October 2016 - csc-general

Upcoming System Maintenance and Outage
by Computer Science Club 18 Oct '16

18 Oct '16

Hello everyone, The Computer Science Club is scheduling system maintance starting Friday, Oct. 21 at 12pm extending until Sunday, Oct. 23 at 12pm. This maintenance period includes an extended outage on Saturday, Oct. 22 from 7am to 11pm due to a planned power outage in MC. Throughout the maintenance period, the following services will be impacted: - Web hosting (all personal and club websites) - Email (@csclub.uwaterloo.ca email addresses) - Servers and Office Terminals - Can be rebooted/unavailable at any time during the maintenance window - Note: HFCS will be upgraded from Debian Jessie to Debian Stretch All services/servers will be unavailable during Saturday’s power outage, with the exception of mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca which is expected to remain available thanks to the assistance of the Computer Science Computing Facility (CSCF). Please prepare for the maintenance period by: - Ensuring all running processes have their state saved (configuration, data, etc.) - All important files are backed up off-site from the CSC Any questions can be directed to the Systems Committee at syscom(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca Thanks, Systems Committee Computer Science Club | University of Waterloo syscom(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca

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CSC/WiCS Go Outside!
by Computer Science Club 13 Oct '16

13 Oct '16

Hello CSC, I hope you enjoyed your reading week? Today we have a social event; we're going outside with Women in Computer Science! The event starts at 6PM at the Columbia Lake 2 Firepit (top-left dot in https://uwaterloo.ca/economics/sites/ca.economics/files/uploads/files/firep…) There will be frisbees, a campfire, pitas, s'mores, hot chocolate, and other snacks. Hope to see you there! Also, come out to a Feminism in STEM 101 panel next Tuesday, with Dr. Prabhakar Ragde speaking and Fatema Boxwala moderating. The event takes place next Tuesday at 5:30 PM in QNC 1507. Discussion will include how feminism is useful in STEM and there will be plenty of time for that nagging question you want to bring. There will be food and we're in a fancy QNC room! Thanks, Bryan Coutts

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Member Talk Today and Upcoming Events
by Computer Science Club 06 Oct '16

06 Oct '16

Greetings programs, Remember that we have our first talk of the term today at 6PM, in MC 4021! Elana Hashman will be talking about using functional programming languages (such as Racket) for real-world projects, and how some elements of the OOP paradigm translate to the functional programming paradigm. Her abstract is at the bottom of this email. In addition, next Thursday October 13, the CSC and WiCS (Women in Computer Science) are co-hosting a social event: CSC/WiCS Go Outside. At 6PM, we will be going to the Columbia Lake 2 firepit, to enjoy some food around a campfire. Member Talk Abstract: I transitioned from writing software in imperative, object-oriented (OO) programming languages to doing functional programming (FP) full-time, and you can do it, too! In this talk, I'll make a case for using FP for real-world development, cover some cases where common FP language features substitute for design patterns and OOP structure, and provide some examples of translating traditional OO design patterns into functional code. Calum T. Dalek Chairbeing Extraordinaire

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Upcoming Event and Office Training
by Computer Science Club 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

Greetings Programs, For our new members, welcome to the Computer Science Club! We will be hosting our first event this Thursday (Oct. 6) at 6PM, in MC 4021. UW alumna and CSC member Elana Hashman will be giving a talk on using functional programming languages (like Racket!) in industry, and how some concepts from the more common object-oriented paradigm are translated to the functional paradigm. Below is the abstract: I transitioned from writing software in imperative, object-oriented (OO) programming languages to doing functional programming (FP) full-time, and you can do it, too! In this talk, I'll make a case for using FP for real-world development, cover some cases where common FP language features substitute for design patterns and OOP structure, and provide some examples of translating traditional OO design patterns into functional code. In addition, our Office Manager, James Sinn, will be holding an office training session this Wednesday (Oct. 5) at 5PM in the CSC office. Those who are interested in becoming office staff should come to be trained. Thanks, Bryan Coutts CSC Vice President

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