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Week 0 Newsletter: Welcome back!
by Thomas Denney 03 Oct '17

03 Oct '17

Hi all, Good morning, and a warm welcome to all our new and returning members! This week we'll be at Freshers' Fair before we get started with the term's events next week. The committee will be on the stall, but if you're interested in catching freshers' flu early helping sign up new members and explaining the society to freshers then feel free to email us <committee(a)ox.compsoc.net>. Next week we'll be hosting a welcome drinks + snacks session on Wednesday evening to welcome new freshers to the society, before our first Geek Night of the term on the Saturday, and our first talk in second week. This term we have talks from Google, Microsoft, Bloomberg, Facebook, Palantir, and Metaswitch scheduled, along with a G-Research coding challenge. Have a great week! Thomas and the rest of the committee EventsIntroduction to Oxford University Computer Society <https://www.facebook.com/events/343011032777780/> *7pm Wednesday 1st Week • Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science* CompSoc is one of the oldest computer societies at any British university, and this year we're looking forward to welcoming our 40th intake of freshers! We welcome anyone passionate about computers, programming, or anything geeky and we're always happy to point beginners in the right direction. Regardless of whether you're a fresher or an existing member we'd love to welcome you to our society. We're holding a drinks + pizza reception to give you the chance to meet the committee and existing members before our first talk in week 2. The event is open to everyone and we'll have membership forms available if you're interested in joining (£3 for an annual membership, or £5 for life). Sponsor NoticesBloomberg CodeCon Qualifiers - 13th October 2017 <http://tinyurl.com/ydd45ygr> CodeCon is coming to your university on the 13th of October! CodeCon is a live programming contest developed in-house at Bloomberg. Push your programming and problem solving skills to the limit against the clock to win the title of Bloomberg CodeCon champion against your peers across the UK and Europe! Your school's top winners will be invited to our Bloomberg CodeCon Global Finals in our London office in January 2018 for a chance to win an amazing prize and compete against the best students from Europe and the US! Please make sure you register with your university email address and bring your laptop. The event will take place at: Said Business School Seminar Room A Park End Street OX1 1HP - Kick-off at 6.30pm, come early to get a seat! - Food and refreshments will be provided! - To sign up, please follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/ydd45ygr We look forward to seeing you there. Bloomberg CodeCon Team Entrepreneur First Student Partner opportunity <https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WdNiZUyZOV5> We're on the lookout for a Student Partner to help us change the way the most talented students think about their careers. At Entrepreneur First we specialise in supporting people to build technically defensible companies from scratch and we're looking for ambitious Student Partners to help us inspire and engage the best student technologists to build a startup with EF. This is a great opportunity if you're interested in tech startups and either see yourself founding one or working for one in the future. *The role* You'll be helping us grow EF's brand at your university and encourage the best student engineers to start companies. This is a community-facing role and you'll be the eyes and ears 'on the ground' - gathering first-hand insights about our customers and helping them to kick-start their startup journeys with EF. You'll be focused on building a technical community and running tech and startup-focused meetups and events. You'll play a key role in driving applications to our EFX Internship programme enabling students to experience working for a startup first hand. For more information click here. <https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WdNiZUyZOV5> ------------------------------ 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>, Twitter <https://twitter.com/oxcompsoc>, or visit our website <https://ox.compsoc.net/> for more information about the society. Thomas Denney President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net

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Week 8 Newsletter
by Thomas Denney 12 Jun '17

