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CompSoc Trinity TGM Minutes
by Matthew Ruddy 16 Jul '20

16 Jul '20

Hey everyone, attached are the minutes from the Trinity 2020 TGM, our society’s first virtual meeting. Many thanks to all who attended. /- Matthew and the rest of the committee!/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: WAN Night!
by Matthew Ruddy 17 Jun '20

17 Jun '20

Hey everyone, Our last remote event this term is a WAN night! We’ll be playing whatever is popular on the night, so be sure to head over to Discord for some long-distance gaming. Last week’s crossover with PolSoc was a new challenge that our members met head-on, facing off in a mental battle-royale with a notepad in one hand and alcohol in the other! Well done to Jakub from PolSoc for coming out on top, and to Toby and Joe F for claiming joint silver medals. We aso have upcoming events by our sponsors Jane Street and Citadel, so be sure to check those out below. We’ll carry on having unofficial social nights on Saturdays, so feel free to jump on Discord over the holidays if you want to stay in touch. 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 WAN Night <https://www.facebook.com/events/963694227424690> *19:00, Saturday, Week 8, Discord* Head on to Discord this Saturday for Compsoc’s least local LAN event yet, WAN Night. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsor Notices Jane Street *We are excited to host WiTT at Jane Street online!* *Will you be there?* *For: Women in their penultimate year of study in Autumn 2020* *Dates: 21st - 23rd September 2020* This year Jane Street will be holding their Women in Trading and Technology (WiTT) programme online. This three-day programme is designed for women in their penultimate year of university as of autumn 2020. Participants will have an exclusive opportunity to explore careers within our firm and attend one of two educational programmes: quantitative trading and software engineering. The quantitative trading programme focuses on mathematical and financial topics—such as probability, market structure, and arbitrage. Participants will learn how we approach trading through classroom lectures, mentorship and activities. The software engineering programme focuses on the fundamentals of building electronic trading systems, OCaml, and the library and tools we use in our everyday work at Jane Street. Participants will receive an in-depth look into the ways we use computer science within our firm and learn the fundamentals of electronic trading systems and write a program that trades on a simulated stock exchange. Jane Street <https://janestreet.com/> is a quantitative trading firm that uses innovative technology, a scientific approach, and a deep understanding of markets to guide our business. Founded in 2000, Jane Street employs more than 1,100 people with offices in New York, London, Amsterdam, and Hong Kong. We are always on the lookout for great new people to join our team. The environment at Jane Street is open, informal, intellectual, and fun. The dress code is casual, the kitchen is stocked, and discussions are always lively. Teaching and learning are central activities through classes, mentoring, and discussion. *Apply to WiTT* <https://janestreet.com/apply-witt> *Who:* Women in their penultimate year of study in Autumn 2020 *When:* 21st - 23rd September 2020 *Deadline to apply:* Friday, 7th August 2020 at 11.59pm BST Questions? Please don’t hesitate to email witt(a)janestreet.com <mailto:witt@janestreet.com> We look forward to meeting you later this summer! Keep up with Jane Street recruiting events by following our Facebook page. <https://www.facebook.com/JaneStreetRecruit> Citadel *About the Event:* Hosted by Citadel LLC and Citadel Securities in partnership with Correlation One, the Data Open is launching this season with the Summer Invitational Datathon, which will take place virtually this July! The Data Open challenges students from the world’s best universities to tackle real-world social challenges in topics such as urban traffic, renewable energy, and education. Taking place between July 13th and July 20th, teams will have a week to work on their submissions, with the flexibility to showcase their skills on their own schedule. *Top performing students have the opportunity to win $25,000 in cash prizes, exclusive recruiting opportunities with Citadel, and global recognition.* *When:* July 13 - July 20 *Where:* Virtual *Prizes:* $25,000 + Exclusive recruiting opportunities with Citadel LLC and Citadel Securities Here’s the link to sign up! <https://correlation-one.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b09fd8609cab058da…> If you have any questions or would like to learn more about the event, feel free to email gabriel(a)correlation-one.com <mailto:gabriel@correlation-one.com>. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 7 Newsletter: Head-Fight!
by Matthew Ruddy 09 Jun '20

