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July Newsletter
by CSC Newsletter 14 Jul '25

14 Jul '25

Hello everyone!!! We’re excited to share another month of updates and events from the Computer Science Club. From new services and hiring opportunities to successful past events and exciting upcoming ones, there's something here for everyone. Updates: Service Update: Our new messaging platform, Matrix, is nearing deployment. Matrix offers a secure and encrypted alternative to traditional platforms, with support for most of the features found in Discord. We extend our sincere thanks to the Systems Committee for their outstanding work in setting up the Matrix servers so efficiently and making all our lives easier. Plushie Update: We are thrilled to announce that new Codey plushies are now available for purchase at the CSC office for $11 CAD. Drop by and grab yours while supplies last! Hiring notice: The Computer Science Club is now accepting applications. Whether you’re interested in organizing impactful events, supporting community initiatives, connecting with industry professionals, or working with a dedicated team, we invite you to get involved! The deadline to apply will be July 31st, 11:59 PM. Please find the role descriptions in the link attached below: csclub.ca/hiring Upcoming Events: EOT Social: Join us on July 21st from 7:00–9:00 PM at Columbia Lake Fire Pit 1 for our End of Term bonfire event, co-hosted with WiCS, DSC, and Tech+. Enjoy an evening of networking and relaxation with complimentary s’mores, burgers, and games. This is a great opportunity to unwind before exams and celebrate the end of the term with fellow students. Previous Events Recap: Badminton Tournament: On July 4th, CSC hosted a spirited badminton tournament at PAC Small, where students enjoyed a night of friendly competition, free snacks and drinks, and a welcoming atmosphere. Thank you to everyone who participated and helped make the event a success. Professor talks: Professor Freda Shi: On June 10th at STC 0050, Professor Shi presented a talk exploring how insights from human linguistics can enhance the design of AI systems. The talk was accessible to all, regardless of background, and provided a compelling intersection between language and artificial intelligence. A huge thanks to Professor Shi for hosting this event. Professor Tavernes Barnes: On June 23rd in MC 4061, Professor Barnes delivered an insightful session on performance optimization in modern computing systems. From understanding CPU microarchitecture to using the Linux perf tool for software profiling, attendees gained practical skills in writing high-performance code, including a live demonstration of real-world software optimization. A huge thanks to Professor Barnes for hosting this event. Leetcode tournament On July 9th, CSC held this term’s Leetcode competition in STC 0020, where teams of four tackled algorithmic challenges for a chance to win CSC merchandise. The event welcomed participants of all experience levels and included snacks and refreshments to keep everyone energized throughout the competition. Trivia Night: Our Trivia Night on June 18th in DC 1350 brought together students for an evening of friendly competition, covering both computer science and general knowledge topics. Teams competed for prizes and bragging rights, making it a lively and engaging experience for all who attended. We would like to extend our gratitude to everyone involved in CSC activities this term, from our dedicated executive members to the students who participated in our events. Your continued support and enthusiasm are what make this community thrive. We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events!

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July Newsletter
by CSC Newsletter 13 Jun '25

13 Jun '25

Hi Everyone! CSC is back with another amazing term full of events and tech!!! Election Update: The Computer Science Club held its elections for the Spring 2025 term and a Minecraft Lan party in-person and virtually on Thursday, May 15th, 2025, at 7:00PM EDT (UTC-4). The new President, Vice-President, Assistant Vice-President, Treasurer and Systems Administrator are as follows: Prez: Dundee Zhang VP: Sourojeet Adhikari AVP: Shaurya Suri Trez: Mincy Yang Sysadmin: Ohm Patel Infrastructure Update: Cloud account activation is currently unavailable, please email syscom(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca to request an account manually. The Kubernetes cluster is temporarily down but is expected to be restored soon. Recent patches have been applied and incremental progress is ongoing. Approved servers are pending fund transfers, and an additional set of servers is under review. We appreciate your patience as we work to improve and expand our infrastructure. Upcoming Events: Trivia Night: Join us for a fun night of Trivia on June 18th! Test your knowledge on a variety of topics, from classic computer science puzzles to pop culture and everything in between. Professor Talk: Join us on June 23rd, 2025 for a Professor Talk with Professor Tavian Barnes, who will be exploring the topic of Measuring and Improving Software Performance. In this session, Professor Barnes will delve into practical techniques, tools, and methodologies for evaluating and optimizing software efficiency, a crucial skill for developers and systems designers alike. Whether you're interested in systems programming, performance tuning, or just writing faster code, this talk is not to be missed. We hope to see you there! Code Olympics: We are bringing together students of all skill levels on July 4th for a series of fun and challenging coding problems. Participants compete individually or in teams to solve algorithmic puzzles, debug tricky code, and demonstrate their problem solving skills under time pressure. Leetcode Competition: The CS Club will be hosting a Leetcode competition on July 9th, offering students the chance to challenge themselves with a set of timed algorithmic problems. Whether you're preparing for technical interviews or just enjoy competitive coding, this event is a great opportunity to sharpen your skills, learn new techniques, and connect with fellow problem solvers. Questions will range from beginner to advanced, and prizes will be awarded to the top performers. All skill levels are welcome! Past Events: Minecraft Lan + Election event: We recently held our elections along side a Minecraft LAN event and saw a record number of votes over a summer term! Participants got to vote for the future of CSC, eat tasty food and also had a lot of fun playing some Minecraft. BOT: Our recent Beginning of term event was a MASSIVE hit!!! We got over 50 people in attendance. We held a spicy noodles challenge, paper airplane building contest and much much more! Thank you to everyone who joined and made it a success. Professor Talk: We hosted a Professor Talk with Professor Freda Shi exploring Linguistics in AI Systems on June 10th 2025. The talk delved into how linguistic theory can inform the design and understanding of AI systems, highlighting both the challenges and opportunities in bridging human language and machine learning. Thanks to everyone who attended the event ! Thank you to everyone for contributing to CSC, whether by being a part of the executive committee, or just by participating in CSC activities in general. Looking forward to seeing everyone at future events!!!

