the generations of us to converge. We’re sending stuff to be archived at the Bodleian, so we would appreciate if anybody has any pictures of events that they would like to share. *The CompSoc Committee - Joe G, Edward H, Ben S* Events *There are no more events this academic year!* Other notices *The following notice is from Palantir.* Apply for the Palantir Women in Technology Scholarship Scholarship finalists will be awarded grants up to *£10,000* for the 2018-2019 academic year. All finalists will travel to London for a full-day, all-expenses paid, developmental workshop. Apply: palantir.com/students/scholarship ------------------------------ *The following notices are from Oxford Foundry.* Female-led start-ups, step this way.. The Oxford Foundry has opened applications for its LEV8 Women pre-accelerator programme for female-led start-ups, which is open to all current Oxford students and recent (<10 years) alumni. Full information and eligibility criteria are online here <https://www.oxfordfoundry.ox.ac.uk/oxfo-lev8-women>. *Applications close on June 29th*, and the programme involves 6 days of intensive learning in Oxford, based at the new Foundry building. OXFO Pitch Night The Oxford Foundry invites you to a Pitch Night on Monday 25th June, from 5pm – 7.30pm, where teams from the OXFO L.E.V8 Accelerator will pitch their ventures for a chance to win a £20k award! Join us for a fun evening of pitching, refreshments and networking at the Foundry Sponsored by CAE and Fujitsu REGISTER NOW TO ATTEND <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lev8-pitch-night-tickets-46976436787> Invitation: Oxford Foundry X Pinterest Co-Founder, Evan Sharp The Oxford Foundry invites you to join us for a sofa session and Q&A with Evan Sharp, Co-Founder and COO of Pinterest, from 5.30-7.30pm on 27th June 2018. Evan is one of the most successful internet entrepreneurs of our time. Today, Pinterest <http://www.pinterest.com/> is one of the biggest social networking platforms on the internet, with an estimated 175 million users each month. As supporters, friends and members of our wider Oxford community we would be truly delighted to have you attend. This is an invite only event so please register to attend here <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pinterest-comes-to-the-oxford-foundry-ticket…> . ------------------------------ 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/> or visit our Website <https://ox.compsoc.net> for more information about the society. Want to unsubscribe or manage your subscription preferences? Go to http://lists.ox.compsoc.net/mailman/listinfo/.

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Week 8 Newsletter: Geek Night, Ensoft CV deadline and Wetton lecture

by Edward Hart

Greetings humans, Exams dawn upon many of us, the sun shines brightly in the morning skies, and each fateful tick of the clock brings us a second closer to a hopefully glorious finale. There's an astronomy/modern data science public lecture happening next week in Clarendon Laboratory. Reminder that the deadline to submit a CV to *Ensoft* is *tomorrow noon, Tuesday 12/06.* Details can be found in last week's newsletter, or at this link <https://ensoft.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8658f71b95ede053e3ff45ea9…> *.* *The CompSoc Committee – Joe G, Edward H, Ben S* Events Geek Night 8 <https://www.facebook.com/events/2059978900958464/?event_time_id=20599789342…> *19:00, Saturday 8th Week – UGSA, Department of Computer Science* Bring your laptop again for the term's final evening of fun, food and drink! A nice way to chill a little in the midst of gruelling examinations. Other notices *The following notice is for the Wetton Lecture.* Realising The Astronomy of the Future III This lecture will be delivered by Professor David W. Hogg (Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, New York University). This is free to attend and aimed at those with a curiosity for both astronomy and/or modern data science. Asking and answering the questions regarding 'how' the amazing results in exoplanet research are achieved. It will be held on Tuesday the 19th June at 5pm at the Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford. Though we recommend being there early to get seated. ------------------------------ 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/> or visit our Website <https://ox.compsoc.net> for more information about the society. Want to unsubscribe or manage your subscription preferences? Go to http://lists.ox.compsoc.net/mailman/listinfo/.

