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Fall 2011 Elections
by Computer Science Club 18 Sep '11

18 Sep '11

Hello, Club elections will be tomorrow September 19th at 4:30 PM in the Comfy Lounge (MC 3001). All members are invited to attend. After the election the new executive will hold the first meeting of the club and fill appointed positions, so if you'd like to get involved or help shape the direction of the club come out. This is also an excellent opportunity to renew your membership for the term, if you have not yet done so. If you are unable to attend but would still like to vote please e-mail your ballot to me at cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. The vote will be conducted by approval voting, which means you vote for as many people per race as you like (the ones you approve of), and the person with the most votes in that race wins. The nominees are as follows: President: Marc Burns (m4burns) Katie Hyatt (kshyatt) Elana Hashman (ehashman) Vice-president: Marc Burns (m4burns) Katie Hyatt (kshyatt) Treasurer: Jacob Parker (j3parker) Sean Hunt (scshunt) Sapphyre Gervais (sagervai) Secretary: Elana Hashman (ehashman) Kyle Spaans (kspaans) Sapphyre Gervais (sagervai) -- Edgar Bering, Chief Returning Officer ebering at uwaterloo dot ca Computer Science Club http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~ebering Mathematics Society MC 3036, (519)888-4567,x33870 University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario CANADA N2L 3G1

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Do you dislike heat? Do you like writing code? Drinking Energy drinks? Come out TONIGHT.
by Computer Science Club 22 Jul '11

22 Jul '11

It's Friday night. It's hot out. It's cold in the MC. We have energy drinks. And food. All for free! Come out, right now, to the Computer Science Club code party. MC3001, The comfy lounge. Write some code. Save the world. Computer Science Club.

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Upcoming CSC Events: Steganography talk and Code Party
by Computer Science Club 15 Jul '11

15 Jul '11

Hello CSC Members! We've got two CSC events coming up next week that I hope to see you at: 2011-07-20, 4:30 PM, in MC2038: An Introduction to Steganography<http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/events/MC_2038-2011-07-20-4:30_PM>. As part of the CSC member talks series, Yomna Nasser will be presenting an introduction to steganography. Steganography is the act of hiding information such that it can only be found by its intended recipient. It has been practiced since ancient Greece, and is still in use today. This talk will include an introduction to the area, history, and some basic techniques for hiding information and detecting hidden data. There will be an overview of some of the mathematics involved, but nothing too rigorous. 2011-07-22, 7PM onwards, MC Comfy Lounge (MC 3001): Code Party 3<http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/events/Comfy_Lounge-2011-07-22-7_PM>. The final Code Party of the term is here! Come hack on some code, solve some puzzles, and have some fun. The event starts in the evening and will run all night. You can show up for any portion of it. You should bring a laptop, and probably have something in mind to work on, though you're welcome with neither. Snacks will be provided. Everyone is welcome. Please note this date is postponed from the originally scheduled date. Also check out SE Hack Day tomorrow (July 15), held in Velocity Great hall: http://sehackday.com/ (Not a CSC event, but worth checking out!) Keep an eye out for an announcement about the CSC end of term event, CTRL-D. Matthew McPherrin CSC Vice President Follow us on Twitter, @watcsc And on Facebook, http://facebook.com/watcsc The canonical information source is, as usual, https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca

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[Event] [Saturday, July 9th: 4pm to 10pm] CSC Goes Outside!
by Computer Science Club 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

Hello CSC members! Do you like going outside? Are you vitamin-D deficient from being in the MC too long? Do you think marshmallows, hotdogs, and fire are a delicious combination? This Saturday, the CSC is going outside! Around 4PM, we're going to Columbia Lake for some outdoor fun. We'll have Frisbees, kites, snacks, and some drinks. We'll be sticking around until dusk, when we're going to have a campfire with marshmallows and hotdogs. We plan to be there until 10PM, but of course you're welcome to come for any subinterval. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. If you're unsure of where the firepits are at Columbia Lake, please check the CSC website event details, at http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/, or reply to this email. Matthew McPherrin CSC VP

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Code Party! Friday, June 24th at 7PM
by Computer Science Club 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

The second Code Party of the term takes place this Friday! Come hack on some code, solve some puzzles, and have some fun. The event starts in the evening and will run all night. You can show up for any portion of it. You should bring a laptop, and probably have something in mind to work on, though you're welcome with neither. If you're looking for something to do, there's always lots of projects that could use a hand, and somebody willing to guide you along. Snacks and drinks will be provided.

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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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