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March Newsletter
by CSC Newsletter 21 Mar '25

21 Mar '25

Hello everyone!!! CSC is back with another exciting month, and we have some great updates and events for everyone. Updates: Spring 2025 Hiring: We are hiring!!! Are you eager to contribute to the UW Computer Science community? Whether you’re interested in organizing impactful events, supporting community initiatives, connecting with industry professionals, or working with a dedicated team, we invite you to get involved! Applications are open until March 25th, 2025, at 11:59 PM. If interested, please apply at link: csclub.ca/hiring SIGBOVIK: The Association for Computational Heresy and CMU excited to announce that this year’s SIGBOVIK will take place on April 4th, 2025, at 5PM EDT in Rashid Auditorium. This annual multidisciplinary conference focuses on unconventional academic research, covering topics such as Anomaly Detection, Agnostic Active Learning, and Generalized Belief. BearHacks: BearHacks, the first hybrid hackathon at Sheridan College, is happening March 28-30th, and you're invited! Whether you prefer hacking in person or virtually, this is your chance to compete for exciting prizes, connect with top sponsors such as Perplexity and Google TensorFlow and impress industry judges from Figma, Microsoft, and RBC. Full details are available in the link below: https://bearhacks2025.devpost.com/ Faculty Donor Video: The Faculty of Mathematics is seeking volunteers to film a video expressing gratitude to donors and sponsors. If you're interested, please email: e255li(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:e255li@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Upcoming Events: QNX Industry Talk: Join us on March 27th for an industry talk featuring professionals from BlackBerry QNX. They’ll be sharing insights into their projects and experiences in the field. Alt-Tab: Alt-Tab is our very own tech talk series presented by students! It consists of several 15-minute talks about a variety of topics related to computer science and technology. It is scheduled to be hosted on the 28th of March. Sign-ups are open till March 21st!!! Sharpen your presentation skills and share your enthusiasm while having a blast. Looking forward to seeing you there. Recent Events Recap: CSC Trivia: CSC hosted a fun-filled night of questions, friends, and prizes! With more than 50 attendees, the event ran for 3 hours, featuring challenging trivia, plenty of snacks, and lots of fun. Thanks to everyone who joined! Professor Talk: Professor Mohammed Serry delivered an engaging talk on Control Theory, sparking great discussions among attendees. With more than 40 participants, the event provided valuable insights into the field, leaving many inspired. A big thank you to Professor Serry and everyone who joined! Professor Talk: Professor Christopher Batty shared insights into fluid simulations in graphics, showing us stunning visuals and videos. Around 60 people attended, and some even joined him and his grad students for dinner afterward. Several attendees left with a newfound interest in fluid simulation. A huge thanks to Professor Christopher Batty and everyone who joined! Professor Talk: Professor Toshiya Hachisuka, who taught CS 370 (Numerical Computation), and CS 488 (Computer Graphics) and will teach an introductory course on Computer Graphics and GPUs in Fall 2025 delivered through CS 398, gave a talk on key concepts in Computer Graphics on the March 20th. We got over 30 participants, and several attendees left with an interest in Computer Graphics. An enormous thanks to Professor Toshiya Hachisuka and everyone who joined! Projects Program: The Projects Program kicked off with 40+ students coming together to collaborate, gain hands-on experience, and work on exciting projects! Participants had the opportunity to connect with mentors, form teams, and start developing their ideas. We also held the first code party for the projects program on March 13th and brought together 25+ students who worked on projects, solved problems, and had a great time overall! With a strong turnout and plenty of enthusiasm, the event set the stage for an exciting term of innovation and learning. Looking forward to seeing the amazing projects that come out of it! Thank you to everyone for contributing to CSC, whether by being a part of the executive committee, or just by participating in CSC activities in general. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the events!!!