09 Jun '20

Hey everyone, This week’s event is an exciting new challenge for CompSoc, a collaborative quiz with the Polish Society with the added twist of needing a strong head as well as a strong mind! Note that this event is happening on Zoom instead of Discord, be sure to sign up here <https://forms.gle/GvYWtV94Yw4fbu4s5>. It was great to see so many at Bartok last week, and of course by the end our version of Bartok was filled with some suitably wacky rules. 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 Head-Fight <https://www.facebook.com/events/963694227424690> *19:00, Saturday, Week 7, Zoom* Head-Fight will be a quiz like no other, a unique mix of logic and alcohol with some great prizes on offer. Those wishing to take part should sign up <https://forms.gle/GvYWtV94Yw4fbu4s5> and be sure to have some drinks ready for the night. Check the post <https://www.facebook.com/events/963694227424690> for more specific info. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 6 Newsletter: Bartok
by Matthew Ruddy 04 Jun '20

04 Jun '20

Hey everyone, This week’s event is Bartok, a digital Uno-style card game written in Haskell in which the winner of each round adds their own unique rule! Big thanks to Toby and Angus for developing this software and allowing us to use it for our event. Last week’s social was a great night, although some of our art certainly put the “awful” in Drawful. We believe the surprise was well-recieved and will continue arranging it for the rest of term, so you’ve got that to look forward to as well. 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 Bartok <https://www.facebook.com/events/185593666105060/> *19:00, Saturday, Week 6, Discord* Join us this Saturday for a game of Bartok! It would be great if you could come with some pre-prepared rules, so check out the README here <https://github.com/penteract/Bartok?fbclid=IwAR27-My-KGxajOhqX0uDFHMbbF2MnR…> to get started, and feel free to ask questions in the #bartok channel on Discord. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 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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Week 1 Newsletter: CompSoc goes online this Saturday!
by Matthew Ruddy 28 Apr '20

28 Apr '20

Hey everyone, The new comittee have taken over, and hopefully we can overcome the quarantine boredom with some online CompSoc events! We hope you’ll bear with us as remote events bring new challenges. Our first event coming up this Saturday will be something new, a chance to make your own presentation and win prizes! 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. Unfortunately we don’t have a good way to provide pizza remotely, although you’re welcome to get a takeaway if you want to embrace the CompSoc spirit! We’re working on a great lineup of online events this term so stay tuned, /- Matthew and the rest of the (brand new) committee!/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Events Presentation Night <https://www.facebook.com/events/654653448601821/> *19:00, Saturday, Week 1, Discord* Get creative and present your own tech knowledge on a topic of your choice! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsor Notices TPP Careers, how you can join the fight against COVID-19 We are really proud to be partnering with University of Oxford and Royal College of General Practitioners to support clinical trials for Covid-19. This partnership will enable clinical trials of selected medicines that might reduce the duration and severity of COVID-19 including hospital admission and mortality. By combining patient collected data, combined with the medical record, the researchers at Oxford will be able to determine the efficacy of certain medicines. Our work has never been more crucial. Join our team of key workers providing technology to the NHS, helping patients and enabling vital COVID-19 research. To find out more about our roles and apply go to - https://tpp-careers.com/roles/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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Geek Night tomorrow cancelled
by Katherine Benjamin 13 Mar '20

13 Mar '20

Evening all, Unfortunately, the decision has been taken to cancel tomorrow’s Geek Night due to the developing coronavirus situation. Sorry to everyone who was looking forward to it :( As always, you can check the university’s guidance here: http://www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/coronavirus-advice. Have a great weekend, *- Kate and the rest of the committee(s)* ------------------------------ 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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