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CompSoc Newsletter Week 6!
by Declan Osborne 17 Nov '25

17 Nov '25

[Oxford CompSoc banner graphic] [6th Week] Michaelmas Term Week 6 Newsletter Contests, Lunch, a Talk, Presentations and So Much More! Bienvenue, Mes Amis, Whew. We got through Week 5! Now, without further ado, onto Week 6, where we have a smorgasbord of events in store! We'll be kicking off the week this Monday with our third competitive programming contest of the new year! As ever, come along from 7:30-9:30pm for showdowns, food and fun. On Tuesday, our sponsors at QRT will join us to host their coding challenge! Big prizes and opportunities are in store for the victors, so if you'd like to sign up, a link is below! The event will run from 5-8pm. On Wednesday, we're daring to venture out in daylight hours (gasp) for a lunch social! Come and join us as we grab a bite to eat at Taylors. We'll be around from 12:30-1:30pm! All good things must come to an end, and our student talks this term are no exception. Join us this Thursday from 5-6pm for the fourth of our four student talks this term, discussing terminating processes through the Hercules and the Hydra game! This Saturday, we'll be struck by a swarm of events! First off, we'll be in the Undergraduate Social Area from 5-7pm to work on a CTF again — watch the Discord server for details. From 5:30-6:30pm, we'll be back with the fifth Learn to Code instalment at Jesus College. Finally, from 7pm onwards, we'll retire for a presentation night, featuring mini-talks given by you! If you'd like to sign up to speak on any topic of your choice (not limited to CS!), see below for details. — Declan, CompSoc Secretary Fun Computing Fact: While we take a lot of it for granted these days, interoperability used to be the name of the game when it came to advancements in office software in the 90s and 2000s. One of the most bizarre instances of this, however, comes from Microsoft Office and Visual Studio. Did you know it was once possible to open Office documents in Visual Studio, add buttons and controls to the document and then add code to make the document interactive outside of Visual Studio? Well, now you do! 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] Competitive Programming: Sixth Week Contest [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/cfb/08x/w6q/PNG%20Competit…] Tick tock goes the clock and, before you know it, it's Monday again and time for competitive programming once more! This week, we'll be back for our third contest of the term. After honing your skills at last week's bootcamp, come on down and put them to the test; we'll be in the Undergraduate Social Area from 7:30-9:30pm as usual! When: 7:30-9:30pm, Monday 17th November Where: Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/8SNkZjfkR QRT x Oxford C3 Coding Challenge [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/66y/e85/3zo/QRT%20x%20Oxfo…] This week, we'll be joining with our sponsors at QRT for a brand new opportunity! On Tuesday, we'll be playing host to QRT's C3 Coding Challenge at the Department of Computer Science, from 5pm onwards! Come along with teams of up to four and solve problems together! If you're interested in coding, winning prizes, or looking into opportunities with QRT, make sure to sign up with our form below. We'll have pizza to satiate your hunger and QRT will also provide tokens for LLM usage during the challenge. Winners will be announced at 8pm. When: 5-8pm, Tuesday 18th November Where: Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG Sign up here: https://forms.gle/ke4FgNRbCGPQ15xH8 Lunch Social at Taylors [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/mho/f06/c4j/PNG%20Taylors%…] This Wednesday, we'll be stepping out in the broad grasp of daylight and touching grass! We'll be down at the Taylors on St Giles' to mix it up with a lunch social. If you fancy a bite to eat with your CompSoc friends, make sure to come and join us from 12:30-1:30pm for the first lunchtime social of the academic year! When: 12:30-1:30pm, Wednesday 19th November Where: Taylors 31 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3LD Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/3SOMyWG2t Hercules, the Hydra and Terminating Processes — A Talk [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/7bh/h9f/0zj/PNG%20Hercules…] This Thursday, we reach the end of our student talks this term with our fourth talk. We'll be descending to Lecture Theatre A this week to hear all about methods for verifying processes will eventually terminate, using the Hercules and the Hydra game. Join us from 5-6pm for a sure-to-be fascinating talk, after which we'll retire for pizza! Talk Description Hercules is battling the Hydra; he wants a pot of gold the Hydra guards. Every time he chops a head off of the Hydra, though, more heads grow back! Can Hercules ever win the battle and get the treasure? Surprisingly (given a particular interpretation of the Hydra as a mathematical object, mind you) he can! In this talk, we'll cover methods to show that processes do eventually terminate, through