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Another CSC January/Febuary 2025 Newsletter!
by CSC Newsletter 22 Feb '25

22 Feb '25

Hi Everyone!!! Another exciting month is upon us, and we have some great updates and events line up Funding Update: We have been working tirelessly to get funding to improve our infrastructure and have managed to secure a 40k SLEF funding for a new server. We're looking forward to leveraging the new infrastructure to deliver even more innovative experiences and opportunities for the Waterloo CSC community. Canadian Undergraduate Computer Science Conference: The Canadian Undergraduate Computer Science Conference is gearing up for a landmark event for students interested in computer science across the country. The conference is looking for organizers. If you're interested in helping out, this is a fantastic opportunity to get involved. Fill out this form if you're interested: https://forms.gle/eNqCQJL2WMPiLZw86 Also we've been contacted by the Student and Postdoc Advisory Committee (SPAC) of Computer Science Canda (CS-Can), they are looking for a few people to fill some positions such as; members at large, a secretary, and an indigenous representative! If you guys are interested, you guys can check out this link! https://cscan-infocan.ca/student-and-postdoc/ Oracle Labs: Oracle labs is hiring MSc and PhD graduates for full-time research and development positions in Canada. Current open positions include: * Developing a soon-to-be-open-source LLM agent framework. * Using said LLM framework for various industry applications, for example, to create a data science agent. * Detecting and mitigating unintended biases in LLMs Explainability for LLMs. * Internship opportunities: https://labs.oracle.com/pls/apex/labs/r/labs/internships Upcoming Events: Projects Program: The Projects Program is back!!! Whether you’re looking to build hands-on experience, collaborate with a team, or learn from a mentor, this is your chance to work on exciting projects this term. The Kickoff Event has been rescheduled from February 13th to Febuary 27th (tentatively) watch our instagram/discord for confirmation on these dates Professor Talks: We are gearing up for a series of exciting and insightful professor talks and Panels in March: * Professor Talk by Professor Christopher Betty on Fluid Dynamics/Simulations from the lens of the Graphics Programmer on Match 11th. * Professor Talk by Professor Mohammed Serry on Controlling buildings structures CO-OP Panel: We're thrilled to introduce our upcoming Co-op Panel. This panel brings together seasoned co-op students and industry professionals who will not only share firsthand insights on landing, thriving in, and leveraging co-op positions, but also offer practical mock interviews to jumpstart your career. It is scheduled to be hosted in the middle of March. Industry Talk: We're on the lookout for industry speakers! If you know someone or are interested in presenting an industry talk, please reach out. Right now we have an Industry talk scheduled for March 27th 5:30pm, our distinguished speakers are from *Blackberry QNX*. The speakers are traveling all the way from Ottawa to talk to us about their work. Blackberry QNX is a real-time operating system (cs452 moment hehehe) known for its reliability, security, and a micro kernel architecture. Used in automotive, medical, and industrial systems, it ensured a fault tolerant, and deterministic performance. The three speakers who will be coming to our Industry Talk are; * *Elad Lahav*: Most Distinguished Architect in our Core Product Engineering team * *Louay Abdelkader*: Director, Product Management for QNX OS and Virtualization Products * *John Hanam*: Developer Relations Manager As one of the CSC Alumni (who now works at QNX) described them; * Ah, looks like you guys got the masterminds on board, nice. So, it's looking like it will be an interesting talk. You guys should come! Trivia Night: Join us for a fun night of Trivia on March 5th! Test your knowledge on a variety of topics, from classic computer science puzzles to pop culture and everything in between. Alt-Tab: Alt-Tab is our very own tech talk series presented by students! It consists of several 15-minute talks about a variety of topics related to computer science and technology. It is scheduled to be hosted at the end of March. Looking forward to seeing you there! Past Events: BOT: Our recent Beginning of term event was a MASSIVE hit!!! We got over 100 people in attendance. Thank you to everyone who joined and made it a success. CSC Circles: We recently hosted our CSC Circles event and it was a fantastic success!!! Over 80 students joined us this term. Student were assigned into random groups based on mutual interests and got to have fun activities like playing board games and Jeopardy. This term we saw an even more diverse mix of people compared to last term, with upper year students making nearly 40 percent of the participants. Thank you to everyone who made this event possible and thank you to everyone who participated in this event for an amazing time! Virtual Talk: We hosted a Virtual Workspaces Talk Exploring How The School of CS Can Help You Excel on Feb 10th 2025 by Professor Robin Cohen. Key highlights include a keynote presentation by Mr. Liam(Idk full name, pls fill in) and interactive segments such as live polls were held to gauge student interest in synchronous online delivery of two current discussion-oriented CS courses. The initiative not only provided valuable insights into virtual workplace practices but also reinforced our commitment to supporting student success in an increasingly remote and digital world. Thank you to everyone for contributing to CSC, whether by being a part of the executive committee, or just by participating in CSC activities in general. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the events!!!

