Penultimate greetings CompSoc,
Coming up tomorrow night is our fabtastic Film Night! Details below.
The committee elections at the AGM are on Wednesday.
This means that this is the last email I'm officially sending as Secretary. It's been a sick ride, yo!
Our final Learn to Code session runs on Thursday of Week 7. Then we have the return of the glorious and extravagant LAN Night, and a tech talk in Week 8 by Metaswitch, which will thus conclude our events for the term!
The deadline for Silver sponsor Ensoft's graduate positions is fast approaching. Just send a CV to apply.
Penultimate sincerity,
Joe G and the rest of the committee
19:00, Saturday, Week 6, Lecture Theatre A, Department of Computer Science
https://goo.gl/forms/H7iHRgDuA9ND1lKK2
^ Fill in that form. It's the film form!
Current top 3 of the poll at time of writing:
Free pizza after the film ;) (eat it in the UGSA, not LTA since we can't bring food in there!)
19:00, Wednesday, Week 7, UGSA, Department of Computer Science
Democracy hype! As the new term passes, the society turns over a new leaf. The 2019–2020 CompSoc executive committee is about to get elected. If you're interested in all that but would like more information on what our roles are, drop us an email and we'll explain everything you want to know. If you'd like to introduce more, non-executive roles, please send us an email so we can add it to the agenda.
This year will likely see a committee where nobody on committee was on previously - a full replacement. As we're replaced, we shall serve as mentors. We've written handover docs to make the transition somewhat easier.
We'll also be voting on approving the minutes of meetings from the previous TGM, and any other things people propose to the agenda. If there's anything you'd like to see on the minutes, send it our way.
There will also be the usual committee reports and pizza.
The official agenda is attached. If you want to submit any other motions, email us to add them to the agenda.
19:00, Thursday, Week 7, Lecture Theatre A, Department of Computer Science
We're combining everything we learned together to make a game of Snake in Python. (How apt!)
Bring your laptops!
Learn to Code is kindly sponsored by Gold sponsors JP Morgan Tech Connect and TPP, Silver sponsor Ensoft and bronze sponsor HSBC.
19:00, Saturday, Week 7, UGSA, Department of Computer Science
Games all night long.
Bring your laptops, we'll set up a hub for Ethernet for LAN connections. We'll be playing whatever people want to play - e.g. Terraria, Quake III Arena, Age of Empires II, Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator, etc. etc.
Pizza and snacks shall be released throughout the night! Time to get your epic gamer skills out.
19:00, Wednesday, Week 8, Lecture Theatre A, Department of Computer Science
Abstract pending.
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 - excelling 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.
This term we are recruiting for graduates.
Our application process is very simple:
You can find more details here, or get reminders by following us on Twitter or on Facebook. 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.
18:00-20:00, Wednesday, Week 7, Oxford Foundry
FREE STUDENT MASTERCLASS IN PUBLIC SPEAKING!
Acclaimed coach David Nihill will coach you in how to get past your fear of public speaking, and use humour to make your presentations and talks truly memorable – for all the right reasons! His masterclasses are renowned for being fun, high-energy and enlightening. David is the author of ‘Do You Talk Funny?’, and is one of the best speaking coaches out there. Don’t miss out!
Why attend? Public speaking is a skill that we all need to master for future success, whether that’s in job interviews, for professional presentations, or for speaking in front of a more informal crowd. You will learn:
Most importantly, you’ll have a lot of fun!
PLACES WILL FILL UP QUICKLY SO REGISTER NOW TO ATTEND
17:30-22:00, Thursday, Week 7, Oxford Foundry
Sign up now for the pitching final of All-Innovate, Oxford's first University-wide ideas competition! Come and cheer on student teams from across the University as they pitch for their chance to WIN the top prize of £10,000 and two runner up prizes of £5,000 – Judges include; Brent Hoberman of Lastminute.com, Claire Davenport of Hello Fresh, Phil Libin Founder and former CEO of Evernote amongst others! Following the pitches, join us for free cocktails at the celebratory drinks reception, featuring Sandy’s Piano Bar!
