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Nominee error
by Computer Science Club 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

I apologize again for the error, folks. I accidentally listed b4taylor as being a nominee for Vice-President. This is not the case. m4burns is the nominee, along with ssalbiz and jy2wong. My apologies. Sean Hunt Chief Returning Officer

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My apologies
by Computer Science Club 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

In the last message, I accidentally left out that you can submit votes by email to cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca up until the election meeting as well. -scshunt

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Elections Tomorrow
by Computer Science Club 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

Hey all, Winter 2011 elections are tomorrow at 4:00 PM in the Comfy, and the nominees are: * President: ebering * Vice President: ssalbiz, jy2wong, b4taylor * Treasurer: kspaans, qxi, mspang, d2huo, a42ahmed * Secretary: kspaans, d2huo, ehashman If you believe (maybe because you were paid) that one of them should be elected (or not elected), then you should come out and cast a vote for (or against) them. If you don't, you have no right to complain when ctdalek exterminates us. Sean Hunt CRO Winter 2011

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Elections for Winter 2011
by Computer Science Club 06 Jan '11

06 Jan '11

Elections are coming for Winter 2011 executive! Nominations are open - nominations can be made by sending them directly to me or by writing them on the whiteboard in the Club office. Nominations close at 4:30 PM on Tuesday, January 11. Elections take place in the Comfy at 4:00 PM on Wednesday, January 12. We currently have no nominees for Vice-President. The Vice-President is needed to run events including the awesome talks. Please come out and volunteer! Thanks, scshunt CRO

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Eduroam Quiz
by Computer Science Club 10 Dec '10

10 Dec '10

Hello CSCers! There appears to be a large group of students that have trouble with the eduroam wireless network. To help IST debug the problems we have created the following poll: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dENpTGE3QmhLZGQtT1Ay… We will email the results (minus names) to IST on Monday, so get your answers in soon. We will be giving out 4 free pop (retail value $2!) to 1 person, at random, who answers this quiz. You may share this link with other, non-CSC UW members. This quiz was not in any way written by IST. Thanks

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The CSC Goes Clubbing!1!!
by Computer Science Club 08 Dec '10

08 Dec '10

Greetings, As the fall 2010 term winds down a close and we get ready to start exams, the CSC will be having one more final event. No, it's not an invited talk or a code party; this time, it's THE CSC GOES CLUBBING! On Friday, December 10th, our very own CSC member Elyot Grant will be behind the decks at Waterloo's Revolution Nightclub, playing electronic dance music as a special guest DJ inside The Purple Room. In the past, Elyot has given many theory talks for the CSC on topics like approximation hardness and incompressibility, but this Friday, he'll be letting the music do all the talking. The event poster is here: http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~egrant/PurpleRoom13_Dec10th2010.jpg There is NO COVER BEFORE 11pm (in other words, it's FREE!!!) Come join us as we march out to the purple room in full force to support Elyot and dance our asses off to his selection of chiptastic beats. Here's a word from Elyot himself: "Hi everyone! If you want an idea of what I might play, there are some DJ mixes of mine at: http://soundcloud.com/elyot and some additional music I made over at: http://www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~egrant/ As a special treat for the CSC, I will try to drop some chippy tracks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b172UA1smO0&t=3m20s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F21aifX0lZY&t=2m06s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v10GkrLbgKE&t=3m17s The facebook event is: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=145655702152203 You must be 19+ to attend and must bring your ID (health card doesn't count; driver's license, passport, or LCBO card are all fine.) Cover is free before 11pm and $5 afterwards. My set time is 11:30pm - 1:00am. The party usually lasts until about 2:45am. There is a guestlist available, which enables you to bypass the line anytime before 12am (so you get in more quickly). If you arrive before 10:45, there is usually not too big of a line. But if you arrive later than that, you may have to wait outside for a while, so you might want to consider guestlist if you think you'll be coming any later than that. Then, instead of getting in line to get in, you just talk to the guy with the clipboard who finds your name, checks it off, and lets you in right away. If you wish to be guestlisted, email me at egrant(a)uwaterloo.ca with your full name and number of guests before Friday at 6pm. Rev is a short walk from the #12 and #7 bus routes and has free parking. I don't think there's a dress code other than "no athletic wear" (essentially, no jerseys, baseball caps and gangsta stuff). You don't have to dress up; most people (including me) will be wearing normal clothes. The crowd is friendly, there is room to dance, there are lasers, and there are big (but not deafening) speakers. Cheers! Hope to see you Friday. ~ Elyot" -- Edgar Bering, Vice President 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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Mathematics and aesthetics in maze design
by Computer Science Club 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

