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Upcoming prof talk, more prof talks and EOF!
by Computer Science Club 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

Hello programs! We have a couple of great talks coming up soon. On Thursday, July 2st at 6pm in MC 4045, Bill Cowan will be giving a talk on Notorious CS452. Abstract below: CS452, aka the trains course, has for some time enjoyed notoriety as a playground for over-achieving masochists. To maintain its reputation it receives a periodic upgrade, which is now due. This talk discusses possible directions for the upgrade in the context of the philosophy that has guided its evolution over the decades of its existence. If you've taken trains, want to take trains, or even just want to learn about the course spoken of in hushed whispers... this talk is for you. For the last week of classes, we have a double-decker event for you. On Monday, July 2th, we have a talk by Richard Mann on computer audio (abstract and more details to come), and an end of term event right after. Come celebrate the end of term with all your CSC friends, and learn a thing or two while you're at it! Hope to see you there! -- Melissa Tedesco Vice President Computer Science Club

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csp csc:Talks/ Tonight
by Computer Science Club 08 Jun '16

08 Jun '16

Greetings Programs, I hope you are excited for the talks we have lined up for tonight. The talks start at *6:00PM, *in *MC 5479*, the seminar room. The schedule for the talks tonight is: *6:00 PM*: Bryan Coutts, Intro to Quantum Computing *6:20 PM:* Kyle Lexmond, Serverless Architecture & You: Migrating sites to buzzword tech *6:40 PM*: Melissa Tedesco, Rapid Transit Signal Systems *7:00 PM*: *Pizza* *7:40 PM*: Jordan Pryde, Introduction to Android Malware/Adware Analysis *8:00 PM*: Richard Ye, Rules of Good Design *8:20 PM:* Theo Belaire, Building From Source: A compiler translation guide

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[CSC DOWNTIME] Reboot of General-Use servers and caffeine (web server) on Thursday, June 2nd
by Computer Science Club 30 May '16

30 May '16

The following general-use servers will be rebooted on Thursday, June 2nd around 10am (expected downtime is 30 minutes, but it is possible that it could be longer): - corn-syrup - high-fructose-corn-syrup (HFCS) - taurine Our web server container may also become unavailable at this time: - caffeine Sucrose was preemptively rebooted last week and thus is not included in this downtime notice. Note that some CSC services depend on these servers (e.g. /scratch) and thus will also be unavailable at this time. Please ensure all that all compute jobs running have saved their state prior to the reboot, especially if you are utilizing /scratch. Thanks, -- Jordan Pryde Systems Administrator | Computer Science Club University of Waterloo syscom(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca

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[CSC DOWNTIME] Reboot of General-Use servers and Caffeine (web server) on Thursday, June 2nd
by Computer Science Club 30 May '16

30 May '16

The following general-use servers will be rebooted on Thursday, June 2nd around 10am (expected downtime is 30 minutes, but it is possible that it could be longer): - corn-syrup - high-fructose-corn-syrup (HFCS) - taurine Our web server container may also become unavailable at this time: - Caffeine Sucrose was preemptively rebooted last week and thus is not included in this downtime notice. Note that some CSC services depend on these servers (e.g. /scratch) and thus will also be unavailable at this time. Please ensure all that all compute jobs running have saved their state prior to the reboot. Especially if you are utilizing /scratch. Thanks, -- Jordan Pryde Systems Administrator | Computer Science Club University of Waterloo syscom(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca

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Code Party 0 happening soon && sign-up for scp talks available
by Computer Science Club 26 May '16

26 May '16

Hey members, We got some events coming up, have some information so you can attend them and have fun and stuff. Code Party 0 is happening on *Thursday, June 2nd @ 6:30pm in STC 0010. *Come out, code with us, eat some food, do some things. scp (small contemplation period) talks are happening on *Wednesday June 8th. *You can sign up to get a short (15-20 minutes) talk on all kinds of cool CS stuff! Sign up form is here. <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1143deXuv4i7N3q64qD46hJEe45p-UhAdJYkYVZp73H…> Hope to see you all come out! :) (We would also like to invite members of the CSC community to join the Fort McMurray Solidarity Vigil on Tuesday May 31st. Details are available here. <https://www.facebook.com/events/100324317055518>) -- Melissa Tedesco Vice President Computer Science Club P.S. If you have a prof you'd love to hear a talk from, please email me and I'll contact them and try to make it happen!

