compsoc-freshers November 2019

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Week 7 Newsletter: Coding challenge (with prizes!), LAN Night

by Katherine Benjamin

Evening all, I hope everyone's had a wonderful Oxmas! If you're looking for more fun this week, Silver sponsor *G-Research* will be running a *Coding Challenge *this Wednesday. Come along to hone your coding skills and for a chance to win some *prizes*! On Saturday we’re teaming up with *OU eSports* to run our termly *LAN Night*. There’s always a huge variety of games being played, so come on down if you’d like to get in on the action. Looking further ahead, our *Termly General Meeting* is happening next Wednesday. Have a great week! *- Kate and the rest of the committee* ------------------------------ Events G-Research Coding Challenge <https://www.facebook.com/events/525960254903304/> *19:00, Wednesday, Week 7, LTA, Department of Computer Science* Calling all software engineering enthusiasts that enjoy a bit of healthy competition! G-Research is a leading quantitative research and technology company. By using the latest scientific techniques, we produce world-beating predictive research and build advanced technology to analyse the world’s data. Join us for the G-Research Coding Challenge where you will compete in teams in a series of progressively difficult challenges. You will be competing in teams of 2-3 to build a natural language calculation engine (no prior NLP experience required). The challenges will cover things like evaluation of arithmetic expressions to unit conversions and equation solving. We will allocate teams when you arrive, you don’t need to find a team beforehand - but feel free to bring your own team if you would like. To take part, you will need to bring at least one laptop per team. There will be a live leader board up on the projector to give all teams the opportunity to see where they are placing throughout the challenge. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place (decided by a point system) will win prizes! Following the event we will provide drinks and canapés and a chance for you to informally talk with our employees about internships, graduate roles and life at G-Research. Languages for the challenges - .NET Core 2 , Java and Maven or Python 3 with client starter kits provided when you login. To register for this coding challenge, please email graduates(a)gresearch.co.uk detailing whether you are registering as an individual or a team. LAN Night <https://www.facebook.com/events/536057867152685/> *19:00, Saturday, Week 7, Room 051, Department of Computer Science* The OU eSports Society will be joining us for the termly LAN night! Bring your laptops and other gaming tech along and we’ll provide the ethernet. What game you play is up to you! Michaelmas TGM <https://www.facebook.com/events/749439275531830/> *19:00, Wednesday, Week 8, UGSA, Department of Computer Science* The highlight of CompSoc’s calendar, come along for riveting speeches about budgeting and pizza logistics. If you’d like to put forward a motion then please get in touch with me beforehand (secretary(a)ox.compsoc.net) and I can get that sorted. ------------------------------ Other Notices Blockchain Tech Talent Networking *17:30, Tuesday, Week 7* Are you looking for a full-time job or internship? Do you want to connect with the founders of some of the world’s most exciting new blockchain companies across different industry sectors? If so, our networking event is for you! In a relaxed atmosphere, the evening offers company presentations and networking sessions, all accompanied by drinks and canapes. Sign up now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blockchain-tech-talent-networking-tickets-78… . ------------------------------ 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/.

3 years, 3 months

Belated Week 6 Newsletter: Tech Talk tomorrow and Oxmas!