12 Jun '17

Hi all, Good morning! Best of luck to everyone who has exams this week, and for our members that are graduating this week best of luck with the future! I would especially like to thank Matthew Burke, my predecessor as president, and Chris Mullender, our former treasurer, for all their fantastic work on the committee over the last two years. This week we will have an *unofficial* Geek Night, so feel free to join us in the Undergraduate Social Area on Saturday if you are still in Oxford. Over the summer we will be organising new sponsorships for next year, as well as talks and events for Michaelmas and Hilary. If you know somebody that could give a great talk - or you are interested in delivering one yourself - please get in contact with our secretary, Edward Hart <secretary(a)ox.compsoc.net>. Next year we are also planning on getting CompSoc stash (so perhaps you can get a hoodie to wear with all the sponsors' t-shirts!). Have a great vac! Thomas and the rest of the committee Sponsor NoticesEnsoft CV deadline - today! <http://www.ensoft.co.uk/careers> Ensoft develops software that connects the world. The Internet depends every day on the code we write - it's challenging work that matters. It's also fun - being really good at writing complex software is what we enjoy. We've grown by taking a few of the best Oxbridge graduates each year, and investing heavily in their training. It's an ideal environment for bright, creative people who want to develop rapidly. If you bring the computer science knowledge and coding skills needed to tame Internet-scale complex systems, you can solve challenging problems as part of a world-class software engineering team. Do you want to find out more? Come and chat to us at the Summer Graduate & Internship Fair at the Oxford Town Hall on Tuesday 6th June, 2.30pm to 5.30pm. Our application process is very simple: Email a CV to recruitment(a)ensoft.co.uk by midnight on Monday 12th June 2017. Interviews (lasting no more than 2 hours) are held on Friday 16th June at The Said Business School, Park End Street, Oxford. If successful, you'll have a firm offer quickly. You can find more details on www.ensoft.co.uk/careers, or get reminders by following us on Twitter (@ensoftuk <http://twitter.com/ensoftuk>) or on Facebook (ensoftuk <http://facebook.com/ensoftuk>). But I would encourage you to apply soon. Whilst everything is designed to take up as little of your time as we can, it is still very competitive for places. Entrepreneur First Student Partner opportunity <https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WPTpeFLMyV5> We're on the lookout for a Student Partner to help us change the way the most talented students think about their careers. At Entrepreneur First we specialise in supporting people to build technically defensible companies from scratch and we're looking for ambitious Student Partners to help us inspire and engage the best student technologists to build a startup with EF. This is a great opportunity if you're interested in tech startups and either see yourself founding one or working for one in the future. *The role* You'll be helping us grow EF's brand at your university and encourage the best student engineers to start companies. This is a community-facing role and you'll be the eyes and ears 'on the ground' - gathering first-hand insights about our customers and helping them to kick-start their startup journeys with EF. You'll be focused on building a technical community and running tech and startup-focused meetups and events. You'll play a key role in driving applications to our EFX Internship programme enabling students to experience working for a startup first hand. For more information click here. <https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WPTpeFLMyV5> Microsoft Imagine Cup: KSF <https://www.linkedin.com/in/keisuke-kishi-4a294a137/> Oxford MBA student Keisuke Kishi was recently a finalist in the Microsoft Imagine Cup (UK) for KSF, an "Agri-tech startup pioneering a new-age of agribusiness making agriculture closer to every one". Keisuke is looking for technicaly assistance to prepare the project for the Microsoft Imagine Cup worldwide finals, so if you are interested please contact him <https://www.linkedin.com/in/keisuke-kishi-4a294a137/>. ------------------------------ 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>, Twitter <https://twitter.com/oxcompsoc>, or visit our website <https://ox.compsoc.net/> for more information about the society. Thomas Denney President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net

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Week 7 Newsletter
by Thomas Denney 05 Jun '17

