compsoc-jobs March 2014

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Fwd: RE: BP sponsored internships
by Joe Fowler 01 Apr '14

01 Apr '14

------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: BP sponsored internships Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:22:44 +0000 From: Cat Holt <cat.holt(a)careers.ox.ac.uk> To: president(a)ox.compsoc.net <president(a)ox.compsoc.net> Dear Joe, I just wanted to let you know that BP have increased their funding for these two internships to £3000. Please can you let the students know. It is open to non finalist undergraduates and postgraduates. Thank-you, Cat From: Cat Holt Sent: 19 March 2014 16:03 To: 'president(a)ox.compsoc.net' Subject: BP sponsored internships Dear Joe, I have an interesting BP sponsored internship that I would like to advertise to the CompSoc. Would you be able to let your members know of the following opportunity? I have worked with the University of Ouro Preto in Brazil to secure 2 internships within their High Performance Computing Lab working on an environmental simulator project (http://www.decom.ufop.br/hpclab/jsensor/?lang=en). Eligible non finalist undergraduates and postgraduates from MPLS division would receive £3000 of BP funding (www.careers.ox.ac.uk/internship-funding<http://www.careers.ox.ac.uk/internship-funding>). The university are flexible with dates, so the student could fit their flights around the World Cup to suit them. The internships are currently advertised on CareerConnect<http://www.careers.ox.ac.uk/our-services/careerconnect/> (Position ID: 58627), with a closing date of 06/04/2014. Please let me know if you have any further questions. Many thanks, Cat Cat Holt Internship Office Assistant Manager The Careers Service University of Oxford 56 Banbury Road Oxford, OX2 6PA Tel: +44 (0)1865 274737 E-mail: cat.holt(a)careers.ox.ac.uk<mailto:catherine.holt@careers.ox.ac.uk> www.careers.ox.ac.uk<http://www.careers.ox.ac.uk/> www.twitter.com/oxfordcareers<http://www.twitter.com/oxfordcareers>

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Fwd: IT Services internships
by Joe Fowler 29 Mar '14

29 Mar '14

See the link in the below message for a collection of summer internship opportunities. Joe -------- Original Message -------- Subject: IT Services internships Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:15:16 +0000 From: Dominic Hargreaves <dom(a)earth.li> To: <committee(a)ox.compsoc.net> Hi all, Please could you let your members know about the IT Services internships which have just been announced? http://www.it.ox.ac.uk/about/jobs/#d.en.150395 (the Linux systems integration post is in my team, if anyone is interested). Cheers, Dominic.

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Fwd: Invitation to the First Ever World Coding Championships
by Joe Fowler 26 Mar '14

