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CSSS Biweekly Newsletter: 10th edition

posted by Johnson Luong on March 9, 2022, 4:12 p.m.

Biweekly Computing Science Student Society (CSSS)
Newsletter: 10th edition
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

🎲 CSSS Board Games Night
Missed last week's board games night? Don't fret, come join us this week for some board games! 🎲

We will be checking Photo ID and Vaccine Passports. Please have your ID and Vaccine Passport ready before attending the event.

Date: Friday, March 11,
Time: 5:00pm-8:30pm
Location: TASC1 9204

🎓 Outstanding Teaching Assisstant Award
CS Students - Nominate your favorite TA! 🏫

This award recognizes exceptional TAs in the School of Computing Science for their outstanding work in teaching and performing other TA duties. Up to 10% of CS TAs, chosen by the Teaching Assistant Awards committee at the end of each term, will receive the award.

Any student taking a CS course can submit one or more nominations to the Teaching Assistant Awards committee 
The nomination should describe, in at least two sentences, the nominee’s contributions to one or more of the criteria:

1) Overall quality of teaching
2) Mastery of the subject area and ability to motivate students
3) Ability to develop course materials that promote learning (e.g. website, tutorials, assignment and exam questions)
4) Capacity to create engaging, inclusive learning environments and promote critical thinking.
5) Consistency, timeliness, and integrity in evaluating students 

Any questions or concerns about the award can be directed to cs-outstanding-tas@sfu.ca.

Date: Submit nominations by end of May to cs-outstanding-tas@sfu.ca.

⚡ SFU Surge is Hiring!
Come join the team that brought you SFU's biggest hackathon: Stormhacks!

SFU Surge is currently hiring for the following positions:
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Director of Technology
Marketing Coordinator
Events Coordinator
Social Media Coordinator
Visual Design Coordinator
Merchandise Coordinator 
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Application Deadline:  March. 18, 2022
Apply Here: https://lnk.bio/sfusurge

📊 Data Science Meetings
The Data Science Student Society (DSSS) wants to do an analysis of salaries to have a better understanding of median salary by industry (especially ours) and test the hypothesis of the gender wage gap in different fields. The current project will boost your confidence in Data Science skills, and be a great addition to your resume!
 
This would be the perfect opportunity if you want to learn or get hands-on practice for Data Analysis, Data Processing, in conjugation with communicating your finding to a team by working on a big dataset of over 60k entries. The implementation would be handled in Python while certain tasks could be done using other tools such as R, Tableau, Excel if that is what you want to work with.

If this sounds interesting come drop by!

Date: March. 12 2022 (and subsequent Saturdays)
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Zoom link: https://bit.ly/DSSSzoomroom
DSSS Discord: https://discord.gg/uZahEXHMVy
 

💻 WinHacks 2022

WinHacks is a 36 hour online hackathon brought to you by the University of Windsor.

Participants will get the chance to form teams of 1-4 members and bring a project to life. Come for mentorship, learn about job opportunities, and get some cool swag!

Date: March 25-27, 2022
Register: http://apply.winhacks.ca
Learn More: https://winhacks.ca/

Discord: https://discord.gg/xUV9yBqjH4

😷 Covid 19 Rapid Tests on Campus 

Get your Rapid Tests! 💉

All students currently attending in-person learning on campus are eligible for one free test kit containing five rapid tests.

Students must present valid SFU identification in order to receive a test kit, and must be present in person to receive a test kit.

Pick up times
Burnaby: Mon-Fri (10-4:pm), SFU Bookstore in Maggie Benston Centre (MBC2100) 
Surrey: Mon-Fri (10-12pm or 1-4pm), Document Solutions (SRYC2590) 
Vancouver: Mon-Fri (10-4pm), Harbour Centre (HC1100

⛰️ Join Our Event's Committee! (and help with Mountain Madness )
If you would like to help take part in the planning of events with the CSSS then you can take part in our Event's Committee. Everyone's welcome! 

If you would like to join please let our Director of Events (Argus, aosfinn#2344 on discord) know so we can give you the role to get access to the channels in our discord.

Also, if you would like to help organize/volunteer for our upcoming Mountain Madness Hackathon then please let Justin. Y (our Mountain Madness Organizer for this year) know. You can find him on discord with the tag justhelizard#1765
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CSSS General Meeting - March 14th and March 21st 2022

posted by Dina Zeng on March 8, 2022, 1:07 a.m.

Hi everyone!

The next general meetings for the CSSS will be held on Monday, March 14th and March 21st.
 
Day: March 14 & March 21, 2022
Time: 6:30-7:30 pm
Location: Online on the CSSS Discord in the #General_Meetings Voice Channel (https://discord.gg/sfucsss)

The following is the Agenda:
(March 14): 
- Report of Officers 
- Announcements 
- Motions
- Election of elections officer for council rep
- Election of council rep
- Election of elections officer for the general election
- Open Floor 
- Approval of Minutes 

(March 21): 
- Report of Officers 
- Announcements 
- Motions
- Constitution Amendments
- Open Floor 
- Approval of Minutes 

I have attached a copy of the meeting minutes from the last general meeting. Please take a look through it and comment if there is anything I should change 😊

You are automatically a member of the CSSS if you are a declared CMPT Major, Minor, or Honours in any program of study offered at the undergraduate level by the School of Computing Science; or currently enrolled in any undergraduate course offered by the School of Computing Science; or are an Honorary Member of the Society.