05 Jun '17

Hi all, Good morning! Best of luck to everyone who has exams this week or starting soon :). Last Wednesday we had our Termly General Meeting, and on Saturday we have the penultimate Geek Night for the term. Have a great week! Thomas and the rest of the committee EventsGeek Night 7 <https://www.facebook.com/events/1964046043825276> *Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science - 7pm Saturday (7th week)* Please note that as some of the committee have exams we won't be running themed Geek Nights for the rest of Trinity - but they will resume in Michaelmas! Join us for an evening of relaxing, chatting, games, coding, and the usual selection of food and drinks. It is recommended that you bring your laptop! We will also have an Adafruit IoT starterkit and a BBC micro:bit if you are interested in learning some embedded programming. Sponsor NoticesEnsoft CV deadline <http://www.ensoft.co.uk/careers> Ensoft develops software that connects the world. The Internet depends every day on the code we write - it's challenging work that matters. It's also fun - being really good at writing complex software is what we enjoy. We've grown by taking a few of the best Oxbridge graduates each year, and investing heavily in their training. It's an ideal environment for bright, creative people who want to develop rapidly. If you bring the computer science knowledge and coding skills needed to tame Internet-scale complex systems, you can solve challenging problems as part of a world-class software engineering team. Do you want to find out more? Come and chat to us at the Summer Graduate & Internship Fair at the Oxford Town Hall on Tuesday 6th June, 2.30pm to 5.30pm. Our application process is very simple: Email a CV to recruitment(a)ensoft.co.uk by midnight on Monday 12th June 2017. Interviews (lasting no more than 2 hours) are held on Friday 16th June at The Said Business School, Park End Street, Oxford. If successful, you'll have a firm offer quickly. You can find more details on www.ensoft.co.uk/careers, or get reminders by following us on Twitter (@ensoftuk <http://twitter.com/ensoftuk>) or on Facebook (ensoftuk <http://facebook.com/ensoftuk>). But I would encourage you to apply soon. Whilst everything is designed to take up as little of your time as we can, it is still very competitive for places. Entrepreneur First Student Partner opportunity <https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WPTpeFLMyV5> We're on the lookout for a Student Partner to help us change the way the most talented students think about their careers. At Entrepreneur First we specialise in supporting people to build technically defensible companies from scratch and we're looking for ambitious Student Partners to help us inspire and engage the best student technologists to build a startup with EF. This is a great opportunity if you're interested in tech startups and either see yourself founding one or working for one in the future. *The role* You'll be helping us grow EF's brand at your university and encourage the best student engineers to start companies. This is a community-facing role and you'll be the eyes and ears 'on the ground' - gathering first-hand insights about our customers and helping them to kick-start their startup journeys with EF. You'll be focused on building a technical community and running tech and startup-focused meetups and events. You'll play a key role in driving applications to our EFX Internship programme enabling students to experience working for a startup first hand. For more information click here. <https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WPTpeFLMyV5> ------------------------------ 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>, Twitter <https://twitter.com/oxcompsoc>, or visit our website <https://ox.compsoc.net/> for more information about the society. Thomas Denney President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net

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Week 6 Newsletter: Termly General Meeting
by Thomas Denney 29 May '17

