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October 2011

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Code Party, Fri Oct. 21 / Unix 102, Mon Oct. 24
by Computer Science Club 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

Hello, CSC membership! Hope you are all doing well on your midterms so far. If you haven't dropped by our office or checked out the website, here's a reminder for a few upcoming events that we'd like you to come out to. CODE PARTY 2 --- Take a break from studying and join us for our hackathon this Friday night, October 21st, in the Comfy Lounge (MC 3001) from 7 pm onward. Work on your own projects, open source code, or even your homework, and prepare yourselves for chiptunes galore! Refreshments and caffeinated beverages will be provided. Looking forward to seeing you there! UNIX 102 "Tools in the Unix Environment" --- In this section of our Unix 101 series, we will introduce you to some of the powerful tools that make the Unix environment so enticing to developers and power users alike. Topics covered include: "real" editors, text processing, navigating a multiuser Unix environment, standard tools, and more. If you missed Unix 101 but still know your way around the shell, you'll feel right at home; and even if you missed Unix 101, we'll still have people to bring you up to speed. If you aren't interested in this or feel comfortable with these tasks, watch out for Unix 103 and 104 to get more depth in power programming tools on Unix. Unix 102 will be held from 4:30 to 6:00 pm on Monday, October 24 in the Digimon Lab (the big mac lab or MC 3003). There is a tutorial scheduled in this lab at 4:30, so if you'd like some help before we start, come to the CSC office a little earlier. Hope to see you there! EXTERMINATE! -- Elana Hashman Secretary Computer Science Club University of Waterloo ehashman(a)uwaterloo.ca

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Mozilla Talk Oct. 13 / Call For Member Talks
by Computer Science Club 06 Oct '11

06 Oct '11

Hello, members! The Computer Science Club will be hosting a number of talks this term. We would like to invite you to see our first guest speaker next week, and we also encourage you to volunteer to give a talk of your own if you are interested! MOZILLA TALK Ehsan Akghari on "How Browsers Work" --- We are excited to announce that we will be hosting our first guest talk of the term with a senior engineer from Mozilla, Ehsan Akghari. Please come out to MC 4020 on October 13 between 6:30 and 7:30 pm to learn about the internal structure of the web browser. Abstract: Web browsers have evolved. From their humble beginnings as simple HTML rendering engines they have grown and evolved into rich application platforms. This talk will start with the fundamentals: how a browser creates an on-screen representation of the resources downloaded from the network. (Boring, right? But we have to start somewhere.) From there we'll get into the really exciting stuff: the latest innovations in Web browsers and how those innovations enable — even encourage — developers to build more complex applications than ever before. You'll see real-world examples of people building technologies on top of these "simple rendering engines" that seemed impossible a short time ago. About the speaker: Ehsan Akhgari has contributed to the Mozilla project for more than 5 years. He has worked on various parts of Firefox, including the user interface and the rendering engine. He originally implemented Private Browsing in Firefox. Right now he's focusing on the editor component in the Firefox engine. MEMBER TALKS --- Is there a topic or project you're particularly passionate about? You should give a talk about it! The CSC plans to hold two member talks this term, though we are happy to accommodate more if there is interest. Talks usually last about an hour, but if your topic is not that extensive, we can also accommodate a number of shorter talks in a single evening. Please send an email to the Program Committee, progcom(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca by October 21 with your proposed topic and an outline or abstract of your presentation. Looking forward to it! Keep an eye out for Unix 102: "Documents and Editing", in the upcoming weeks. We have a number of events planned for the term and hope to see you there! -- Elana Hashman Secretary Computer Science Club University of Waterloo ehashman(a)uwaterloo.ca

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