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EOT Event Tomorrow July 29 at MC Comfy
by Computer Science Club 28 Jul '19

28 Jul '19

Hi Everyone, Come celebrate the end of the S19 term at 6 PM tomorrow @ MC Comfy! We'll be having pizza, ice cream sandwiches, and juice boxes. FB Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/413951935877185/ CSC Event Page: https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/events/MC_Comfy-2019-07-29-6:00_PM Good luck on exams! Bo Computer Science Club Secretary/AVP [cid:6491e5c9-3cf3-4482-a93f-5275a6ae04c0]

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CSCxWiCS: At-Tab: Lighting Tech Talks! July 18, 6pm, MC 5417
by Computer Science Club 11 Jul '19

11 Jul '19

Greetings fellow Field Gate Programmable Arrays, Alt-Tab is back, and this time being co-hosted with WiCS on July 18th, 6pm in MC 5417 . Come listen to lightning tech talks by fellow students that will knock your metaphorical socks off! The speaker lineup: - Falah Shazib - How Not To Build A Virtual Escape Room - Anubhav Srivastava - The Fast Inverse Square Root Algorithm - Frieda Rong - Arrow's Impossibility Theorem - Charlie Wang - Gentle Introduction to Meltdown - Stacy Gaikovaia - Intro to Verilog: Hardware Simulation and Synthesis - William Gertler - Ethics in the Age of Lonely Qubits Food and Bubble Tea will be provided! This event is open to everyone 🎉 With valediction, Uday Barar President, CSC

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Movie Night on July 9th @ MC Comfy
by Computer Science Club 06 Jul '19

06 Jul '19

Hi All, We're hosting Movie Night with WiCS at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, July 9th at MC Comfy. Come hang out and watch The Lego Batman Movie with us! There will be popcorn and Dominos pizza. 🙂 FB Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/570567276803781/ CSC Event Page: https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/events/MC_Comfy-2019-07-09-7:00_PM Best Regards, Bo Computer Science Club AVP/Secretary [cid:fb0656aa-a238-4799-8439-8192e09de9b2]

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Alt-Tab: Call for Speakers! (Applications due June 29th)
by Computer Science Club 17 Jun '19

17 Jun '19

Hi everyone! Join CSC and WiCS on July 18th for Alt-Tab, a lightning tech talk series presented by students! Alt-Tab consists of 15 minute talks about anything related to tech. They can be about cool new features, a fun project you made or really anything that you are excited about. If you're passionate about a technical topic, and interested in public speaking, apply by filling out the form below. Speakers don’t need to have previous experience and Alt-Tab is a great way to get started with giving talks! Applications are due on June 29th, 2019 (next Wednesday). Apply here: https://forms.gle/Dxykac5ZYYbh2an38 Here are some of the things that people have talked about before: 1) Making art with neural networks 2) Making scalable applications 3) Why unicode is weird! Drop by the CSC and WiCS office if you want help mapping out your talk! Regards, Uday, Falah CSC Prez, WiCS Chair

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CSC Invitation Code Party 0
by Computer Science Club 14 Jun '19

14 Jun '19

Hi Member, Are you Interested in a tech-related topic and want to chat about it? Need a place to grind out some code for an assignment or personal project? Come hang out with us as you study for midterms, do assignments, or make side projects. We'll have food that definitely, 100% won't be pizza. Join us anytime after 6 pm on 18th June 2019 at PHY 150 (Physics Building across DP library) and be part of the fun times. Below is the link to the FB Event page. https://www.facebook.com/events/698036237299383/ Rajat Malhotra Computer Science Representative (Mathsoc Council) & Vice President

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[VENUE CHANGE] WiCS x CSC Bondfire - Today, MC Comfy, 7-9pm
by Computer Science Club 05 Jun '19

05 Jun '19

Hello fellow non-deterministic turing machines, Because we haven't left the office in the last 4 months, we failed to realize that it's raining. As such, we decided to move the Bondfire location to MC Comfy - same time, same day (today). Apologies, -Uday President, CSC

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WICS + CSC BONDFIRE WED JUNE 5TH; 7PM @LAUREL CREEK FIRE PT, ACROSS EV3
by Computer Science Club 29 May '19

29 May '19

Hi Members, I hope you all are doing well this term and enjoying this pleasant summer. I am writing this to personally invite you all to our first outside joint event with WICS for this term. Come and join us for a night of Campfire, friends, fun and yeah Free food😁, we'll be having Pitas, drinks, water(Gotta Keep my Fam hydrated eh! 😉) and last but not the least we'll be having S'mores too, because any Campfire is incomplete without them. Below is the event's FB page link, hope to see you all there. Event FB Page link : : https://www.facebook.com/events/619810338486900/?notif_t=plan_user_invited&… Regards, Rajat Malhotra Computer Science Representative(Mathsoc Council) & Vice President

