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Alt-Tab Request for Talks
by Computer Science Club 22 Jun '18

22 Jun '18

CSC will be hosting Alt-Tab, a slightly longer version of lightning talks. It will be a night full of friendly talks on Wednesday, July 4th, 6:00 PM until late. We need talks! Contact djauhar(a)edu.uwaterloo.ca, with your tentative talk title and a short abstract if you would like to give a talk. Slides are not required. Please aim for a 10-15 minute talk. I'll send an email with the list of talks closer to the date of the event. Here are some topics that our members have presented before. The titles make them seem more technical than they actually were. - Overview of SAT solvers - Communication complexity - Register allocation in compilers as graph colouring - Web application security - PXE booting - UI and UX - Train signalling and sensing - Typed Racket - Modern GPU architecture - The comment that took Stack Exchange down and the algorithm that could have saved them - Register Allocation With Graphs There will be food. Marc Mailhot Secretary Computer Science Club

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Office Training - Spring 2018
by Computer Science Club 20 Jun '18

20 Jun '18

Hello Everyone, I'll be conducting a group office training session on Monday June 25 at 3:00 pm in the CSClub office (MC 3036). Please attend if you would like to become office staff. If you can't make it, contact me directly. Thank you, Aditya Thakral Office Manager

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CSC and WiCS Go Outside
by Computer Science Club 29 May '18

29 May '18

Hi all, This coming Monday, June 4, the CSC and WiCS will be heading outside to the Laurel Creek firepit at 6:00pm. There will be a bonfire, good company, smores and other snacks. The firepit we will be using is in the bottom right of https://uwaterloo.ca/economics/sites/ca.economics/files/uploads/files/firep…. Hope to see you there, Marc Mailhot Secretary Computer Science Club

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Code Party 0 this Monday
by Computer Science Club 22 May '18

22 May '18

Hi all, This Monday (May. 28), Code Party 0 will be happening starting at 6:30pm in STC 0020. Come work on personal projects, schoolwork, or anything else with other CSC members. Food will be served. Marc Mailhot Secretary Computer Science Club

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Spring 2018 Election Results
by Computer Science Club 14 May '18

14 May '18

Hi all, Elections took place tonight, here is the list of results: President: Melissa Tedesco (matedesc) Vice President: Dhruv Jauhar (djauhar) Treasurer: Tristan Hume (tghume) Secretary: Marc Mailhot (mnmailho) Sysadmin: Jennifer Zhou (c7zou) Office Manager: Aditya Thakral (a3thakra) Librarian: Archer Zhang (z577zhan) Fridge Regent: Marc Mailhot (mnmailho) Marc Mailhot Secretary Computer Science Club

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CSC elections tonight! 7pm Comfy
by Computer Science Club 14 May '18

14 May '18

Greetings programs, especially those of you who joined this term! We sent out an email a couple weeks ago about elections. They're happening tonight at 7pm in the Comfy! There will be Timmies. For those who didn't get the email, we need *15* people to hold an election, and we'll be electing who will run our club for the Spring term. Also, we'll be amending our Constitution and Code of Conduct (https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~pj2melan/csc/about/amendments-explanation) Details at the event, or reply to this email with questions. These people were nominated: President: Melissa (matedesc), Haoran (h594wang) VP: Dhruv (djauhar), Haoran (h594wang) Secretary: Dhruv (djauhar), Marc (mnmailho) Treasurer: Tristan (tghume) These people were nominated for non-elected positions: Office Manager: Aditya (a3thakra), Archer (z577zhan), Haoran (h594wang), Yash (y2mathur) Pop/Fridge Regent: Marc (mnmailho) Librarian: Aditya (a3thakra), Archer (z577zhan), Anamaya (agarodia) Sysadmin: Jennifer (c7zou) This club can do some cool things (like new furniture or fun social events!) But we can only do them with the help of individual members (and especially new members!) Looking forward to seeing any of you at MC Comfy lounge tonight, 7pm! Facebook event: https://m.facebook.com/events/190562591585612/permalink/190562604918944/ -- Gestalt Embodiment of the CSC

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CSC s18elxns Monday 14th, 7pm in the Comfy
by Computer Science Club 02 May '18

