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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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Week 8: Annual General Meeting - ELECTIONS!
by Thomas Denney 06 Mar '17

06 Mar '17

Hello all, I hope that you've all had a great term and that you're looking forward to a well deserved vacation :). Last week we had our final Learn to Code session, and I would once again like to thank all the attendees and volunteers that made the course a success. I had great fun teaching it, and I look forward to doing it again next year. If you missed any of the sessions then please check the resources out on GitHub <https://github.com/oxcompsoc/learntocode>. Over the vacation we will also consider releasing audio recordings from some of the sessions. This Wednesday we'll be holding our Annual General Meeting and electing a new committee. It is essential that we meet quorum for the election, so please be sure to either come or vote by proxy. If you are interested in standing for a committee position then please feel free to email Matt <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>, Chris <mailto:treasurer@ox.compsoc.net>, or me <mailto:secretary@ox.compsoc.net> to find out what the roles entail. Additional roles may be created at the discretion of the new president and secretary. There will be a semi-official Geek Night this Saturday, feel free to come along for free pizza and drinks. Have a great week :) Thomas and the rest of the committee Events Annual General Meeting <https://www.facebook.com/events/739607626208010/> *Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science - 7pm Wednesday (8th week)* As well as reports from the existing committee, we'll be electing a new committee; the president <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>, secretary <mailto:secretary@ox.compsoc.net>, and treasurer <mailto:treasurer@ox.compsoc.net> roles are all up for election. Feel free to email any of us if you would like to get an idea what the roles entail, but here's a rough summary: * *President*: ultimately in charge, responsible for event organisation, and relations with sponsors * *Secretary*: shares many responsibilities with the president, along with managing social media, and sending these newsletters * *Treasurer*: keeping track of the accounts, producing termly reports for the proctors, and ordering pizza All of the committee are responsible for the smooth running of our events, and we all took part in the teaching of Learn to Code this year. Geek Night 8 <https://www.facebook.com/events/396494164039562/> *Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science - 7pm Saturday (8th week)* Join us for an evening of relaxing, chatting, games, coding, and the usual selection of food and drinks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Secretary - Oxford University Computer Society secretary(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:secretary@ox.compsoc.net>

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Week 7 Newsletter: Microsoft HoloLens, LAN Night, AGM
by Thomas Denney 27 Feb '17

27 Feb '17

Hello all, Microsoft will be joining us later this week for a talk on developing apps for HoloLens, their augmented reality development. I had the opportunity to try the HoloLens last summer, and I strongly encourage you to come and have a look! After the talk there will be the opportunity to chat with the speaker, as well as the usual selection of food and drinks. Last Wednesday we hosted our first competitive programming event, and I'd like to begin by congratulating the winners - you can see their scores here <https://www.hackerrank.com/contests/compsoc-ht17/leaderboard>. After the success of this event we will definitely be running similar events in the future, so don't worry if you missed this one! This week's Learn to Code will be the final session of the term. We hope that those of you that attended enjoyed the experience and that you're planning to keep up the coding in the future! We would once again like to thank all of the volunteers that assisted with the sessions. The materials are available here <https://github.com/oxcompsoc/learntocode>. On Saturday, for the penultimate Geek Night of the term, we will be running a LAN Night. Next Wednesday we'll be holding our Annual General Meeting and electing a new committee. It is essential that we meet quorum for the election, so please be sure to either come or vote by proxy. If you are interested in standing for a committee position then please feel free to email Matt <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>, Chris <mailto:treasurer@ox.compsoc.net>, or me <mailto:secretary@ox.compsoc.net> to find out what the roles entail. Additional roles may be created at the discretion of the new president and secretary. Have a great week :) Thomas and the rest of the committee Events Microsoft Tech Talk: The Path to Mixed Reality <https://www.facebook.com/events/1150829498377582/> *Lecture Theatre A, Department of Computer Science - 7pm Wednesday (7th week)* Microsoft HoloLens is the first fully self-contained holographic computer running Windows 10. It is completely self-contained-no wires, phones, or connection to a PC needed. Microsoft HoloLens allows you to place holograms in your physical environment and provides a new way to see your world. This session provides a mixed reality primer and an overview of the available tools & documentation to quick start your holographic application development. Pizza and drinks will be served after the event. Learn to Code <https://www.facebook.com/events/1804363963151491/> *Lecture Theatre A, Department of Computer Science - 7pm Thursday (7th week)* In the sixth and final session of the course we'll be reviewing all of the content, looking at Python modules and classes in more detail, and taking a look at other resources you might want to look at for learning to code. Like the previous sessions, much of the session will require you to work on a laptop, so we highly recommend taking one. We do expect demand to be very high for this course, so please try to arrive before the advertised start time as we need to register everyone (for fire regulations). You'll need to enter via the back door on Parks Road; there are CompSoc signs up at the department. If you're a CS student with a little spare time and enthusiasm, please consider volunteering by contacting the committee. Geek Night 7: LAN Night <https://www.facebook.com/events/377811005939167/> *Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science - 7pm Saturday (7th week)* Join us for an evening of video games and pizza! Annual General Meeting <https://www.facebook.com/events/739607626208010/> *Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science - 7pm Wednesday (8th week)* As well as reports from the existing committee, we'll be electing a new committee; the president <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>, secretary <mailto:secretary@ox.compsoc.net>, and treasurer <mailto:treasurer@ox.compsoc.net> roles are all up for election. Feel free to email any of us if you would like to get an idea what the roles entail, but here's a rough summary: * *President*: ultimately in charge, responsible for event organisation, and relations with sponsors * *Secretary*: shares many responsibilities with the president, along with managing social media, and sending these newsletters * *Treasurer*: keeping track of the accounts, producing termly reports for the proctors, and ordering pizza All of the committee are responsible for the smooth running of our events, and we all took part in the teaching of Learn to Code this year. Other notices Facebook London Hackathon <http://www.fb.me/LonHack17> *Facebook London, 10 Brock Street, NW1 3 London - 11th & 12th March* Here at Facebook, we believe that every engineer possesses amazing ideas and creativity. Hackathons are a longstanding tradition at Facebook where our engineers stay up all night to create a working product or prototype from scratch. Remember- done is better than perfect. *Please note - all members of your team must register individually for the opportunity to attend* Register here <https://fblonhack17.splashthat.com/> Join Facebook in London as we stay up all night hacking, learning and having a some fun! Start brainstorming ideas & forming teams (of up to 4 people). We'll supply the food, fun diversions, prizes, and some expert guidance in the form of our engineers. We'll also provide reimbursement for public transportation. You bring your laptop, appetite, skills and ideas. The winning team will get the chance to compete against teams from other Hackathons at the Hackathon Finals and be judged by our executives- held at Facebook HQ in Menlo Park, California in November! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Secretary - Oxford University Computer Society secretary(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:secretary@ox.compsoc.net>

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