Voting is restricted to Members only. 

Hope to see you there! 

Sincerely,

Dina Zeng

Software Systems - Computing Science Student
Simon Fraser University


Co-President @Women in Computing Science SFU

External Representative @ Software Systems Student Society

Director of Archives @ Computing Science Student Society


dhz1@sfu.ca

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CSSS SFSS Council Representative

posted by Shariq Ahsan on March 3, 2022, 12:47 p.m.

Hello CSSS Members


This is just a reminder that nominations for the position of CSSS SFSS Council Representative closetomorrow March 4th at 11:59pm. The elected individual will hold the position of council representative from May 1st 2022 to April 30th 2023. If you wish to run please follow the procedure listed below:


Fill out a nomination form (attached is a digital copy) with the nominee's signature and send nomination form to csss-elections@sfu.ca. YouCAN nominate yourself for a position.

Have the candidate send a speech to csss-elections@sfu.ca by 23:59 on March 4th.
Note: a speech is required to be able to run in the election. Please try to provide it with your nomination form.

If you would like to see examples of past speeches, please check out:
Speeches will be posted here, so check back later if you currently find nothing on the site.

The SFSS Council Representative shall: 
- Regularly attend all meetings of council
- Fulfill the duties of an SFSS Representative (Councilor) that are outlined in SFSS By-Law 6
- Report on Councils activities during general meetings
- Councilors are now legal members of the SFSS’ Board of Directors and have additional responsibilities
- The Council Representative position is also a paid position. 


Sincerely,
Shariq Ahsan
Elections Officer
Simon Fraser University | CSSS

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CSSS General Meeting - March 7, 2022

posted by Dina Zeng on Feb. 28, 2022, 10:14 p.m.

Hi everyone,


The next general meeting for the CSSS will be held on Monday, March 7th.
 
Day: March 7, 2022
Time: 6:30-7:30 pm
Location: Online on the CSSS Discord in the #General_Meetings Voice Channel (https://discord.gg/sfucsss)

The following is the Agenda: 
- Report of Officers 
- Announcements 
- Motions
- Open Floor 
- Approval of Minutes 

Here is a copy of the meeting minutes from the last general meeting. Please take a look through it and comment if there is anything I should change 😊https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VYtf25N3ALaHmJ1ghmilGyYsD20DrQ_kDptLF5MtuzQ/edit?usp=sharing

You are automatically a member of the CSSS if you are a declared CMPT Major, Minor, or Honours in any program of study offered at the undergraduate level by the School of Computing Science; or currently enrolled in any undergraduate course offered by the School of Computing Science; or are an Honorary Member of the Society.

Voting is restricted to Members only. 

Hope to see you there! 

Sincerely, 

Dina Zeng

Software Systems - Computing Science Student
Simon Fraser University


Co-President @Women in Computing Science SFU

External Representative @ Software Systems Student Society

Director of Archives @ Computing Science Student Society


dhz1@sfu.ca

Forward of Joy Johnson statement Ukraine/Russia

posted by Mitchell Gale on Feb. 28, 2022, 1:43 p.m.

Hi All,


I hope you enjoyed your reading breaks.


Last week the SFU President, Joy Johnson, sent out this statement to all staff/faculty. I don't know why it was not sent to undergraduate students, as it includes many helpful resources, but here is the statement.


https://www.sfu.ca/pres/the-president/statements/2022/russian-invasion-of-ukraine.html

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Yesterday evening, I was deeply concerned to hear news about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Since then, many world leaders have called for an immediate end to the conflict. SFU echoes those calls for peace.


For those in our community with ties to Ukraine, I know this is a difficult time. Please take care of yourselves and reach out if you need help. And to the rest of our community, this is a time to come together and look out for each other. If someone you know is struggling, please point them to the resources below.

  • My SSP: SFU students can access free 24/7 mental health support through the My SSP app. Culturally relevant support options are available; you can request to speak to a counsellor who shares your language and/or racial identity. 
  • See a Counsellor (to schedule a counselling session) or an Access Case Manager (to talk directly to a support professional on how to navigate resources): free, confidential supports are available to all registered SFU students.
  • Connect with a chaplain: The SFU Multifaith Centre has chaplains from various faith backgrounds available for one-on-one conversations and support.
  • Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP): the SFU Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP) provides confidential, professional assistance to help SFU employees and their family members resolve problems that affect your personal and work lives.
  • Critical Incident Support: A Critical Incident (or Significant Event) is normally a traumatic event that creates a strong emotional reaction. This reaction may interfere with an individual’s ability to manage normal day-to-day activities or have a large negative impact on the people involved or community members that have in some way been involved. Learn about the supports available.
  • SFU is committed to protecting academic freedom and the safety of scholars globally through our membership with Scholars at Risk, an organization that protects scholars around the world suffering threats to their lives, liberty and well-being. Learn more.

One thing I love about the SFU community is the way we listen to, encourage and uplift each other during times of fear or uncertainty. Thank you for doing so again today.


Sincerely,


Joy Johnson
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I will also add https://here2talk.ca/main which is free "mental health support is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week via Here2Talk, a free online and virtual counselling service." launched by the Government of British Columbia (https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021AEST0064-001934).



Thanks,


Mitchell Gale

Computing Science Student Society President




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