Biweekly Computing Science Student Society (CSSS)
Newsletter: 17th edition
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Welcome to the CSSS newsletter!
Here we hope to inform our students of exciting opportunities and events, while cutting down on the sheer amount of emails sent for each individual event.
We hope you will find this newsletter beneficial! If you have any suggestions, events, or simply want to contact us, you can reach me at jkl53@sfu.ca
- Johnson Luong |
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Q: What is a General Meeting?
A: General Meetings are how the Computing Science Student Society passes information along to the student body and motion money to be spent on items and events. By attending you will get to have a better understanding how we operate and have
a say in how we run.
The following is the Agenda:
- Report of Officers
- Announcements
- Motions
- Travel and Conference Motion
- Open Floor
- Approval of minutes
*Voting is restricted to in-person attendees
Date: Thursday, July. 21st, 2022
Time: 7:00 - 8:00pm
Location: In Person @ TASC 9204 (or Remote on the CSSS Discord in he #General_Meetings Voice Channel) |
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Want to ✨vibe✨ with fellow classmates? Come join us for our Board Games Night! Food will be provided and this event is open to all SFU students, so invite your friends! 🎲
Date: Friday, July. 22nd, 2022
Time: 5:00pm-8:30pm
Location: TASC1 9204 |
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Do you want tasty sweets? Are you eager to sample desserts across town? Want to have a fun afternoon with your friends?
Join the CSSS for our 🍭 Summer of Sweets! On Friday, July 29, we will be heading downtown and crawling through three dessert places! We will meet at the SFU upper bus loop at 3:45 then journey downtown and try out treats from various stores. Spots are limited!
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/csss-summer-of-sweets-tickets-383286238457
Pricing: $5 early bird (until July. 21), $10 regular afterwards,
Date: Friday, July. 29 4:00-7:00pm |
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💻CSSS Git Workshop (session 2)
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💻Interested in getting your feet wet in version control? Due to popular demand, the SFU Computing Science Student Society is excited to host our 2nd Beginner Git Workshop session this upcoming Wednesday
The workshop is catered towards students with minimal Git experience who are hoping to get a bit of hands on learning. Snacks will be included!
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/csss-beginner-git-workshop-registration-tickets-383264403147
Date: Wednesday, July. 20th
Time: 5:30-7:30pm
Location: ASB 9802 |
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The 2022-2023 cohort for the Tech e@SFU program begins in Fall 2022.
In this two-phase program, you get access to expertise, funding, resources, expert training, and exclusive networks! Tech e@SFU can help you create your own opportunities or make you invaluable to top employers.
Students from across faculties bring their diverse skills and passions together toward a common, meaningful goal: a solution-driven product and venture that address a challenge that is meaningful to them
Apply here: https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/teche22-23
Learn more: https://bsb-cc-web.bus.sfu.ca/programs/teche/
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🤖ProjectX Machine Learning Competition
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The CSSS is looking to send 3-6 undergraduates to ProjectX: the world’s largest undergraduate 🤖 machine learning research competition with competing teams from top
universities across the world.
The winning team from each of the three subtopic focuses will be awarded a cash prize of CAD 💰 $25,000, and all participants will be invited to attend the annual UofT AI Conference in January 2023 where the ProjectX award ceremony will
take place. Last year it had ~800 participants and our keynote speaker was Geoffrey Hinton.
Last years projectX: https://www.uoft.ai/projectx-2021
Interested? Please send an email to csss-exec-current@sfu.ca by Fri, Aug.
5, 11:59pm detailing:
-- Why you are interested
-- Past project experience in ML/AI (if possible)
-- Planned workload for Fall 2022, expected graduation time, and estimate of if you can dedicate time to this commitment
-- Resume |
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🎮 BC Game Jam Organizer Signup
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🎮Interested in Game Development?
BC Game Jam are looking for organizers/volunteers to help out with this years Game Jam!
BC Game Jam is a 48-hour hackathon where game enthusiasts can collaborate, learn, and create a game based on a theme that has been given by the organizers.
Signup Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2BREUFO6-4uNJq7KfJIKa7uTAIND3ADHzRpEYiDfz9CORow/viewform
BC Game Jam Website: https://bcgamejam.com/ |
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⚡ Surge Project Lead Hiring
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🚧Do you have a project idea you want to make a reality? Are you passionate about design, software development, or project management?
SFU Surge is hiring for project leads! ⚡️ Work alongside like-minded students, gain experience, and boost your resume!
Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1uppE0jiHmQX0uqxFeaKFfd5mP2-4IMMMTAUsx47sYz8/edit
Due Date: Friday July 22 |
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🌈 What a kaleidoscope? I'm not 5.
Seeing all those shapes and colors because MATLAB is so hard to understand? We feel you! Come join Surge for a MATLAB learning experience so you see less shapes and colors and understand MATLAB!
Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1uppE0jiHmQX0uqxFeaKFfd5mP2-4IMMMTAUsx47sYz8/edit
Event Date: Thursday, July 21, 5:00pm - 7:00pm |
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Want to get involved with the CSSS?🥳
Come take part in our Event's Committee. Where we'll be planning out events for the year. Everyone is welcome!
If you would like to join please let our Director of Events (Oliver, Liversticks#7734 on discord) know so we can give you the role to get access
to the channels in our discord.
📢❗P.S. Our next Event's Committee meeting is coming up soon!
Date: Saturday July 23, 2022
Time: 10:30am - 11:30am
Location: On discord (message Oliver to get access!) |
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