by Katherine Benjamin

Hi everyone! Now that the dust has settled from Oxford Hack, we’re back to our regularly scheduled programming. This Wednesday, *CompSoc alumnus David North* will be visting from silver sponsor *CoreFiling* to talk about some of the challenges faced in running a small software firm. On Saturday we’ll be having a *festive Oxmas celebration* in the department, so be sure to root out your festive jumpers and good tidings! If you’re interested in the path to entrepreneurship, Bronze sponsor *EF* are hosting an Open Office next week! Furthermore, Gold sponsor *TPP* are coming to Oxford for graduate recruitment. Enjoy the rest of your week! *- Kate, Sam and the rest of the committee* ------------------------------ Events Tech Talk with CoreFiling: What they don’t teach you at university - software development stories from a small business. <https://en-gb.facebook.com/events/491386915049239/> *19:00, Wednesday, Week 6, LTA, Department of Computer Science* What happens when you try and put your knowledge into practice with some real-world programming? How do you deal with code once it’s 15 years old, or there are over 1 million lines of it? How do you balance the advantages of new technology against the cost of training a team? And how do you scale up from one person and their keyboard to a room full of developers working towards the same goal? Assuming you solve all of that, what do you do when a customer e-mails four hours before their deadline to say “it’s broken”? David North, CompSoc alumnus and now Head of Engineering at local software firm CoreFiling, will attempt to answer the above with some stories from his 10 years since graduating. As always, the talk is free for all Oxford students and pizza will be served afterwards. Oxmas <https://www.facebook.com/events/2780214702025241/> *19:00, Saturday, Week 6, UGSA, Department of Computer Science* *All We Want for Oxmas is you!* (To come to CompSoc on Saturday) This Saturday’s social event will be themed around Oxmas (Oxford’s classic festive celebration on the 25th Nov). We’ll have seasonal food, drinks and music - all you need to bring is festive cheer! Standard Saturday social activities will also be taking place. G-Research Coding Challenge <https://www.facebook.com/events/1509736435834547/> *19:00, Wednesday, Week 7, LTA, Department of Computer Science* Calling all software engineering enthusiasts that enjoy a bit of healthy competition! G-Research is a leading quantitative research and technology company. By using the latest scientific techniques, we produce world-beating predictive research and build advanced technology to analyse the world’s data. Join us for the G-Research Coding Challenge where you will compete in teams in a series of progressively difficult challenges. You will be competing in teams of 2-3 to build a natural language calculation engine (no prior NLP experience required). The challenges will cover things like evaluation of arithmetic expressions to unit conversions and equation solving. We will allocate teams when you arrive, you don’t need to find a team beforehand - but feel free to bring your own team if you would like. To take part, you will need to bring at least one laptop per team. There will be a live leader board up on the projector to give all teams the opportunity to see where they are placing throughout the challenge. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place (decided by a point system) will win prizes! Following the event we will provide drinks and canapés and a chance for you to informally talk with our employees about internships, graduate roles and life at G-Research. Languages for the challenges - .NET Core 2 , Java and Maven or Python 3 with client starter kits provided when you login. To register for this coding challenge, please email graduates(a)gresearch.co.uk detailing whether you are registering as an individual or a team. ------------------------------ Sponsor Notices EF Open Office EF are hosting their last Open Office next Monday before their early application deadline on 1st December. Find out more here <https://november-ef-open-office.eventbrite.co.uk/>. TPP Logic and Reasoning Tests *Wednesday, Week 7 and Thursday, Week 8, Saïd Business School* TPP is holding logic & reasoning tests at your university for a number of our graduate roles; the next tests are on the 27th November and 5th December in the Saïd Business School. TPP is a UK based IT company, dedicated to delivering world class healthcare software through our innovative products. Our technology helps improve people’s lives across the world, whether it is scheduling immunisations for millions of children, allowing doctors to manage complex care for elderly patients, helping governments with the prevention of outbreaks, or developing new machine learning algorithms for the early diagnosis of disease. No other company has a digital healthcare solution on this scale. Our database is one of the largest in the world. It processes a billion transactions daily – more than the London Stock Exchange and Visa combined. We’re currently hiring for eight different graduate roles and for our 2020 summer intern programme. We’re looking for the brightest minds from the UK’s top universities who have a passion for problem solving. No experience is required and we accept applicants from all disciplines. If you are interested in applying, you can book into a slot that suits you. Please visit our website here; https://tpp-careers.com/aptitude-test/ Blockchain Tech Talent Networking *17:30 - 20:30, Tuesday, Week 7, The Oxford Foundry* Are you interested in exploring career opportunities with some of the most exciting blockchain companies working across different industry sectors? Whether you are actively looking for a Blockchain-related full-time job or an internship, or whether you are interested in working in this rapidly growing field, our networking event is for you! In a relaxed atmosphere, the evening offers company presentations and networking sessions, all accompanied by drinks and canapes. Sign up now >> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blockchain-tech-talent-networking-tickets-78… ------------------------------ 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/.