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CSC December 2024 Update
by CSC Newsletter 09 Jan '25

09 Jan '25

Hi all! Here are the updates of CSC over December: * **Elections**: We are hosting an election soon! The elections happen on Monday, January 13th at 7pm in Room DC 1302 or on our Discord server (https://csclub.ca/discord) If you are interested in deciding on who the next execs of CSC are, make sure to attend. If you can’t attend, you can contact the CRO at cro(a)csclub.uwaterolo.ca for an absentee ballot. * **Constitution changes**: They can be found at https://csclub.ca/amendments, the changes are aimed at changing Syscom/Termcom such that it is controlled by current students, and there is a clear path to promotion to Syscom. As well as better defined privileges for both. The voting on the changes will happen some time soon, so keep an eye on the announcements! * **New merch**: New merchandise designed in-house by our wonderful team members has been made available for purchase at the office. * Bucket Hat with Codey on a Sailboat: $18 * Codey Bubble Tea Enamel Pin: $4.75 * Sample photos of the bucket hat and Codey enamel pin can be found on UW CSC's Instagram Page https://www.instagram.com/p/DDXqT1OypRM * **MathSoc bought a camera!!!**: At the recommendation of CSC Photography Team, MathSoc has agreed to purchase a Nikon Z50 II Mirrorless camera kit to supplement the current Canon PowerShot bridge camera, with much better low-light performance, focus, and colour science. It has arrived after pre-order and will be made available for all MathSoc clubs to borrow for their own purposes. Training for the Z50 II for CSC Photography Team will start in the new year. * **Hiring starts and ends**: We sent out hiring links and posters a month ago, the deadline to apply was December 1. Offers for most teams should be getting released around now, but don’t worry if you haven’t gotten anything yet. * **Powernap is down**: Powernap, which has the office speakers and office indicators connected to it, is currently down. So no more loud music at any time, including at 5 am, very unfortunately. We are working to fix it right now. * **Looking for profs for prof talks**: We are currently emailing CS, and math professors to ask them whether they would like to give talks on various subjects through CSC. * **Funding Updates**: CSC recently applied for funding from MEF to upgrade our free (as in freedom) software mirror server, potassium-benzoate, which is available at mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca. This server has been overloaded for months due to high traffic, and we’re awaiting MEF’s response to our proposal. Additionally, we sought funding from WEEF to upgrade our CSC Cloud servers (cloud.csclub.uwaterloo.ca), but unfortunately, our request was denied, with $0 allocated. * **Downtime on the servers**: By the time you get this update, all the servers (and services) should be back up, and online. On December 22nd plantops cut power to MC to do some work, and by extension, some of our servers went offline. They should all be back online by the time you’re seeing this message. * **Events for next term**: There are a lot of events that are being planned for next term, some of which include; Unix 101 tutorials, Prof Talks, and Code Parties! Stay tuned for the next newsletter to find out what will events will be running, and when! * **Projects program went well!**: Recently we finished our projects program! The program allowed members to code, create and collaborate together to make ideas come to life. Big thank you to the passionate participants and mentors for making this wonderful opportunity come to life. Shout out to Iris and Lindsay for organizing this entire program. Finally congratulations to Bruce Wang, Jonathan, Alex Qin, and Vincent Nguyen for winning and good job everyone else! * **Website finally updated**: Our club’s website https://csclub.ca has finally been updated for the first time since W24. Tejas and Adi (alumni) were able to get the website’s continuous integration and deployment back online so our website can finally be updated. Also now that our website is up to date, check out our events page for our future events: https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/events/.