Hello, the CSC is hosting a talk entitled "Mathematics and aesthetics in maze design" on 2010-11-17 at 04:30 PM in MC4061. It will be presented by Craig S. Kaplan. Abstract: For thousands of years, mazes and labyrinths have played an important role in human culture and myth. Today, solving mazes is a popular pastime, whether with pencil on paper or by navigating through a cornfield. The construction of compelling mazes encompasses a variety of challenges in mathematics, algorithm design, and aesthetics. The maze should be visually attractive, but it should also be an engaging puzzle. Master designers balance these two goals with wonderful results. In this talk, I discuss the role of the computer in the process of designing mazes. I present some well known algorithms for maze construction, and more recent research that attempts to novel mazes with non-trivial mathematical or aesthetic properties. Hope to see you there. If you have any questions about the event e-mail the executive or check http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca.

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Grad School at UofT
by Computer Science Club 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

In case you're interested in grad school: Graduate Opportunities at the University of Toronto Speaker: C.C. Gotlieb, University of Toronto Date: Wednesday Nov 17 Time: 4:30 pm Location: DC 1304 ================== Bio.: Calvin C. (Kelly) Gotlieb has been called the "Father of Computing" in Canada. He received his MA in 1944 and his PhD in 1947 from the University of Toronto. In 1948, he was part of the first team in Canada assembled to design and construct digital computers and to provide computing services. In that year, he co-founded the original Computation Centre at the University of Toronto. He established the first university credit course on computing in Canada in 1950, and offered the first Canadian graduate courses in computing in 1951. In 1964, he founded the first graduate department of Computer Science in Canada, at the University of Toronto. Professor Gotlieb has over a hundred publications in many areas of Computer Science and Information Processing, and has co-authored four books: "High Speed Data Processing", "Social Issues in Computing", "Data Types and Structures", and "The Economics of Computers". Professor Gotlieb has dedicated much of his professional work to the promotion of information science and technology and the advancement of national and international cooperation in this field. He has been a consultant to the United Nations on Computer Technology and Development, and to the Privacy and Computers Task Force of the Canadian Federal Department of Communications and Justice. He was a founding member of the Canadian Information Processing Society in 1958, and served as Canada's representative at the founding meeting of the International Federation of Information Processing Societies in 1959, and from 1960-1966. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Association of Computing Machinery, and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Encyclopaedia Britannica and of the Annals of the History of Computing. Professor Gotlieb is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the British Computer Society and the Association for Computing Machinery. He received honorary DMath and DEng degrees from the University of Waterloo and the Technical University of Nova Scotia respectively. In 1994, he was awarded the Isaac L. Auerbach Medal by the International Federation of Information Processing Societies, and in 1996 the Order of Canada award. He is currently Professor Emeritus in Computer Science and in the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto.

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REMINDER: Toronto Trip
by Computer Science Club 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

Hello everyone, This is a reminder that we are going to Toronto on Nov. 13. We will be meeting UofT's CSSU and going to the pub with them to discuss computer science and other things after touring some subset of their facilities. The bus leaves from in front of DC at 1pm, and we will leave Toronto at 11pm. Space is limited so please sign up in advance. The price for the bus is $2 per member. To sign up come to the office in MC3036. -- Edgar Bering, Vice President 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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Hackathon
by Computer Science Club 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Hello, the CSC is hosting a Hackathon on 2010-11-05 at 07:00 PM in C&D Lounge (MC3002). Come join the CSC for a night of code, music with only 8 bits, and comradarie. We will be in the C&D Lounge from 7pm until 7am working on personal projects, open source projects, and whatever else comes to mind. If you're interested in getting involved in free/open source development, some members will be on hand to guide you through the process. Hope to see you there. If you have any questions about the event e-mail the executive or check http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca.

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