29 May '17

Hi all, Good morning! Best of luck to everyone who has exams this week or starting soon :). This week on Wednesday evening we will have our Termly General Meeting with reports from the committee before our usual Geek Night on Saturday. Have a great week! Thomas and the rest of the committee EventsTermly General Meeting <https://www.facebook.com/events/1281695645218079> *Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science - 7pm Wednesday (6th week)* The committee will report on this term's activity and what we have planned for the forthcoming year. There will also be the opportunity to raise motions and any other issues with the committee. As with all our events, pizza and drinks will be served after the meeting. Geek Night 6 <https://www.facebook.com/events/119873758592225> *Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science - 7pm Saturday (6th week)* Please note that as some of the committee have exams we won't be running themed Geek Nights for the rest of Trinity - but they will resume in Michaelmas! Join us for an evening of relaxing, chatting, games, coding, and the usual selection of food and drinks. It is recommended that you bring your laptop! We will also have an Adafruit IoT starterkit and a BBC micro:bit if you are interested in learning some embedded programming. Sponsor NoticesMicrosoft talk: The Future of Tech with James Whittaker <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-future-of-tech-james-whittaker-tickets-3…> *Said Business School, 12:15pm Tuesday (6th week)* Apps are eating the web. The Internet of Things will ultimately mean more Internet traffic generated and consumed by machines than by humans. Machines are learning our habits faster than we can form them. What does all this mean for the future? How will we interact with our devices when they are as smart or smarter than we are? How will anyone manage to make money is this coming world? Join Microsoft Distinguished Engineer James Whittaker for an entertaining and thought provoking jaunt into the future - a future coming a lot faster than most people imagine. Register for the talk here <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-future-of-tech-james-whittaker-tickets-3…> . Entrepreneur First Student Partner opportunity <https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WPTpeFLMyV5> We're on the lookout for a Student Partner to help us change the way the most talented students think about their careers. At Entrepreneur First we specialise in supporting people to build technically defensible companies from scratch and we're looking for ambitious Student Partners to help us inspire and engage the best student technologists to build a startup with EF. This is a great opportunity if you're interested in tech startups and either see yourself founding one or working for one in the future. *The role* You'll be helping us grow EF's brand at your university and encourage the best student engineers to start companies. This is a community-facing role and you'll be the eyes and ears 'on the ground' - gathering first-hand insights about our customers and helping them to kick-start their startup journeys with EF. You'll be focused on building a technical community and running tech and startup-focused meetups and events. You'll play a key role in driving applications to our EFX Internship programme enabling students to experience working for a startup first hand. For more information click here. <https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WPTpeFLMyV5> Other events In a new section for our newsletter we're going to start sharing events run by other societies that we think may be of interest to our members. Oxford AI Society: Zinc <https://www.facebook.com/events/1030025840461980/> *Maths Institute, 4:30pm Tuesday (6th week)* Zinc is a new organisation dedicated to replicating the high-tech innovation system in the social sciences. In October 2017, it is launching the "Zinc Transformers", a 6-month full-time programme bringing 40 social innovators together in London to work out a business idea, find their co-founders and create a highly scalable, commercially successful and socially innovative businesses. They will be intensively supported by top entrepreneurs, investors, academics, and tech experts. Note that you need to register for the talk on Eventbrite <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/zinc-founding-a-startup-to-solve-big-social-…> . ------------------------------ 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>, Twitter <https://twitter.com/oxcompsoc>, or visit our website <https://ox.compsoc.net/> for more information about the society. Thomas Denney President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net

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Week 5 Newsletter: LAN Night and TGM
by Thomas Denney 22 May '17

22 May '17

Hi all, Good morning! Instead of our usual Geek Night this Saturday we will instead be hosting a LAN Night *on Friday* in conjunction with the eSports Society. Next week we will also have our Termly General Meeting. Have a great week! Thomas and the rest of the committee EventsLAN Night <https://www.facebook.com/events/1722509571099775/> *Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science - 7pm Friday (5th week)* Join us for an evening of video games and pizza to kill the fifth week blues! You'll need to bring your own laptop, but we'll provide everything else. We aren't planning to play any particular games in advance - so it will just be whatever people fancy. Termly General Meeting <https://www.facebook.com/events/1281695645218079> *Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science - 7pm Wednesday (6th week)* The committee will report on this term's activity and what we have planned for the forthcoming year. There will also be the opportunity to raise motions and any other issues with the committee. As with all our events, pizza and drinks will be served after the meeting. Sponsor NoticesMicrosoft talk: The Future of Tech with James Whittaker <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-future-of-tech-james-whittaker-tickets-3…> *Said Business School, 12:15pm Tuesday (6th week)* Apps are eating the web. The Internet of Things will ultimately mean more Internet traffic generated and consumed by machines than by humans. Machines are learning our habits faster than we can form them. What does all this mean for the future? How will we interact with our devices when they are as smart or smarter than we are? How will anyone manage to make money is this coming world? Join Microsoft Distinguished Engineer James Whittaker for an entertaining and thought provoking jaunt into the future â€“ a future coming a lot faster than most people imagine. Register for the talk here <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-future-of-tech-james-whittaker-tickets-3…> . Entrepreneur First Student Partner opportunity <https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WPTpeFLMyV5> We're on the lookout for a Student Partner to help us change the way the most talented students think about their careers. At Entrepreneur First we specialise in supporting people to build technically defensible companies from scratch and we're looking for ambitious Student Partners to help us inspire and engage the best student technologists to build a startup with EF. This is a great opportunity if you're interested in tech startups and either see yourself founding one or working for one in the future. *The role* You'll be helping us grow EF's brand at your university and encourage the best student engineers to start companies. This is a community-facing role and you'll be the eyes and ears 'on the ground' - gathering first-hand insights about our customers and helping them to kick-start their startup journeys with EF. You'll be focused on building a technical community and running tech and startup-focused meetups and events. You'll play a key role in driving applications to our EFX Internship programme enabling students to experience working for a startup first hand. For more information click here. <https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WPTpeFLMyV5> ------------------------------ 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>, Twitter <https://twitter.com/oxcompsoc>, or visit our website <https://ox.compsoc.net/> for more information about the society. Thomas Denney President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net

