February 2011 - csc-general

Call for Member Talks
by Computer Science Club 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

Hi all, The CSC will be running three or so member talks this term. If you've been doing interesting CS-related research or just happen to know a lot about something cool and want to share, send an email to progcom(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca by Monday Feb 28 with a proposed title for your talk and a 1-2 paragraph summary of what you intend to talk about. Keep in mind that member talks usually last about an hour. Thanks, Jenny Wong VP Winter 2011

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This Week: Perl Talks, CSC goes to Grad Ball, Watson on Jeopardy
by Computer Science Club 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

Hello everyone, There are several things happening in the CSC this week. --- Perl Talks --- First of all, we will be holding Perl Talks with the KW Perl Mongers. The talks will be on Thursday, Feb 17, from 7:00pm - 8:30pm in MC2017. Several short talk will be presented. These talks are intended for programmers who are curious about the Swiss Army Chainsaw of languages, Perl. Tyler Slijboom will present: * Prototyping in Perl, * Perl Default Variables, * HOWTO on OO Programming, and * HOWTO on Installing and Using Modules from CPAN Daniel Allen will present: * Coping with Other Peoples' Code Justin Wheeler will present: * Moose: a Modern Perl Framework Light refreshments will be provided, or possibly heavy refreshments, courtesy of the Perl Mongers. --- CSC Goes to Grad Ball --- The fine folks at the Mathematics Graduation Committee have saved us a table at the Grad Ball. The ball will be on March 5th at St. George's Hall. MGC adds this: Not graduating? Doesn't matter --- come party with your friends who are. Many prizes are up for grabs, including gift certificates. For more information go to: http://www.mgc.uwaterloo.ca/grad-ball/ If you are interested in attending please contact me (ebering(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca) We have 8 places, tickets are $50 per person (discount off of the single price), and you must confirm with me by this Friday. --- Watson on Jeopardy --- IBM's Watson will be appearing on the quiz-show Jeopardy this week, competing against the great human champions. This could be as landmark as Kasparov v. Deep Blue in terms of demonstrating the state of the art in machine learning and natural language processing, if possible we will organize a screening of the match. For more information go to: http://www.ibm.com/innovation/us/watson/ -- Edgar Bering, President ebering at uwaterloo dot ca Computer Science Club http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~ebering Mathematics Society MC 3036, (519)888-4567,x33870 University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario CANADA N2L 3G1

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Code Party this Friday
by Computer Science Club 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Hey CSC, Come one, come all to the Code Party happening in the Comfy Lounge this Friday. The event starts at 7:00PM and will run through the night. Why sleep when you could be hacking on $your_favourite_project or doing $something_classy in great company? Join us for a night of coding and comraderie! Food and caffeine will be provided. -Jenny AKA Emily Veep W11

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