Hi everyone,

We have lots of things coming up in the next two weeks to kick the fifth week blues! Thank you to everyone that came to the Bloomberg talk this week - for those of you that couldn't make it, materials from the talk are now available on GitHub https://github.com/dietmarkuehl/presentation-files/tree/master/parallel-partition. On Wednesday, *Palantir* will be speaking on *building a secure search engine* and the week after *Google* will be coming round (RSVP here https://goo.gl/Sh5mxb). Not to mention our usual geek nights...

Our sponsor *Ensoft* is also active in Oxford next week, hosting a free *drinks event* and a giving a *talk* in the department.

Have a great week!

*Thomas and the rest of the committee* EventsGeek Night 4 https://www.facebook.com/events/956134894534495

*19:00 Saturday 4th Week – Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science*

This week, we'll be trying to implement UNIX utilities in the language of your choice. Who knew grep could be so complex?

Bring your laptop for an evening of relaxing, chatting, games, coding and a selection of food and drink. Palantir tech talk: Building Secure Search at Palantir https://www.facebook.com/events/1410719555717660

*19:00 Wednesday 5th Week - Lecture Theatre A, Department of Computer Science*

How do you design a search engine when different users only have permission to view specific documents? In this workshop we will explore how object level authorisation can be used to take care of privacy in these times of Big Data.

Who we are:

Today’s critical institutions don’t just protect public safety or provide vital goods and services—they also deal with astonishing amounts of data. At Palantir, our mission is to help the world’s government agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and nonprofits transform how they understand and use that data.We build software that lets organisations integrate and analyse their data so they can solve problems they couldn’t before. Geek Night 5: Ballot stuffing https://www.facebook.com/events/887641581401830

*19:00 Saturday 5th Week – Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science*

This week stuffing ballots as well as ourselves in this week's Geek Night. At the last termly general meeting, a ballot was held to decide what food to buy for Geek Nights. The results still haven't been counted, but rumour has it people had different opinions to you. At this Geek Night, the challenge is to find an underhanded way to get your choices to win.

Bring your laptop and we'll provide the pizza. 😉 Google talk: Frontiers of the tech industry https://www.facebook.com/events/1995264674088416

*19:00 Monday 6th Week - Lecture Theatre A, Department of Computer Science*

[NB: Note this talk is on Monday and is in addition to our usual tech talk.]

Come learn about Engineering at Google from Software Engineer Jonathan Wellons. Jonathan graduated from Vanderbilt University where he earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science focused on wireless networks. He started at Google in 2013 with JavaScript on a Front-end team in California, now works here in Europe at Google Zurich. His current focus is Big Data storage and retrieval problems in Google Shopping. This talk will review a few of the frontiers generating a lot of investment and buzz in the tech industry. Besides the well-known examples of Machine Learning and Cloud Computing, we'll dive into some of the technical details of Blockchain platforms, Reactive Frameworks, Self-Driving vehicles and others.

Pizza and drinks will be provided after the talk; it is essential that you RSVP here https://goo.gl/Sh5mxb. Sponsor noticesEnsoft drinks

*18:30-20:30 Monday 5th Week - The House Bar, Blue Boar Street*

Looking to start a career next September in technology? Or looking for an internship? Interested in a small company with a great culture, that's also very successful and offers graduate remuneration of £40,000, or £25,000 pro-rata for interns? Read more below...

Ensoft develops software that connects the world. The Internet depends every day on the code we write - it's challenging work that matters. It’s also fun - being really good at writing complex software is what we enjoy.

We've grown by taking a few of the best Oxbridge graduates each year, and investing heavily in their training. It's an ideal environment for bright, creative people who want to develop rapidly. If you bring the computer science knowledge and coding skills needed to tame Internet-scale complex systems, you can solve challenging problems as part of a world-class software engineering team.

Do you want to find out more? *Please join us https://ensoft.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8658f71b95ede053e3ff45ea9&id=d9c97ab338&e=f945c29757 at The House Bar, Blue Boar Street on Monday 6th November.* Pop in for free early evening drinks and snacks (at any time from 6.30pm to 8.30pm). This will be a chance for you to meet recent graduates as well as senior members of the company, and learn more about Ensoft in an informal setting.

Our application process is very simple: Email a CV to recruitment@ensoft.co.uk by midnight on Wednesday 22nd November 2017 (7th week). Interviews (lasting no more than 2 hours) are held on Friday 1st December (8th week) at The Saïd Business School, Park End Street, Oxford. If successful, you'll have a firm offer quickly.

You can find more details on www.ensoft.co.uk/careers https://ensoft.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8658f71b95ede053e3ff45ea9&id=539a97787c&e=f945c29757, or get reminders by following us on Twitter (@ensoftuk) or on Facebook (ensoftuk, to see the event click here https://ensoft.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8658f71b95ede053e3ff45ea9&id=53837ee0a7&e=f945c29757). But I would encourage you to apply soon. Whilst everything is designed to take up as little of your time as we can, it is still very competitive for places.

We hope you can join us at our drinks evening on Monday 6th November.

Thanks for your time,

*Jon Turnbull* *Chief Executive Officer, Ensoft*

*Find out more details here* https://ensoft.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8658f71b95ede053e3ff45ea9&id=c5f026d082&e=f945c29757 Ensoft department talk: Saving the world one handset a time: mobile phones and building the Internet

*13:00 Tuesday 6th Week - Lecture Theatre A, Department of Computer Science*

Speaker: Simon Chatterjee (Ensoft Ltd)

The mobile phone is transforming lives across the planet, and is becoming the primary gateway to the Internet for billions of people. Beyond the handset, this evolution poses daunting technical challenges for building the Internet itself, and the complex software that brings the network itself to life. This talk is an accessible introduction to large-scale mobile networking today, from both real-world and computer science perspectives.

Bio: Simon Chatterjee is Director & CTO of Ensoft, whose experience includes helping to bring into existence the Guinness Book of Records' "World's Highest Capacity Internet Router".

*Free food and drink* will also be provided. ------------------------------

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