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Week 3 Newsletter
by Thomas Denney 16 May '17

16 May '17

Hi all, Good evening! This week we have our usual Geek Night on Saturday, but next week we will be hosting a LAN night on Friday instead. Have a great week! Thomas and the rest of the committee EventsGeek Night 4 <https://www.facebook.com/events/1916607178595457/> *Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science - 7pm Saturday (4th week)* Join us for an evening of relaxing, chatting, games, coding, and the usual selection of food and drinks. It is highly recommended that you bring your laptop! We will also have an Adafruit IoT starter kit and a BBC micro:bit if you are interested in learning some embedded programming. Join us for an evening of relaxing, chatting, games, coding, and the usual selection of food and drinks. LAN Night <https://www.facebook.com/events/1722509571099775/> *Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science - 7pm Friday (5th week)* Join us for an evening of video games and pizza to kill the fifth week blues! You'll need to bring your own laptop, but we'll provide everything else. We aren't planning to play any particular games in advance - so it will just be whatever people fancy. Sponsor NoticesMicrosoft talk: The Future of Tech with James Whittaker <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-future-of-tech-james-whittaker-tickets-3…> *Said Business School, 12:15pm Tuesday (6th week)* Apps are eating the web. The Internet of Things will ultimately mean more Internet traffic generated and consumed by machines than by humans. Machines are learning our habits faster than we can form them. What does all this mean for the future? How will we interact with our devices when they are as smart or smarter than we are? How will anyone manage to make money is this coming world? Join Microsoft Distinguished Engineer James Whittaker for an entertaining and thought provoking jaunt into the future - a future coming a lot faster than most people imagine. Register for the talk here <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-future-of-tech-james-whittaker-tickets-3…> . Entrepreneur First Student Partner opportunity <https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WPTpeFLMyV5> We're on the lookout for a Student Partner to help us change the way the most talented students think about their careers. At Entrepreneur First we specialise in supporting people to build technically defensible companies from scratch and we're looking for ambitious Student Partners to help us inspire and engage the best student technologists to build a startup with EF. This is a great opportunity if you're interested in tech startups and either see yourself founding one or working for one in the future. *The role* You'll be helping us grow EF's brand at your university and encourage the best student engineers to start companies. This is a community-facing role and you'll be the eyes and ears 'on the ground' - gathering first-hand insights about our customers and helping them to kick-start their startup journeys with EF. You'll be focused on building a technical community and running tech and startup-focused meetups and events. You'll play a key role in driving applications to our EFX Internship programme enabling students to experience working for a startup first hand. For more information click here. <https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WPTpeFLMyV5> ------------------------------ 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>, Twitter <https://twitter.com/oxcompsoc>, or visit our website <https://ox.compsoc.net/> for more information about the society. Thomas Denney President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net

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Week 3 newsletter
by Thomas Denney 08 May '17

