Termcard for Michaelmas Term 2011

Freshers Drinks

Tuesday 11th October, 20:15
St Catz

Come along to talk geek, have a few drinks and nibbles on us and to generally find out what the society is. If you can't stay for long, feel free just to pop in for a quick drink and a chat.

Here is a handy map for finding Catz: http://g.co/maps/eeut2
And here is another one for finding the PDR: http://compsoc.dartoxia.com/map.png

If you get truly lost in Catz, you can call Ben on 0754 999 3401. Someone should be at the lodge to show you where to go between 2000 and 2030.

CoreFiling Machine Learning

Tuesday 18th October, 20:15
St Catz

Using Machine Learning To Solve Real-World Problems

How do you approach a classification problem involving thousands of categories rather than the 'usual' five or six? What happens when your data-set is several gigabytes and growing? What open-source tools are available, are they any good, and can they be put to commercial use? How do you measure the system's effectiveness when you're not allowed to see the real data because of client confidentiality?

David North and Richard Ashby, from local software company CoreFiling, will aim to answer all these questions and more in their talk on machine learning from an industry perspective. There will be free drinks afterwards.

David has for some time been a CompSoc Systems Administration Co-ordinator http://compsoc.net/network/, if you think you might be interested in taking over this role or just want to know what it is then after the talk would be an excellent opportunity to ask about it.

Here is a handy map for finding Catz: http://g.co/maps/eeut2 And here is another one for finding the JCR lecture theatre (it joins on to the PDR): http://compsoc.dartoxia.com/map.png

If you get truly lost in Catz, you can call Ben on 0754 999 3401. We will meet at the lodge in Catz at 2000 for a 2015 start.

Film Screening

Saturday 22nd October, 19:30
St Catz

We will be screening a film to be decided by poll. Refreshments will be provided.

Free for members, £2 for non members - got to cover pizza costs!

Here is a handy map for finding Catz: http://g.co/maps/eeut2 And here is another one for finding the JCR lecture theatre (it joins on to the PDR): http://compsoc.dartoxia.com/map.png

Doodle Poll: http://compsoc.dartoxia.com/poll.html

If you get truly lost in Catz, you can call Ben on 0754 999 3401. We will meet at the lodge in Catz at 1930 for a 1945 start.

FB Event

Netcraft Defence Against the Dark Arts

Wednesday 26th October, 17:30
St Catz

Phishing, hacking and Internet based fraud are growing very quickly, not only in absolute numbers, but also in diversity and complexity. We review contemporary Internet bank robbing, illustrating the scale of the activity, the technological arms race between attackers and defenders, some recent innovations, and mistakes from each side.

Internet Services Company Netcraft will be talking about the above as well as what it is like to work for them. They will be providing a buffet afterwards and an opportunity to talk to some of their staff.

The plan is to meet at St Catz lodge at 17.15 for a 17.30 start in the JCR Lecture theatre.

Bank Of America Merill Lynch Dinner and Drinks

Tuesday 1st November, 19:00
Quod

This event is only open to members.

Recent Oxford graduates and senior executives from the Technology division will discuss their experiences: from what a typical day involves, to careers paths on offer, and the application process.

Whether you are looking to apply this year, or working in this area is just on your horizon, this should be an excellent opportunity to find out more.

BoAML will be hosting this event (and buying us dinner) at Quod on High Street, the plan is to meet there at about 19.00.

Please RSVP to president@ox.compsoc.net by Thursday of Week 3 if you wish to attend the dinner as places are limited

Lightning Talks

Wednesday 2nd November, 20:15
St Catz

Have you an interesting idea you want to share with a technologically-minded audience, pertaining to computers in general? Test whether you can get your message across in only 5 minutes! Data projectors will be provided.

We do welcome surprise contributions, but it would be lovely if you informed us beforehand regarding your wish to take part

The Beauty of Bootstrapping and The Joy of JIT

Wednesday 9th November, 18:00
Comlab Lecture Theatre A

Dr Michael Spivey, Oxford University Department of Computer Science will be presenting this talk. Summary below:

A compiler written in its own input language that generates code for a non-existent machine? Surely that's hopelessly impractical! I will talk about my recent experiences in improving GeomLab, a simple functional language, by using a bootstrapped compiler to generate code for the Java Virtual Machine. Good results are surprisingly easy to obtain.

After the talk we will be heading down to the Lamb and Flag for drinks and 'intellectual discussion' with Dr Spivey - anyone is welcome to join us, we may even buy you a drink.

If you don't know where the department is there are handy directions here: http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/contact/directions.html. Once you have found the department enter the shadowy door behind the bins in http://g.co/maps/p4nqr. Then follow the signs =]

Team Fortress 2

Wednesday 16th November, 19:00
St Catz PDR

This event is only open to members. If you're interested in joining please see here (only £5 life or £3 year)

We will be running a Team Fortress 2 night in St Catz PDR. There will be free pizza and jaffa cakes!

If you plan on attending you will need to bring a laptop with Team Fortress 2 installed and up to date - please don't try and download it in Catz as it will be really slow :-( You will also need a LAN cable and probably a power supply for your laptop.

Team Fortress 2 can be downloaded, installed and played for free here (you'll need to install Steam, which is also free). If there are any other games you'd like to play (and think others will have) bring them along and we might play them too! (here's hoping for Minecraft... :-p )

Here is a handy map for finding Catz: http://g.co/maps/eeut2
And here is another one for finding the PDR: http://compsoc.dartoxia.com/map.png

If you get truly lost in Catz, you can call Ben on 0754 999 3401. Someone should be at the lodge to show you where to go between 1900 and 1915.

Deloitte

Thursday 24th November
St Catz JCR Lecture Theatre

Representatives from Deloitte, including a Partner, will be coming to talk about the company and particuarly its technology division. The talk will include some interesting case studies of their work.

A buffet and drinks will be provided afterwards.

Deloitte provide audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management and tax services to selected clients. Their Technology Practice addresses numerous advancements, such as cloud computing, mobility, data analytics and social media, through the prism of new market creation.

The plan is to meet at St Catz lodge at 19.45 for a 20.00 start in the JCR Lecture theatre.

Here is a handy map for finding Catz: http://g.co/maps/eeut2. If you get truly lost in Catz, you can call Ben on 0754 999 3401.

This event, like most CompSoc events, is free for anyone to attend.

Termly General Meeting

Wednesday 30th November, 18:00
St Catz PDR

Please note the change of date compared to our printed term card.

We will be reviewing progress the society has made this term and discussing any other issues that arise. In addition we will be discussing our plans for next term.

If you are interested in the intricacies of how the TGM/society works then please see the constitution. (http://compsoc.net/constitution/)

Pizza and mince pies will be provided.

Here is a handy map for finding Catz: http://g.co/maps/eeut2. If you get truly lost in Catz, you can call Ben on 0754 999 3401.

This event, like most CompSoc events, is free for anyone to attend. Although only members of the society may vote in the meeting.

termcard.pdf