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Office Staff Training and CSC Spring Cleaning
by Computer Science Club 20 May '16

20 May '16

Hello CSC members, If you’re interested in becoming office staff (https://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/Office_Staff) training will take place on Wednesday, May 25th starting at 5:30pm in the CSC office. If you are unable to make this training session, you can email exec(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca so we can arrange a time to meet. Additionally, the CSC Spring Cleaning is taking place after the training session at 6pm. Help us clean the office and in exchange we will feed you. Thanks, Zachary Seguin Office Manager Computer Science Club | University of Waterloo exec(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca

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#elxnS16 election results && CSC goes to board games night
by Computer Science Club 13 May '16

13 May '16

Hello members of the CS Club! First of all, thank you to all who came out and voted, by email or in person, to our elections last night. There were many timbits had. Without further ado, *Election Results:* (laden) Luqman Aden is your new President, (matedesc) Melissa Angelica Tedesco is your new Vice-president, (jj2baile) Jonathan Jeral Bailey is your new Treasurer, (askothar) Aditya Shivam Kothari is your new Secretary, (jxpryde) Jordan Xavier Pryde is your new Systems Administrator, (ztseguin) Zachary Seguin is your new Office Manager, (s455wang) Charlie Wang is your new Librarian, and (mnmailho) Marc Mailhot is your new Fridge Regent. So that's what happened this week. If you want to know what happens next week, keep reading for like just a few more lines. *CSC goes to board games night* (or, CSC uses 'militia' on Mathsoc) Board games are fun. The CSC would like to have a board games night, but MathSoc already does it so well. Clearly the only solution is an invasion. Come join us on *Thursday, May 19th, about 7pm* in taking over MathSoc board games night. We will form a CSC cluster and have fun. See you there! -- Patrick Melanson CRO Computer Science Club University of Waterloo pj2melan(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca

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#elxnS16 Nominations closed, elections today
by Computer Science Club 12 May '16

12 May '16

Hi all, Nominations have closed for CSC elections. Here is a list of candidates for the elected positions: - President: - b2coutts (Bryan Coutts) - tbelaire (Theo Belaire) - laden (Luqman Aden) - jj2baile (Jon Bailey) - dmarin (Daniel Marin) - Vice-president: - matedesc (Melissa Tedesco) - askothari (Aditya Shivam Kothari) - Treasurer: - laden (Luqman Aden) - jj2baile (Jon Bailey) - jxpryde (Jordan Xavier Pryde) - Secretary: - askothari (Aditya Shivam Kothari) - s455wang (Charlie Wang) Additionally, the following members have expressed interest for the appointed positions: - Systems Administrator: - jxpryde (Jordan Xavier Pryde) - Fridge Regent: - mnmailho (Marc Mailhot) - Office Manager: - ztseguin (Zachary Seguin) - Librarian: - s455wang (Charlie Wang) And there are no candidates yet for the programmes committee. Note that any nomination can be declined at any time prior to the taking of a vote. Absentee votes (voting by email) can be sent to cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. They must be sent by 18:00 on May 12, 2016 (today). 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#officers. See you all tonight at 19:00 in the MC Comfy (3001)! -- Patrick Melanson Chief Returning Officer Computer Science Club University of Waterloo pj2melan(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca

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#elxnS16 Spring 2016 elections, Thursday May 12th, 7pm in the comfy
by Computer Science Club 04 May '16

04 May '16

Hi all, The Computer Science Club will be holding elections for the Spring 2016 term on Thursday, May 12th at 19:00 in the MC Comfy (MC 3001). During the meeting, the president, vice-president, treasurer and secretary will be elected, the sysadmin will be appointed and ratified, and the librarian and office manager will be appointed. There may be timbits. If you'd like to run for any of these positions or nominate someone, you can put your name in a special box on top of the fridge in the CSC office (MC 3036/3037) or send me (Patrick) an email at cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. It is highly recommended to send me an email in addition to nominating yourself by paper in the office. You can also deposit nominations in the CSC mailbox in MathSoc or present them to me in person. Nominations will close at 19:00 on Wednesday, May 11th (24 hours before the start of elections). All members are welcome to run! Especially new members and anyone interested in being a new exec! Most of the roles have a small guide on the wiki at https://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/Exec_Manual and I will print out a hard copy of a more comprehensive exec manual and bind it myself, I swear. Voting is done heads-down hands-up, and is restricted to Mathsoc social members. -- Patrick Melanson (pj2melan) Chief Returning Officer Computer Science Club University of Waterloo cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca For the part of the constitution pertaining to elections, see http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/about/constitution#officers

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Last event of the term! Prof talk + EOT
by Computer Science Club 04 Apr '16

04 Apr '16

Hey guys, Come out to our last event on *Monday, April 4*! We'll have a prof talk by Dr. Craig Kaplan, as well as a joint CSC/WICS EOT; the prof talk starts at *5PM in MC Comfy*, and the EOT will be after. Food will be provided! The talk will be on Surrounding a Polygon: Dr. Craig Kaplan will explore the problem of surrounding a polygon with copies of itself. This problem raises a number of fascinating mathematical questions, and we can use software as an experimental tool to probe the answers to those questions. He'll also present known mathematical and computational results related to surrounds of polygons, and discuss what they say about larger open questions in tiling theory. Finally, he will also show how the task of surrounding individual polygons can make for fun and challenging puzzles, and say a bit about his experience creating an app based on those puzzles. Also, the HCI (Human Computer Interaction) Lab is looking for people to participate in future HCI studies and experiments; please see the attached pdf for more information on how to sign up. Thanks! Hope to see you all at the event :) Naomi

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