02 May '18

Hello CSC programs, new and old! Want to decide what snacks the office gets? Want to eat Kismet instead of Twice the Deal at events? The CSC elections are coming up in two weeks, if you nominate yourself for a position you can wield this unimaginable power and more! Elections are Monday the 14th, at 7pm in the MC Comfy lounge. We need 15 members to start the meeting, and we will be bribing you __with food!__ We'll be electing the positions of President, VP, Secretary, and Treasurer. Those four exec will appoint a sysadmin (ratified by the meeting), office manager, librarian, and IMAPd. If you're interested but not sure which position to run for, reply to this email about running for secretary, librarian, or IMAPd. After we elect everyone, we'll make some amendments to our Constitution and Code of Conduct. The summary is here: https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~pj2melan/csc/about/amendments-explanation If you would like to run or nominate someone for any of the elected positions, you can put your/their name and Quest ID as well as a list of positions on a piece of paper into the nominations box in the CSC office (MC 3036/3037) or send an email to Aditya Thakral at cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. We'll periodically empty the nominations box and notify the people nominated via their @csclub.uwaterloo.ca (or failing that, @edu.uwaterloo.ca) email address. Please note that club officer positions (elected positions, plus Systems Administrator) are restricted to MathSoc social members. Nominations will close at 7:00pm on Sunday, May 13th (24 hours prior to the start of elections). At this time, I will publish the list of nominations via the CSC mailing list. If a position has no nominees, you can nominate yourself during the meeting. Voting will be done in a heads-down, hands-up manner and is restricted to MathSoc social members. A full description of the roles and the election procedure are listed in our Constitution, available at https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/about/constitution. Any questions related to the election can be directed to cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. See you there! -- Gestalt embodiment of CS Club Consciousness

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HFCS Maintenance next Tuesday
by Computer Science Club 27 Apr '18

27 Apr '18

Hello everyone, I'm scheduling maintenance on high-fructose-corn-syrup from 14:30 to 16:30 on Tuesday, May 1. This is a continuation of the maintenance work from last Thursday to resolve ECC errors on one of the memory modules. The server will be down at this time so please ensure all your work is saved. -- Jennifer Zhou Systems Committee Computer Science Club | University of Waterloo

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HFCS will be down for maintenance
by Computer Science Club 16 Apr '18

16 Apr '18

Hello everyone, I'm scheduling maintenance on high-fructose-corn-syrup from 14:30 to 16:30 on Thursday April 19. The server will be down at this time so please ensure all your work is saved. Any questions can be directed to the Systems Committee at syscom(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. -- Jennifer Zhou Systems Committee Computer Science Club | University of Waterloo

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EOT food & dessert! And office policies and amendments
by Computer Science Club 30 Mar '18

30 Mar '18

Hello CSC members and robots, This very well may be the last email of term! It's been a big term, so why don't you come on down to the comfy and hang out. We're ordering in pitas (and dessert?????) and just hanging out. Literally no other activities, just hanging out. 6pm in the Comfy, Wednesday (April 4, last day of classes). Good food and company! Two more things, First, we're going to be amending our Constitution and Code of Conduct in a month and a half (at the S18 elections). Here's the summary: https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~pj2melan/csc/about/amendments-explanation And finally, it's come to our attention recently that there have been situations where people have left the office open without office staff present. This goes against office policies and is explicitly forbidden. Since we depend on office staff to sign up/renew memberships, oversee our library, and keep an eye on the office, we're unable to operate normally without office staff present and have to close. Last term after similar issues we sent out an email to then-current office staff detailing that this is not allowed, so they should be aware of it. We also note that office staff should be aware of this as it is the very first policy listed in the Office Policies, which are explained to them during training and also posted in the office and on our wiki. As there is a certain level of trust instilled in office staff and a certain level of responsibility expected, we have decided that anyone who is found to be leaving the office open without office staff present is breaching that trust and will be removed from office staff. In this particular incident the comment made by one of the students who was still in the office without staff present was that "they said they would be back soon". This is not sufficient, an office staff member must be present at all times. If the last office staff member present needs to leave at all - even if it's just down the hall or to C&D or the washroom - they need to close the office. Similarly, if you are not a member of office staff and are in the office without office staff present, you need to leave. Lights should be turned off and both doors should be closed. We also ask that you email offsck(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca to report it. If you would like to stay in the office even after office staff leave, then talk to the Office Manager about getting trained for office staff (usually they will send out an email for training). Please remember that we provide the space to CSC members and as members and users of said space, you have agreed to abide by said policies. Thank you for a big term! -- The Exec team

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