Hi all,

I hope you have all had a good break. Here are a couple of things that may appeal to you.

The Hut Group Technology & Innovation Challenge 2014 - Ends Feb 15th 2015

The aim of this contest is to create algorithms that can predict what items a customer will buy in the future, based on what they’ve bought in the past. Such algorithms are applied in making personalised recommendations to customers about products that they are likely to be interested in.

We have a £5,000 prize on offer for the winners of the contest, along with offers of paid internships at the Hut Group. Here’s a link: http://www.thehutchallenge.com/

Oxford CoderDojo seeking volunteers

Oxford CoderDojo is seeking volunteers to help with our weekly sessions held every Saturday 11am - 1pm at 10 St Ebbe's Street (just by the Westgate Centre).

CoderDojo is a volunteer led global movement of free coding clubs for young people (typically age 7 to 17), with nearly 400 clubs worldwide. The Oxford branch is kindly hosted by NaturalMotion, but we need lots of volunteer mentors to help run the sessions. Common activities include programming in Python, building websites with HTML/CSS/JavaScript and using Scratch, a graphical programming language.

For more information, see http://coderdojo-oxford.com/. If you're interested in volunteering as a mentor, please contact edward.perkins@naturalmotion.com (the centre lead).

Joe Fowler

President - Oxford University Computer Society

president@ox.compsoc.net