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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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Fall 2016 Executive Election Results
by Computer Science Club 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

Hello everyone, Here are the results from this term's elections: President: s455wang (Charlie Wang) Vice-President: b2coutts (Bryan Coutts) Treasurer: lhsong (Laura Song) Secretary: ubarar (Uday Barar) Additionally, the following positions were appointed: Systems Administrator: ztseguin (Zachary Seguin) Office Manager: j2sinn (James Sinn) Librarian: fbauckho (Felix Bauckholt) Imapd: ischtche (Ilia Chtcherbakov) Thanks, Zachary Seguin Chief Returning Officer Computer Science Club | University of Waterloo syscom(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca

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Fall 2016 Nominations Closed; Elections on Monday at 6:30pm in MC Comfy
by Computer Science Club 18 Sep '16

18 Sep '16

Hello Everyone, The nomination period for the Fall 2016 executive team has closed. The following people have been nominated for the elected positions: PRESIDENT fbauckho s455wang VICE-PRESIDENT b2coutts s455wang SECRETARY lhsong ubarar TREASURER lhsong Additionally, the following people has expressed interest for the appointed positions: SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR ztseguin OFFICE MANAGER fbauckho s455wang LIBRARIAN fbauckho The following people have expressed interest in joining the programme committee: fbauckho lhsong pj2melan Nominations can be declined at any time prior to the vote. The elections will take place on Monday, September 19 at 6:30pm in the MC Comfy Lounge (MC 3001). 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. Absentee votes can be emailed to cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca <mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>. They must be sent before 6:00pm on Monday, September 19. For more information on the election procedures, please see https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/about/constitution#officers <https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/about/constitution#officers>. Zachary Seguin Chief Returning Officer Computer Science Club | University of Waterloo cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca <mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>

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Fall 2016 Elections on Monday, September 19 at 6:30pm in the Comfy Lounge
by Computer Science Club 10 Sep '16

10 Sep '16

Hello everyone, The Computer Science Club will be holding elections for the Fall 2016 term on Monday, September 19th at 6:30pm in the MC Comfy Lounge (MC 3001). The following positions will be elected: President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary. The following positions will be appointed: Systems Administrator (to be ratified at the meeting), Office Manager and Librarian. Additionally, we will be looking for members to join the Programme Committee . If you would like to run or nominate someone for any of the elected positions, you can put your name in a special box in the CSC office (MC 3036/3037) or by sending an email to the Chief Returning Officer (Zachary) at cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca <mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>. Please note that executive positions are restricted to MathSoc social members. We welcome the participation of first years. A list of current nominations will be available on the whiteboard in the office and at https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/elections <https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/elections>. Nominations will close at 6:30pm on Sunday, September 18th (24 hours prior to the start of elections). 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 <https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/about/constitution>. Any questions related to the election can be directed to cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca <mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>. Thanks, Zachary Seguin Chief Returning Officer Computer Science Club | University of Waterloo cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca <mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>

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It's that time of term... EOT (plus prof talk)!
by Computer Science Club 22 Jul '16

22 Jul '16

Hello programs, Join us on Monday, July 25th at 6pm in the MC Comfy Lounge for an exciting prof talk by Richard Mann on Open Source Computer Sound Measurement. The abstract for the talk is below. We will follow this up by an EOT event with dinner and board games! Last event of the term, get hype. Abstract: > > > An ideal computer audio system should faithfully reproduce signals of > all frequencies in the audible range (20 to 20,000 cycles per second). > Real systems, particularly mobile devices and laptops, may still > produce acceptable quality, but often have a limited response, > particularly at the low (bass) frequencies. > > Sound/acousic energy refers to time varying pressure waves in air. > When recording sound, the acoustic signal will be picked up by > microphone, which converts it to electrical signals (voltages). The > signal is then digitized (analog to digital conversion) and stored as > a stream of numbers in a data file. On playback the digital signal is > converted to an electrical signal (digital to analog conversion) and > finally returned as an acoustic signal by a speaker and/or headphones. > > In this talk I will present open source software (Octave/Linux) to > measure the end-to-end frequency response of an audio system using the > Discrete Fourier Transform. I will demonstrate the software using a > standard USB audio interface and a consumer grade omnidirectional > microphone. > > This is joint work with John Vanderkooy, Distinguished Professor > Emeritus, Department of Physics and Astronomy. Hope to see you there! --- Melissa Tedesco Vice President Computer Science Club