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CSC November 2024 Update
by CSC Newsletter 30 Nov '24

30 Nov '24

Hi all! Another month has gone by, and here are some updates of what is happening in the CSC over the past month. * Appointment of Office Manager: Tiger Ding is officially appointed as the office manager for the rest of the term. * Revision of Office Rules: The office manager and the elected execs revised the office rules. Office rules are grouped for better organization, some points are clarified, and irrelevant rules are removed. Additionally, office staff are expected to take on more of a moderating role compared to before. For the updated rules, see https://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/Office_Policies. * General Meeting: We hosted another general meeting on November 19th. During the meeting, we provided updates that has been happening within the CSC and discussed potential changes to the CSC. You can view the meeting notes here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NcOzj94c8sGj12LbrMSnrblmEW21RzqeiXMWAy5… * Constitutional Change Discussion: During the general meeting, some constitutional changes are being discussed. * Syscom/Termcom Changes: During the meeting, we discussed how we want to change syscom such that it is controlled by current students, and termcom such that there is a clear path to promotion to syscom and additional privileges to practice systems administration. The full draft for the changes are underway, and if we finish it on time, it can be put on vote during next term's election. * Exec Restructure: During the meeting, we also discussed a potential restructure of the executive team by splitting the VP role into multiple ones, such that each VP manages a sector of the organizing committee. However, due to the lack of good justification and support, this change is tabled. Instead, we will seek other methods to address some issues we've been seeing with how the CSC is organized, though this change will likely not happen any time soon. * Hiring: CSC has begun hiring for next term! If you want to be involved with the CSC's organization, make sure to apply at https://csclub.ca/hiring. The deadline for the application is **Sunday, December 1st**, so make sure to apply ASAP if you haven't done so already! * CRO Appointment: We have appointed Iris as our Chief Returning Officer. She will be the one running the elections next term. More information regarding the election will come soon. * Plushies: We are considering making Codey plushies! We would like to gauge how much demand we have for the plushies. If you are potentially interested in getting one, make sure to fill out the form here! https://strawpoll.com/3RnYX11oQye * Upcoming Events: It's almost the end of the term, but we still have a few events that we are organizing! For example, the End-of-Term social occurs on **Wednesday, December 4th**. Keep an eye on the announcements! Thank you all for contributing to CSC, whether by being an internal committee member, or just by participating in CSC activities in general. Good luck everyone with the end of the term and the exam season!

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Return of CSC Newsletter -- CSC Update -- October 2024
by CSC Newsletter 04 Nov '24

04 Nov '24

Hi CSC! CSC Newsletter is back! After almost two years of inactivity, we are bringing it back. We will use the CSC Newsletter to bring you updates of what is happening behind the scenes in order to encourage communication and improve our transparency. This is something (somewhat new) that we are trying out, so if you have any feedback regarding the Newsletter, let us know either by emailing us at exec(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca, or use the following link to submit feedback: https://csclub.ca/feedback. The past month has been a turbulent time for CSC. We will be doing our best to communicate what has happened over the past month and what we have been doing. Here are some major things that has happened over the past month: * Our previous Systems Administrator, Nathan, resigned at the start of the month. We have appointed Ohm Patel (o32patel) as our new Systems Administrator, and this decision was ratified by the members of CSC on October 8th at the General Meeting. * Our previous Office Manager, Ivy, resigned near the end of the month. Right now, we are still in the process of appointing one or more Office Managers. For now, Tiger, one of our previous Office Managers and current Office Manager Advisor, is the acting Office Manager until we officially appoint (a) new Office Manager(s). And here are some things that we have been working on: * Issues in the Office: We have been made aware of several issues that has been happening in the office sometimes, and, to some extent, the Discord server; mainly, discussion of topics that makes some people uncomfortable, bullying or shaming people over their identity or small mistakes they make, and gossiping and rumors about other clubs and organizations. We are looking into ways to combat these behaviors. So far, we have been reminding people to be respectful, though no official policy changes have been made yet. We will discuss with our advisors and other relevant people on how to best address this behavior and improve the office environment. * General Meeting: As mentioned previously, we hosted a General Meeting on October 8, both for the ratification of the Systems Administrator and providing an update on what our teams have been working on. It is likely that we are going to host another General Meeting some time near the end of the term, with more information to come. Keep an eye on the announcements for more details! * Funding: We have been working on sponsorships and collaborations with other companies and organizations in order to secure funding for server maintenance, server upgrades, and equipment. * Hiring: Hiring will begin very soon, and we are still planning the process for hiring. Tentatively, hiring will open some time in the middle of November. Keep an eye out on the announcements if you wish to be involved with the CSC! * Events: There are a couple of new events coming up! Look out for the Careers Nights on November 4 and Codeylympics on November 6! We are planning additional events as well, like Specialization Talk and Dodgeball Night, so keep an eye out on the announcements for those. * Transparency and Accountability: We are working hard to make sure that we are transparent with our actions and accountable to the CSC body. Because most of us have been busy with our work or school over the past month, we haven't been the best at communicating our updates, and we apologize for that. We will continue to provide monthly updates like this, and if we are hosting another General Meeting, that will be another opportunity for you to connect with us. We request that you all hold us accountable, so if you have any questions, concerns, or feedback, please let us know, either by talking to one of the execs, or through the anonymous feedback form here: https://csclub.ca/feedback. * Return of CSC Newsletter: We have recently remembered that this is a thing, and we haven't used it for almost two years. We are going to try bringing it back, and bringing our monthly CSC updates on both our Discord and our newsletter mailing list. Let us know if you have any feedback using the link above!

