Termcard for Hilary Term 2012

Welcome Back Drinks

Wednesday 18th January, 20:00
St Catz PDR

Come along to talk geek, have a few drinks and nibbles on us and to generally find out what the society is doing this term. 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. The lodge are always happy to point you to the PDR (don't be afraid to ask!).

NaturalMotion Euphoria in the Real World

Wednesday 25th January, 18:00
St Catz JCR Lecture Theatre

"Euphoria in the Real World - A short history of taking revolutionary procedural animation from academic research to commercial success." Delivered by Simon Mack, CTO of NaturalMotion.

NaturalMotion is a leading game technology and development company based in Oxford (England) and San Francisco (California). The company's award-winning euphoria engine is a break-through in real-time character animation and is used in AAA titles such as Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto IV, Red Dead Redemption, and LucasArts' Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

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. The talk starts at 1800, he lodge are always happy to point you to the JCR Lecture Theatre (don't be afraid to ask!)..

Google My other computer is a data center

Wednesday 1st February, 20:15
St Catz JCR Lecture Theatre

"My other computer is a data center" - The warehouse-scale computing infrastructure at Google

Christoph Best, Software Engineer, Google

Google's mission, to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful, is simple, but it entails running a large number of very different applications from web search and advertising over video, geo and commerce to enterprise. All these activities are supported by a single underlying computing infrastructure: Google's worldwide data centers.

In this talk, I will try to give an impressions how it is to work at Google directly which such a unique infrastructure, and what its implications for computer science could be, with an emphasis on large-scale data processing.

Google have kindly offered to provide free drinks afterwards. They have also provided us with some Google T-Shirts to give away!

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. The talk starts at 2015, the lodge are always happy to point you to the JCR Lecture Theatre (don't be afraid to ask!)..

Gloucester Research Dinner

Wednesday 8th February, 19:00
Quod

This event is only open to members.

Gloucester Research is hosting a networking dinner for Oxford Computer Society Members on 8th February.

If you are interested in pursuing a career in financial IT - whether as a software developer or within an infrastructure team - you are invited to a three course dinner, each course with different experienced members of the company.

This is a unique opportunity for you to find out first-hand about Gloucester Research and how we develop and support a sophisticated trading platform.

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

Film Screening

Wednesday 15th February, 19:00
St Catz Bernard Sunley Room A

Please note that on our printed termcard the venue is incorrect.

CompSoc DVD night (film TBD). There will be pizza! The perfect solution to those mythical 5th week blues.

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 1930 for a 1945 start.

Annual General Meeting

Wednesday 22nd February, 18:00
St Catz Arumugan Building First Floor Meadow Facing

Out with the old, in with the new.

We will be reviewing progress the society has made this term and discussing any other issues that arise. Elections for the 2012/2013 committee will be held (further details to be sent on mailing list). If you are interested in standing for a position please get in touch with the committee if you have any questions.

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

Pizza and drinks will be provided!

The Arumugan building is the fancy name of the lodge, we will be in the room just to the left after you go up the stairs.

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.

Real world functional programming at Jane Street Capital

Wednesday 29th February, 20:15
St Catz Arumugan Building First Floor Car Park Facing

Please note the change of venue compared to our printed termcard

Real-world functional programming at Jane Street

Nearly two million lines of OCaml code and sixty full-time OCaml coders. Functional programming on Linux reigns supreme at Jane Street, a trading firm with offices in London, New York and Hong Kong. Come and hear about how you can use functional languages to write reliable, large-scale, distributed software.

Followed by drinks courtesy of Jane Street.

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. The talk starts at 1800, he lodge are always happy to point you to the JCR Lecture Theatre (don't be afraid to ask!).

CompSoc LAN Games Night

Wednesday 7th March, 19:00
St Catz Arumugan Building First Floor Meadow Facing

We will be running a Team Fortress 2 night (or perhaps other games - make a suggestion!) 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

The Arumugan building is the fancy name of the lodge, we will be in the room just to the left after you go up the stairs.

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.

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