26 Mar '14

Interested in AI? Check out the link below for an interesting challenge opportunity! Joe -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Invitation to the First Ever World Coding Championships Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:29:38 -0400 From: Emma Peal <emma(a)helloworldopen.com> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Hi! We're contacting you because we'd like to tell your students about an opportunity to participate in the first ever Coding World Championships. The event offers a brilliant chance to win prizes, gain fame, and get to know many of the most prestigious possible future employers from all around the world. Finalists will travel to Finland for the final event, all expenses paid. The winners will share a prize totaling about 14 000 USD. This is a chance for your students to showcase their programming skills, and represent your school and country on a worldwide platform. The website for the event is: http://www.helloworldopen.com Would it be possible for you to forward this information to the students at your university as soon as possible? You can find more information about the event, called Hello World Open 2014, below. Thank you in advance. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me! Best regards, Emma Peal emma(a)helloworldopen.com www.helloworldopen.com _________________________________________________ *Hello World Open 2014: The First Coding World Championships* http://www.helloworldopen.com The first ever Coding World Championships, Hello World 2014, welcomes future stars of coding. About 10 000 teams of top coders are expected to participate in the exceptional battle organised by the creative technology company Reaktor and the mobile game developer Supercell. The challenge of each team is to create an artificial intelligence -- also known as a bot -- to take part in a digital car racing game. In the traditional spirit of international sporting events, team members should all share a nationality. The finals will eventually take place in Helsinki, Finland on June 5th at the Cable Factory. As a warm-up to the event, Supercell's second annual gaming summit will be held earlier that day. Qualifying rounds will be split into three divisions and grouped geographically by region. Only the top two qualifiers from each region will then compete in the live finals. As always in sports, the crowd has an important role in these World Championships as well. Everyone's got a chance to follow the matches of thousands of top coders online. Coding World Championships offers a great chance of getting to know future colleagues and employers in an international race. The preliminary timetable for Hello World Open is as follows: March 31st - Sign up starts. Participating in the competition is free of charge. April 7th - Sign up ends Qualifying rounds will be held online. Follow the matches at helloworldopen.com May 6th - Hello Region 1 May 7th - Hello Region 2 May 8th -Hello Region 3 June 5th - *Coding World Finals*: six of the world's toughest coding teams meet in Helsinki, Finland. Reaktor arranged the first Finnish Coding Championships in 2012. The objective was to code an artificial intelligence for a Pong-bot and beat all the other teams in table tennis. The event was a huge success: over 200 teams got involved and enrolled in the competition. The Championships reached over one million Finns within 24 hours, in a country of five million people. *About Reaktor* Reaktor is a creative technology company that constructs exceptionally well-functioning services. Reaktor's team of 250 professionals consists of service designers, interaction designers, art directors, software architects, developers and coaches. Our offices are located in Helsinki, Finland and Tokyo, Japan. We strive to be the best software company in the world. For more information on Reaktor, visit www.reaktor.fi. *About Supercell* Founded in 2010, Supercell is a mobile game developer based in Helsinki, Finland, with offices in San Francisco, Tokyo, and Seoul. Supercell's games Clash of Clans and Hay Day are available on iOS and Android devices, with the new title Boom Beach releasing soon on iOS. For more information on Supercell, visit www.supercell.com.

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Fwd: Invite to Emerge Education Job Fair
by Joe Fowler 24 Mar '14

24 Mar '14

Job Fair at Google Campus London, 9th April. See below for details. Joe -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Invite to Emerge Education Job Fair Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:09:41 +0100 From: Paolo Bertolero <paolo(a)emergeventurelab.com> To: <president(a)ox.compsoc.net> Dear Sam, I am from Emerge Education <http://emergeventurelab.com/>, an education technology accelerator in Google Campus London. I'd like to invite you, your students, and colleagues to an Education Technology(Edtech) Job Fair, the 9th April between 6-9pm at Google Campus London. The event is organized in a partnership with University of Oxford's Said Business School, and Eton College. Over 15 cutting-edge startups and education companies will be exhibiting at the event. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the edtech community, and network with potential employers. It will be an informal night with inspiring talks, music and refreshments. Please use this link, http://attending.io/events/edtech-job-fair-edtech-season for further information, and to register for the event. We'd be very grateful if you could spread the word to your community. Let me know if you have any questions. Best,

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Fwd: Fancy spending the summer in Silicon Valley?
by Joe Fowler 24 Mar '14

24 Mar '14

See http://www.londongrandchallenge.com/ for full details :) -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fancy spending the summer in Silicon Valley? Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 07:53:14 +0000 From: Alex Crompton <alex(a)entrepreneurfirst.org.uk> To: <president(a)ox.compsoc.net> Hi Joe Entrepreneur First is partnering with Singularity University to launch the London Grand Challenge. We love what you're doing at Oxford, so I'd love your help in letting your society members know. *The Challenge offers students an opportunity to gain a full scholarship to Singularity University's Summer Programme at NASA Research Park in Silicon Valley this summer* *"If I were a student this is where I'd want to be."* Larry Page, Co-Founder and CEO of Google. Cryptocurrency, payments, mobile money, security, services for the unbanked, algorithmic trading, new financial products - we're on the brink of a technology revolution, and Singularity University's leaders are at the forefront of the exponential technologies creating it. We are asking the UK's best students and graduates to pitch ideas to world class judges and advisors. How can we use tech to address the world's greatest financial challenges and impact millions of people? Applications close on Sunday 6th of April at www.LondonGrandChallenge.com<http://www.londongrandchallenge.com/> . If you have any questions then just let me know, Alex LondonGrandChallenge.com <http://www.londongrandchallenge.com/> twitter.com/LDNGChallenge <http://www.twitter.com/LDNGChallenge> facebook.com/londongrandchallenge<http://www.facebook.com/londongrandchallenge> -- Alex Crompton 07872 176 465 alex(a)entrepreneurfirst.org.uk