08 May '17

Hi all, Good morning! This week we have our usual Geek Night on Saturday, however there will not be a talk on Wednesday. One of our sponsors has asked that we share this UCAS survey about how CS students view technology <https://www.surveybuilder.com/s/eQkba/nav#p/186a0>. It only takes a few minutes to fill in. Have a great week! Thomas and the rest of the committee EventsGeek Night 3 <https://www.facebook.com/events/1831861043802355> *Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science - 7pm Saturday (3rd week)* Join us for an evening of relaxing, chatting, games, coding, and the usual selection of food and drinks. We will also have an Adafruit IoT starterkit and a BBC micro:bit if you are interested in learning some embedded programming. Join us for an evening of relaxing, chatting, games, coding, and the usual selection of food and drinks. Sponsor NoticesEntrepreneur First Student Partner opportunity <https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WPTpeFLMyV5> We're on the lookout for a Student Partner to help us change the way the most talented students think about their careers. At Entrepreneur First we specialise in supporting people to build technically defensible companies from scratch and we're looking for ambitious Student Partners to help us inspire and engage the best student technologists to build a startup with EF. This is a great opportunity if you're interested in tech startups and either see yourself founding one or working for one in the future. *The role* You'll be helping us grow EF's brand at your university and encourage the best student engineers to start companies. This is a community-facing role and you'll be the eyes and ears 'on the ground' - gathering first-hand insights about our customers and helping them to kick-start their startup journeys with EF. You'll be focused on building a technical community and running tech and startup-focused meetups and events. You'll play a key role in driving applications to our EFX Internship programme enabling students to experience working for a startup first hand. For more information click here. <https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WPTpeFLMyV5> ------------------------------ 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>, Twitter <https://twitter.com/oxcompsoc>, or visit our website <https://ox.compsoc.net/> for more information about the society. Thomas Denney President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net

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Week 2 Newsletter: CoreFiling tech talk this week
by Thomas Denney 02 May '17

02 May '17

Hi all, Hopefully you're all settled back into your Oxford routines and you're looking forward to the rest of term (aside from exams, perhaps!). This week we're hosting our usual geek night as well as a tech talk from CoreFiling, a local Oxford company, on the Internet of Things and Kubernetes. If you're interested in either embedded hardware or containers this should be a great talk to come along to! One of our sponsors has asked that we share this UCAS survey about how CS students view technology <https://www.surveybuilder.com/s/eQkba/nav#p/186a0>. It only takes a few minutes to fill in. Have a great week! Thomas and the rest of the committee EventsCoreFiling Tech Talk: Internet of Things and Kubernetes <https://www.facebook.com/events/1829602414032197/> *Lecture Theatre A, Department of Computer Science - 7pm Wednesday (2nd week)* Former Oxford CS student David North will be joining us to talk about how the Internet of Things and Kubernetes, an open-source project for automating containerised application deployment, have affected their development strategies over the last year. Pizza and drinks will be served after the talk :). Geek Night 2 <https://www.facebook.com/events/1917807691841532> *Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science - 7pm Saturday (2nd week)* Join us for an evening of relaxing, chatting, games, coding, and the usual selection of food and drinks. We will also have an Adafruit IoT starterkit and a BBC micro:bit if you are interested in learning some embedded programming. Join us for an evening of relaxing, chatting, games, coding, and the usual selection of food and drinks. Sponsor NoticesEntrepreneur First Student Partner opportunity <https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WPTpeFLMyV5> We're on the lookout for a Student Partner to help us change the way the most talented students think about their careers. At Entrepreneur First we specialise in supporting people to build technically defensible companies from scratch and we're looking for ambitious Student Partners to help us inspire and engage the best student technologists to build a startup with EF. This is a great opportunity if you're interested in tech startups and either see yourself founding one or working for one in the future. *The role* You'll be helping us grow EF's brand at your university and encourage the best student engineers to start companies. This is a community-facing role and you'll be the eyes and ears 'on the ground' - gathering first-hand insights about our customers and helping them to kick-start their startup journeys with EF. You'll be focused on building a technical community and running tech and startup-focused meetups and events. You'll play a key role in driving applications to our EFX Internship programme enabling students to experience working for a startup first hand. For more information click here. <https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WPTpeFLMyV5> ------------------------------ 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>, Twitter <https://twitter.com/oxcompsoc>, or visit our website <https://ox.compsoc.net/> for more information about the society. Thomas Denney President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net

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Week 1 newsletter
by Thomas Denney 24 Apr '17