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CSC Newsletter - January/February W23 Edition
by CSC Newsletter 08 Feb '23

08 Feb '23

[Image] Greetings to all the members of the UW Computer Science Club! Whether you are on study term or co-op, we hope you are enjoying the new year to the fullest and are ready for another memorable term. Our goals as a club this year are to run events that encourage student connectivity and socialization, increase technical skills with workshops and talks, and provide a safe growth environment. We have a lot of exciting events planned for this semester, and we can't wait to share them with you! ________________________________ UPCOMING EVENTS Future events to look forward to! 🤩 👥 CSC Circle Kickoff: February 9th from 7-9PM, at M3 1006, signups<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1I8yw_zprrTIsuDSwznGE9LkEfqNi-K1l9aWjglOvtD…>. CSC Circles is back! Join us at CSC Circle’s Kickoff event this term where you will be part of a vibrant community within CSC. You will have the chance to build long-term, meaningful connections over the course of a semester and hopefully beyond. If you sign up, your group will be revealed during our kickoff event, so if you’re interested in participating, be sure to sign up and attend! You’ll have the chance to ask questions, meet the coordinators, and socialize with your group for the first time. There will also be board games, quiz bowls and food! Stay tuned on our Discord, Instagram, and other social media platforms to hear about future events! 💻 CxC Data Hackathon: February 10th - February 15th, signups<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cxc-tickets-526760303247>. The CxC Data Hackathon is back! We partnered with UW Data Science Club and UW WICS to host this two week long hackathon. Make sure to tell your friends as you will tackle some real-world data challenges in teams of 4. Through hard work and innovative solutions, you will get the chance to win some big prizes this year, as well as network with companies! ❤️ Valentines Code Party: February 15th from 7-9PM, at STC 0010, signups<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeIVVc_xz2hdJKJRvxgH4aDSrv3oLUWtaJ…>. Who’s your valentine this year? 😉Come join the CSC community this February for another exciting Code Party! This Valentines themed code party will surely be an event that will warm your heart as you enjoy free hot chocolate and pizza. Bring your friends to play board games, mingle with others, or work on assignments or projects! Stay tuned on our Discord, Instagram, and other social media platforms to hear about future events! ________________________________ PAST EVENTS If you missed our first events of the year, here’s a quick recap! ✨ We kicked off the winter term with a bang at CSC’s Beginning of Term event! We had an incredible turnout and signups of over 100+! On January 17th at DC, students filled the room with excitement as CSC hosted a night of fun games, speed friending, and lots of pizza. 🍕Take a look at these photos that captured the moment! [Image] [Image] [Image] You can find all the pictures here<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ho-IcyDzAKcEaINVzJC3raluzTYWwcji?us…>! We partnered with Tech+, Waterloo DSC, UW WICS, Watonomous, and UW Blueprint and organized our Bootcamp Co-op Masterclass event on January 12th! We invited upper year students with experience in the job hunt, and very generously shared their experiences and valuable tips for success. If you missed this, the slides are still available here<https://csclub.ca/masterclass>. [Image] You can find the rest of the photos here<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pAIhikoy8LIPcSqkZcUozicoZ4EtXFkk?us…>. The Winter 2023 Bootcamp also hosted resume reviews on the week of January 14th - 15th, and mock interviews from January 21st - 22nd. Experienced mentors of various tech backgrounds provided one-on-one advice and tips about interview skills and resume building on fields ranging from product management to programming. We hope that all the participants had a great and insightful experience and are more confident with their future job searches, applications, and interviews. Thank you for your time and we wish everyone all the best for their future co-op applications! Partnered with UW Data Science Club, on January 24th, we hosted the Ace the Data Science Interview event with Nick Singh! Students got the chance to hear Nick Singh, an experienced professional in the field share his insights and strategies for success. CSC hosted another talk on January 31 with Jeromy Carriere, who is the current Senior Vice President of Engineering at Datadog with engineering experience at Facebook and Google. We got to hear about his successes and failures in applying the principles and practices of software architecture as leverage over challenges typical of large-scale systems. ________________________________ OFFICE INTERVIEWS Have you seen our CSC Office Interview video yet? 👀 Discover how the CSC office staff, visitors, and event participants feel towards co-op, midterms, and more! If you're interested in answering some questions for our next video, reach out to @uwcsclub for a chance to be featured! The full video can be found on our YouTube<https://lnkd.in/g825_ndZ> and make sure to subscribe for more videos coming soon. ________________________________ CONFESSIONS 🙀 We are bringing back CSC confessions! We will showcase some of your confessions that you send us on our Instagram. Don’t worry, they will be anonymous 😉. Be sure to meet our code of conduct (ex. No rude or disrespectful comments). We want this to be the place where we can share relatable or fun content! Spill your juicy tea here<https://forms.gle/sQTHjgJdqYDXAEcd7>. Visit us: Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/uw.computerscienceclub/> | Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/uwcsclub/?hl=en> | Discord | Twitch<https://m.twitch.tv/uwcsclub/about> | YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWouvEY1mQUG1fgR8VRA2sQ>