3 years, 4 months

Week 5 Newsletter: Tech Talk with Stripe, CompSoc goes to Oxford Hack

by Katherine Benjamin

Hi all, We’ve got a great Tech Talk coming up this week, with Gold sponsor *Stripe*. It’s a great opportunity to see how some of the programming theory you might learn at university is applied in practice. We’re taking a break from socials this weekend, as CompSoc is heading to Oxford Hack! If you’re taking part, you might want to have a go at winning our prize category: Most Useless Hack! We’ll be back next weekend for some Oxmas celebrations, including a meal out before the usual festivities in the UGSA. More details to follow on that soon! Have a great week! *- Kate and the rest of the committee* ------------------------------ Events Building For Scale: How and Why Stripe Built Sorbet, a Type Checker for Ruby <https://www.facebook.com/events/525960254903304/> *19:00, Wednesday, Week 5, LTA, Department of Computer Science* Stripe builds the economic infrastructure for the Internet. Each year we handle billions of dollars on behalf of Internet businesses — and most of the logic for handling that money is written in Ruby. Ruby’s dynamic types made for high initial developer velocity, but over time as the codebase grew that same feature became a hindrance. With millions of lines of code already written and hundreds of engineers writing more each day, Stripe decided to create a fast, gradual typechecker for Ruby, called Sorbet. Come hear about the process of developing Sorbet, some of the problems it seeks to solve, and some perspective on types and programming language design from an industry perspective. Tech Talk with CoreFiling: What they don’t teach you at university - software development stories from a small business <https://www.facebook.com/events/491386915049239/> *19:00, Wednesday, Week 6, LTA, Department of Computer Science* What happens when you try and put your knowledge into practice with some real-world programming? How do you deal with code once it’s 15 years old, or there are over 1 million lines of it? How do you balance the advantages of new technology against the cost of training a team? And how do you scale up from one person and their keyboard to a room full of developers working towards the same goal? Assuming you solve all of that, what do you do when a customer e-mails four hours before their deadline to say “it’s broken”? David North, CompSoc alumnus and now Head of Engineering at local software firm CoreFiling, will attempt to answer the above with some stories from his 10 years since graduating. ------------------------------ 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/.

