Hello CS Programs!
The CS Club is running a Unix 101 talk this Thursday at 6pm! It will happen
in the Mac lab across from the CSC. We'll be going over Linux command-line
basics, motivations for using it, and useful commands.
Here's a hopefully interesting blurb:
New to the Linux computing environment? If you seek an introduction, look
no further (you can if you want we're not the police). Topics that will be
covered include basic interaction with the shell and the motivations behind
using it, and an introduction to compilation. You'll have to learn this
stuff in CS 246 anyways, so why not get a head start!
If you're interested in attending, make sure you can log into the Macs on
the third floor, or show up to the CSC office (MC 3036) 20 minutes early
for some help. If you're already familiar with these topics, don't hesitate
to come to Unix 102, planned to be held after Reading Week.
Was that interesting? If so, we'd love to see you! We're having cookies
after.
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Calum T. Dalek
Chairbeing Extraordinaire
Computer Science Club
University of Waterloo
exec(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca
Hi all,
We have an exec team and news of our first event of the term. Sign up by
Monday.
Here are your new executives for the Winter 2016 term.
Your president is Patrick Melanson, pj2melan.
Your vice-president is Patrick Melanson, pj2melan. Unofficially, Theo
Belaire will be filling in for the duties of vice president.
Your treasurer is Luqman Aden, laden.
Your secretary is Naomi Koo, m3koo.
You can contact the exec at exec(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca.
Additionally, the sysadmin is Zachary Seguin (ztseguin), the office manager
is Reila Zheng (wy2zheng), and the librarian is Felix Bauckholt (fbauckho).
Now that we have our exec, here's some news about the first event:
Our first event of the term is happening next weekend, on the *23rd*.
We have Jane Street coming in to run their financial trader bot contest.
*Sign up*
<https://docs.google.com/a/janestreet.com/forms/d/1I7UukJDH9ZAVWpLl-2vwmvPWzbWBFjj8g973hidn8eE/viewform>
on this page: http://eth1-waterloo.janestreet.com/
Sign up by *Monday* January 18th, since there is limited space in the room.
Absolutely no special math, OCaml, or finance knowledge is required; you
can use any language you like. The contest is entirely technical in nature
and you won't need any visual design skills.
The exact details of the hackathon aren't released until the competition
begins. The one thing you can do ahead of time to prepare is familiarize
yourself with the libraries for writing TCP clients in your programming
language of choice.
So I'm guessing y'all should read Racket Reference: TCP
<https://docs.racket-lang.org/reference/tcp.html>.
Hi all,
Nominations have closed for CSC elections. Here is a list of candidates
for the elected positions.
President
pj2melan
hkpeprah
Vice-president
pj2melan
hkpeprah
jj2baile
Treasurer
laden
cdchawth
Secretary
m3koo
jj2baile
Additionally, the following candidates have expressed interest in the
following appointed positions.
Office Manager
fbauckho
wy2zheng
jj2baile
Sysadmin
ztseguin
hkpeprah
Librarian
fbauckho
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 January 14, 2016 (today).
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 tonight at 19:00 in the MC Comfy (3001)!
--
Charlie Wang
Chief Returning Officer
Computer Science Club
University of Waterloo
Hi all,
The Computer Science Club will be holding elections for the Winter 2016 term on Thursday, January 14th 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 whiteboard in the CSC office (MC 3036/3037) or send me (Charlie) an email at cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca.[1] Every effort will be made to note down whiteboard nominations, but it is highly recommended to send me an email in addition to writing on the whiteboard. 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 Wednesday, January 13th. All members are welcome to run! --
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
Links:
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[1] http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca
