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CompSoc Newsletter Week 3!
by Declan Osborne 27 Oct '25

27 Oct '25

[Oxford CompSoc banner graphic] [6th Week] Michaelmas Term Week 3 Newsletter Study Session, a Talk, a Hackathon and More! Salutations, Comrades, Week 3 already? As the weeks trundle on, we have ever more CompSoc events to bring to you! First, on Monday, we have the second of our competitive programming bootcamps this term! Join us from 7:30-9:30pm in the Undergraduate Social Area to train ahead of next week's contest. This Wednesday, we have an event for anyone drowning in their work — a study session! Join us from 12pm at Common Ground for our Problem Sheet and Panic. We continue our set of student talks this Thursday with a talk on the topic of context-free languages! Join us from 5pm for a fascinating talk, followed with our ever-present pizza. We mark this Saturday with another double billing! From 5:30-6:30pm, we'll hold the second session in our Learn to Code series at Jesus College. Afterwards, we'll be in the Department from 6pm for our mini hackathon, featuring high-value prizes! Finally, a note for next week — we're now opening sign-ups for our ice skating event next Tuesday! If you're interested, make sure to sign up now, as spaces are limited. Details are below. — Declan, CompSoc Secretary Fun Computing Fact: Most modern desktop computers now have hard disks (or SSDs!) formatted with the GUID Partition Table (GPT) scheme, whereby partitions of the disk are set out in a table stored on the disk with types given by globally unique identifiers (GUIDs). While most computers booting from GPT disks use EFI firmware and an EFI boot partition, as is required by Microsoft Windows, some operating systems (including most Linux distributions) allow for legacy BIOS booting with GPT disks. On these older systems, the partition table will include a BIOS boot partition, which replaces the space after the Master Boot Record typically used to store bootloader code. This partition features an easter egg, being marked with the GUID 21686148-6449-6E6F-744E-656564454649. When written as part of a partition table entry, this gives the text 'Hah!IdontNeedEFI' in ASCII! Still not a member? How?! Membership only costs £1 for LIFE, with tons of benefits - discounts on merch and tickets, free food at all socials, our exclusive Discord server and more - so it's definitely worth signing up! [Be a member]<https://ox.compsoc.net/product/lifetime-membership/> or, go to https://ox.compsoc.net/product/lifetime-membership/<https://ox.compsoc.net/product/lifetime-membership/?fbclid=IwAR1Oe_vwCudNvU…> [Events] [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/2s6/hzw/svg/MT25%20Termcar…] [Events] Ice Skating — Sign Up Now! [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/fvk/uav/cb4/PNG%20Ice%20Sk…] Want to put your work on ice and get up to something a little more fun? Let your stresses glide away next Tuesday with our ice skating social! We'll be headed down to Oxford Ice Rink with the Invariants from 8:30-10pm for some late night ice skating hijinks! Spaces are limited, so make sure to sign up now if you're interested — we'll send out confirmation emails at the end of this week to everyone who's got a space. When: 8:30-10pm, Tuesday 4th November Where: Oxford Ice Rink Oxpens Rd, Oxford OX1 1RX Sign up here: https://forms.gle/MqTyb1FyheJCezSW8 Competitive Programming: Third Week Bootcamp [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/frf/4eb/tax/PNG%20Competit…] Reeling from last week's competitive programming contest? Don't worry, we've got just the antidote! Join us this Monday for our second bootcamp session of the term. We'll be in the Undergraduate Social Area from 7:30-9:30pm as usual to hone our skills and prepare for next week's contest. When: 7:30-9:30pm, Monday 27th October Where: Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/iYxx5Nc1a Problem Sheet and Panic [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/zyp/fg9/t20/PNG%20Problem%…] If