the lens of what's called the "Hercules and the Hydra game". In doing so, we'll learn about ordinals, well-quasi orders, and the fate of that poor Hydra. The talk should be accessible to all, with some content from the IP1 and Set Theory courses being covered (you don't have to have taken these courses beforehand). When: 5-6pm, Thursday 20th November Where: Lecture Theatre A, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/1S3YLa1hVB Capture-the-Flag Evening [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/vqr/bw5/7rs/PNG%20CTF%20Ev…] It's Saturday, and it's time to kick off another triple header with another CTF evening! Join us this week in the Department, where we'll be working on a CTF together — check out the Discord server beforehand for details. We'll be around before the evening's social from 5-7pm! When: 5-7pm, Saturday 22nd November Where: Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/8GqZrIEK3 Learn to Code: Fifth Session [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/8ut/zzw/fl2/PNG%20Learn%20…] It's Saturday, and what better time than this could there be to continue your journey into the murky depths of Python? As this week comes to a close, we'll be back at Jesus College for the fifth session in our Learn to Code series this term. Join us from 5:30-6:30pm! When: 5:30-6:30pm, Saturday 22nd November Where: Digital Hub, Jesus College Turl St, Oxford OX1 3DW Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/5CGLOQVZa Saturday Social: Presentation Night [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/5p6/tnq/gvx/PNG%20Presenta…] This Saturday, it's time to hear whatever you want to talk about! (Not you specifically necessarily, unless you want to, but you get the point.) We'll be giving the stage to a series of ten-minute student presentations in the Department, hosted by CompSoc members on whatever topic they want — they don't have to be CS-related! Make sure to pop down at 7pm for a fascinating set of presentations, along with the pizza we all know and love. If you'd like to present, sign up here<https://forms.gle/FdDqYvArrEqrWqCL6>! You'll have up to ten minutes to present, including questions and answers. Make sure to sign up by the end of the day on Friday if you're interested. When: 7pm, Saturday 22nd November Where: Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/8RGNZ0bLY [And More...] 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! 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CompSoc Newsletter Week 5!
by Declan Osborne 10 Nov '25

10 Nov '25

[Oxford CompSoc banner graphic] [6th Week] Michaelmas Term Week 5 Newsletter Competitive Programming, a Talk, Board Games and More! Good Afternoon, Team, Week 5 is here at last, and CompSoc is here to help you fight off those Fifth Week blues! Depending on which of our mailing lists you're on, this may be the first newsletter you've received — if so, welcome! We have fun facts. You may (but probably won't) receive this newsletter twice. If so, we apologise; we're trying to work out the gremlins in our mailing list system. Now for the events! This Monday, we have yet another competitive programming bootcamp! Whether you're looking to get into competitive programming for the first time or hone your skills, come along from 7:30-9:30pm in the Undergraduate Social Area. On Tuesday, it's time for another student talk! Between 5-6pm, we'll be in the Bill Roscoe Lecture Theatre for a talk on how to write a programming language. If you're interested, make sure to come along — pizza guaranteed! We're back with another double header this Saturday! First, we'll be at Jesus College from 5:30-6:30pm for the fourth session in our Learn to Code series! Afterwards, we'll be in the Undergraduate Social Area from 7pm for a few relaxed hours playing some board games together, with pizza and snacks as ever. On Tuesday next week, we have a coding challenge, hosted in collaboration with our sponsors at QRT! Running from 5-8pm with free pizza and big prizes, check it out and sign up if you're interested below. Finally, we announced the winners of our esolang hackathon last Saturday! Find out who the lucky few were below. — Declan, CompSoc Secretary Fun Computing Fact: Before Visual Basic .NET, the malingering beginner language some of you may remember from school, came Microsoft's classic Visual Basic language! Lacking the flexible object-oriented characteristics and .NET capabilities of its successor, classic VB debuted as an easier way to write Windows GUI applications in 1991 and was formally discontinued with Visual Basic 6 in 1998. Despite its discontinuation, however, the spectre of VB6 lingers to this day. Along with various reimplementation efforts, and continuing support on Windows under the It Just Works policy, classic VB has lived another life through Microsoft Office's macro system. Macros can be written in Visual Basic for Applications, a descendant of VB6 with Office integration. Through VBA, classic VB now has 64-bit support and even runs on macOS! 