Hey everyone,
If you are a fresher, welcome to Oxford, and otherwise, welcome back! We’d like to invite you all to our first event of the term – our freshers’ welcome night! This will be a great opportunity for freshers and other prospective members to get to know the rest of the society and meet the committee, but also for current members to see each other again and meet the newcomers. We will also go over how to officially become a member, so don’t worry if you aren’t a member yet! Everyone is welcome.
For those new to the society, our committee is composed of five members:
* *President:* Fryderyk Wiatrowski * *Vice-President:* John Ryan * *Secretary:* Matthew Ruddy * *Treasurer:* James Hughes * *Social Secretary:* Cameron Chisholm
You are welcome to contact us with any queries via email at committee@ox.compsoc.net mailto:committee@ox.compsoc.net. You are also welcome to reply to this email if you prefer.
A few helpful links:
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Visit our website https://ox.compsoc.net/ for general information about our society and its history.
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Check our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/oxcompsoc/ to learn more about upcoming events.
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You can also join our discord https://discord.gg/RhvsMSn to keep in touch with other members
Every Saturday, we will be running a social event, and on Wednesdays we run tech talks from our sponsors. This term we will be running all of these events virtually. Unless otherwise specified, Zoom will be the platform of choice, so we’ll email out the meeting links prior to the event.
We have this term’s first virtual tech talk from Optiver next Wednesday, more info on that in next week’s newsletter. We also have sponsor messages from Bloomberg and Citadel so be sure to check those out below.
We will be emailing out the term card listing our upcoming events in next week’s newsletter. We’ll also be announcing our tech talks, social events and any sponsor notices through this newsletter and through Facebook. We’ve prepared a great selection of events for this term so stay tuned!
/- Matthew and the rest of the committee/
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Events
Freshers’ Welcome Night https://www.facebook.com/events/343311430272398
*19:00, Saturday, Week 0, Zoom*
Join us for our first social of the term. Meet our members, new and old, and we can all work out how to have an online social event together.
Use the link here https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2Fj%2F99817737738%3Fpwd%3DRDVsSTYzODJubk9RWVJ2YWNMWnkvZz09%26fbclid%3DIwAR3uYpe3Dh2UagsDUg9lcjbfnoXRfouVG-NOToTHxVNGyL638ybOfHHHySM&h=AT18_dbL1JlrAHXOE_xwKYMnsd1khqjG7K_ceGkLyetScUlHt6yyhkf2DvpQYJcqLy7qoEK052LdBlamErswFGziXIc7Na4UjXXkGWRPs2cNI4YBaxQxADjFCZDKJKWSkAqX or on the facebook post to join the call on Saturday. If you are prompted for a password for the meeting use *oxcompsoc*.
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Sponsor Notices
Bloomberg
*Bloomberg Masterclass: A New Era Of Python Parsing*
Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 15:00 -16:00
The Parser was one of the first pieces that were created for Python and it has served very efficiently for many years; but implementing new rules in the language syntax is becoming more difficult or even impossible in some cases. In this talk, we will explain the problems with the old parser, how the new parser works, what are its benefits, and what to expect from the Python grammar in the future.
Citadel
*Europe Data Open*
Citadel and Citadel Securities are proud to present the Europe Data Open taking place virtually between 19 – 26 October. We’re looking for curious individuals who have a passion for tackling interesting and critical challenges that touch the global markets. This is an opportunity for exceptional problem solvers to explore vast data sets, build data-driven apps to develop real solutions to socially impactful problems and win $25,000, as well as eligibility to interview at Citadel.
Check out the attached poster for more information!
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