Salutations, Old Friends,

It's the penultimate week of term — oh, how time flies by. But, even as the biblical floods cease and the sun emerges once more, CompSoc ploughs fearsomely on. Your events this week are...

This evening, we're back in the Undergraduate Social Area (again) for our final competitive programming advanced bootcamp of the term! Come along from 7:30-9:30pm to get some training in.

We close off this Saturday with a triple header. We'll kick off first with our final CTF contest of the term! Head on down to the UGSA from 5-7pm to work on it in person — details to be announced in our Discord server on the day. Somewhat contemporaneously, through the power of quantum superposition, we also plan to hold our final specialised Learn to Code session of the term. The topic is yet to be revealed — stay tuned for details.

Later in the day on Saturday, we'll be holding our Annual General Meeting! Join us in the Undergraduate Social Area from 7pm as we elect each of the members for the 2026-27 Committee and vote on your motions.

If you're interested in running for CompSoc's Committee at the AGM, check out our election guide and register your interest. Our motions channel is also open — if you'd like to submit a motion, join our Discord server and make a post in our motions channel.

— Declan, CompSoc Secretary

Fun Computing Fact: Running elections online may sound like a horrible idea. How do you handle all of the new opportunities for tampering and fraud? Well, the International Association for Cryptologic Research thought they'd resolved some of this with their favourite technology — cryptography! The Association last year held elections for its leadership, with a system that required three trustees to combine parts of an encryption key to access the final results. However, this quickly hit a snag when one of the three trustees 'irretrievably' lost their part of the key. The results were deemed inaccessible, and the elections were cancelled.

On Saturday 7^th March, we'll be holding CompSoc's Annual General Meeting to elect a new Committee! We're seeking candidates to fill the fourteen roles up for grabs in the brand new incarnation of the Committee. Those positions are:

If you'd like to learn more, including what each position entails, check out the guide written by two of our former Presidents (and edited by yours truly!) here.

If you're interested in standing for election, please fill out this form.

Still not a member? How?! 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/

It's our penultimate Monday of the term — what better way to mark it than with our final competitive programming advanced bootcamp this term? Join us this Monday from 7:30-9:30pm as usual, when we'll be down in the Undergraduate Social Area for some crucial tuition on competitive programming, aided and abetted by pizza. What's not to love?

When: 7:30-9:30pm, Monday 2^nd March

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

Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/79o7iTf06

This Saturday, we're back one last time for a good old CTF contest! This week, we'll be in the Undergraduate Social Area from 5-7pm for some in-person participation on a cybersecurity contest. As usual, more details will be announced in our Discord server on the day!

When: 5-7pm, Saturday 7^th March

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

Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/3vEM0rkz8

This Saturday, it's time for a scarcely-seen event — CompSoc's Annual General Meeting! We'll convene at 7pm in the Undergraduate Social Area to discuss your suggestions and vote on your motions to improve the governance of the society. Most importantly, we'll also be electing a brand new Committee to take the society through to 2027! Afterwards, we'll relax with a classic Saturday Social.

If you're a CompSoc member and you're interested in running for a role on Committee, take a look at our election guide! After having a read, you can register to stand for election by filling out our (very basic) form here. There's plenty of positions up for grabs, and experience on a society committee is both a great way to pad out your CV and also very fun! We'll hear speeches from the candidates for each role and then hold a secret vote to determine the victors.

Voting on motions and CompSoc's next Committee is restricted to members of the society. If you're not a member yet, hop on over here to sign up — membership is only £1 for life! Registered members may propose motions in our Discord server's motions channel. Please note that you must be present at the AGM to propose a motion.

When: 7pm, Saturday 7^th March

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

Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/9TBhI5xnh

Correlation One, in partnership with Citadel and Citadel Securities, are inviting students across Europe to compete in this Spring season’s Europe Terminal, where participants will virtually compete for $15,000USD in our competition!

Terminal Live is an online game where software engineers and computer scientists (or anyone else interested in coding!) build an algorithm to play a tower defense game in a team-based setting. Watch this video to see Terminal in action!

When: April 21 - 28

Where: Virtual

Who: Undergraduate students

Prizes: $15,000USD + exclusive recruiting opportunities with Citadel and Citadel Securities 

Sign up here: https://www.citadel.com/careers/programs-and-events/terminal/apply-for-the-europe-terminal/?utm_source=cone&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=apr26

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.

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