you're lost in a world of piling up problem sheets, we have an event just for you! This Wednesday, we'll be having our first study social of the year! Come along to Common Ground from 12-1:30pm, when we'll be meeting up to stare in horror together at the horrifying problems unleashed upon us over hot drinks. When: 12-1:30pm, Wednesday 29th October Where: Common Ground Cafe 37-38 Little Clarendon St, Oxford OX1 2HF Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/7ff9OfAn2 Context-Free Languages: Expressionally — A Talk [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/qdw/zqg/hwz/PNG%20Context-…] This week, we have the second in our varied array of student talks! On Thursday, we'll be playing host to a promising talk on context-free languages. We'll be in the Department's Lecture Theatre A from 5-6pm as usual for a fascinating talk, followed by some relaxation with our traditional pizza. When: 5-6pm, Thursday 30th October Where: Lecture Theatre A, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/3zdIzfJLk Learn to Code: Second Session [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/93n/t30/y49/PNG%20Learn%20…] This Saturday, we're continuing our delve into the world of coding! We'll be holding the second session in this term's Learn to Code series for beginners this week. If you're a complete novice or want to brush up on some know-how, join us as we continue to go through the basics of Python. We'll be at Jesus College from 5:30-6:30pm — come along! When: 5:30-6:30pm, Saturday 1st November Where: Digital Hub, Jesus College Turl St, Oxford OX1 3DW Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/9sJ0WIH4S Saturday Social: Mini Hackathon [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/fj6/5cj/ub5/PNG%20Mini%20H…] This week, we have something new for CompSoc! Join us on Saturday, when we'll be holding an all-new bespoke hackathon sponsored by Citadel. Kicking off at 6pmwith an introduction in Lecture Theatre A, we'll be going all the way through to Sunday, aided by some classic CompSoc pizza! Submissions will close at midday on Sunday, and we'll award prizes a few hours later, including Amazon vouchers provided by TPP! From 7pm, we'll also be enjoying the traditions of a classic Saturday Social in the Undergraduate Social Area. Whether you're interested in competing for big rewards or just want to snatch some pizza and vote on the CompSoc Continuation™, make sure to come along! When: 6pm, Saturday 1st November Where: Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/59RtisL0n [And More...] Graduate Software Developer at TPP A job opportunity from our sponsors at TPP: No coding experience required. We’re looking for bright and geeky 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. A career at TPP will challenge you every day. In your first few weeks you will be solving real-world problems as you help to develop software used by healthcare professionals and patients across the world. You’ll be part of an agile development team, working on one of the largest real-time databases in the world. You’ll work on a wide variety of projects, ranging from AI assisting clinicians with early diagnosis of cancer to an iOS app helping patients manage their diabetes. To apply, please visit: https://tpp-careers.com/roles/graduate-software-developer/ Perplexity Pro A message from our sponsors at Perplexity: Students get free Perplexity Pro and exclusive student features like flashcards and quizzes when you verify your student status. Sign up at perplexity.ai/students Check Out OxWoCS! Make sure to join OxWoCS (Oxford Women in CS), a society we're working closely with, if you identify as a woman or woman-adjacent person in CS! They have a host of wonderful events on, including talks, panels and socials. Computer Science is unfortunately a subject with one of the biggest gender gaps in Oxford and worldwide, and addressing this is at the core of OxWoCS. 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CompSoc Newsletter Week 2!
