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Code Party 0 in STC 0040 this Thursday at 6PM
by Computer Science Club 22 Jan '18

22 Jan '18

Hi all, Code Party 0 has been booked for 6PM, Thursday, January 25, in STC 0040. We will have a projector for the event so you can show off your cool side project if you want. But don't worry, it's not a hackathon. We will hold a General Meeting at this event to elect a Secretary and possibly amend our constitution. Currently, the only nominee for Secretary is Arshia Mufti. Nominations can be submitted in-person to Patrick Melanson, our President, or to cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. Dr. Andrew Morton will be giving a brief talk on CS 493/CS 494, also known "fourth-year design project for CS". The calendar description for 493 is attached below. Students work in teams on substantial open-ended computer science problems as part of the CS 493/494 course sequence. Lectures describe project management fundamentals and ethical and legal issues in computing. Students form teams, select projects, define project goals, perform risk assessment, establish a project plan, and develop a prototype. Possible project topics can include development of software systems, analysis of extensions to existing systems across the field, and experimental computer science.[Offered: F] Prereq: CS 341, 350; Computer Science students only. Not open to Software Engineering students. Hope you see you all there in STC 0040! Charlie Wang Vice President Computer Science Club University of Waterloo s455wang(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca

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Code Party 0, General Meeting and Special Elections
by Computer Science Club 18 Jan '18

18 Jan '18

Hi all, The Computer Science Club will be hosting its first event, Code Party 0, next Thursday, January 25. Although the room booking has not been finalized yet, the event is expected to start at 6:00 PM and run until around 11:00 PM. Code Party is an event where you can come and socialize with other members and work on any project you want, including schoolwork and side projects. There will be food. Expect a future email that will pin down the location and time. In addition to the party, we will be holding another general meeting for special elections and amendments to our constitution. At the special elections, we will be electing a Secretary. Nominations will close Wednesday, January 24 at 6:00 PM. You can submit nominations to cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca <mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>, or in-person to Patrick Melanson, our President. Currently, only Arshia Mufti (a2mufti) has been nominated for the position. Our constitutional amendments are minor and mainly serve to clarify what should have always been the case. In short, the changes are: During each election, if the position has no listed nominees, the CRO will take nominations from the floor. Any present, eligible member can be nominated. Restrict the count of quorum to full members, ie. MathSoc social members. Update the Code of Conduct to refer to relevant UWaterloo policies where appropriate. This is only an overview of the changes. The officially proposed changes can be found at the following links. https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~pj2melan/csc/about/constitution-amendments <https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~pj2melan/csc/about/constitution-amendments> https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~pj2melan/csc/about/code-of-conduct-amendments <https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~pj2melan/csc/about/code-of-conduct-amendments> We will be discussing and potentially amending these changes at the meeting. Also feel free to bring up any comments to exec(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca <mailto:exec@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>. Finally, at some point during the event we will have a brief presentation from Dr. Andrew Morton on the new CS Project Course. Hope to see you there, Charlie Wang Vice President Computer Science Club University of Waterloo

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CSC Winter 2018 Elections Results (and special elections nomination period open now)
by Computer Science Club 15 Jan '18

15 Jan '18

Hello everyone, During today's election event the following Winter 2018 executive have been selected. The following people have been elected as officers: President: Patrick James Melanson (pj2melan) Vice-President: Charlie Wang (s455wang) Treasurer: Ashley Dewiputri Pranajaya (adpranaj) Secretary is currently unfilled but a2mufti has nominated herself for the position. We will be holding special elections at a future date. Patrick, our President, will preside over these elections. The nominations period is now open but we will remind you again at least 6 days before it closes, as we will also be proposing constitutional amendments at that time. To nominate someone or yourself, please email <cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca>. In person nominations will also open shortly. Jordan Pryde (jxpryde) was appointed and ratified as the Systems Administrator. The following people were appointed: Office Manager: Zoe Laing (zlaing) Librarian: Zichuan Wei (z34wei) and Long You Cai (ly3cai) IMAPD: Uday Barar (ubarar) Thanks to everyone who participated in our elections. Jordan Pryde Systems Administrator | Computer Science Club University of Waterloo syscom(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca

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Winter 2018 Elections: Nominations period has ended. (Elections held on January 15th at 5:00pm in Comfy; snacks provided)
by Computer Science Club 14 Jan '18

