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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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Alt-Tab Speaker Series - Thursday Nov. 29 6-8pm @ MC5479
by Computer Science Club 22 Nov '18

22 Nov '18

Greetings fellow programs, Alt-Tab is coming up next week on Thursday Nov. 29th 6-8pm at MC 5479. We have an amazing group of members giving short talks on topics of their choice: Anna Lorimer - <redacted> - All about Slitheen (no, not the dr who alien) Will Gertler - Quantum Information- a Primer Fatema Boxwala - GANs, Generative Art and Edward Bellamy Alex Zvorygin - Designing Large Scale Systems for the Web Patrick Melanson - ᴜɴɪᴄᴏᴅᴇ Zichuan Wei - Quantum Computers: what they are and what they can do Come enjoy some cool talks and free food! -Uday Veep, CSC

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Prof. Gregor Richards gives a talk on November 12, 5:30 PM in MC 4063
by Computer Science Club 07 Nov '18

07 Nov '18

Greetings Programs, We will be having a prof talk with Professor Gregor Richards, on November 12, 5:30 PM - 7 PM, in MC 4063. He will be talking about netplay in emulators, which allows for playing video games over the internet. Prof. Richards is the maintainer of the netplay infrastructure for RetroArch, a popular emulator frontend for multiple platforms. Abstract: You've got a game, but you didn't write it. You're running it by emulating the machine it was meant to run on, and the machine it was meant to run on never had support for networking. Now, you want to play with your friend, over the Internet. Oh, and it's not acceptable to incur any latency between your controller and the game while we're at it. Surely that can't be possible, right? Wrong. This talk will discuss the re-emulation technique for netplay used commercially by a system called GGPO and freely in an emulator frontend called RetroArch, and how similar techniques can be applied to make networking work in other scenarios it was never meant for. This will be an unprepared, impromptu talk with no slides, so it should either be a fascinating dive into a little-heard-of technique, or an impenetrable mess of jargon and algorithms. Either way, it should be fun. -- Neil Parikh AVP Computer Science Club

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Richard Mann Prof. Talk - Cancelled
by Computer Science Club 05 Nov '18

05 Nov '18

Greetings fellow programs, Due to an unexpected illness, Professor Richard Mann's talk today is cancelled. Apologies for the late notice, -Uday VP, CSC

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