by Declan Osborne 20 Oct '25

20 Oct '25

[Oxford CompSoc banner graphic] [6th Week] Michaelmas Term Week 2 Newsletter Competitive Programming, Talks Galore, a Night of Hot Chocolate and More! Welcome Back, Accomplices, Hello again! Ready for your weekly CompSoc? As we enter Week 2, we're not slowing down, with six new events this week for your delectation! This Monday, we're in the Undergraduate Social Area again for our first competitive programming contest of the term! Come along at 7:30pm to put your newfound skills to the test. On Tuesday, we have the first of our two talks this week — a talk from our sponsors at Jane Street! Come along at 6pm in Lecture Theatre B(ill Roscoe) for a surely enlightening talk. For Wednesday, we have a calm evening in sight; we'll be down to Knoops from 6-7pm for a spell of hot chocolate, chatter and relaxation. On Thursday, we have the first of four student talks this term! Come along to Lecture Theatre A from 5-6pm for a promising talk on functional programming — pizza after! We'll be closing off The Week in CompSoc on Saturday with a double billing. First, we'll be kicking off our Learn to Code sessions this term from 5:30-6:30pm at Jesus College! Afterwards, we're headed down to the Undergraduate Social Area once more for a capture-the-flag night from 7pm. Fun times guaranteed! — Declan, CompSoc Secretary Fun Computing Fact: In today's era of Chromium dominance, it's easy to forget that the browser wars used to be a fiercely fought thing. And if any company knew how to fight, it was Microsoft. In 2003, their Internet Explorer browser held a mind-boggling 94% of market share, being pushed heavily as a hard-to-remove component of Windows. They weren't going to just sit back on their laurels as competitors began to close in, though. That same year, Opera Software announced that Microsoft's MSN website was serving users using Opera 7 a faulty CSS stylesheet. There was no reason for this — the Opera stylesheet didn't work in IE and IE's stylesheet worked fine in Opera. Microsoft had already tried to bar non-IE users from MSN previously in October 2001, backing down in the face of outrage. Sensing sabotage, Opera struck back with Opera 7.04 Bork Edition, which turned the MSN website into gibberish mimicking the Swedish Chef character. Microsoft soon backed down again, changing the MSN site to serve Opera 7 users with a functional stylesheet. Still not a member? How?! Membership only costs £1 for LIFE, with tons of benefits - discounts on merch and tickets, free food at all socials, our exclusive Discord server and more - so it's definitely worth signing up! 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When: 7:30-9:30pm, Monday 20th October Where: Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/3PiiSkb15 Jane Street: A Sponsor Talk [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/khp/mms/ign/PNG%20Jane%20S…] This Tuesday, we have our first sponsor talk of the year! We'll be joined this week by our sponsors at Jane Street in the Department's Bill Roscoe Lecture Theatre for a surely scintillating talk. If you're interested in Jane Street's work or are thinking about careers, make sure to come along at 6pm! When: 6pm, Tuesday 21st October Where: Lecture Theatre B(ill Roscoe), Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/3Nvi0Rcbk Hot Chocolate Evening [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/e8v/3cc/tha/PNG%20Hot%20Ch…] Amongst the hurly-burly of talks and contests, take a moment to relax with us this Wednesday! We'll be headed down to Knoops on Wednesday evening to sip some free hot chocolate and converse from 6-7pm. If you fancy a more chilled out social, come along and join us! When: 6-7pm, Wednesday 22nd October Where: Knoops 21 Turl St, Oxford OX1 3DH Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/1RdOxCplii A Talk on Functional Programming [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/f1p/xvq/jg3/PNG%20Function…] This Thursday, we're kicking off our array of student talks this term with an ever-relevant topic — functional programming! Join us this week in the Department's Lecture Theatre A from 5-6pm for a fascinating talk, after which we'll enjoy the classic CompSoc staple of free pizza. Don't miss it! When: 5-6pm, Thursday 23rd October Where: Lecture Theatre A, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/9tq5876Va Learn to Code: First Session [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/zav/ek2/v4t/PNG%20Learn%20…] Bewildered at the very idea of computer science? Longing to learn how to give your computer commands? Well, the first