compsoc-freshers May 2020

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Week 5 Newsletter: Pre-Exam social
by Matthew Ruddy 27 May '20

27 May '20

Hey everyone, With upcoming exams for many, including some of our committee, our next event is a casual social with a small surprise! We had some fantastically overengineered projects at last week’s hackathon, ranging from advanced Fizzbuzz to Minecraft farms. Congratulaions to, uhh… me, for taking the top spot with my Gravity Piano! We also have a message this week from Google about their Inside Look program. Applications are closing soon, so be sure to check them out! If you aren’t already on the CompSoc Discord, you can *join it here <https://discord.gg/RhvsMSn>* to take part in events and keep in touch with other members. See you on Saturday, /- Matthew and the rest of the committee/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Events Pre-Exam Social <https://www.facebook.com/events/2603518293198473/> *19:00, Saturday, Week 5, Discord* Join us this week for a casual Geek Night/Social, with a surprise to be announced on the night. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsor Notices Google 4 days left to apply for Inside Look 2020! Inside Look <http://goo.gle/insidelook2020> is Google’s immersive two-day virtual program Computer Science students, which takes place on *27th & 28th August*. Attendees will enjoy tech talks, panels, technical interview practice, fun social activities, and Google freebies, delivered directly to you at home! Sounds great! How do I apply? Click here to apply now <https://services.google.com/fb/forms/insidelook2020/?invitecode=lb>, *including an up-to-date CV*. Applications are open until 23:59 BST on *1st June* so feel free to forward to your student friends! If you want some tips for your CV, we’ve recorded a video guide <https://youtu.be/dA3NX-Tpe4E> to help you! If you have questions please visit our website <http://goo.gle/insidelook2020> or email inside-look-2020(a)google.com <mailto:inside-look-2020@google.com>. Many thanks, Google University Programs Team ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 4 Newsletter: Mini Hackathon
by Matthew Ruddy 20 May '20

20 May '20

Hey everyone, Coming up this Saturday is a mini hackathon! You’ll have 6 hours to create a project based around a surprise theme to be revealed on the night. The group had plenty of nostalgia at last week’s movie night watching Mewtwo Strikes Back! We also have a message from our partner Oxford Digithon so be sure to check it out below. If you aren’t already on the CompSoc Discord, you can *join it here <https://discord.gg/RhvsMSn>* to take part in events and keep in touch with other members. See you on Saturday, /- Matthew and the rest of the committee/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Events Mini Hackathon <https://www.facebook.com/events/2744736489116701/> *17:00, Saturday, Week 4, Discord* Join us on Discord and find a teammate to get creative and design a program based around a surprise theme! Note that this event is starting earlier than usual. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other Notices Oxford Digithon If you haven’t signed up yet, applications for Oxford Digithon close on the 26th of May. Check out https://oxfordhack.co.uk/ for more info, and to sign up! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 3 Newsletter: Movie Night
by Matthew Ruddy 14 May '20

