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Friday's Code Party is CANCELLED
by Computer Science Club 16 Jun '11

16 Jun '11

Hello CSC members, Due to a number of circumstances, CSC won't be holding an official code party this weekend as had been previously announced. Of course, there's nothing to stop anybody from showing up at the comfy lounge and writing code, but we won't be providing the usual snacks, projectors, speakers, and other amenities. As you may have noticed, convocation for CS majors is tomorrow, and the usual organizers wish to celebrate our classmate's achievements in ways not permitted in the Comfy. If you'd like to join us, we'll be at Kickoff in the plaza. Matthew McPherrin Computer Science Club Vice President.

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Talk Tomorrow [Tuesday, June 14th]: Taming Software Bloat with AdaptableGIMP
by Computer Science Club 13 Jun '11

13 Jun '11

Ever use software with 100s or 1000s of commands? Ever have a hard time finding the right commands to perform your task? We have. And we have some new ideas on how to deal with software bloat. In this talk, we'll present AdaptableGIMP, a new version of GIMP developed by the HCI Lab here at the University of Watreloo. AdaptableGIMP introduces the notion of crowdsourced interface customizations: Any user of the application can customize the interface for performing a particular task, with that customization instantly shared with all other users through a wiki at adaptablegimp.org. In the talk, we'll demo this new version of GIMP and show how it can help people work faster by simplifying feature-rich, complex user interfaces. Held in MC 2054, on 2011-06-14, at 4:30 PM. For more information, see http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ On another note: The FEDS Student Development Network is having an introduction to Ruby on Rails Wednesday. See http://develop.feds.ca/projects/sdn/wiki/Ruby_On_Rails_Introduction_Seminar for more information.

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General Purpose GPU computing talk: Thursday June 9th at 4:30PM in MC2054
by Computer Science Club 08 Jun '11

08 Jun '11

Hello CSC Members, In the first of our member talks for the term, Katie Hyatt will give a short introduction to General Purpose Graphics Processing Unit computing. This expanding field has many applications. The primary focus of this talk will be nVidia's CUDA architecture. It includes information on the programming environment, notable algorithms that GPUs are useful for, and some applications to physics. For more information, see http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/events/MC_2054-2011-06-09-4:30_PM I look forward to seeing many of you tomorrow. Refreshments will be provided. Matthew McPherrin CSClub Vice President

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Upcoming CSC Event: Code Party this Friday, June 3rd.
by Computer Science Club 30 May '11

30 May '11

Greetings dear members, The Computer Science Club is hosting our first Code Party of the term this Friday, on June 3rd. For those who haven't attended one of our code parties before, these events are on Friday nights where everybody is welcome to bring a laptop, hang out, and write some code. There's usually not a lot of structure, but hopefully a lot of fun. The theme for this week's code party is "Personal Projects". Throughout the evening, we'll be inviting everybody to share what they're working on, and we encourage you to be productive and amaze us with your talent. However, you're free to do whatever you want. Things people often involve themselves with include working on problems like Project Euler or ACM contest problems, contributing to open source projects, or just hacking on homework assignments. This is a night of being social, and we encourage you to attend! Some refreshments will be provided. As always, the most up-to-date information is available at our website, http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/. Check out our upcoming events, like next week's talk on GPU computing, future code parties, and our picnic! If you have any questions, send me a reply to this email, drop by our office in MC3036 (where you're always welcome to hang out), or check out our IRC channel, #csc on irc.freenode.net. Matthew McPherrin Computer Science Club Vice President

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Call for Member Talks
by Computer Science Club 24 May '11

24 May '11

Hello CSC Members, Have you got an interest you'd like to share with other CSC members? Want to talk about a project you've worked on? Or just want experience talking in front of groups on a technical subject? You should give a CSC member talk! These talks are given by members at any level of experience on any topic of interest. If you'd like to talk for just a few minutes, you can give a short lightning talk at a shared event. Or if you've got a longer topic, we can organize a full length talk. If you're interested, please send me an email and we can discuss what you'd like to talk about. Stay tuned for more CSC events. We are planning the usual array of talks, code parties, contests, and social events like our summer picniCS! Check out our website, mathNEWS, and future emails for dates and more upcoming activities! Matthew McPherrin Computer Science Club Vice President https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ PS: Remember to renew your accounts!