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CSC is Hiring for Winter 2023, Alt-Tab, Project Program Recordings
by CSC Newsletter 24 Nov '22

24 Nov '22

[Logo] CSC Newsletter Greetings to all members of the UW Computer Science Club! We hope your fall term is going smoothly, whether you are going through a co-op term or studying on campus (Hope your midterms went well!). Our goal as a club is to make sure that your fall term is memorable. We aim to run events and encourage students to connect and socialize, increase technical and academic interest with workshops and talks, and provide a safe academic learning and growth environment. Upcoming Events in November CSC is HIRING [📣] Are you passionate about making a difference in the UW Computer Science and surrounding communities? Are you interested in organizing far-reaching events, working on community initiatives, reaching out to industry professionals, or being a member of an impactful team? If so, apply for a role on CS Club's Organizing Committee for Winter 2023! CS Club (CSC) is looking for people like you! [🙌] [👀] Role descriptions can be found at: https://csclub.ca/role-descriptions [⏲️] The form will close on Friday, November 25 at 11:59 PM, so apply ASAP! We'll reach out through email after this date for interviews. [👉] Apply at https://csclub.ca/hiring ! Alternatively, you can email us at exec(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:exec@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> from your UW email with an introduction of yourself, which positions you're interested in, and any questions you might have [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/Wxzw5t7MWrzEPEI4fjBKrSsFmL5oTX6gLw3…] [I'm an image] Alt-Tab [🎙️] Join CSC for Alt-Tab, a lightning tech talk series presented by students! Alt-Tab consists of several ~15-minute talks about a variety of topics related to computer science and technology. Snacks will be provided. [⚡] Talk list: - Tropical Semirings: General method to solve graph problems in a purely functional way - Simon Zeng - A Deep Dive into Language Servers and Editors - Hamza Ali - "Are Computers Conscious?" And Other Impractical Tech Philosophy - Justin Y. - Dotfiles: Speeding up your shell experience - Raymond Li - Networking 404: How to network as a person that doesn't know what networking means - Allen Q. Lu - JITs in the Quest for Performance - Antonio Abbatangelo - Turning the Calculator Factory Into a Calculator: C++ Template Metaprogramming - Evan Girardin [📅] Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 7 PM [📍] Location: MC 2035 Project Program Workshops Recordings Did you miss out on the Project Program Workshops? Not to worry! The workshops have been recorded and can be accessed below: Unity workshop: Recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L-6517jZeIS3RJiiJAnkuqgEER5rFZp2/view?usp=… Github: https://github.com/aaggarwal10/CSC-Unity-Workshop Rust workshop: Recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xGOhJd0JJgoYT2w4gC_SzWVUUok3bpLZ/view?usp=… Github: https://github.com/MrPicklePinosaur/rust_workshop React workshop: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pd0cRqCXf9KPApKdZLk1k3CAurGoO6mP58E…<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pd-0cRqCXf9KPApKdZLk1k3CAurGoO6mP58…> [I'm an image] [https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/Az9AypCEDHb0l8qYKN3QnC7q81WNC8NDWHx…] More events are coming... There are more events coming later! More details including the date and the location are going to come in the near future, so make sure you're following our IG or our discord server for updates! Subscribe to our Computer Science Club Calendar for upcoming events <https://bit.ly/3wwrYJb> https://bit.ly/3wwrYJb <https://bit.ly/3wwrYJb> [Facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/> [Linkedin] <https://www.linkedin.com/> [Instagram] <https://www.instagram.com/>

