September 2015 - csc-general

Tom Rathborne Talk: "Why am I Learning This?"
by Computer Science Club 30 Sep '15

30 Sep '15

"Why am I Studying This?" Data Structures, Finite State Machines, Big-O, Queuing theory, Race conditions, Compilers, The Halting Problem, and more! These things get even more interesting in the real world. Come and hear Tom Rathborne talk about how theory hits reality (often with a bang!) at Booking.com, the biggest not-a-technology-company on the Internet. Friday, 2015-10-02 7:30 PM MC 4040 Food and drinks will be provided!

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Back to Back Talks: Culture Turnaround and Software Defined Networks
by Computer Science Club 27 Sep '15

27 Sep '15

Back to back talks from John Stix (President of Fibernetics) and Francisco Dominguez (CTO of Fibernetics) on turning a company's culture around and on Software Defined Networks! John Stix will be talking about how he turned around the corporate culture at Fibernetics Corporation. Francisco Dominguez will be talking about Software Defined Networks, which for example can turn multiple flakey internet connections into one reliable one. Held in DC 1304, on Wednesday Sept 30, at 5:00 PM Food and drinks will be provided!

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Nominations Closed, Elections Tomorrow
by Computer Science Club 21 Sep '15

21 Sep '15

Hi all, Nominations have closed for CSC elections. Here is a list of candidates for the elected positions. President s22hu as3chan VP tbelaire Treasurer tkolomat jtupiter Secretary p58wang p2choudh dmarin Additionally, these members have expressed interest in the following appointed positions: Sysadmin jxpryde Office Manager ischtche wy2zheng Librarian jhbai dmarin Note that nominations can be declined at any time prior to the taking of the vote. Absentee votes (voting by email) can be sent to cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. They must be sent by 18:00 on September 22, 2015. All voting is restricted to current club members who are Social Members of the Mathematics Society. Voting will use the approval voting system. This means that you can vote for as many candidates as you want for any position. At the meeting, votes will be conducted in a heads-down hands-up fashion. For more information on election procedures please see http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/about/constitution#duties. See you all tomorrow! -- Charlie Wang Chief Returning Officer Computer Science Club University of Waterloo

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Cory Doctorow talk -- the War on General Purpose Computing. October 16
by Computer Science Club 19 Sep '15

19 Sep '15

Hey there, program! We've got someone special coming to talk next month! Cory Doctorow is the writer of "Little Brother," "Homeland," "For The Win," a fellow of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and a Waterloo alumnus. The talk will be held at the university on October 16 7pm in the ML Theatre of the Arts. It looks like he's got a good talk lined up for us, we've put up an abstract on our website <http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/events/ML_Theatre_of_the_Arts-2015-10-16-7:00_PM>. We'll be selling his books at the talk as well. I made a Facebook event <https://www.facebook.com/events/1475340629436819/>, for the hip of you that use this social network. Admission is free, and the event is open to the general public. If you want to bring someone along, totally do! See all your faces then! -- Patrick Melanson Vice President Computer Science Club University of Waterloo pj2melan(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca

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First Event of the Term (This Thursday)
by Computer Science Club 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

Greetings programs, For our returning members, welcome back, and for our new members, welcome to the CSC! We will be having our first event of the term this Thursday. Google Cardboard Talk <http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/events/MC_2065-2015-09-17-6_PM> Thursday, September 17th, 6pm, MC 2065 Rob Suderman from Google will be giving a talk on Google Cardboard; a recent exploration in affordable, cereal box based Virtual Reality. He will talk about the tools available to make your own application, some of the pitfalls to avoid, and give an overview of rendering virtual reality content with some tips and tricks on high performance rendering. The talk is open and accessible for everyone who is interested! There will also be free food from Taco Farm at the talk. Have fun with the first week of school, I hope to see you around! Calum T. Dalek Chairbeing Extraordinaire

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CSC Fall 2015 Elections
by Computer Science Club 14 Sep '15

14 Sep '15

Hi all, The Computer Science Club will be holding elections for the Fall 2015 term on Tuesday, September 22nd in MC Comfy (MC 3001) at 19:00. During the meeting, the president, vice-president, treasurer and secretary will be elected, the sysadmin will be ratified, and the librarian and office manager will be appointed. If you'd like to run for any of these positions or nominate someone, you can write your name on the board in the CSC office (MC 3036/3037) or send me (Charlie) an email at cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. You can also deposit nominations in the CSC mailbox in MathSoc or present them to me in person. Nominations will close at 18:00 on Monday, September 21st. All members are welcome to run! First-years are especially encouraged to run for secretary, office manager, and librarian, but they are not limited to those positions. -- Charlie Wang (s455wang) Chief Returning Officer Computer Science Club University of Waterloo cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca P.S. For information on election procedures please see http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/about/constitution#officers

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