Hi everyone,
Thank you to everyone who came to the Quiz Night last Saturday! We hope you all enjoyed yourselves as much as we did. If you’re sad that it’s over, fear not because gold sponsor *TPP* are holding their very own coding pub quiz at the Royal Oak this Wednedsay. Tickets are currently sold out, but if you’re interested you can still join the waiting list!
Continuing the theme of exciting new Saturday socials, we’ll be hosting our very own *picnic* at the University Parks next week. Come down from 17:00 to enjoy the fresh air and (hopefully) good weather! We’ll be retiring to the UGSA in the evening for pizza.
Just after that, our first talk of the term is on the horizon. Oxford’s own *Artem Kaznatcheev* will be joining us to talk about the work he’s been doing on *Algorithmic Biology*. Check below for more details.
In other news, the MPLS division is running focus groups next week for students who identify as *BAME*. Looking further ahead, the *margins* conference for people from marginalised backgrounds in tech is running in Nottingham towards the end of June, and they are looking for both attendees and volunteers. Finally, the Oxford Artificial Intelligence society is running a *workshop on Project Management* next Saturday. You can find more details on all of these below.
Have a great week,
*The CompSoc committee* ------------------------------ Events Coding Pub Quiz with TPP https://www.facebook.com/events/2356337424434094/
*19:00, Wednesday, Week 3, Royal Oak, Woodstock Road*
TPP is excited to announce a Coding Challenge on Wednesday 15th May, in collaboration with the Oxford Computer Society!
Unlike a typical pub quiz, you’ll need to exercise your problem solving skills to tackle the range of challenges set instead of applying your general knowledge.
There will be free food and drinks, both soft and alcoholic, available for attendees throughout the whole event. There will also be great prizes on offer for the winning teams (Raspberry Pis and a Hotel Chocolat hamper).
We recommend teams of about 5-6 people, but smaller groups are welcome too, and if you’re unsure who to come with then we’ll be happy to match you up with other keen problem solvers on the day.
Eventbrite link for tickets https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/coding-pub-quiz-with-tpp-tickets-61178203654
Tickets are already fully allocated, so if you can’t make it then please *free up your slot as soon as you know* for those on the waiting list. CompSoc Picnic https://www.facebook.com/events/308555580062533/
*17:00 Saturday, Week 3 University Parks*
Join us in Uni Parks for a few hours of connecting with nature, playing football and frisbee, enjoying some food and finally in the UGSA for pizza.
We will be in the parks from 5pm, so join us whenever you can! Algorithmic Biology: Evolution is an algorithm; let us analyze it like one https://www.facebook.com/events/2599467160082564/
*19:00 Wednesday, Week 4, Lecture Theatre A, Department of Computer Science*
CompSoc welcomes Oxford DPhil candidate Artem Kaznatcheev to talk about his exciting work at the interface between computer science and biology. Pizza and drinks provided. Please see the Facebook event for a full abstract and more details. ------------------------------ Other Notices BAME student focus groups in MPLS
The Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division (MPLS) is running focus groups for students who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) to hear about student experiences in the University and feed into our race equality work in MPLS. The University has attained a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award https://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/eop/race/raceequalitychartermark/ (one of only 10 UK institutions that have an award), and there are a number of action items that the University has committed to. At the divisional level, we would like to gather information from BAME students about their experiences in our science and maths departments to help inform our equality and diversity activities. The available sessions are as follows, and all will be held in the MPLS Divisional Office (9 Parks Road, OX1 3PD). Please come join us to share your experiences and meet others from around the division.
Undergraduates:
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13 May from 12:30 – 1:30pm (lunch provided) -
13 May from 4:00 – 5:00pm (tea/coffee/cake provided)
Postgraduates:
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15 May from 12:30 – 1:30pm (lunch provided) -
15 May from 4:00 – 5:00pm (tea/coffee/cake provided)
The discussion will be facilitated by Machilu Zimba (Equality and Diversity Unit, Policy Advisor) and Daisy Hung (MPLS Equality and Diversity Facilitator).
Hi everyone,
Thank you to everyone who came to the Quiz Night last Saturday! We hope you all enjoyed yourselves as much as we did. If you’re sad that it’s over, fear not because gold sponsor *TPP* are holding their very own coding pub quiz at the Royal Oak this Wednedsay. Tickets are currently sold out, but if you’re interested you can still join the waiting list!
Continuing the theme of exciting new Saturday socials, we’ll be hosting our very own *picnic* at the University Parks next week. Come down from 17:00 to enjoy the fresh air and (hopefully) good weather! We’ll be retiring to the UGSA in the evening for pizza.
Just after that, our first talk of the term is on the horizon. Oxford’s own *Artem Kaznatcheev* will be joining us to talk about the work he’s been doing on *Algorithmic Biology*. Check below for more details.
In other news, the MPLS division is running focus groups next week for students who identify as *BAME*. Looking further ahead, the *margins* conference for people from marginalised backgrounds in tech is running in Nottingham towards the end of June, and they are looking for both attendees and volunteers. Finally, the Oxford Artificial Intelligence society is running a *workshop on Project Management* next Saturday. You can find more details on all of these below.
Have a great week,
*The CompSoc committee* ------------------------------ Events Coding Pub Quiz with TPP https://www.facebook.com/events/2356337424434094/
*19:00, Wednesday, Week 3, Royal Oak, Woodstock Road*
TPP is excited to announce a Coding Challenge on Wednesday 15th May, in collaboration with the Oxford Computer Society!
