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Michaelmas Term Week 3 Newsletter
EVENTS EVERY EVENING*!????
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*unfortunately, due to untimely date changes, week 3 no longer has events every evening; but hey, that's still a lot of events(!)
**we also apologise for the lateness of this newsletter
On Monday, we have our Competitive Programming Contest Night making a comeback at 7pm in the UGSA.
Our sponsor, QRT, is holding a Hackathon on Tuesday.
This week's WTF's a CTF session and talk have been cancelled and moved to a different date respectively.
Our ice-skating collaborated social with the Invariants will be on Friday from 6:45pm at the Oxford Ice Rink.
On Halloween (Saturday): a Learn-To-Code session from 5:30pm at Jesus College and a fitting (spooky scary) movie night from 7pm!!
We also have sign-up links for next Tuesday's Marshall Wace event, please fill in the forms asap as spots are first-come-first-serve!
— Acie/Amos, CompSoc President
Fun Computing Fact: (Special thanks to member Oliver Geer for telling me this :) )
It's probably well-known that UNIX is designed with the "everything is a file" approach. What if instead of having the entire filesystem sit on one device, we use a network of devices as a filesystem?
The Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating system implements the "everything is a file" (e.g. windows, network connections) approach on distributed file systems with the 9P network protocol. The protocol is even used for WSL since Windows 10! Sadly, official development of the OS has stopped, though forks and extensions such as 9front as well as descendants such as Inferno exist.
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Competitive Programming: Week 3 Contest
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After last week’s bootcamp session, it’s time to put your skills to test! Whether you’re a beginner or an ICPC participant, you are all very much welcome to join us from 7pm Monday in the UGSA! As usual, there will be pizza, snacks, and prizes for the winners of each division.
When: 7pm, Monday 26 Oct Where: Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG
Ice Skating with Invariants
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This Friday evening, we’ll be chilling on the ice. That’s right, it’s our joint ice skating social with the Invariants!
If you would like to join, please sign up through the below form! Spots are limited and on a first-come-first-serve basis!
When: 6:45pm - 8:45pm Where: Oxford Ice Rink, Oxpens Road OX1 1RQ Sign up here: https://forms.gle/twZuERmcUQrWEgvQA
Learn-To-Code
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On Saturday, we’ll have our third Learn-To-Code session at Jesus College from 5:30pm. For those of you who’ve asked if you can join CompSoc to learn programming, this is for you
When: 5:30-6:30pm, Saturday 24 Oct Where: Jesus College, Turl Street, Oxford, OX1 3DW
Saturday Night Social - Movie Night
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This year’s movie night social came just in time for Halloween! Head down to the UGSA from 7pm this Saturday for a spooky skeleton* special-feature showcase social with snacks (and pizza)!
* CompSoc does not guarantee that a movie featuring spooky skeletons will be selected, but you can vote on it on our Discord ;)
When: 7pm, Saturday 24 Oct Where: Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG
Marshall Wace Event Sign-up
Marshall Wace is coming to campus on Tuesday 3rd November and would love to meet you!
Join MW engineers for a hands-on systems design workshop, where we’ll walk through a real problem we’ve faced at Marshall Wace and the technology, we used to solve it. After an introduction to the problem and requirements, you’ll break into small groups to design your own solution, working closely with our engineers to iterate, challenge, and refine your approach. Each group will then present their design, walk through key decisions, and receive live feedback, with exciting prizes up for grabs for the winning team.
You’ll also have the chance to learn more about our Technology Intern and Graduate opportunities, meet the team, and hear from the recruiters involved in the process. There will be networking opportunities throughout, and food and drinks will be provided. Spaces are limited, so please apply to be considered for a place at the event.
Selected attendees will receive a confirmation email at least 3 days before the event with all relevant event details. Apply below to register your interest - we hope to see you there!
Date: Tuesday 3rd November Time: TBA (but expect it to start around 6-6:30pm and last 2 hours) Where: CS Department, room TBA Event application link: https://app2.greenhouse.io/e/jkvqht
Committee Role Sign-Up
Following a committee meeting, the CompSoc committee has been updated as follows: President: Amos / Acie Cheung Vice President: Adhish Kancharla Publicity Officer: role vacant
We are now recruiting for the roles of Publicity Officer and SWAG Officer for MT26, HT27. If you are interested, please sign up through this form: https://forms.gle/CvK5zRrMGn3JRHzp7 The deadline for sign-up will be Saturday W2 (24/10).
We are also seeking interested members to fill the roles of OxHack officer and OxHack committee for OxHack 2027, and a separate form with details on the roles will be published shortly.
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Event From Floxford
We have a talk on Thursday 29 October, by a prolific UK lawyer in the free software/open source licencing space, on Remediating Free Software / Open-Source Licence Compliance Issues.
Learn how FLOSS's central legal tools work in practice. In Person and Online.
More Details: https://events.floxford.org/event/remediating-free-software-open-source-lice...
Our code of conduct applies, as always: https://floxford.org/coc/
Check Out OxWoCS!
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.
Mashall Wace Opportunities
Marshall Wace is a leading global alternatives investment manager with around $85bn in assets under management, where technology, data and innovation sit at the heart of how we solve complex problems and operate across global markets.
We’re hiring for both our Technology Internship Programme and Technology Graduate Programme:
Technology Internship Programme: Designed for students looking to gain hands-on engineering experience through real-world projects across areas such as software engineering, data engineering, infrastructure, DevOps, cyber security, AI-powered automation, trading systems, and business intelligence.
Technology Graduate Programme: An 18–24 month rotational programme for high-achieving STEM graduates with strong technical/programming skills, offering exposure across multiple engineering teams including software development, data engineering, and infrastructure, as well as different technologies, development practices and business areas.
If you’re excited by the idea of solving complex technical problems in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, we’d love to hear from you. You can apply to the programme most relevant to you below and one of our recruiters will be in touch!
Internship roles: https://grnh.se/d4lsxs2a2us
Graduate roles: https://grnh.se/pa7t00is2us
A TPP Opportunity
A message from our sponsors at TPP:
Graduate Software Developer Role:
No coding experience required.
We’re looking for bright and geeky graduates to join our Software Developer team. No experience is required, and many of our successful applicants have never programmed before. If you think logically and enjoy problem solving, then you have the potential to become a great developer.
A career at TPP will challenge you every day. In your first few weeks you will be solving real-world problems as you help to develop software used by healthcare professionals and patients across the world.
You’ll be part of an agile development team, working on one of the largest real-time databases in the world. You’ll work on a wide variety of projects, ranging from AI assisting clinicians with early diagnosis of cancer to an iOS app helping patients manage their diabetes.
To apply, please visit https://tpp-careers.com/roles/graduate-software-developer/
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