Hello everyone, 

I hope you all enjoyed the range of events we had over last week. It's been great to see so many new (and existing) faces at our events so far.

We've also got a great selection of events lined up for this week too. To kick off the week we have an Introduction to Competitive Programming Workshop. We've also got our first talk of the term coming on Thursday as well as an opportunity to design your own discord bot at our Saturday social.

- Charlotte, CompSoc secretary

Still not a member? Membership only costs £1 for LIFE, with tons of benefits - discounts on merch and tickets, free food at all socials, our exclusive Discord server and more - so it's definitely worth signing up!

(or go to https://ox.compsoc.net/product/lifetime-membership/)

A workshop aimed at beginners looking to get into competitive programming! We will also cover solutions during our Week 1 Contest, so join our Codeforces group here and try out the problems if you haven't already taken a look! Experienced competitive programmers welcome too - there will be free snacks and ample chance to meet other competitive programmers!

When: 7-9PM, Monday 16th October

Where: Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG

Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/cAGnCFDmI

Electronic Trading Systems - high performance financial services computing - An introduction to electronic trading systems. How to design, architect, and build a low latency electronic trading system.

Speaker: Dominic Browne

Speaker Bio: Dom has been with QRT for 5 years and previous to that with Citadel. Dom is a Software Engineer specialising in C++ and low-latency engineering.

Join us for the first talk of the term to hear about electronic trading systems from Qube Research & Technologies. There will also be pizza and drinks after the talk and an opportunity to discuss the talk.

When: 5-6PM, Thursday 19th October

Where: Tony Hoare Room, Robert Hooke Building, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PR

Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/7eEU9GbPE

Ready to dive into the world of Discord bots? Join us for a hands-on event where you'll create your own bot. We'll provide a friendly space, some guidance, and a lot of fun. There will also be pizza (as always). See you there.

When: 7-11PM, Saturday 21st October

Where: Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG

Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/1llfk97Nr

The OxBioHack TechBio Hackathon aims to bring together computer scientists and life scientists in Oxford to build collaborative computational solutions to life science challenges.

Join us for an exciting weekend of hacking, learning, and networking!

Who Can Participate

The hackathon is open to students, professionals, developers, life scientists, computer scientists, and anyone with a passion for building computational solutions to life science challenges.

What to Expect

An abundance of food and drink, compute and Open AI and Azure API credits to be used, an engaging schedule of invited speakers and opportunities to network with fellow enthusiastic students in the life and computer science space

When: Saturday 18th November

Where: St Catherine's College, Manor Rd, Oxford OX1 3UJ

Registration Opens: 10 October, 2023

Registration Closes: 24 October, 2023

To Register + Find Out More: https://jonchan0.github.io/oxbiohack23/

Applications for our London Summer 2024 internships are now open and live on our website, including Software Engineering, Quantitative Trading, Quantitative Research, Strategy and Product, Sales and Trading and more! We review applications on a rolling basis and therefore invite you to apply anytime. We ask you not to apply until you're ready to interview.

We also offer a range of in house programs for students earlier in their studies, including: WiSE, FOCUS, First Year Trading and Technology Program (FTTP) and Insight. Applications are now open!

If you are interested in finding out more about Jane Street, you can check out the following resources: our interview guides, Jane Street culture and benefits, our tech blog, our signals and threads podcast and our Get to Know Us series.

Make sure to join OxWoCS (Oxford Women in CS), a society we're working closely with, if you identify as a woman or woman-adjacent person in CS! They have a host of wonderful events on, including talks, panels and socials. Computer Science is unfortunately a subject with one of the biggest gender gaps in Oxford and worldwide, and addressing this is at the core of OxWoCS.

contact us at committee@ox.compsoc.net

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