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Spring 2019 Election Results
by Computer Science Club 16 May '19

16 May '19

Greetings, programs! Spring 2019 elections have concluded. Here are your executives for the term. * President: Uday Barar (ubarar) * Vice President: Rajat Malhotra (r24malho) * Treasurer: Raghav Sethi (r5sethi) * Secretary/Assistant Vice President: Bo Mo (bzmo) * Sysadmin: Charlie Wang (s455wang) The remaining appointed positions are * Office Manager: Hannah Wong (sm7wong) * Librarian: Nolan Munce (nmmunce) -- Charlie Wang Chief Returning Officer, Computer Science Club

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Nominations Closed, Spring 2019 Elections Today
by Computer Science Club 16 May '19

16 May '19

Hi all, Nominations for Computer Science Club positions closed yesterday at 6:00 PM. Elections will be held today (May 16) at *7:00 PM in MC Comfy*. Here are the list of nominees and members who have expressed interest for the appointed positions. Names are listed in alphabetical order. Absentee votes will be accepted by email to cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca from eligible members until the start of the meeting. President * Uday Barar (ubarar) Vice President * Rajat Malhotra (r24malho) * Charlie Wang (s455wang) Treasurer * Alex Tomala (actomala) * Raghav Sethi (r5sethi) Secretary/Assistant Vice President * Amin Bandali (abandali) * Bo Mo (bzmo) Sysadmin (appointed) * Jennifer Zhou (c7zou) Office Manager (appointed) * Zichuan Wei (z34wei) Librarian (appointed) * Louis Castricato (lcastric) * Nolan Munce (nmmunce) * Raghav Sethi (r5sethi) Additionally, here is a tentative agenda for today's election. 1. Face-down heads-up voting for the elected positions. 2. Appointment of the sysadmin after private session of exec. 3. Ratification of the sysadmin appointment. 4. Appointment of the remaining appointed positions after private session of exec. 5. Ratification of the remaining appointed positions. 6. Approval of sysadmin honorarium of $300 for last term's sysadmin, Charlie Wang (s455wang). Hope to see you all at elections, Charlie Wang Chief Returning Officer, Computer Science Club

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Spring 2019 Elections
by Computer Science Club 06 May '19

06 May '19

Greetings programs, The Computer Science Club will be holding elections for the Spring 2019 term on Thursday, May 16th in MC Comfy (MC 3001) at 19:00. During the meeting, the president, vice-president, treasurer and assistant vice-president (formerly secretary) will be elected, the sysadmin will be ratified, and the librarian and office manager will be appointed. If you'd like to run for any of these positions or nominate someone, you can write your name on the whiteboard in the CSC office (MC 3036/3037) or send me (Charlie) an email at cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. Every effort will be made to note down whiteboard nominations, but it is highly recommended to send me an email in addition to writing on the whiteboard. You can also deposit nominations in the CSC mailbox in MathSoc or present them to me in-person. Nominations will close at 18:00 on Wednesday, May 15th. Regards, Charlie Wang Chief Returning Officer, Computer Science Club

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Prof talk: Making the Switch: Going from 2D to S3D - STC 0020
by Computer Science Club 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

Hi all, We will be having our second prof talk of the term with Lesley Istead, on April 5, 3:30 pm in STC 0020. She will be talking about the problems faced, and algorithms used in the film industry to go from 2D to S3D. Come listen to the talk and enjoy some free food! ====== Abstract: ====== For the last 10 years, most blockbusters have been released in both 2D and stereoscopic 3D. The move from 2D to S3D is non-trivial and involves many new algorithms and technologies. But there are still many problems to be solved and many improvements that can still be made. In this talk, we will explore artifacts of traditional 2D photography, methods to represent them comfortably in S3D, and their meaning in a 3D world. Aditya Thakral AVP Computer Science Club

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Craig Kaplan - Prof Talk @ Mar 20, 4 PM && CSC and WiCS Movie Night
by Computer Science Club 18 Mar '19

18 Mar '19

Hi all, We will be having out first prof talk of the term with Professor Craig Kaplan, on March 20, 4 pm in PHY 150. An abstract of the talk is given below. CSC and WiCS are also having a movie night on March 21, 6 pm to 8 pm in MC Comfy. Both the events are open for all. (including nonmembers) Details for both the events follow. ========== Prof. Talk ========== Abstract: Animated Tilings By slowly varying the shapes of tiles in a tiling, it's possible to create fun and interesting abstract animations. Many of these animations are a good fit for the genre of looping mathematical GIFs that proliferate in social media. In this talk, I'll introduce a few core concepts from tiling theory and then discuss techniques for constructing tilings that evolve in space or in time. ==================== CSC and WiCS Movie Night ==================== Join us and bring all your friends to CSC & WiCS' movie night! We will be showing your fave tech-related movies and serving some delicious snacks. Aditya Thakral AVP Computer Science Club