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November Code Party, Prof Talk with Professor Shi Cao, Project Program: Unity Workshop, Project Program: Rust Workshop, Alt-Tab Speaker Applications
by CSC Newsletter 15 Nov '22

15 Nov '22

[Logo] CSC Newsletter Greetings to all members of the UW Computer Science Club! We hope your fall term is going smoothly, whether you are going through a co-op term or studying on campus (Hope your midterms went well!). Our goal as a club is to make sure that your fall term is memorable. We aim to run events and encourage students to connect and socialize, increase technical and academic interest with workshops and talks, and provide a safe academic learning and growth environment. Upcoming Events in November November Code Party [🎉] Code Party is back! [🍵] Come join us and work on assignments or side projects, or just hang out with your CSC friends! [🍩] You can also enjoy free snacks at our popup cafe! [🗓] Event date: November 15th at 6 - 8PM [📍]Location: STC 0020 Registration is not required for this event. Hope you see you there! [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/Lp1jlNN20oOqpKJE6fw1DwSafWgqiGNMgdO…] [I'm an image] Prof Talk with Professor Shi Cao Hello! Prof. Shi Cao is giving an informative and interactive talk about cognitive modelling and how AI can predict human behaviour. He will be talking about his research and the current state of the field. Food will be served after the event. Come join to learn more about this field or simply learn something new! [💯] Location: MC 5501 Date: Nov. 17th, 5:00PM - 6:30PM Sign up from: https://forms.gle/EWEPGWysNYjysXQs8 Project Program: Unity Workshop [🎉]We are organizing a Unity workshop for Project Program!   [⌨️]What is Unity? Unity is a 2D & 3D game engine that has been around since 2005. You’ll be able to learn more about it if you haven’t heard of it before! [👉]In addition, you'll be learning about how to create create a game like rocket league!! [📌]Also, download LTS Release 2021.3.13f1 version of unity beforehand. [🗓️] Event date: November 15th [🕛] Time: 7PM to 9PM. [📍]Location: QNC 2502 [📌] workshop will also be streamed on zoom, and the zoom link will be posted 5 minutes before the event starts. Registration is not required for this event. Hope to see you there! [I'm an image] [I'm an image] Project Program: Rust workshop [🎉] We are organizing a Rust workshop for Project Program! [⌨️] What is Rust? Rust is a new multi-paradigm, general-purpose programming language. You’ll be able to learn more about it if you haven’t heard of it before! [👉] In addition, you'll be learning about how to create a command line interface and will be able to create a command line interface program by the end of the workshop. [📅] Date: November 17th, from 7PM to 9PM [📍] Location: PHY 150, and also remote on Zoom. The zoom link will be provided on the day on our social media and our discord. Alt-Tab Speaker Applications [🎙️] Alt-Tab is back! Join CSC for a lightning tech talk series presented by students. Alt-Tab consists of 10 to 15-minute talks about anything related to tech. We will be holding Alt-Tab in-person in late November, most likely on Tuesday Nov. 29 in the evening. [👀] We are currently looking for speakers! If you're passionate about a technical topic and interested in public speaking, please apply by filling out the form below. You don't need to have prior experience, and Alt-Tab is a great way to get started with giving talks! [🌟] You can talk about cool new features, a fun project you made, or really anything related to technology or computer science that you are excited about! For inspiration, past talks have covered topics including TypeScript, Unicode, virtual escape rooms, quantum computers, competitive programming, cryptography, and automatic differentiation. [👉] Apply from https://csclub.ca/alt-tab-speaker-form! [📅] Deadline for speaker applications: Friday, November 18, 2022 at 11:55 PM ET [https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/lMX4cIG0XqHQIHW70Zrdz2v4y_MnxEpBYjP…] [https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/Az9AypCEDHb0l8qYKN3QnC7q81WNC8NDWHx…] More events are coming... There are more events coming later! More details including the date and the location are going to come in the near future, so make sure you're following our IG or our discord server for updates! Subscribe to our Computer Science Club Calendar for upcoming events <https://bit.ly/3wwrYJb> https://bit.ly/3wwrYJb <https://bit.ly/3wwrYJb> [Facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/> [Linkedin] <https://www.linkedin.com/> [Instagram] <https://www.instagram.com/>

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