24 Apr '17

Hi all, This week we're going to be hosting our second Geek Night of the term, in which we'll be writing algorithms to find optimal solutions to a modified version of the travelling salesperson problem. Later in the term we will also be hosting a competitive programming competition, CoreWars tournament, and hopefully a Capture the Flag event. One of our sponsors has asked that we share this UCAS survey about how CS students view technology <https://www.surveybuilder.com/s/eQkba/nav#p/186a0>. It only takes a few minutes to fill in. Have a great week! Thomas and the rest of the committee EventsGeek Night 1 <https://www.facebook.com/events/1448897341847565/> *Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science - 7pm Saturday (1st week)* The theme this week is the travelling salesperson problem, but with a twist! We're going to be writing competing approximation algorithms for finding the shortest pub crawl around Oxford, but with a few extra restrictions (to be announced on the night). Come along for a chance to practice your algorithms skills. Join us for an evening of relaxing, chatting, games, coding, and the usual selection of food and drinks. We will also have an Adafruit IoT starterkit and a BBC micro:bit if you are interested in learning some embedded programming. Join us for an evening of relaxing, chatting, games, coding, and the usual selection of food and drinks. Sponsor NoticesEntrepreneur First Student Partner opportunity <https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WPTpeFLMyV5> We're on the lookout for a Student Partner to help us change the way the most talented students think about their careers. At Entrepreneur First we specialise in supporting people to build technically defensible companies from scratch and we're looking for ambitious Student Partners to help us inspire and engage the best student technologists to build a startup with EF. This is a great opportunity if you're interested in tech startups and either see yourself founding one or working for one in the future. *The role* You'll be helping us grow EF's brand at your university and encourage the best student engineers to start companies. This is a community-facing role and you'll be the eyes and ears 'on the ground' - gathering first-hand insights about our customers and helping them to kick-start their startup journeys with EF. You'll be focused on building a technical community and running tech and startup-focused meetups and events. You'll play a key role in driving applications to our EFX Internship programme enabling students to experience working for a startup first hand. For more information click here. <https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WPTpeFLMyV5> ------------------------------ 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>, Twitter <https://twitter.com/oxcompsoc>, or visit our website <https://ox.compsoc.net/> for more information about the society. Thomas Denney President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net

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Week 0 newsletter: welcome back!
by Thomas Denney 17 Apr '17

17 Apr '17

Welcome back! At the end of Hilary we held our Annual General Meeting at which we elected a new committee. I'm delighted to announce that the 2017-18 committee is: - *President:* Thomas Denney - president(a)ox.compsoc.net - *Secretary:* Edward Hart - secretary(a)ox.compsoc.net - *Treasurer:* William Seymour - treasurer(a)ox.compsoc.net <treasurer(a)ox.comspoc.net> I'm really looking forward to working with the new committee, and I'd also like to thank Matt Burke and Chris Mullender for their fantastic work as president and treasurer over the last year. This week we've got out first Geek Night of the term, and later in the term we will also be hosting a competitive programming competition, CoreWars tournament, and hopefully a Capture the Flag event. Have a great week! Thomas and the rest of the committee EventsGeek Night 0 <https://www.facebook.com/events/440629976288504> *Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science - 7pm Saturday (0th week)* Join us for an evening of relaxing, chatting, games, coding, and the usual selection of food and drinks. Sponsor NoticesEntrepreneur First Student Partner opportunity <https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WPTpeFLMyV5> We're on the lookout for a Student Partner to help us change the way the most talented students think about their careers. At Entrepreneur First we specialise in supporting people to build technically defensible companies from scratch and we're looking for ambitious Student Partners to help us inspire and engage the best student technologists to build a startup with EF. This is a great opportunity if you're interested in tech startups and either see yourself founding one or working for one in the future. *The role* You'll be helping us grow EF's brand at your university and encourage the best student engineers to start companies. This is a community-facing role and youâ€™ll be the eyes and ears 'on the ground' - gathering first-hand insights about our customers and helping them to kick-start their startup journeys with EF. You'll be focused on building a technical community and running tech and startup-focused meetups and events. You'll play a key role in driving applications to our EFX Internship programme enabling students to experience working for a startup first hand. For more information click here. <https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WPTpeFLMyV5> ------------------------------ 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>, Twitter <https://twitter.com/oxcompsoc>, or visit our website <https://ox.compsoc.net/> for more information about the society. Thomas Denney President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net

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