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Code Party 0
by Computer Science Club 11 Mar '19

11 Mar '19

Hi all, The CS Club is hosting our first Code Party of the term from 6 pm until 9 pm in QNC-1502, on Wednesday, March 13. Come code with us, eat some food, do some things. Personal projects you want to work on? Homework projects you need to finish? Or want some time to explore some new technology and chat about it? You can join us at Code Party 0 and do it, with great company and great food. Come any time after 6 pm. Aditya Thakral AVP Computer Science Club

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TerribleHack and Git 101
by Computer Science Club 28 Feb '19

28 Feb '19

Hi everyone, TerribleHack, Waterloo's premier terrible ideas hackathon, is returning on Sunday March 10th from 9am-7pm in STC 1012! Most hackathons are about coming up with innovative new ideas and making plausible startup prototypes. This one is different. This one is about having fun! Check out the website and sign up: http://terriblehack.website/ Also check out the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/316698152296365/ === Other Upcoming Events === The CS Club is hosting a Git 101 workshop to learn the basics of the powerful and popular version control system this Saturday March 2, 12 PM in QNC 1502. Come out to learn some basic topics including the motivation for using it, interaction with git using the command line, pull requests, feature branch workflow, etc. There's also a workshop on game development in Rust happening on campus on Saturday March 9th. This is *not a CS Club event*, but may be of interest to anyone with the beginner-level Rust programming knowledge required. Check out the Meetup event to learn more and sign up https://www.meetup.com/Rust-KW/events/259335419/ Cheers, Tristan Hume CS Club Programs Committee & Treasurer

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Server Downtime and Git Workshop
by Computer Science Club 19 Feb '19

19 Feb '19

Hi all, Here are two reminders for Computer Science Club events coming up soon. * All CSC servers will be unavailable this Thursday, February 21, from 9:45 AM up to 11:30 AM [1] (see the news section on our website) * We are hosting a Git Workshop on March 2nd, 2019, at 12 PM in QNC 1502. [2]We are also searching for mentors for the workshop. Instructions for signing up are here. [3] Have a good reading week, Charlie Wang Sysadmin, Computer Science Club Links: ------ [1] https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ [2] https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/events/QNC_1502-2019-03-02-12_pm [3] https://github.com/uwcsc/git-101-mentor-signup

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Git 101 on Saturday March 2, 12 pm in QNC 1502
by Computer Science Club 16 Feb '19

16 Feb '19

Hi all, The CS Club is hosting a Git 101 workshop on March 2, 12 PM in QNC 1502. Git and source code management is an essential tool in software development. Knowing how to make the best out of it will help you get out of tricky situations, and allow you to be a better engineer. Come learn some basic topics with us including the motivation for using it, interaction with git using the command line, pull requests, feature branch workflow, etc. This event targets first years with minimal git experience. We are also searching for mentors for the workshop. Instructions for signing up are here<https://github.com/uwcsc/git-101-mentor-signup>. Pizza will be provided. See you there! Aditya Thakral AVP Computer Science Club

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Scheduled Downtime for CSC Machines Thursday, Feb. 21
by Computer Science Club 16 Feb '19

16 Feb '19

Hi all, There will be scheduled downtime for maintenance on many Computer Science Club servers on Thursday, February 21 beginning at 9:45 AM. Machines are expected to be up by 11:30 AM, but issues may arise that require more time to correct. The list of affected public servers is: taurine sucrose corn-syrup high-fructose-corn-syrup (hfcs) caffeine (csclub.uwaterloo.ca <http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/>) Please save all of your work as servers will be rebooted throughout the maintenance period. We also suggest you take backups for anything important. During this time, CSC email will be inaccessible but mail will be queued up and delivered after the maintenance period is over. All websites hosted by CSC will be inaccessible for a short period of time as caffeine is rebooted. CSC Cloud will also be unavailable, and any virtual machines on CSC cloud will have to be manually restarted after the maintenance window. Apologies for the inconvenience, Charlie Wang Sysadmin, Computer Science Club On behalf of the Systems Committee

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Rescheduled: Git 101 Workshop
by Computer Science Club 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

Hi all, The Git 101 workshop being held on February 11 has been postponed as many first-year students will be having a midterm on the same day. The event will be rescheduled to after the reading week. A date has not been set, but you may indicate your preference in the form linked below. https://goo.gl/forms/yfheNtrLzfbdPDxu1 Aditya Thakral AVP Computer Science Club

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Git 101 on Monday February 11, 6 PM in EV3 1408
by Computer Science Club 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