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Computer Science Club Elections for the Spring 2011 Term
by Computer Science Club 03 May '11

03 May '11

It's time to elect your CSC executive for the Spring 2011 term. The elections will be held on Monday May 9th at 5:30PM in the Comfy Lounge on the 3rd floor of the MC. Nominations can be sent to the Chief Returning Officer, cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. Nominations will be open until 4:30PM on Monday May 9th. You can also stop by the office in person to write your nominations on the white board. The executive positions open for nomination are: - President - Vice-President - Treasurer - Secretary There are also numerous positions that will be appointed once the executive are elected including systems administrator, office manager, and librarian. Everyone is encouraged to run if they are interested, regardless of program of study, age, or experience. If you can't make the election, that's OK too! You can give the CRO a statement to read on your behalf. If you can't make it or are out of town, your votes can be sent to the CRO in advance of the elections. For the list of nominees, watch the CSC website, or ask the CRO. Good luck to our candidates!

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Time Change for Joe Marks Talk Tomorrow (Friday)
by Computer Science Club 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

Hello, Hope everyone enjoyed the Joe Marks talk today! I would like to inform anyone planning on attending the next meeting with him tomorrow that there has been a change of time and location. It has been rescheduled for 10:30-11:30 in MC 5136. Please see the message below for further details. -- Elana Hashman Secretary Computer Science Club University of Waterloo ehashman(a)uwaterloo.ca ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Craig S. Kaplan <csk(a)uwaterloo.ca> Date: Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:42 PM Subject: Time change for Joe Marks visit with ugrads To: exec(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca Hi guys, Just to reiterate my announcement at the Joe Marks talk.... Joe had to reschedule his flight out, but still wants to meet with undergrads. So we've rescheduled things. We've booked the meeting for 10:30-11:30 in MC 5136. You can coordinate with Gail Chopiak in CS if you need more info. -- Craig S. Kaplan University of Waterloo http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~csk/ "If civilization is to survive, it must live on the interest, not the capital, of nature." -- Ronald Wright

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Lecture by Joe Marks from Disney, Employment Opportunities
by Computer Science Club 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Joe Marks, Vice-President Research and Development at The Walt Disney Company, is at the university Thursday and Friday of this week. The primary reason for his visit is to give a lecture in the Cheriton School of Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series. This talk will be given Thursday, March 24th in the Theatre of the Arts, which is located in the Modern Languages Building. It starts at 4.15 pm and is open to all. Joe also asked to discuss employment opportunities at Disney with undergraduate students. The discussion will take place at 11.30 on Friday in MC 4020, and is open to all, modulo the capacity of the room. *Biography:* Joe Marks grew up in Dublin, Ireland. He earned three degrees from Harvard University. His areas of interest include computer graphics, human-computer interaction, and artificial intelligence. He has worked previously at Bolt Beranek and Newman and at Digital's Cambridge Research Laboratory. Prior to his current position as VP Research and Development, he was the Research Director at Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 2000 to 2006.

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CSC Talk - Software Patents by Stanley Khaing
by Computer Science Club 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

Hi CSC, If you're interested, come out to Stanley Khaing's talk this Thursday at 4:30pm in MC2034. He is a lawyer from Waterloo whose areas of practice are software and high technology. He will be discussing software patents. He'll be speaking about the requirements for obtaining a patent and whether or not software should be patentable. Cheers, Jenny Wong Vice President W2011 Computer Science Club University of Waterloo

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Call for Member Talks
by Computer Science Club 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

Hi all, The CSC will be running three or so member talks this term. If you've been doing interesting CS-related research or just happen to know a lot about something cool and want to share, send an email to progcom(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca by Monday Feb 28 with a proposed title for your talk and a 1-2 paragraph summary of what you intend to talk about. Keep in mind that member talks usually last about an hour. Thanks, Jenny Wong VP Winter 2011

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