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FOAM Talk Coming Up!
by Computer Science Club 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

Hey CSC! Make sure to come over to come over to a talk called "An Introduction to the FOAM Framework" in MC 4063, on 2015-11-26, at 5:00-7:00 PM! Description: FOAM is an open-source modeling framework written in Javascript. With FOAM, you can create Domain Specific Languages (DSLs), which are high-level models that can be interpreted or compiled to different languages or environments (Java/Android, Swift/iOS, and JS/Web). Currently, it supports DSLs for entities/classes, parsers, animations, database queries, interactive documents, and, most importantly, new DSLs. FOAM supports building text, HTML, and graphical views for DSLs using a small Model View Controller (MVC) library, which is itself modeled with FOAM. This library can also be used by modeled Javascript applications. FOAM increases developer productivity by allowing them to express solutions at a higher, more succinct level. The MVC library also increases application performance through its efficient data-binding, caching, and query-optimization mechanisms. Learn more at http://foamdev.com

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Two Talks Coming Up!
by Computer Science Club 19 Nov '15

19 Nov '15

Hey CSC members! Two talks will happen soon: 1. Git 101 by Charlie Wang (Thursday, 2015-11-19, 7:00-8:00 PM, MC 4020) git init, git add, git commit, git ’er done! In Git 101, Charlie Wang will convince you to use Git for your projects and show you a high level overview of how to use it properly. This talk is recommended for CS 246 students. Come for the tutorial, stay for the bad jokes 2. Static Analysis and Program Optimization Using Dataflow Analysis by Sean Harrap (Monday, 2015-11-23, 6:00 PM, MC 4041) An introduction to some basic issues with optimization of imperative programs, beginning with traditional methods such as tree traversals. This will be followed by a more powerful solution to these problems, providing an overview of its mathematical foundations, and then describing how it can be used to express optimizations simply and elegantly. Some familiarity with the second year CS core (CS245, CS241, MATH239) will be assumed. See you there!

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Updates on corn-syrup, hfcs, and /scratch
by Computer Science Club 12 Nov '15

12 Nov '15

Hello CSC Members, Below are some updates from the CSC Systems Committee that directly impact system availability. We will be taking corn-syrup down on Monday, November 16th around 2:30 till end of day for scheduled maintenance. During that time we will be swapping out the root file system and will be removing old packages. If you notice any packages you use day-to-day are missing after this time, please contact us at syscom(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. High-fructose-corn-syrup is currently suffering from an undiagnosed and unpredictable hardware failure. Feel free to use the system but we are unable to guarantee its stability. /scratch currently has a failing drive and the Systems Committee is looking at replacing it in the future. We hope to maintain the data, but this is a reminder that you should not store irreplaceable data in /scratch. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Systems Committee at syscom(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. Regards, Jordan Pryde CSC Systems Administrator and the CSC Systems Committee

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Event Tomorrow: Starting an Indie Game Dev company
by Computer Science Club 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

Greetings Programs: Tomorrow, Wednesday the 7th of October we are hosting an event: Starting an VN Indie Game Company as a UW Student *MC 4061 starting at 5:30 PM.* Abstract: Many people want to make games as signified by all the game development schools that are appearing everywhere. But how would you do it as a UW student? This talk shares the experiences of how making Sakura River Interactive was founded without any Angel/VC investment. The talk will start off with inspiration drawn of Co-op Japan, to it's beginnings at Velocity. Then a reflection of how various game development and business skills was obtained in the unexpected ways at UW will follow. How the application of probabilities, theory of computation, physical/psychological attraction theories was used in the development of the company's first game. Finally how various Computer Science theories helped evaluate feasibility of several potential incoming business deals.

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Tom Rathborne Talk: "Why am I Learning This?"
by Computer Science Club 30 Sep '15

30 Sep '15

"Why am I Studying This?" Data Structures, Finite State Machines, Big-O, Queuing theory, Race conditions, Compilers, The Halting Problem, and more! These things get even more interesting in the real world. Come and hear Tom Rathborne talk about how theory hits reality (often with a bang!) at Booking.com, the biggest not-a-technology-company on the Internet. Friday, 2015-10-02 7:30 PM MC 4040 Food and drinks will be provided!