18:00-20:00, Monday, Week 7, Oxford Foundry
Join us at the Oxford Foundry for this interactive workshop which will guide you through the 'perfect' pitch deck. Katrina Cruz, from Anthemis will focus on the key building blocks of a strong pitch deck, highlighting how best to communicate your idea with potential stakeholders and investors. You will come away from the workshop with template deck and an increased understanding of how to create an impactful pitch deck!
18:00-20:00, Wednesday, 8th Week, Oxford Foundry
The reality is that there is no such thing as failure. Whenever we attempt to do something we only produce results. The session explores secrets that lead to success and gives you techniques you can use in everyday life to develop and thrive. Learn how to explore your mistakes to accelerate learning and how to use creative and innovating thinking for problem solving in this fun and interactive workshop, delivered by Dave Norwood, Laughology.
17:30, Monday, 8th Week, Oxford Foundry
Doing a PhD or Masters in a technical subject and want to make an impact, but don't know where to start?
Learn more about the route from academic research to launching your own startup from founders who have been exactly where you are.
From PhD to Startup: Oxford is an event run each term by Entrepreneur First and the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division at Oxford University.
This time we will be joined by Basilio Gentile, the co-founder and CTO of Circuit Mind. Circuit Mind is completely automating the design of electronic circuit boards. Circuit boards are integral to products we use everyday - from our smartphones to our televisions and microwaves. But no two boards are the same. Each one is designed to exact specifications that meet the requirements of devices, which mean they take a huge amount of time and skill to create. In fact, every year £40bn and 1.5bn hours are spent globally in tedious and repetitive circuit board design work. Circuit Mind plans to change that. Basilio is building complex algorithms that take in the requirements for a circuit board and outputs the circuit board final design, ready for manufacture. This means better circuits, designed orders of magnitude faster, at a fraction of the cost.
Before starting this company, Basilio completed a Masters in Control Systems Engineering, a Masters in Mathematical Modelling and Computation and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from ETH Zurich. His mastery of high-performance mathematical algorithms for complex systems is what sits at the core of Circuit Mind’s solution. He turned down postdocs at Harvard and Berkeley to join Entrepreneur First, where he met his co-founder Tomide and they created Circuit Mind.
Join us to hear more about Basilio's research and journey. Please arrive no later than 5.30pm.
Pizza and beer are, of course, on us.
Friday, Week 7, The Brewery, 52 Chiswell Street, the City of London
Do you want to learn more about Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning? Come to Applied AI, a one-day conference for developers and computer scientists, with speakers from Google, Microsoft and IBM. Events include a days' worth of talks, tutorial and social events. Find out more at https://www.appliedai.co.uk.
Student tickets are £24, less than a quarter of cost price. Tickets come with access to all events, plus breakfast, lunch and 2 cake & coffee breaks.
08:00 Saturday to 16:00 Sunday, Week 7, π Potato Avenue, St Andrews, KY16 9SX
You've waited long enough, it's time to be a player in the game.
St Andrews Computing Society (Stacs) StacsHack is back and bigger than ever! Now in it's fifth - more pixelated - iteration, our annual hackathon is going to be a great event. Filled with Food, Fun, and Freebies, what's not to love!
For those of you who don't know what a hackathon is, it's a fantastic opportunity to use your skills and create a project from the ground up over the course of 24 hours within a team.
All levels of experience are welcome, whether you're an end-boss level hackathon enthusiast, or a newbie, level 1 coder there's always something you can contribute!
We're excited to also welcome students from other universities!
More information to follow on the Facebook page, so press 'going' to be sure that you can stay up to date!
StacsHack is sponsored by CompSoc Gold sponsors TPP and Bloomberg, amongst others.
Saturday to Sunday, Weekend 9–10, Informatics Forum, 10 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB
HackTheBurgh is a 24-hour student Hackathon at the University of Edinburgh.
Any student currently enrolled in full-time further education may join — if you graduated less than a year ago, you're also eligible. You may team up with up to three other people. Teams exceeding four people are ineligible for prizes.
Info is listed on the website and questions about the event should be sent to hello@hacktheburgh.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 or visit our website for more information about the society. Our Discord channel is https://discord.gg/xA9PFvy.
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