session of our Learn to Code series is just for you! This Saturday, we'll be kicking off our six-session series, starting off with the very basics of coding in the Python programming language and slowly working our way up. If you're interested in learning to code, join us from 5:30-6:30pm at Jesus College — anyone is welcome! When: 5:30-6:30pm, Saturday 25th October Where: Jesus College Turl St, Oxford OX1 3DW Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/4zDQuvbAg Capture-the-Flag Night [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/9y6/piu/w79/PNG%20CTF%20Ni…] After our introductory session last week, now's the chance to put your newfound knowledge into action! This Saturday, we'll be holding a capture-the-flag cybersecurity contest in collaboration with TryHackMe. Whether you're new or experienced, come along to the Undergraduate Social Area from 7pm and join in! We'll also have the classic hallmarks of a Saturday Social... free pizza and snacks galore. When: 7pm, Saturday 25th October Where: Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/6T4ZEK6HZ [And More...] TPP at Careers in Computing Fair Our sponsors at TPP will be at the University's Careers in Computing Fair this month! If you're interested in a career with TPP, come along to the Maths Institute on Thursday 30th October! When: 3-5pm, Thursday 30th October Where: Mathematical Institute, Andrew Wiles Building Woodstock Rd, Oxford OX2 6GG Perplexity Pro A message from our sponsors at Perplexity: Students get free Perplexity Pro and exclusive student features like flashcards and quizzes when you verify your student status. Sign up at perplexity.ai/students Check Out OxWoCS! Make sure to join OxWoCS (Oxford Women in CS), a society we're working closely with, if you identify as a woman or woman-adjacent person in CS! They have a host of wonderful events on, including talks, panels and socials. Computer Science is unfortunately a subject with one of the biggest gender gaps in Oxford and worldwide, and addressing this is at the core of OxWoCS. 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Mid-Week CompSoc Opportunities!
by Declan Osborne 17 Oct '25

17 Oct '25

[Oxford CompSoc banner graphic] Mid-Week Opportunities QuantCo Dinner, LLM Talk and More! Salutations, Familiar One, Bet you didn't expect to see us again so soon! We have several mid-week opportunities for your perusal, including events from sponsors and talks! Today, the Oxford AI Safety Initiative will be hosting a talk from Google DeepMind's Neel Nanda on the internal workings of LLMs! Come along to the Department's Lecture Theatre B(ill Roscoe) from 6:30pm for a talk promising to be fascinating, followed by free pizza. Next Wednesday, our sponsors at QuantCo are holding an exclusive event for CompSoc members only — a free dinner! If you're interested in free food and networking with an eye to a future career, check out the details below. Sign ups close this Saturday, so be quick! Finally, TPP will be at the University's Careers in Computing Fair this month! If you're interested in a career, see below for more details. — Declan, CompSoc Secretary Fun Computing Fact: You've had your fact for the week. Come back on Sunday! Still not a member? How?! Membership only costs £1 for LIFE, with tons of benefits - discounts on merch and tickets, free food at all socials, our exclusive Discord server and more - so it's definitely worth signing up! [Be a member]<https://ox.compsoc.net/product/lifetime-membership/> or, go to https://ox.compsoc.net/product/lifetime-membership/<https://ox.compsoc.net/product/lifetime-membership/?fbclid=IwAR1Oe_vwCudNvU…> [Events] QuantCo Dinner with CompSoc — Sign Up Now! [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/3e3/4u8/moi/Oxford_CompSoc…] Next Wednesday, we have an exclusive opportunity to bring you from our sponsors at QuantCo — a free dinner! You'll have the opportunity to network with QuantCo developers, consider future career options and enjoy free food. If you're interested, make sure to sign up now! Spaces are limited and registration closes this Saturday! When: Wednesday 22nd October Sign up here by 18th October: https://jobs.lever.co/quantco-/bdb766e9-fe6e-4493-b113-fc230952f324 Talk: What We Do and Don't Understand About What Happens Inside Language Models [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/vi6/not/lg8/What%20we%20do…] Our friends at the Oxford AI Safety Initiative bring to you a promising (and timely) talk this Friday... all about language models! From 6:30pm, Google DeepMind's Head of Mechanistic Interpretability Neel Nanda will be discussing