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Upcoming prof talk, more prof talks and EOF!
by Computer Science Club 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

Hello programs! We have a couple of great talks coming up soon. On Thursday, July 2st at 6pm in MC 4045, Bill Cowan will be giving a talk on Notorious CS452. Abstract below: CS452, aka the trains course, has for some time enjoyed notoriety as a playground for over-achieving masochists. To maintain its reputation it receives a periodic upgrade, which is now due. This talk discusses possible directions for the upgrade in the context of the philosophy that has guided its evolution over the decades of its existence. If you've taken trains, want to take trains, or even just want to learn about the course spoken of in hushed whispers... this talk is for you. For the last week of classes, we have a double-decker event for you. On Monday, July 2th, we have a talk by Richard Mann on computer audio (abstract and more details to come), and an end of term event right after. Come celebrate the end of term with all your CSC friends, and learn a thing or two while you're at it! Hope to see you there! -- Melissa Tedesco Vice President Computer Science Club

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csp csc:Talks/ Tonight
by Computer Science Club 08 Jun '16

08 Jun '16

Greetings Programs, I hope you are excited for the talks we have lined up for tonight. The talks start at *6:00PM, *in *MC 5479*, the seminar room. The schedule for the talks tonight is: *6:00 PM*: Bryan Coutts, Intro to Quantum Computing *6:20 PM:* Kyle Lexmond, Serverless Architecture & You: Migrating sites to buzzword tech *6:40 PM*: Melissa Tedesco, Rapid Transit Signal Systems *7:00 PM*: *Pizza* *7:40 PM*: Jordan Pryde, Introduction to Android Malware/Adware Analysis *8:00 PM*: Richard Ye, Rules of Good Design *8:20 PM:* Theo Belaire, Building From Source: A compiler translation guide

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[CSC DOWNTIME] Reboot of General-Use servers and caffeine (web server) on Thursday, June 2nd
by Computer Science Club 30 May '16

30 May '16

The following general-use servers will be rebooted on Thursday, June 2nd around 10am (expected downtime is 30 minutes, but it is possible that it could be longer): - corn-syrup - high-fructose-corn-syrup (HFCS) - taurine Our web server container may also become unavailable at this time: - caffeine Sucrose was preemptively rebooted last week and thus is not included in this downtime notice. Note that some CSC services depend on these servers (e.g. /scratch) and thus will also be unavailable at this time. Please ensure all that all compute jobs running have saved their state prior to the reboot, especially if you are utilizing /scratch. Thanks, -- Jordan Pryde Systems Administrator | Computer Science Club University of Waterloo syscom(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca

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[CSC DOWNTIME] Reboot of General-Use servers and Caffeine (web server) on Thursday, June 2nd
by Computer Science Club 30 May '16

30 May '16

The following general-use servers will be rebooted on Thursday, June 2nd around 10am (expected downtime is 30 minutes, but it is possible that it could be longer): - corn-syrup - high-fructose-corn-syrup (HFCS) - taurine Our web server container may also become unavailable at this time: - Caffeine Sucrose was preemptively rebooted last week and thus is not included in this downtime notice. Note that some CSC services depend on these servers (e.g. /scratch) and thus will also be unavailable at this time. Please ensure all that all compute jobs running have saved their state prior to the reboot. Especially if you are utilizing /scratch. Thanks, -- Jordan Pryde Systems Administrator | Computer Science Club University of Waterloo syscom(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca

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Code Party 0 happening soon && sign-up for scp talks available
by Computer Science Club 26 May '16

26 May '16

Hey members, We got some events coming up, have some information so you can attend them and have fun and stuff. Code Party 0 is happening on *Thursday, June 2nd @ 6:30pm in STC 0010. *Come out, code with us, eat some food, do some things. scp (small contemplation period) talks are happening on *Wednesday June 8th. *You can sign up to get a short (15-20 minutes) talk on all kinds of cool CS stuff! Sign up form is here. <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1143deXuv4i7N3q64qD46hJEe45p-UhAdJYkYVZp73H…> Hope to see you all come out! :) (We would also like to invite members of the CSC community to join the Fort McMurray Solidarity Vigil on Tuesday May 31st. Details are available here. <https://www.facebook.com/events/100324317055518>) -- Melissa Tedesco Vice President Computer Science Club P.S. If you have a prof you'd love to hear a talk from, please email me and I'll contact them and try to make it happen!

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