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Fwd: Mailing Lists
by Joe Fowler 20 Mar '14

20 Mar '14

See the attachment for details on the business venture mentioned below. Joe -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Mailing Lists Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:35:50 +0000 From: Lisa Hirst <lisa.hirst(a)conted.ox.ac.uk> To: president(a)ox.compsoc.net <president(a)ox.compsoc.net> CC: committee(a)ox.compsoc.net <committee(a)ox.compsoc.net> Dear Joe We are post-graduate students looking for a technically innovative person to work with on a new Chinese business venture - and wondered if one of your members might be interested in joining our team. Please could you circulate the attached details to your members and mailing lists? Many thanks indeed. Lisa Hirst and Gordon Fairclough Department for Continuing Education

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BP sponsored internships
by Joe Fowler 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

Looking for an internship opportunity? See below. Joe -------- Original Message -------- Subject: BP sponsored internships Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 16:02:28 +0000 From: Cat Holt <cat.holt(a)careers.ox.ac.uk> To: president(a)ox.compsoc.net <president(a)ox.compsoc.net> Dear Joe, I have an interesting BP sponsored internship that I would like to advertise to the CompSoc. Would you be able to let your undergraduate members know of the following opportunity? I have worked with the University of Ouro Preto in Brazil to secure 2 internships within their High Performance Computing Lab working on an environmental simulator project (http://www.decom.ufop.br/hpclab/jsensor/?lang=en). Eligible undergraduates (from MPLS) would receive £2000 of BP funding (www.careers.ox.ac.uk/internship-funding<http://www.careers.ox.ac.uk/internship-funding>). The university are flexible with dates, so the student could fit their flights around the World Cup to suit them. The internships are currently advertised on CareerConnect<http://www.careers.ox.ac.uk/our-services/careerconnect/> (Position ID: 58627), with a closing date of 06/04/2014. Please let me know if you have any further questions. Many thanks, Cat Cat Holt Internship Office Assistant Manager The Careers Service University of Oxford 56 Banbury Road Oxford, OX2 6PA Tel: +44 (0)1865 274737 E-mail: cat.holt(a)careers.ox.ac.uk<mailto:catherine.holt@careers.ox.ac.uk> www.careers.ox.ac.uk<http://www.careers.ox.ac.uk/> www.twitter.com/oxfordcareers<http://www.twitter.com/oxfordcareers>

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Fwd: Eikonhack by Thomson Reuters and UCL Finance Industry Series
by Sam Lanning 06 Mar '14

06 Mar '14

UCL FIndS proudly presents: Date: 22^nd & 23^rd (Sat & Sun) March 2014 Venue: Level 39, 1 Canada Square, London, E14 5AB In partnership with Thomson Reuters, UCL FIndS is organizing the 3^rd biannual hackathon at Level39, in Canary Wharf. In this fast-paced 24-hour competition, you will form teams in order to develop an idea centred on news content discovery for tablet and phone. Eikon is Thomson Reuters flagship market data desktop, which aims to provide the most intelligent and intuitive user experience for financial professionals. With powerful search-driven navigation, Thomson Reuters Eikon combines Thomson Reuters' unique content and insight with innovative visualization and analytics tools. Successful candidates will be given training beforehand in the form of toolkits and virtual tutorials in order to familiarize with the Thomson Reuters Eikon platform. During the event food, sweets and an endless supply of refreshments will be provided. You may take breaks as often as you like, as long as you finish you project within the allotted time. After 24 hours of coding, every team will present their project to the jury, but only a handful of teams will be selected to give a more detailed presentation in the final round of assessment. Prizes will be offered for the top 3 places, but the biggest rewards will be reserved for the winning team. By participating in EikonHack you will get to meet talented individuals from all over the UK and France, visit Thomson Reuters' Canary Wharf HQ, and network with judges and technical advisors. High-valued prizes plus meet and greet with members of the leadership team will be enjoyed by the winning team. It's time to impress! Registration deadline: 12^th of March 2014, 12 pm Sign-up here: http://eikonhack.com/ Connect via Facebook: http://facebook.com/eikonhack