Unlike a typical pub quiz, you’ll need to exercise your problem solving skills to tackle the range of challenges set instead of applying your general knowledge.
There will be free food and drinks, both soft and alcoholic, available for attendees throughout the whole event. There will also be great prizes on offer for the winning teams (Raspberry Pis and a Hotel Chocolat hamper).
We recommend teams of about 5-6 people, but smaller groups are welcome too, and if you’re unsure who to come with then we’ll be happy to match you up with other keen problem solvers on the day.
Eventbrite link for tickets https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/coding-pub-quiz-with-tpp-tickets-61178203654
Tickets are already fully allocated, so if you can’t make it then please *free up your slot as soon as you know* for those on the waiting list. CompSoc Picnic https://www.facebook.com/events/308555580062533/
*17:00 Saturday, Week 3 University Parks*
Join us in Uni Parks for a few hours of connecting with nature, playing football and frisbee, enjoying some food and finally in the UGSA for pizza.
We will be in the parks from 5pm, so join us whenever you can! Algorithmic Biology: Evolution is an algorithm; let us analyze it like one https://www.facebook.com/events/2599467160082564/
*19:00 Wednesday, Week 4, Lecture Theatre A, Department of Computer Science*
CompSoc welcomes Oxford DPhil candidate Artem Kaznatcheev to talk about his exciting work at the interface between computer science and biology. Pizza and drinks provided. Please see the Facebook event for a full abstract and more details. ------------------------------ Other Notices BAME student focus groups in MPLS
The Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division (MPLS) is running focus groups for students who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) to hear about student experiences in the University and feed into our race equality work in MPLS. The University has attained a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award https://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/eop/race/raceequalitychartermark/ (one of only 10 UK institutions that have an award), and there are a number of action items that the University has committed to. At the divisional level, we would like to gather information from BAME students about their experiences in our science and maths departments to help inform our equality and diversity activities. The available sessions are as follows, and all will be held in the MPLS Divisional Office (9 Parks Road, OX1 3PD). Please come join us to share your experiences and meet others from around the division.
Undergraduates:
-
13 May from 12:30 – 1:30pm (lunch provided) -
13 May from 4:00 – 5:00pm (tea/coffee/cake provided)
Postgraduates:
-
15 May from 12:30 – 1:30pm (lunch provided) -
15 May from 4:00 – 5:00pm (tea/coffee/cake provided)
The discussion will be facilitated by Machilu Zimba (Equality and Diversity Unit, Policy Advisor) and Daisy Hung (MPLS Equality and Diversity Facilitator).
To sign up or for more information, please email diversity@mpls.ox.ac.uk and let us know which focus group session you’d like to attend. margins—a free tech conference for and by the marginalised community
*22nd June 2019, University of Nottingham, 9:00-16:00*
Are you a marginalised person working in/with/around technology (or hope to break into the industry)? *margins* is a free one-day conference for you!
Join us in Nottingham (UK) for a day filled with inspiration, solidarity and compassion. We want to build a network of and for folks from across the tech sector whose voices are still looking for a platform.
Whatever you do—research, design, data entry, social media management, if you perform maintenance on the Hadron Collider or you’re thinking about writing your first line of code—as long as you work/tinker/dream with/in/around tech, you’re welcome!
margins has two tracks of workshops and talks that attendees can join! The conference is centred around making and building inclusive communities in technology together.
Free tickets & more info: margins.tech Workshop on Product Management in tech with OxAI
For CS/maths/stats/engineering people interested in getting into Product Management side of tech and AI. OxAI’s got a workshop coming next Saturday.
It will be led by the former software engineering lead and product manager of two of the UK’s top AI startups (Onfido and Multiply.ai) and CEO of Knowledge Officer. https://www.facebook.com/events/3158460307513101/ ------------------------------
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/ or visit our website https://ox.compsoc.net for more information about the society.
Want to unsubscribe or manage your subscription preferences? Go to http://lists.ox.compsoc.net/mailman/listinfo/.
To sign up or for more information, please email diversity@mpls.ox.ac.uk and let us know which focus group session you’d like to attend. margins—a free tech conference for and by the marginalised community
*22nd June 2019, University of Nottingham, 9:00-16:00*
Are you a marginalised person working in/with/around technology (or hope to break into the industry)? *margins* is a free one-day conference for you!
Join us in Nottingham (UK) for a day filled with inspiration, solidarity and compassion. We want to build a network of and for folks from across the tech sector whose voices are still looking for a platform.
Whatever you do—research, design, data entry, social media management, if you perform maintenance on the Hadron Collider or you’re thinking about writing your first line of code—as long as you work/tinker/dream with/in/around tech, you’re welcome!
margins has two tracks of workshops and talks that attendees can join! The conference is centred around making and building inclusive communities in technology together.
Free tickets & more info: margins.tech Workshop on Product Management in tech with OxAI
For CS/maths/stats/engineering people interested in getting into Product Management side of tech and AI. OxAI’s got a workshop coming next Saturday.
It will be led by the former software engineering lead and product manager of two of the UK’s top AI startups (Onfido and Multiply.ai) and CEO of Knowledge Officer. https://www.facebook.com/events/3158460307513101/ ------------------------------
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/ or visit our website https://ox.compsoc.net for more information about the society.
Want to unsubscribe or manage your subscription preferences? Go to http://lists.ox.compsoc.net/mailman/listinfo/.
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Dominic Benjamin