14 Jan '18

Hello everyone, The nominations period for the Winter 2018 CSC elections have ended. The elections will be held tomorrow, on Monday, January 15th at 5:00pm in the MC Comfy Lounge (MC 3001). This election will start no earlier than 24 hours from the time stamp of this email. You may still express interest in appointed positions, either via email to cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca or in person at the elections. Coffee and Timbits will be served at the elections. See https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/about/constitution for a description of positions and the election procedure. All those who have accepted nominations or expressed interest in the appointed positions are kindly asked to attend the elections. Upon any extraordinary circumstances, you are asked to instead send a short written blurb to cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca that explains the circumstance and why you should still be considered for the position. It will be read by me, or someone appointed by me, to the membership present at the elections. You can find the list of nominations at the bottom of this email. Do note, although it is possible that no voting will actually take place due to many of the elected positions being seated via acclamation, we still need at least 15 members to attend in order to achieve quorum and ratify our new executive members. If you attend elections, you must be a full member of the CSC in order to vote or be elected. Per our consitution, full membership are those who have paid their membership fees for the term and are MathSoc Social/Voting Members. If you are a Math undergrad student or on a official co-op term and have not refunded your fees, you are a MathSoc Social/Voting member. You may also pay MathSoc in their office to become a Social member. If you can't attend the election, you may vote remotely: please send a message with the subject "Winter 2018 Absentee Votes Enclosed" to <cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca> using either your @csclub.uwaterloo.ca or @edu.uwaterloo.ca address, and for each position, give a list of candidates you approve of. Your votes will be counted in accordance to our constitution: https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/about/constitution. *Do NOT reply* to this message with your votes, they will be revealed to all current exec members and will not be counted. I will reply to all absentee votes acknowledging receipt. Finally, I have nominated myself to the position of Secretary due to it being unfilled. Since I am currently CRO and have expressed interest in being the Systems Administrator, I will give the membership during the election some time to voice objections to my appointment as Secretary (as will such a period be given for all positions). If any valid objections are voiced, as per section 4.7 of our constitution, I will step down from the secretary nomination. Thanks, Jordan Pryde Chief Returning Officer and F2017 Systems Administrator Computer Science Club | University of Waterloo cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca ******************************* * CSC - Winter 2018 Elections * ******************************* ** ELECTED POSITIONS ** President ========= pj2melan Vice-President ============== s455wang Treasurer ========= ss2hu adpranaj - Provisional on full membership Secretary ========= jxpryde ** APPOINTED POSITIONS ** The following persons have expressed interest in the appointed positions. The nominations for these positions have not yet closed. See https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/elections/ for the most updated list. Systems Administrator ===================== jxpryde Office Manager ============== z34wei zlaing Librarian ========= ly3cai - Provisional on CSC Membership z34wei IMAPD ===== (unfilled)

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Elections on Monday, January 15 at 5:00pm in the Comfy Lounge
by Computer Science Club 06 Jan '18

06 Jan '18

Hello everyone, The Computer Science Club will be holding elections for the Winter 2018 term on Monday, January 15th at 5:00pm in the MC Comfy Lounge (MC 3001). There will be snacks at the elections, probably Timbits. 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, Librarian and IMAPd (fridge and snack runs). 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 the Chief Returning Officer at cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. I will 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 5:00pm on Sunday, January 14th (24 hours prior to the start of elections). At this time, I will publish the list of nominations via the CSC mailing list as well as at https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/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. Any questions related to the election can be directed to cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. Thanks, Jordan Pryde Chief Returning Officer and F2017 Systems Administrator Computer Science Club | University of Waterloo cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca

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End of Term Event This Friday
by Computer Science Club 28 Nov '17

28 Nov '17

Hi all, This Friday (December 1st), join fellow CSC members for our end of term social. There will be food and good company. We can grab board games from Mathsoc. The event will run from 6-8pm in the MC Comfy. Marc Mailhot Secretary Computer Science Club

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CSC Shirts Have Arrived!
by Computer Science Club 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

Hi all, This semester's CSC shirts have finally arrived and are available for pickup in the CSC office. I'll personally be in the office this Tuesday and Thursday from 11:30 to 12:50 and Wednesday from 2:30 to 5:00, but shirts can be picked up from office staff whenever the office is open. We have no extra shirts, so they are only available to those who ordered in advance. Marc Mailhot Secretary Computer Science Club

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Computer Networking Workshop Tonight
by Computer Science Club 23 Nov '17

23 Nov '17

Hi all, Tonight the CSC will be hosting a Computer Networking Workshop in collaboration with the University of Waterloo CTF Club (ctf.uwaterloo.ca). The event will start at 6:00pm in STC 0010. Marc Mailhot Secretary Computer Science Club

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Capture the Flag Event and Code Party 1
by Computer Science Club 13 Nov '17

13 Nov '17

Hi all, The Computer Science Club has two exciting events coming up this week. Tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 14), we are partnering with the CTF Club to host a Capture the Flag Competition. Come test your programming, web, networking and security skill while learning how to reverse engineer programs and crack codes. This is a beginner friendly CTF. The event starts at 6:00pm in STC 0020. This Wednesday (Nov. 15), Code Party 1 will be happening starting at 5:30pm in STC 0050. Come work on personal projects, schoolwork, or anything else with other CSC members. Pizza will be served. Marc Mailhot Secretary Computer Science Club

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Alt+Tab, T-Shirts and TerribleHack
by Computer Science Club 08 Nov '17

08 Nov '17

Hi Everyone, There are lots of things going on this week: First, Alt+Tab talks are happening this Thursday the 9th at 6pm in MC4059. There will be pizza, and we have a great slate of short technical talks lined up: - Sumit Gupta: What is a landing page? - Tristan Hume: Dynamic programming as path finding - Marc Mailhot: How to compute on a GPU - Dave Pagurek: Subsurface scattering Also, There are still some slots left for ordering the new CSC T-Shirt - we will be taking orders until the end of this Friday, or whenever we run out of shirts, whichever comes sooner. The CSC would like to thank Fatema Boxwala for doing the artwork for the T-Shirt design. This Sunday, the TerribleHack organizers are bringing back Waterloo's terrible ideas hackathon! TerribleHack X will be happening in M3 1006 from 9am to 6pm on November 12th. Check out the website: http://terriblehack.website/ and Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2374585532765678/ - Tristan Hume Treasurer & Programs Committee Computer Science Club

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