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] Esolang Mini Hackathon — Winners We were delighted to announce the winners of our Week 3 mini hackathon last Saturday! Without further ado, your prize winners are... * First Place — Cellscript (Louis-Emile Ploix, Amy Wild) * Second Place — ESOGRAPH (Zhanqi Wang, Anshul Nema) * Runners-up * LaraLang * occ * tlopppelang * Malloc-lusion * Leaky Bucket Congratulations to the lucky few! Keep your eyes peeled for future CompSoc hackathons. Check out the projects: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DBWpumtOl0M2SqHfl7TgO-9iz3XuIm5_QndpHju… Competitive Programming: Fifth Week Bootcamp [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/ymm/6m4/ayl/PNG%20Competit…] It's that time of the week again! This Monday, we're back in the Undergraduate Social Area for the third competitive programming bootcamp session of this term. Whether you're new to the realm of competitive programming or just want some practice, make sure to come along! We'll be around with food from 7:30-9:30pm. When: 7:30-9:30pm, Monday 10th November Where: Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/6echlsrzy How to Make a Programming Language — A Talk [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/66g/rui/hl8/PNG%20Programm…] On Tuesday, we have the third of our four student talks this term! Delayed but not dismayed, we'll be in Lecture Theatre B(ill Roscoe) this week to hear an intriguing talk on making a programming language. We'll be around from 5-6pm for the talk, after which we'll retire for traditional CompSoc pizza! When: 5-6pm, Tuesday 11th November Where: Lecture Theatre B(ill Roscoe), Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/1PZsXp3sgp Learn to Code: Fourth Session [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/h6w/k7m/0s4/PNG%20Learn%20…] Guess what time it is? Time for Learn to Code! For the first event in our double header this Saturday, we'll be back at Jesus College's Digital Hub for the fourth session in our Learn to Code series this term. Come along from 5:30-6:30pm to continue your journey into the world of Python programming! When: 5:30-6:30pm, Saturday 15th November Where: Digital Hub, Jesus College Turl St, Oxford OX1 3DW Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/84iFo4CCC Saturday Social: Board Game Night [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/9gh/zks/syc/PNG%20Board%20…] This Saturday, it's time to relax! For the second event in our double header this week, we'll be back in the Undergraduate Social Area as usual for a familiar Saturday Social — a board game night! From 7pm onwards, we'll kick back and enjoy some of CompSoc's wide range of board games, aided and abetted by pizza and snacks. Who could say no? When: 7pm, Saturday 15th November Where: Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/3YCo5qszY QRT x Oxford C3 Coding Challenge [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/66y/e85/3zo/QRT%20x%20Oxfo…] Next week, we'll be joining with our sponsors at QRT for a brand new opportunity! On Tuesday next week, we'll be playing host to QRT's C3 Coding Challenge at the Department of Computer Science, from 5pm onwards! Come along with teams of up to four and solve problems together! If you're interested in coding, winning prizes, or looking into opportunities with QRT, make sure to sign up with our form below. We'll have pizza to satiate your hunger and QRT will also provide tokens for LLM usage during the challenge. Winners will be announced at 8pm. 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Attendees will learn more about Jane Street’s work through a series of interactive classes and a team-based mock trading simulation game.Jane Street will cover all travel expenses to and from London, including housing and meals. Deadline to apply is Sunday, 18th January. If you are interested in multiple opportunities, we welcome you to apply to both! Hack the River: Two-Week Oxford Hackathon Check out a hackathon in the local area! This is a fantastic opportunity for students, coders, data enthusiasts, and problem-solvers, to collaborate, analyse environmental data, and develop solutions that could make a real positive impact on local rivers. It is being delivered by a local rivers trust, Thames21, as part of the Horizon Europe-funded GovAqua project. Participants will form teams, choose “wicked questions” about local rivers, and work with open-source data from the Oxford Rivers Portal. The hackathon will culminate in presentations to experts from the Environment Agency, Thames Water and UKCEH. There is a £500 cash prize for the winning team, and all teams have the chance to see their work showcased on the Oxford Rivers Portal. When: 2 weeks, kick-off event 13th Nov, closing event 27th Nov, both 6.30-8.30pm Where: Gallery Space (downstairs), Makespace Oxford Jericho, Oxford OX2 6TP(Paid bar + free snacks and soft drinks) Book here: https://book.plinth.org.uk/e/uETSQt0PHsiMImSxDav2<https://book.plinth.org.uk/e/uETSQt0PHsiMImSxDav2?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAA…> 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! 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CompSoc Newsletter Week 4!