3 years, 4 months

Week 4 Newsletter: Estimathon, Movie Night and career opportunities

by Katherine Benjamin

Hi all, I hope everyone’s looking forward to the Estimathon tomorrow (well, tonight) with bronze sponsor *Jane Street*! Please remember to sign up using the link below. Last Saturday’s hackathon was great fun, well done to everyone who got involved. This weekend we’re going to relax a little with a movie night - can’t wait to see you there! In other news, Gold sponsor *TPP* are recruiting for graduate software developers, Bronze sponsor *Jane Street* are accepting applications to their Spring Insight Programme and Bronze sponsor *EF* have some thoughts to share on why collaboration is key for entreupeneurship. Finally, Oxford Hack 2019 are looking for volunteers to help on the day. Have a great week! *- Kate and the rest of the committee* ------------------------------ Events Jane Street Estimathon <https://www.facebook.com/events/774312596332873/> *19:30, Tuesday, Week 4, L2, Mathematical Institute* Please join Jane Street for an informative look into the world of trading and technology, and learn about our job opportunities! We will also play a mathematically driven game called Estimathon - attempt 13 Fermi problems in 30 minutes, in a mind-bending mix of maths and trivia. As always, pizza will be available afterwards! Please sign up here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-cy2lO6T6gWUbif4r5Ne6YQyimc32odN…> . Movie Night <https://www.facebook.com/events/437958950156440/> *19:00, Saturday, Week 4, UGSA, Department of Computer Science* ‘Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not at CompSoc anymore.’ ‘Well, mama always said CompSoc is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.’ This time, I’ll make you an offer you can’t refuse: popcorn, drinks and a movie. They may take our lives, but they’ll never take our pizza! But one does not go to Movie night without choosing the best movie. Mirror Mirror on the wall, what’s the best movie of them all? Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a movie night. Building For Scale: How and Why Stripe Built Sorbet, a Type Checker for Ruby <https://www.facebook.com/events/525960254903304/> *19:00, Wednesday, Week 5, LTA, Department of Computer Science* Stripe builds the economic infrastructure for the Internet. Each year we handle billions of dollars on behalf of Internet businesses — and most of the logic for handling that money is written in Ruby. Ruby’s dynamic types made for high initial developer velocity, but over time as the codebase grew that same feature became a hindrance. With millions of lines of code already written and hundreds of engineers writing more each day, Stripe decided to create a fast, gradual typechecker for Ruby, called Sorbet. Come hear about the process of developing Sorbet, some of the problems it seeks to solve, and some perspective on types and programming language design from an industry perspective. As always, the event is open to all and you’ll have a chance to network over pizza after the talk! ------------------------------ Sponsor Notices Graduate positions at TPP TPP is currently looking for bright graduates to join our Software Developer team. No experience is required, and many of our successful applicants have never programmed before. If you think logically and enjoy problem solving, then you have the potential to become a great developer. We are a UK based IT company, dedicated to delivering world class healthcare software through our innovative products. We’re looking for the brightest minds from the UK’s top universities who have a passion for problem solving. No experience is required and we accept applicants from all disciplines. Our technology helps improve people’s lives across the world, whether it is scheduling immunisations for millions of children, allowing doctors to manage complex care for elderly patients, helping governments with the prevention of outbreaks, or developing new machine learning algorithms for the early diagnosis of disease. If you are interested in applying and want to find out what it’s like to work at TPP, please visit our website here: https://tpp-careers.com Jane Street Spring Insight Programme Spring Insight Programme (SPiN) is a new three-day programme hosted by Jane Street. Participants will learn about the real world ways we use math, computer science and probability concepts in the work we do. We’ll also provide an in-depth look at the different roles that exist within our firm. Participants will hear from and interact with full timers to learn how they transitioned from studying STEM subjects at university to a career at Jane Street. In addition, there will be a few social events which will provide another great opportunity to speak with Jane Street employees and the other students attending the event. Selected students will arrive in London the evening of Tuesday 14th April and will depart the evening of Friday 17th April. Jane Street will provide all travel to and from London, accommodation at a hotel near the office, and of course, plenty of food and drinks throughout the event. Apply now at: https://www.janestreet.com/apply-spin?utm_campaign=spin-2020 Sign-ups will close on Sunday 5th January at 11:59pm. Selected applicants will be notified after the 6th January regarding your status. Questions? Please don’t hesitate to email work(a)janestreet.com. We look forward to meeting you! Why You Can’t Build a Company with One Brain The lone inventor narrative - it’s a common misconception about the origin of groundbreaking ideas. Entrepreneur First have a hypothesis on how you can maximise your individual creativity for company creation. Read more <https://www.joinef.com/why-you-cant-build-a-company-with-one-brain/> or apply for EF’s 2020 London cohort <https://join.ef.com/CompSoc>. Other Notices Oxford Hack 2019 looking for volunteers Oxford Hack 2019 are looking for volunteers to help run the event. Perks include food and a free t-shirt! They’ll be running a short training session before the event, and you’ll only be expected to do a couple of shifts. If you’re interested, apply at https://forms.gle/4Lq2D6EzdKi6pAjy7. Idea Exploration: What is your market? *17:30, Wednesday, Week 4* So you have an idea. What’s next?! This first session, delivered by Entrepreneur First, is the first of this 10 part series which will help you to assess whether there is a market for your idea and offer you frameworks and tools to help you to evaluate what the market is, realise the size of it and where to start with addressing it. Sign up now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/idea-exploration-what-is-your-market-tickets… ------------------------------ 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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