what we do and don't understand about what goes on inside language models. Afterwards, you can enjoy your fair share of free pizza. Speaker Bio: Neel runs the mechanistic interpretability team at Google DeepMind. Prior to this, he was an independent researcher, and did mechanistic interpretability research at Anthropic under Chris Olah. Neel is excited about helping build the mechanistic interpretability community and created the TransformerLens library, does far too much mentoring, and enjoys making educational materials. When: 6:30pm, Friday 17th October Where: Lecture Theatre B(ill Roscoe), Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG<https://fb.me/e/6bas8I43I> TPP at Careers in Computing Fair Our sponsors at TPP will be at the University's Careers in Computing Fair this month! If you're interested in a career with TPP, come along to the Maths Institute on Thursday 30th October! When: 3-5:30pm, Thursday 30th October Where: Mathematical Institute, Andrew Wiles Building Woodstock Rd, Oxford OX2 6GG [And More...] Check Out OxWoCS! Make sure to join OxWoCS (Oxford Women in CS), a society we're working closely with, if you identify as a woman or woman-adjacent person in CS! They have a host of wonderful events on, including talks, panels and socials. Computer Science is unfortunately a subject with one of the biggest gender gaps in Oxford and worldwide, and addressing this is at the core of OxWoCS. [Follow Us] [Web Site]<https://ox.compsoc.net/> [Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/oxcompsoc/> [Instagram] <https://www.instagram.com/ox.compsoc/> [Discord] <https://discord.com/invite/cUZFPG5WZ6> [YouTube] <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwdzpxzUZ2i84x5WyVR36Cg> [TikTok] <https://www.tiktok.com/@ox.compsoc.net> or, contact us at committee(a)ox.compsoc.net [Our Sponsors] [Jane Street] [Citadel] [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/11s/ilc/mex/Quantco_1.png] [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/2x2/kvw/7vb/qrt%20white%20…] [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/utn/wzf/o3c/Incident.io%20…] [TPP] [TPP] [TPP] Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe here<https://lists.ox.compsoc.net/mailman/listinfo>. [Designed with BEE]<https://www.designedwithbee.com/?utm_source=editor&utm_medium=bee_pro&utm_c…> Designed with BEE<https://www.designedwithbee.com/?utm_source=editor&utm_medium=bee_pro&utm_c…>

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CompSoc Newsletter Week 1!
by Declan Osborne 11 Oct '25

11 Oct '25

[Oxford CompSoc banner graphic] [6th Week] Michaelmas Term Week 1 Newsletter Welcomings, a Game Night, Competitive Programming and More! Greetings, Unwitting Victims, Welcome, one and all, to CompSoc! Whether you're a new or returning member, we have a swathe of events for all which we hope you'll enjoy this term. We'll be sending newsletters just like this one every week with the latest on our scheduled events, so watch your inbox! Curiously for a Week 1 newsletter, our events begin this Saturday (today!) with our traditional game night! Head on down to the Department of Computer Science's Undergraduate Social Area at 7pm to play a bonanza of games, meet new people and, most crucially, enjoy our ample free pizza and snacks. As the term begins, we'll be back in the Undergraduate Social Area on Monday for the first of our competitive programming bootcamps! If you're interested in battling against your peers but don't have any competitive programming experience, come along at 7:30pm! Are you a new member? If so, our welcome social is just for you (and everyone else, too)! On Thursday, we'll be headed down to Oxo Bar from 7-9pm for an evening of free drinks and scintillating conversation! After all that, we'll wrap up the week in the Department with a double billing — on Saturday, we'll start off with an introduction to capture-the-flag contests from 5-7pm, and finish off with pizza and a movie night from 7pm. — Declan, CompSoc Secretary Fun Computing Fact: Back in the heady days of the early World Wide Web, one company in 1999 sought to capitalise on a growing desire to have home Internet access. Startup Netpliance introduced the i-Opener, a $99 loss-leading computer designed solely to connect to Netpliance's own subscription-based Internet service, intended to be the company's profit-making venture. It even featured a gimmick CompSoc members would've loved — a key to quickly order pizza! There was, however, one snag. As a loss leader, the i-Opener was designed largely with off-the-shelf components, and was in fact a standard PC under