by Declan Osborne 03 Nov '25

03 Nov '25

[Oxford CompSoc banner graphic] [6th Week] Michaelmas Term Week 4 Newsletter Competitive Programming, Jet Lag, CTF and More! Bienvenue, Pizza Aficionados, Welcome to Week 4! We're almost half way through the term now, and I again have to find more excited ways to tell you that we have plenty of events this week. Alas, I'm out of ideas, so let's skip to the actual contents. Firstly, it was great to see so many of you turn up and enter submissions for our esolang hackathon! Voting is now open to determine the winner of the contest — click here to vote<https://forms.gle/sPAQLus2fzd7SGqv8>! And now, onto the week ahead. This Monday, we kick off the week with our second competitive programming contest of the term! Come along from 5:30-7:30pm in the Undergraduate Social Area as usual to compete against friends and foes. This Saturday, we have a triple header extravaganza! First, we'll be holding a capture-the-flag evening from 5-7pm in the Undergraduate Social Area! Concurrently (but in a thread-safe manner!), we'll also be holding the third instalment in our Learn to Code series from 5:30-6:30pm at Jesus College. Finally, we'll be collaborating with the peeps at Oxford's Jet Lag society for a truly special Saturday social! Join us from 7pm for something all-new! Finally, two notices — if you signed up for ice skating and were fortunate enough to get a place, don't forget to join us tomorrow at the Oxford Ice Rink! Secondly, the talk on programming languages scheduled for this week will now be held next week. Sorry for the inconvenience! — Declan, CompSoc Secretary Fun Computing Fact: After our language-themed hackathon last week, how about a language-themed fun fact? Perhaps you've puzzled in the past over why JavaScript bears 'Java' as part of its name, given it has no relation to... well, Java. The story goes back to the language's inception; the company Netscape in the mid-90s wanted to solve the issue of web pages being only static, and pursued two avenues to add a programming language to their Netscape Navigator browser. One was an attempt to embed Java into the browser, in collaboration with Sun Microsystems, Java's contemporaenous developer. The second involved hiring Brendan Eich (later of Mozilla infamy!) to embed Scheme into the browser instead. The company soon shelved both approaches, asking Eich to instead develop one new language with syntax closer to Java, which was becoming a sensation following its inception in the same decade. The new language was originally called LiveScript, but was later renamed to JavaScript. A homage to its origins, a comment on its design or a marketing tactic? You decide... 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] Vote on our Hackathon Entries! It was great to see so many people turn up to take part in our first mini-hackathon as a society in quite some time! Alas, now, we have to pit your wonderful submissions against each other — it's voting time. Click the link below to see each of our fifteen submissions (along with videos of any presentations given) and rate them out of three categories. Voting will close on Friday, with the results (and prizes) to be announced on Saturday. Good luck! Vote here: https://forms.gle/sPAQLus2fzd7SGqv8 Links to the projects:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DBWpumtOl0M2SqHfl7TgO-9iz3XuIm… Competitive Programming: Fourth Week Bootcamp [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/m1n/xzz/faf/PNG%20Competit…] Are you recharged and ready to compete again after last week's competitive programming bootcamp? No? Too bad! After dipping our toes into contests a fortnight ago, we'll be holding our second contest of the term this Monday! Come along from 7:30-9:30pm in the Undergraduate Social Area, when we'll be battling against each other in search of prizes. When: 7:30-9:30pm, Monday 3rd November Where: Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/5qGVIbOH5 Capture-the-Flag Evening [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/rpp/mbn/0wo/PNG%20CTF%20Ev…] This Saturday, we're kicking off our triple header with something a little different — an evening capture-the-flag session! Join us before our Saturday Social from 5-7pmfor a rare in-person session in the Undergraduate Social Area where we'll be taking part in CTFs. When: 5-7pm, Saturday 8th November Where: Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/aR79ALv9E Learn to Code: Third Session [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/y1k/9b2/09c/PNG%20Learn%20…] It's Saturday, and it's time for Learn to Code! We'll be continuing to dive deeper into the realm of Python this week in the third session of our Learn to Code series. If you're a complete novice looking to pick up a new skill, come and join us! As in previous weeks, we'll be in Jesus College's Digital Hub from 5:30-6:30pm. When: 5:30-6:30pm, Saturday 8th November Where: Digital Hub, Jesus College Turl St, Oxford OX1 3DW Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/8xJAq7u7D Saturday Social: Jet Lag [https://3f02beb114.imgdist.com/pub/bfra/jofz1jq9/qml/fmo/uqn/PNG%20Jet%20La…] We end this Saturday's triple header and mark this week's Saturday Social with a truly unique collaboration! This week, we'll be joined by Jet Lag: Oxford, a society based on the Jet Lag: The Game web series. They'll be running a game with us within the Department of Computer Science — come and join us down in the Undergraduate Social Area at 7pm on Saturday for an experience guaranteed to be entertaining! When: 7pm, Saturday 8th November Where: Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/7izPc61LE [And More...] 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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