Hi all, The CS Club is hosting a Git 101 workshop on February 11, 6 PM in EV3 1408. Git and source code management is an essential tool in software development. Knowing how to make the best out of it will help you get out of tricky situations, and allow you to be a better engineer. Come learn some basic topics with us including the motivation for using it, interaction with git using the command line, pull requests, feature branch workflow, etc. This event targets first years with minimal git experience. We are also searching for mentors for the workshop. Instructions for signing up are here<https://github.com/uwcsc/git-101-mentor-signup>. Pizza will be provided. See you there! Aditya Thakral AVP Computer Science Club

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Hack the Technical Interview: Algorithms Practice
by Computer Science Club 22 Jan '19

22 Jan '19

Worried about your upcoming WaterlooWorks technical interviews? Want to nail your dream internship this term? Come to the Algorithms Practice Workshop at 6:30 PM, January 24th at STC 0060! During the workshop, you will learn tons of useful technical interview tips collected from experienced upper-year students, as well as gain hands-on experience by practicing efficiently! Writing a good solution to the problem is only the beginning — technical interviewers are evaluating more than just your code. Let's learn how to impress them in multiple ways! Please register here: https://goo.gl/forms/WnUOd5VWwUfwA3Ru2 Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/554508501696081/ Aditya Thakral Assistant Vice President Computer Science Club

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Winter 2019 Appointed Positions
by Computer Science Club 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

Hi all, The remaining positions have been appointed: Office Manager: Archer Zhang (z577zhan) Librarian: Rishabh Minocha (rkminoch) IMAPD/Pop: Marc Mailhot (mnmailho) Aditya Thakral Assistant Vice President Computer Science Club

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Winter 2019 Election Results
by Computer Science Club 16 Jan '19

16 Jan '19

Hi all, Elections took place tonight, here is the list of results: President: Marc Mailhot (mnmailho) Vice-President: Victor Brestoiu (vabresto) Treasurer: Tristan Hume (tghume) Assistant Vice President: Aditya Thakral (a3thakra) Systems Administrator: Charlie Wang (s455wang) The positions Office Manager, Librarian, and Fridge Regent/IMAPD are still open. These will be appointed at a later date. Please contact exec(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:exec@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> if you are interested. Aditya Thakral Assistant Vice President Computer Science Club

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W19 elections nominations period closed
by Computer Science Club 15 Jan '19

15 Jan '19

hi csc programs, The nominations period for the Winter 2019 elections has closed. The elections will be held tomorrow - Wednesday, January 16th - at 6:30pm in the MC Comfy Lounge (MC 3001). There will be timbits and doughnuts at the elections, nom nom. If you attend elections, you must be a full member of the CSC in order to vote or be elected. Per our constitution, 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 send in absentee votes to cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca using your @csclub.uwaterloo.ca or @edu.uwaterloo.ca email address and give a list of candidates you approve of. *Do not reply to this email with your votes* The current nominations for each position are as follows: ** ELECTED POSITIONS ** President ========= mnmailho Vice-President ============== vabresto Assistant Vice-President ========= a3thakra Treasurer ========= tghume ** APPOINTED POSITIONS ** Systems Administrator ===================== s455wang Office Manager ============== a3thakra z577zhan Librarian ========= a3thakra z577zhan ds3wang IMAPD ===== mnmailho Cheers, melted cro

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Winter 2019 Elections
by Computer Science Club 08 Jan '19

08 Jan '19

Hello CSC programs! It's that time of the term - election time! That time of the term where you get to congregate, see faces old and new, nom on tasty timbits and execute your constitutional rights to vote in new exec. The CSC elections will be held on Wednesday, January 16th at 6:30pm in the MC Comfy Lounge. We will be electing a President, Vice President, Assistant Vice President, and a Treasurer. The elected exec will appoint a System Administrator, Office Manager, Librarian, and IMAPd. You must be a MathSoc social member (e.g., a math faculty undergrad, or other student who has paid MathSoc dues) to run for an elected position or System Administrator, and to vote. If you'd like to run or nominate someone for a position, please put a piece of paper with their name and user id in the nominations box in the CSC or email that information to cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. The nomination period will end one week from now, on Tuesday January 15th at 6pm. A full description of the positions and procedures are in the CSC constitution. We need at least 15 members to start the meeting. There will be food. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. - melted, cro

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End of term celebrations incoming, Monday Dec 3rd, 7pm - 9pm @ MC Comfy
by Computer Science Club 29 Nov '18

29 Nov '18

Greetings fellow deterministic turing machines, The term is coming to an end, and we will be celebrating as such on Monday December 3rd 7-9pm in the MC Comfy. Come hang out with fellow CSC members, and enjoy food and cake! Regards, -Uday VP, Computer Science Club

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