14 May '20

Hey everyone, Our next event this term is a virtual movie night! This will take place over netflix so be sure to let a committee member know if you don’t have an account so we can set you up with a temporary one. Board game night last week went well, it was great to see everyone’s drawing skills! We also have messages today from Jane Street, The Invariants and our new partner Oxford Digithon, so be sure to check those out below. If you aren’t already on the CompSoc Discord, you can *join it here <https://discord.gg/RhvsMSn>* to take part in events and keep in touch with other members. See you on Saturday, /- Matthew and the rest of the committee/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Events Movie Night <https://www.facebook.com/events/3826381434100322/> *19:00, Saturday, Week 3, Discord/Netflix* Join us on Discord and Netflix for a virtual movie night! We’ll be voting on what movie to watch on the night, be sure to let us know if you don’t yet have a Netflix account. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other Notices Oxford Digithon Welcome to the first ever digital hackathon by Oxford Hack! Before the annual hackathon in November, we really hope to keep you enthusiastic hackers entertained during this special quarantine time. Grab some mates, get your favourite online working app and create something cool together in 24 hours! Oxford Digithon will take place on the 30-31st of May and we invite you to get involved! You can do this by: * registering at https://oxfordhack.co.uk/ * helping our hackers kick off their projects by making a workshop that we’ll put up on the day of the event; the workshop should be an original tech-related video presentation and you can send yours at admin(a)oxfordhack.co.uk by 21st of May Click going/interested on our event page <https://www.facebook.com/events/278742249952065/> and keep an eye out for updates. Stay safe and see you soon! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Articles: Invariant Magazine 2020 The Invariants are relaunching The Invariant, Oxford’s student mathematics magazine. We welcome the submission of articles for the next issue, due to be published in Michaelmas 2020. Submissions are accepted from any member of the university, and we especially welcome submissions from undergraduate and postgraduate students. Submission guidelines Submissions can take almost any form, including technical expositions, thought pieces, essays, case studies and literature reviews. We are keen to see as wide a range of topics as possible. Articles which include figures and images are especially encouraged! Submitted articles should be at least 800 words in length. The deadline for proposals is July 25, 2020. Completed articles will be due by August 25, 2020. Queries If you’re interested in contributing but are unsure if it’s the right thing for you, please get in touch! It’s our goal to make mathematical journalism as accessible and as fun as possible for everyone involved, and we’d be very happy to work with you to create a proposal. We can be reached at magazine(a)invariants.org.uk. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsor Notices Jane Street Jane Street invites you to apply to our autumn software engineering internship! *About the Position* We are big believers in functional programming, using OCaml, a statically-typed functional programming language, as our primary development language. We also believe in the value of open source software, using it in our daily work and releasing hundreds of thousands of lines of our own code as open source. *About You* * Top-notch programming skills. * Deep experience with—and love for—technology. There’s no specific checklist; we use code to approach a variety of problems, so we’re interested in everything from machine learning to systems administration to programming language design. * Strong interpersonal skills. Software development at Jane Street is highly collaborative, and we are looking for people who can work effectively in small, close-knit teams. We don’t expect you to have experience with functional programming, OCaml, or finance; we’re happy to hire talented engineers and teach them what they need to know. If you’d like to get an idea of what we cover in our software engineering interview process, you can read this blog post <https://blog.janestreet.com/what-a-jane-street-dev-interview-is-like/>, and to get an idea of projects software engineering interns work on you can read this post <https://blog.janestreet.com/what-the-interns-have-wrought-2019/> highlighting a few of our Summer 2019 projects. We hope to host this internship in our new London office. However, both our employees’ and interns’ safety and well-being are our main priority, and we may move this to a remote internship nearer the time. This internship is intended for those based in Europe and the UK. Apply here! <https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/apply/4720341002/> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 2 Newsletter: Virtual Board Games
by Matthew Ruddy 05 May '20

05 May '20

Hey everyone, Our next event this term is a virtual board/card game night, so head on down to discord if you’re keen to get competetive with your fellow members. We had some great presentations last week, congrats to Joe F for emerging victorious for his presentation on Pokémon exploits! We’ve also got some graduate opportunities with Starleaf, so be sure to check those out too. If you aren’t already on the CompSoc Discord, you can *join it here <https://discord.gg/RhvsMSn>* to take part in events and keep in touch with other members. See you on Saturday, /- Matthew and the rest of the committee/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Events Board Game Night <https://www.facebook.com/events/661695354651174/> *19:00, Saturday, Week 2, Discord* Hop onto discord this Saturday for some board/card games. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsor Notices Starleaf Please note that these roles will be working 100% remotely until such time as the UK government guidance changes. We are a video conferencing company and so have set up everyone to work from home for time being. Both roles are immediate starts as due to the increased demand for our services. https://www.starleaf.com/careers/students-and-graduates/ - Showcase of Life at StarLeaf as a student or graduate and hear from the Humans of StarLeaf. Opportunities Graduate Software Engineer <https://www.starleaf.com/careers/jobs/job/4DA48AC898-graduate-software-engi…> – Croxley Green, Hertfordshire (WD18) Test Engineer <https://www.starleaf.com/careers/jobs/job/E3F0830AD8-test-engineer/> – Great Shelford, Cambridge ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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