5 years, 3 months

Week 7 Newsletter: Ensoft careers, Data Visualisation internship

by Joe Gardiner

Good day, Good luck with revision! It’s a fairly quiet week with exams around the corner, but there are still some notices. We have a hiring notice from Ensoft, and some internship opportunities from Careers. *The CompSoc Committee - Joe G, Edward H, Ben S* EventsGeek Night 7 <https://www.facebook.com/events/2059978900958464/?event_time_id=20599789242…> *19:00, Saturday 7th Week – UGSA, Department of Computer Science* Bring your laptop again for the usual evening of fun, food and drink. Geek Night 8 <https://www.facebook.com/events/2059978900958464/?event_time_id=20599789342…> *19:00, Saturday 8th Week – UGSA, Department of Computer Science* Bring your laptop again for the usual evening of fun, food and drink. Other notices *The following notice is from Careers.* Dear student, Are you looking for an interesting opportunity to take part in over the summer? Do you have coding skills and an interest in data science? The Summer Internship Programme <http://www.careers.ox.ac.uk/about-our-internships/> has a fantastic opportunity on offer, exclusively for Oxford students, that may be of interest! The company is offering an exciting Data Visualisation Internship <https://oxford.targetconnect.net/leap/jobSearch.html?id=63227&service=Caree…> opportunity for candidates with backgrounds in Data Science, Computer Science with data visualization specialisation, Biostatistics, or similar, and proficiency in one of the scripting languages for data analysis (Python, R, Matlab, Ruby or similar). The internship will involve working on projects based on large healthcare-related datasets. Your tasks will cover the whole process of a typical data science project, including data scraping, data wrangling, data management, data analysis and visualization. The role will be based in Bracknell, Berkshire, UK and there may be opportunities to travel to our offices in Valencia, Spain, and in New York. For more details and to apply, please see the vacancy page on CareerConnect <https://oxford.targetconnect.net/leap/jobSearch.html?id=63227&service=Caree…> before the application deadline of June 11th 2018. Even more internship opportunities are available through the Summer Internship Programme, with an application deadline of June 11th. For details and to browse, click here. <https://oxford.targetconnect.net/leap/placements.html?page=schemes&id=2> ------------------------------ *The following notice is from Ensoft.* Ensoft CV Deadline Looking to start a career this September in technology? Interested in a small company with a great culture, that’s also very successful and offers a graduate starting salary of £40,000? Read more below… Read casebooks here. <https://ensoft.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8658f71b95ede053e3ff45ea9…> Ensoft develops software that connects the world. The Internet depends every day on the code we write - it’s challenging work that matters. It’s also fun - being really good at writing complex software is what we enjoy. We’ve grown by taking a few of the best Oxbridge graduates each year, who have built careers with us by learning from our world class development organisation. It’s an ideal environment for bright, creative people with an interest in software. If you bring the computer science knowledge and coding skills needed to tame Internet-scale complex systems, you can solve challenging problems as part of a world-class software engineering team. Our application process is very simple: - Email a CV to recruitment(a)ensoft.co.uk by noon on Tuesday 12th June 2018. - Interviews (lasting no more than 2 hours) are held on Friday 15th June at The Saïd Business School, Park End Street, Oxford. - If successful, you’ll have a firm offer quickly. You can find more details on www.ensoft.co.uk/careers <https://ensoft.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8658f71b95ede053e3ff45ea9…>, or get reminders by following us on Twitter (@ensoftuk) or on Facebook (ensoftuk). But we would encourage you to apply soon. Whilst everything is designed to take up as little of your time as we can, it is still very competitive for places. We look forward to hearing from you. Find more details here. <https://ensoft.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8658f71b95ede053e3ff45ea9…> ------------------------------ 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/> or visit our Website <https://ox.compsoc.net> for more information about the society. Want to unsubscribe or manage your subscription preferences? Go to http://lists.ox.compsoc.net/mailman/listinfo/.

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