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Back to Back Talks: Culture Turnaround and Software Defined Networks
by Computer Science Club 27 Sep '15

27 Sep '15

Back to back talks from John Stix (President of Fibernetics) and Francisco Dominguez (CTO of Fibernetics) on turning a company's culture around and on Software Defined Networks! John Stix will be talking about how he turned around the corporate culture at Fibernetics Corporation. Francisco Dominguez will be talking about Software Defined Networks, which for example can turn multiple flakey internet connections into one reliable one. Held in DC 1304, on Wednesday Sept 30, at 5:00 PM Food and drinks will be provided!

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Nominations Closed, Elections Tomorrow
by Computer Science Club 21 Sep '15

21 Sep '15

Hi all, Nominations have closed for CSC elections. Here is a list of candidates for the elected positions. President s22hu as3chan VP tbelaire Treasurer tkolomat jtupiter Secretary p58wang p2choudh dmarin Additionally, these members have expressed interest in the following appointed positions: Sysadmin jxpryde Office Manager ischtche wy2zheng Librarian jhbai dmarin Note that nominations can be declined at any time prior to the taking of the vote. Absentee votes (voting by email) can be sent to cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. They must be sent by 18:00 on September 22, 2015. All 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. For more information on election procedures please see http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/about/constitution#duties. See you all tomorrow! -- Charlie Wang Chief Returning Officer Computer Science Club University of Waterloo

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Cory Doctorow talk -- the War on General Purpose Computing. October 16
by Computer Science Club 19 Sep '15

19 Sep '15

Hey there, program! We've got someone special coming to talk next month! Cory Doctorow is the writer of "Little Brother," "Homeland," "For The Win," a fellow of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and a Waterloo alumnus. The talk will be held at the university on October 16 7pm in the ML Theatre of the Arts. It looks like he's got a good talk lined up for us, we've put up an abstract on our website <http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/events/ML_Theatre_of_the_Arts-2015-10-16-7:00_PM>. We'll be selling his books at the talk as well. I made a Facebook event <https://www.facebook.com/events/1475340629436819/>, for the hip of you that use this social network. Admission is free, and the event is open to the general public. If you want to bring someone along, totally do! See all your faces then! -- Patrick Melanson Vice President Computer Science Club University of Waterloo pj2melan(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca

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First Event of the Term (This Thursday)
by Computer Science Club 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

Greetings programs, For our returning members, welcome back, and for our new members, welcome to the CSC! We will be having our first event of the term this Thursday. Google Cardboard Talk <http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/events/MC_2065-2015-09-17-6_PM> Thursday, September 17th, 6pm, MC 2065 Rob Suderman from Google will be giving a talk on Google Cardboard; a recent exploration in affordable, cereal box based Virtual Reality. He will talk about the tools available to make your own application, some of the pitfalls to avoid, and give an overview of rendering virtual reality content with some tips and tricks on high performance rendering. The talk is open and accessible for everyone who is interested! There will also be free food from Taco Farm at the talk. Have fun with the first week of school, I hope to see you around! Calum T. Dalek Chairbeing Extraordinaire

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CSC Fall 2015 Elections
by Computer Science Club 14 Sep '15

14 Sep '15

Hi all, The Computer Science Club will be holding elections for the Fall 2015 term on Tuesday, September 22nd in MC Comfy (MC 3001) at 19:00. During the meeting, the president, vice-president, treasurer and 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 board in the CSC office (MC 3036/3037) or send me (Charlie) an email at cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. 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 Monday, September 21st. All members are welcome to run! First-years are especially encouraged to run for secretary, office manager, and librarian, but they are not limited to those positions. -- Charlie Wang (s455wang) Chief Returning Officer Computer Science Club University of Waterloo cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca P.S. For information on election procedures please see http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/about/constitution#officers

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