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-34535909836
*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-34535909836 . Entrepreneur First Student Partner opportunity https://boards.greenhouse.io/workforef/jobs/599587#.WPTpeFLMyV5
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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-problems-tickets-34543174565 . ------------------------------
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@ox.compsoc.net