the hood. As such, enterprising users quickly found ways to bypass the preinstalled operating system and get a Windows or Linux PC for $99 which should have cost between $300 and $400. Sales of the i-Opener surged without the subscriptions to match, wiping out the product's profitability and pushing Netpliance out of the Internet device market for good. Still not a member? How?! Membership only costs £1 for LIFE, with tons of benefits - discounts on merch and tickets, free food at all socials, our exclusive Discord server and more - so it's definitely worth signing up! [Be a member]<https://ox.compsoc.net/product/lifetime-membership/> or, go to https://ox.compsoc.net/product/lifetime-membership/<https://ox.compsoc.net/product/lifetime-membership/?fbclid=IwAR1Oe_vwCudNvU…> [Events] [cid:image005.png@01DC3A63.CA4EAFC0] [Events] Saturday Social: Game Night [cid:image007.png@01DC3A63.CA4EAFC0] Let's kick off the new academic year in the only way CompSoc knows how — a classic game night! Join us this Saturday, when we'll be in the Department of Computer Science's Undergraduate Social Area* from 7pm onwards to play a smorgasbord of games. Whether you're a Cards Against Humanity fan, a Mario Kart crazy or simply someone with a hankering for plenty of free pizza, make sure to come along! * If this is your first CompSoc event, you can find the Undergraduate Social Area (UGSA) by entering the Department's reception, heading through the card-locked door to the left, turning immediately left again through the door into the staircase, going downstairs, and then taking a left and a right. If you're not a CS student or you get lost, don't worry — we'll be around to let people in and show the way! When: 7pm, Saturday 11th October Where: Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/5u0ilmM5q Competitive Programming: Bootcamp [cid:image008.png@01DC3A63.CA4EAFC0] Before going to head to head with friends, it's time to go over the basics! Join us this Monday for the first competitive programming event of the new academic year — our bootcamp! We'll be in the Department's Undergraduate Social Area from 7:30-9:30pm to get to grips with competitive programming contests ahead of our first contest of the term next week. When: 7:30-9:30pm, Monday 12th October Where: Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/6bas8I43I Welcome Social [cid:image009.png@01DC3A63.CA4EAFC0] Feeling stressed out already on day four of the new academic year? New and old members alike are invited to come and relax this Thursday at our welcome social! From 7-9pm, we'll be kicking back and relaxing at Oxo Bar with free drinks on CompSoc! Come along and meet new faces amongst lively conversation! When: 7-9pm, Thursday 16th October Where: Oxo Bar 48 George St, Oxford OX1 2AQ Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/5fdk8eJAH Capture-the-Flag Introduction [cid:image010.png@01DC3A63.CA4EAFC0] Fancy dipping your toes into the world of cybersecurity challenges? Join us this Saturday, when we'll be in the Department of Computer Science from 5-7pm for an enlightening introduction to the realm of capture-the-flag contests, ahead of several CTF events this term. When: 5-7pm, Saturday 18th October Where: Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/4zDQuvbAg Saturday Social: Movie Night [cid:image011.png@01DC3A63.CA4EAFC0] It's the end of the week at last, and what better way to relax than with a movie? This Saturday, we're headed down to the Department's Undergraduate Social Area at 7pm for a good old movie night — we'll be watching a film of your choice, accompanied with the usual CompSoc trimmings of free snacks and pizza. You won't want to miss it! When: 7pm, Saturday 18th October Where: Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/2YZNcjPEP [And More...] TPP at Careers Fair Our sponsors at TPP will be attending the University's Careers Fair today — pop by if you're interested in pursuing a career at TPP! Perplexity Pro A message from our sponsors at Perplexity: Students get free Perplexity Pro and exclusive student features like flashcards and quizzes when you verify your student status. Sign up at perplexity.ai/students Check Out OxWoCS! Make sure to join OxWoCS (Oxford Women in CS), a society we're working closely with, if you identify as a woman or woman-adjacent person in CS! They have a host of wonderful events on, including talks, panels and socials. Computer Science is unfortunately a subject with one of the biggest gender gaps in Oxford and worldwide, and addressing this is at the core of OxWoCS. 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