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Standard Life Investments: Technology Graduate Scheme
by Sam Lanning 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

Hi, Are you interested in a graduate career within technology? Are you highly analytical and a creative problem solver? *Standard Life Investments (SLI) *are looking for high potential graduates to deliver t/echnology /solutions... Company: Standard Life Investments Position: Technology Graduate Scheme Industry: Investment Management Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Earnings: £30k+ How to apply: Send your CV to sli(a)sanctuarysearch.com <mailto:sli@sanctuarysearch.com> Start Date: Autumn 2014 Deadline: CVs by 5th March 2014 *The company: *Standard Life Investments (SLI) is a premier asset manager with an expanding global reach. Their wide range of investment solutions is backed by a distinctive investment philosophy, disciplined risk management and shared commitment to a culture of investment excellence. Headquartered in Edinburgh, SLI employs more than 850 talented professionals worldwide and has more than £150bn under management. *The department: *Investments Technology provides the specialist skills and innovative thinking that support SLI's investment business through a range of technology services. They ensure that technology within is aligned with the current needs and future ambitions of SLI, acting as a key enabler for our investment talent within the organisation. *The scheme: *The scheme will be tailored to your strengths and interests with several possible rotations within the technology department. You will make your mark in delivering and managing innovative technology projects that will help them become leaders in financial services, fusing technological capability with their business aspirations. After 2 years you will be placed in a permanent role within Investments Technology which is aligned to your strengths and career aspirations. With a distinctive approach to managing and rewarding their graduates, Standard Life Investments engender a high performing culture and want their graduates to stay for the long term. With a very competitive reward and benefits package, generous annual leave, peerless training and mentoring, and with offices in the heart of beautiful Edinburgh, you will be well looked after. *Are you right for this scheme?* Are you interested in technology and are you committed to a career in technology? Do you work well with others and do you have leadership potential? Standard Life Investments are looking for innovative and enthusiastic thought leaders who are highly analytical, with excellent interpersonal skills and a strong sense of ownership of tasks and projects. *Students from any degree discipline may apply but you must be interested in technology. *If this is you, write to us ASAP at sli(a)sanctuarysearch.com <mailto:students@sanctuarysearch.com> without delay, including your CV and we'll get your application started. This is a free service. Regards, The Sanctuary Search team

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Fwd: Exciting teaching opportunities for Oxford graduate students this July
by Sam Lanning 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

*_Volunteer your academic skills for good causes!_* OxFizz is a social enterprise raising money for charity by providing educational services. We are currently recruiting*_tutors, seminar leaders, _*and *_workshop leaders_* for our two-week Summer Schools. **/What?/* Delivering tutorials, seminars, or workshops on a Summer School in Oxford in July. **/Who?/ *Any enthusiastic graduate or postgraduate student. **/How big a commitment?/* Preparing an exciting and challenging course of *seven tutorials*, *three seminars*, or *three workshops* to small groups of bright and motivated 16-18 year old students. **/Why?/* _*Gain* *valuable teaching experience and raise money for any charity of your choice!*_ If you're interested in working with us, come and meet the OxFizz team! We are holding a recruitment event on *Tuesday March 25th *from *3-5pm *at *Turl Street Kitchen, *where we hope to provide more information about the summer school (and free cake!).* * Find out more: email Steph at stephanie.pope(a)oxfizz.org <mailto:stephanie.pope@oxfizz.org> or call her on 07540 825 349. -- *Stephanie Pope* *Oxford and Cambridge Summer School Coordinator* *OxFizz* 07540 825 349 www.oxfizz.org <http://www.oxfizz.org> www.twitter.com/oxfizz <http://www.twitter.com/oxfizz> www.oxbridgeinterviews.co.uk <http://www.oxbridgeinterviews.co.uk> www.oxfordandcambridgesummerschool.co.uk <http://www.oxfordandcambridgesummerschool.co.uk>

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