Hey Everyone,

Our main event this week is Facebook coming to give a talk, however on Tuesday, we also have G-Research holding another Algorithmic Trading Challenge, and Palantir holding an Info Session. All details below!

See you later this week! =)

G-Research Algorithmic Trading Challenge

http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2013/michaelmas/g_research_competition_2/ Date: Tuesday Week 4 - 05 November 2013 Time: 01:00 PMPlace: Lecture Theatre A - Dept. of Computer Science http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_lta/Tags: Corporate http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/corporate/ External Sponsor Event http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/external_sponsor_event/ Competition http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/competition/ G-Research http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/gresearch/

Test your coding skills trading fake money and win real prizes. G-Research has developed a simulated stock exchange where you can trade your strategies in competition with other teams. Whose will make the most money by the end of the session?

You'll be split into teams, given a brief overview of the system and then have 60 minutes to write your code (in C# - syntax help available) to trade on our simulated exchange. After that development time, your code will run in competition with the other teams and the team which makes the most money will win a £20 Amazon gift voucher for each member.

Please join us on Tuesday 5th November in Lecture Theatre A, at 1pm. The session will be followed by pizza and refreshments. We will have some of our software developers on hand to answers questions.

Sign-up is required. If you are interested, please RSVP to graduates@gresearch.co.uk. We have a limit of 40 spots available.

Free lunch and refreshments will be provided

Palantir Info Session

http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2013/michaelmas/palantir_external_talk/ Date: Tuesday Week 4 - 05 November 2013 Time: 06:30 PMPlace: Old Bank Hotel http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/old_bank_hotel/Tags: Corporate http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/corporate/ External Sponsor Event http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/external_sponsor_event/ Talk http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/talk/ Palantir http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/palantir/

Please join Palantir Technologies, where we will discuss how Palantir builds software platforms that help human experts perform powerful, collaborative analysis of data at scale. Palantir's software is deployed at public institutions, private enterprises,and in the non-profit sector to address the challenges of responsibly making sense of complex, diverse data. We solve the technical problems, so they can solve the human ones. Combating terrorism. Tracking disease outbreaks. Finding missing and exploited children. We believe that with the right technology and enough data, people can still solve hard problems and change the world for the better.

View a live demo of our data fusion platforms, and learn how you can be a part of our mission.

www.palantir.com/college http://www.palantir.com/college

Facebook Tech Talk: Hot New Mobile Technologies

http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2013/michaelmas/facebook_building_graph_search/

Date: Wednesday Week 4 - 06 November 2013 Time: 06:00 PM Facebook Event https://facebook.com/events/215830861928790/Place: Lecture Theatre A - Dept. of Computer Science http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_lta/Tags: Corporate http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/corporate/ Facebook http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/facebook/ Sponsor Event http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/sponsor_event/ Talk http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/talk/

Facebook, one of our sponsors, will be coming down to give a talk. The talk will be given by Facebook Engineering iOS Manager, Alan Cannistraro!

There will be more details to come...

Unfortunately, the original speaker for this event, Lars Rasmussen, will no longer be able to make it, hence the change of speaker and topic.

Learn to Code: Session 4

http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2013/michaelmas/learn_to_code_4/ Date: Saturday Week 4 - 09 November 2013 Time: 05:00 PM Facebook Event https://facebook.com/events/685289534839208/Place: Room 379 - Dept. of Computer Science http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_379/Tags: Learn to Code http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/learn/

*Note: Remember to bring your laptop to these events!*

About Learn to Code

During these events, there will be a mixture of interactive workshops and talks. We will be teaching you the basics of programming using Python http://www.python.org/. These events are good if you have zero coding experience, but they are also valuable if you already have started coding and would like to better your skills. We also welcome people who already have good coding experience as the more volunteers the better!

These events are always followed by our weekly Geek Night http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/geek_night/.

You can find out more information about this series of events over at ox.compsoc.net/learn http://ox.compsoc.net/learn/

We also have a facebook group for discussion if you are taking part in this course: fb.com/groups/OXLearnToCode https://www.facebook.com/groups/OXLearnToCode/

...and a group for those who would like to volunteer: fb.com/groups/OXLearnToCodeHelpers https://www.facebook.com/groups/OXLearnToCodeHelpers/

Geek Night 4

http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2013/michaelmas/geek_night_4/ Date: Saturday Week 4 - 09 November 2013 Time: 07:00 PM Facebook Event https://facebook.com/events/210998765746537/Place: Undergraduate Social Area - Dept. of Computer Science http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_social_area/Tags: Geek Night http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/geek_night/